White Heat

Sep 2, 1949

1h 54m

★ 7.6

Pick up the pieces folks, Jimmy's in action again!

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.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

White Heat Trailers

Cast

Arthur 'Cody' Jarrett

James Cagney

Verna Jarrett

Virginia Mayo

Vic Pardo

Edmond O'Brien

Ma Jarrett

Margaret Wycherly

'Big Ed' Somers

Steve Cochran

Philip Evans

John Archer

'Cotton' Valletti

Wally Cassell

Daniel Winston

Fred Clark

Roy Parker (uncredited)

Paul Guilfoyle

Zuckie

Ford Rainey

Payroll Guard at Chemical Plant

Robert Foulk

Creel

Ian MacDonald

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7.5

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5.7

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6.9

Hangover Square

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When composer George Harvey Bone wakes with no memory of the previous night and a bloody knife in his pocket, he worries that he has committed a crime. On the advice of Dr. Middleton, Bone agrees to relax, going to a music performance by singer Netta Longdon. Riveted by Netta, Bone agrees to write songs for her rather than his own concerto. However, Bone soon grows jealous of Netta and worries about controlling himself during his spells.

6.8

Obsession

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5.2

A Cry in the Night

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6.8

Beyond the Forest

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Rosa, the self-serving wife of a small-town doctor, gets a better offer when a wealthy big-city man insists she get a divorce and marry him instead. Soon she demonstrates she is capable of rather deplorable acts -- including murder.

5.9

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5.8

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Down-and-out artist Joe Manning wakes up from a night of drunken revelry in a jail cell, where he's being held on suspicion for the murder of a nightclub singer.

5.5

The Clay Pigeon

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5.6

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6.0

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6.5

Desperate

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An innocent trucker takes it on the lam when he's accused of robbery.

6.6

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A crime-busting lawyer and his initially reluctant attorney father take on the forces that run gambling and prostitution in their small Southern town.

5.6

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5.8

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5.6

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5.6

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6.9

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6.1

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