Fresh
Cagney has an excellent supporting cast.
Variety Staff, Variety
White Heat
Pick up the pieces folks, Jimmy's in action again!
1949 · 1h 54m · Approved
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Raoul Walsh
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Raoul Walsh Director
- 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
- Ford Rainey Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
94%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Raoul Walsh's heroes had a knack for going too far, but none went further than James Cagney in this roaring 1949 gangster piece.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
The simple fact is that Mr. Cagney has made his return to a gangster role in one of the most explosive pictures that he or anyone has ever played.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh
Brilliantly directed by Raoul Walsh, an old master of cinema hoodlumism, it returns a more subtle James Cagney to the kind of thug role that made him famous.
TIME Magazine
Fresh
Despite chronology (deranged by the censor's influence on the studios), this is really the fitting climax of the '30s gangster movie.
Time Out
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