| Genre: | Drama |
| Director: | Robert Altman Richard Benedict Edward Dein Robert Douglas Charles F. Haas Stuart Heisler Marc Lawrence Leslie H. Martinson Irving J. Moore Charles R. Rondeau Sidney Salkow Richard C. Sarafian Robert B. Sinclair Robert Sparr George Waggner |
| Starring: | Rex Reason Donald May Dorothy Provine John Dehner Gary Vinson Mike Road |
| Theme Music Composer: | Mack David Jerry Livingston |
| Composer: | Michael Heindorf Howard Jackson Frank Perkins |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 2 |
| Num Episodes: | 45 |
| Executive Producer: | William T. Orr |
| Producer: | Jerry Davis Boris Ingster Tom McKnight Gordon Bau (make-up) |
| Camera: | Single-camera |
| Runtime: | 50 mins. |
| Company: | Warner Bros. Television |
| Channel: | ABC |
The Roaring 20s is an American drama television series starring Rex Reason, Donald May and Dorothy Provine that was broadcast by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) from October 15, 1960, until January 20, 1962.
Each episode of the series is an hour long. It concerns newspaper reporters reporting crime and gangsters for the fictitious newspaper The New York Record during the 1920s, such as Scott Norris (Rex Reason), Pat Garrison (Donald May), Duke Williams (John Dehner), and copy-boy Chris Higby (Gary Vinson). Mike Road played police Lieutenant Joe Switoski. Dorothy Provine features as Pinky Pinkham, the singer at the Charleston Club, in all 45 episodes. Other major actors were James Flavin as Robert Howard and Louise Glenn as Gladys, who appear in 33 and 30 episodes, respectively.
In 1960 Warner Bros. Records issued the soundtrack album The Roaring 20's to accompany the series (The full album title was: Music from The Roaring 20's Warner Bros. New Hit Television Show, Songs by Dorothy Provine and the Music of Pinky and Her Playboys).[1] Musical direction was by Sandy Courage.