Movie
White Heat
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1949-09-02
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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
- Robert Foulk as Payroll Guard at Chemical Plant
- Ian MacDonald as Creel
Crew
- Raoul Walsh - Director
- Ivan Goff - Screenplay
- Ben Roberts - Screenplay
- Virginia Kellogg - Story
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