Cagney supercharges the entire film with frenetic energy.
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... 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 matters some, he has in tow his beloved Ma, his cool blonde beauty, Verna, and a suave double-crossing hood, Big Ed. The feds manage to put Cody behind bars on a minor charge. They then decide to plant an undercover agent in Cody's prison cell to win his confidence and encourage him to spill the beans about his criminal history. After a prison riot, Cody escapes. He leads the police on a chase through a mazelike chemical factory that culminates Cody's life of crime... and Cody insists on going out in his own blaze of glory. [More]
Starring: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Steve Cochran
Starring: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Steve Cochran, John Archer, Wally Cassell, Fred Clark, Ford Rainey
Director: Raoul Walsh
Director: Raoul Walsh
Producer: Louis F. Edelman
Composer: Max Steiner
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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....
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.
White Heat is vigorous and uncompromising. Cagney is all kinetic energy and raw nerve.
If you're looking for Cagney's best gangster role ever, you got it right here, on the top of the world.
White Heat’s ultimate message: love’s a *****…even crypto-incestuous love.
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