Cagney supercharges the entire film with frenetic energy.
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10/09/08
White Heat (1949)
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Reviews Counted: 20
Fresh: 20
Rotten:0
Average Rating: 8.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: James Cagney solidified his tough guy persona in this brutal gangster opus about a vicious man who still loves his Ma. Cody Jarrett, the leader of a gang out west, has been busy knocking over banks and holding up trains. Complicating... [More]
Starring: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Steve Cochran
Director: Raoul Walsh
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Reviews for White Heat
Its archetypal influence on later films like Goodfellas and the Al Pacino Scarface is striking, even if we can never again experience how new and bold it was back in its day....
04/05/06
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01/26/06
Cagney, intenso como de hábito, cria um personagem que, apesar de sua óbvia instabilidade psicológica e de sua crueldade patológica, conquista o espectador com sua carência emocional.
11/22/05
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03/21/05
White Heat is vigorous and uncompromising. Cagney is all kinetic energy and raw nerve.
02/24/05
If you're looking for Cagney's best gangster role ever, you got it right here, on the top of the world.
02/05/05
White Heat’s ultimate message: love’s a *****…even crypto-incestuous love.
02/04/05
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05/20/03
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One of the best gangster films ever!
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