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.
Starring: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo and Edmond O'Brien White Heat (1949) Official Trailer - James Cagney Movie Cody Jarrett is the sadistic leader of a ruthless gang of thieves. Afflicted by...
Brief Synopsis. A government agent infiltrates a gang run by a mother-fixated psychotic.
Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. 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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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 ...
Cody Jarrett (played by Cagney) is a cold-blooded killer who has an uncomfortable oedipal relationship with his domineering mother ( Margaret Wycherly ). When Jarrett learns of her murder while he is in prison, he virtually wrecks the mess hall in a fit of uncontrolled rage.
