DR JMK I don't know if you found the answer regarding the movie for your review.  I finally figured out the Bogart movie I was thinking of:
Angels With Dirty Faces
James Cagney
Humphrey Bogart
Pat O'Brien
Year 1938 
Actually, you were describing 
MANHATTAN MELODRAMA (MGM).  Gable grows up to be a gangster and Bill Powell become the D.A. and, later, governor.
In 
ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES, Cagney becomes a gangster & O'Brien becomes a priest.
In 
THE ROARING TWENTIES, we don't meet the characters until they are grown men and in the army, fighting in WW1.  After they are discharged, Cagney becomes a bootlegger and Jeffrey Lynn joins the D.A.'s office. 
