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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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A government agent infiltrates a gang run by a mother-fixated psychotic.
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.
White Heat | Rotten Tomatoes. Released Sep 2, 1949 1h 54m Crime Drama Action. List. Gang leader Cody Jarrett (James Cagney) lives for his mother, planning heists between...
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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.
White Heat. Cody Jerrett is a tough guy with a weak spot for his mother. When he's betrayed in a prison break, Jerrett launches one of the most chilling police confrontations ever put on film. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
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 ...
White Heat is an entertaining, fascinating and hypnotic portrait of a flamboyant, mother-dominated and fixated, epileptic and psychotic killer, who often spouts crude bits of humor.
