White Heat

1949 • 113 minutes
4.8
49 reviews
97%
Tomatometer
G
Rating
Eligible
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Top of the world, Ma! Oscar-winner James Cagney ("The Public Enemy," "Yankee Doodle Dandy") explodes on the screen as a demented gangster whose intricate plan to rob an oil refinery is thwarted by a government infiltrator. Co-starring Oscar-winner Edmond O'Brien ("Julius Caesar") and Virginia Mayo ("The Best Years of Our Lives"). Recently selected by the prestigious American Film Institute as one of the 400 greatest American films of all time, who also added Cody Jarrett to its' list of 50 Greatest Villains. MPAA Rating: NOTRATED (c) 1949 A Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Rating
G

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4.8
49 reviews
A Google user
January 14, 2015
James Cagney at his very best! He steals every scene that he's in he just eats up the screen! Nobody to this very day does gangster better than Cagney ! Cody Jarrett is a deranged mama's boy over the top psychopathic killer ! This Film is iconic as is James Cagney.
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July 13, 2022
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Mama OK
July 21, 2015
Sweet!
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