White Heat (1949)

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Directed by

Raoul Walsh

Starring (View all)

James Cagney

Cody Jarrett

Virginia Mayo

Verna Jarrett

Edmond O'Brien

Hank Fallon / Vic Pardo

Ma Jarrett

Big Ed Somers

Philip Evans

Cotton Valletti

Trader Winston

Written by (View all)

Ivan Goff

(screen play) and

Ben Roberts

(screen play)

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Top of the World

1 year ago at Dec 3 15:24

Michael M

2 votes

White Heat may be the only instance when a first experience with an actor instantly turned me into a fan. After this I had to watch any James Cagney movie I could get my hand on.

White Heat is part of a long line of crime and gangster movies released by Warner Bros during the 30’s and 40’s, and also marked Cagney’s return to the studio after a number of years absent.
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A classic gangster film!

3 years, 10 months ago at Feb 13 16:53

SJMJ91

2 votes

White Heat was on my "to watch" list for quite a long time. When I finally got round to watching it, I wasn't disappointed with it at all. In all fairness, I wouldn't call myself a big fan of gangster films but this one gripped me from start to finish. Personally, I think that every single gangster film before the release of The Godfather in 1972 is underrated. None of them have received half as w... read more

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2 years, 7 months ago at Apr 29 15:26

daevu

2 votes

some really great evil and mindblowing characters...tension tension. great gangster flic

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Website: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006HBV3C

A mentally disturbed gangster who's in love with his mother plans on pulling off the robbery to top all robberies, not realizing that his newest henchman is an undercover detective and his right hand man is trying to have him killed.

Release date: 3 September 1949
UPC: 012569672352

Gangster (15), 1940s (13), Crime (12), Film Noir (11), Noir (10), Prison (9), Thriller (8), Heist (8), Undercover (7), 1949 (7), Murder (7), Drama (7), Action (7), Classic (4), Grocery (4), Mother (4), Black & White (3), Gas Chamber (3), Usa (3), Betrayal (3)

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"There has never been a more fiery, sizzling apocalyptic ending for a film than the one in this Warner Bros.' late gangster film. In the film's final sequence, mother-fixated, tormented gangster Cody Jarrett (James Cagney) and his gang rob a huge chemical plant. One by one, the other members of his gang are killed during the ambush, but Jarrett rambles with berserk boasts to the last-remaining gang member Ryley: "They think they've got Cody Jarrett. They haven't got Cody Jarrett. You hear? They "

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