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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.
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.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Raoul Walsh
- 1949-09-03
Jan 24, 2019 · “White Heat,” starring Cagney as Cody Jarrett, the mother-fixated, migraine-addled leader of a vicious gang of robbers, is one example.
White Heat is a curious hybrid, containing elements of numerous genres and sub-genres. It is primarily a gangster movie, with the lead characters being based on real criminals such as...
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- James Cagney
- Raoul Walsh
- Warner Brothers
White Heat (1949) -- (Movie Clip) She's Dead In the prison mess-hall, word comes to gangster Cody Jarrett (James Cagney) that his mother has passed, in a famous scene from Raoul Walsh's White Heat, 1949.
- Raoul Walsh, Russell Saunders
- James Cagney
White Heat, American crime film released in 1949 that is considered the definitive James Cagney vehicle and perhaps the best of the Warner Brothers crime dramas. Cody Jarrett (played by Cagney) is a cold-blooded killer who has an uncomfortable oedipal relationship with his domineering mother.
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.
