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White Heat
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
1949 · Directed by Raoul Walsh · 114 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller · 15 frames
Tagline
Pick up the pieces folks, Jimmy's in action again!
Crew
- Screenplay: Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts
- Cinematography: Sidney Hickox
- Edited by: Owen Marks
- Music: Max Steiner
- Produced by: Louis F. Edelman
Cast
- James Cagney as Arthur 'Cody' Jarrett
- Virginia Mayo as Verna Jarrett
- Edmond O'Brien as Vic Pardo
- Margaret Wycherly as Ma Jarrett
- Steve Cochran as 'Big Ed' Somers
- John Archer as Philip Evans
- Wally Cassell as 'Cotton' Valletti
- Fred Clark as Daniel Winston
- Paul Guilfoyle as Roy Parker (uncredited)
- Ford Rainey as Zuckie
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $1,300,000
- Box office: $3,483,000
- Themes: prison, undercover agent, parent child relationship, gangster, psychopath, mama's boy, heist, film noir, on the run, shootout
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