James Cagney
Arthur "Cody" Jarrett
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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.
White Heat (1949)114 min - Crime | Drama | Film-Noir - 3 September 1949 (USA)A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from pris...
White Heat. 1949 · 1 hr 54 min. TV-PG. Drama · Crime. A hardened and volatile gangster unknowingly befriends an undercover cop in prison before he plots the seemingly perfect heist upon his release. Subtitles: English. Starring: James Cagney Virginia Mayo Edmond O'Brien Margaret Wycherly Steve Cochran John Archer Wally Cassell Fred Clark.
Ruthless killer Cody Jarrett and his gang rob a train in California. During the robbery, Cody kills the engineers, and as one of the bodies falls, it activates a steam valve, badly scalding gangster Zuckie Hommell. Together with Cody's mother and his sexy, double-dealing wife Verna, the gang hides out in the mountains.
Gang leader Cody Jarrett (James Cagney) lives for his mother, planning heists between horrible headaches. During a train robbery that goes wrong, Cody shoots an...
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Synopsis. 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.
