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White Heat   1949     3 and a half stars    N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh  
Cast: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Margaret Wycherly, John Archer, Steve Cochran, Wally Cassell, Fred Clark, Ford Rainey, G. Pat Collins, Paul Guilfoyle, Sid Melton

  In this great gangster film, mobster Cody Jarrett (James Cagney) is psychologically dependent on his evil mother (Margaret Wycherly). Nevertheless, he is determined to make it to "the top of the world, Ma." So, Cody and his gang rob a train, kill people, and make off with the loot. But, they leave clues behind, and Cody ends up in jail on a trumped up charge. Now, the feds send an undercover agent Hank Fallon, a.k.a. "Vic" (Edmund O'Brien), to the jail. He befriends Cody and infiltrates Cody's gang. Cody's mother is killed, Cody breaks out of jail with "Vic," and reunites with his gang for a chase scene through a chemical factory ending with Cody crying out to his deceased mother.



Cast
James Cagney Arthur "Cody" Jarrett
Virginia Mayo Verna Jarrett
Edmond O'Brien Vic Pardo/Hank Fallon
Margaret Wycherly Ma Jarrett
John Archer Philip Evans
Steve Cochran Big Ed Somers
Wally Cassell Giovanni "Cotton" Valletti
Fred Clark Daniel Winston
Ford Rainey Zuckie Hommell
G. Pat Collins Michael "Reader" Curtin
Paul Guilfoyle Roy Parker
Sid Melton Russell Hughes

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White Heat (1949)
James Cagney
Oscar: Best Actor for Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Edmond O'Brien
Oscar: Best Supporting Actor for The Barefoot Contessa (1954)


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