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White Heat is a 1949 American film noir directed by Raoul Walsh and starring James Cagney, Virginia Mayo and Edmond O'Brien. Written by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts, White Heat is based on a story by Virginia Kellogg, and is considered to be one of the best gangster movies of all time.
- $1 million or $1,300,000
- Max Steiner
- September 2, 1949
- Louis F. Edelman
White Heat: Directed by Raoul Walsh. With James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Margaret Wycherly. A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist.
- Raoul Walsh
- 216
- 2 min
Cody Jarrett ( James Cagney) is the ruthless, deranged leader of a criminal gang. Although married to Verna ( Virginia Mayo ), Jarrett is overly attached to his equally crooked and determined mother, 'Ma' Jarrett ( Margaret Wycherly ), who is his only real confidant.
Jan 24, 2019 · Matt Zoller Seitz January 24, 2019. Tweet. “White Heat,” about the final months in a gang leader’s life, is a ruthless tale, ruthlessly told—an artistic peak for its star James Cagney and its director, Raoul Walsh, who had worked on two other features together, the gangster classic “The Roaring Twenties” and the romantic comedy ...
Cagney's portrayal of Cody Jarrett in the 1949 film White Heat is one of his most memorable. [130] [131] Cinema had changed in the 10 years since Walsh last directed Cagney (in The Strawberry Blonde ), and the actor's portrayal of gangsters had also changed.
