White Heat (1949)

Starring:
James CagneyVirginia Mayo, (more)
Director(s):
Raoul Walsh
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
NR
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Synopsis of White Heat

In later years, James Cagney regarded White Heat with a combination of pride and regret; while satisfied with his own performance, he tended to dismiss the picture as a "cheap melodrama." Seen today, White Heat stands as one of the classic crime films of the 1940s, containing perhaps Cagney's best bad-guy portrayal. The star plays criminal mastermind Cody Jarrett, a mother-dominated psychotic who dreams of being on "top of the world." Inadvertently leaving clues behind after a railroad heist, Jarrett becomes the target of the feds, who send an undercover agent (played by Edmond O'Brien) to infiltrate the Jarrett gang. While Jarrett sits in prison on a deliberately trumped-up charge (he confesses to one crime to provide himself an alibi for the railroad robbery), he befriends O'Brien, who poses as a hero-worshipping hood who's always wanted to work with Jarrett. Busting out of prison with O'Brien, Jarrett regroups his gang to mastermind a "Trojan horse" armored-car robbery. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
113 mins

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Director(s):
Raoul Walsh
Writer(s):
Ivan GoffVirginia KelloggBen Roberts
Producer(s):
Louis Edelman
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
NR(Not For Children, Violence)
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