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White Heat 1949 Film Noir with James Cagney, Virginia Mayo and Edmond O'Brien

Posted on 5/12/24 at 7:04 pm
Posted by blueridgeTiger
Granbury, TX
Member since Jun 2004
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Posted on 5/12/24 at 7:04 pm
Quintessential Cagney gangster/prison movie, directed by Raoul Walsh.

Cagney is Arthur "Cody" Jarrett, a ruthless, psychotic criminal and leader of the Jarrett gang. Although married to Verna, he is overly attached to his equally crooked and determined mother, "Ma" Jarrett.

Cagney's character is a psychopathic criminal with a mother complex who makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist

One of several iconic scenes is when Cody puts one of his enemies into a car truck, and when the man says he needs air, Cody unloads his pistol into the trunk.


Edmond O'Brien plays an undercover FBI agent who goes into prison to nail Cody for multiple murders.

Virginia Mayo is Cody's wife, Verna, attempts to double cross Cody while he is in prison.



Posted by Notro
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Posted by rebelrouser
Columbia, SC
Member since Feb 2013
10711 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 7:41 pm to
One of the best of all time.
Posted by Alyosha
Member since Nov 2020
6874 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 7:50 pm to
We only watched classic movies growing up. I knew I wanted to marry Virginia Mayo.
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
35680 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 8:13 pm to
I've never seen a Cagney movie to confess, IIDK why....I was a devoted TCM fan. I remember Billy Crystal doing mocking impressions of him in I think Forget Paris....maybe that's why I never went down that path....his movies just weren't on.

I hope Prime has a Cagney collection because I need to rectify that wrong.
Posted by Midget Death Squad
Meme Magic
Member since Oct 2008
24788 posts
Posted on 5/13/24 at 11:29 am to
I freaking love this movie. It has been way too long since I've seen it. I will remedy that real soon.
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