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White Heat. 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
A classic film noir about a violent and eccentric criminal who leads a daring heist at a chemical plant and faces his mother complex and betrayal. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this action crime drama.
- Raoul Walsh
- 216
- 2 min
Cody Jarrett (Cagney) is a volatile gang leader who plans a payroll heist after his mother dies. The film explores the psychology of a gangster and features a classic scene of Cagney screaming "Top of the world, Ma!"
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- James Cagney
- Raoul Walsh
- Warner Brothers
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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
- Lee Pfeiffer
White Heat, then, is a chance to catch Cagney one last time as the no-holds barred gangster he created in such pictures as The Public Enemy (1931) and Angels with Dirty Faces (1938). Here, however, the character has been pushed to the extreme, and the progression to Cody Jarrett can be traced through a trio of gangster films made by director ...
- Raoul Walsh, Russell Saunders
- James Cagney
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex escapes from prison and leads his gang in a chemical plant heist. He is betrayed by his henchmen and his wife, and faces a final showdown with the police.
James Cagney’s performance as the despicable Cody Jarrett smears Raoul Walsh’s 1949 White Heat with relentless bitterness and misanthropy. Devoted only to his equally criminally-minded mother (Margaret Wycherly), a character seemingly inspired by the real-life Ma Barker, Cody has just led his gang through a successful train hold-up, which required multiple murders, but now that the police ...
