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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.
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex leads his gang in a daring heist at a chemical plant and faces his ultimate betrayal and downfall. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more for this action crime drama film.
- (36K)
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Raoul Walsh
- 1949-09-03
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.
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.
- Raoul Walsh
- January 1, 1949
- James Cagney
- 113 min
Watch White Heat, a classic film noir about a gang leader who breaks out of jail and plans a final heist. See critics reviews, cast and crew, and where to stream or buy the movie.
- (80)
- James Cagney
- Raoul Walsh
- Warner Brothers
White Heat (1949) -- (Movie Clip) That Sound Funny To You? Deep cover cop Pardo (Edmond O'Brien) gets caught by his gangster boss Cody Jarrett (James Cagney) trying to sneak away from the hide-out, who then recalls his dead mother, in Raoul Walsh's White Heat, 1949.
Academy Award winner James Cagney delivers a tour-de-force performance as a murderously psychotic criminal mastermind with an overpowering mother complex in the crime thriller White Heat.
