White Heat

White Heat

1949 | 1h 53m | Drama, Crime | TV-PG

Brief Synopsis

A government agent infiltrates a gang run by a psychopathic killer whose erratic, violent behavior is matched only by his obsessive love for his mother.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Raoul Walsh

CAST

James Cagney

Virginia Mayo

Edmond O'Brien

Margaret Wycherly

Steve Cochran

PRODUCERS

Louis F. Edelman

WRITERS

Ivan Goff

Ben Roberts

Host Intros

01:35
Dave Karger Intro -- White Heat (1949)
Intro Aired: Jan 2019
TCM's Dave Karger introduces White Heat, 1949.
03:30
Ben Mankiewicz and Frank Darabont Intro -- White Heat (1949)
Intro Aired: Jan 2017
Ben Mankiewicz and guest Frank Darabont introduce White Heat, 1949.

Related Videos

18:30
William Friedkin on White Heat
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White Heat (1949) -- (Movie Clip) She's Dead
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In the prison mess-hall, word comes to gangster Cody Jarrett (James Cagney) that his mother has passed, in a famous scene from Raoul Walsh's White Heat, 1949.
White Heat (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Red Hot Buzz Saw
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The first "domestic" scene, featuring Cody (James Cagney) and Ed (Steve Cochran) and introducing Ma (Margaret Wycherly) and Verna (Virginia Mayo) and foreshadowing troubles, in Raoul Walsh's White Heat, 1949.
White Heat (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Changing Engineers
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Cody (James Cagney) and the gang (Mickey Knox, Ford Rainey et al) in the car, Big Ed (Steve Cochran) on the train, in the neatly shot "tunnel job" sequence opening Raoul Walsh's White Heat, 1949.
White Heat (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Take Your Shots
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Pardo (Edmond O'Brien), sent to solitary for refusing his vaccinations, is the topic for Cody (James Cagney) and cell-mates, who don't know he's an under-cover operative, in Raoul Walsh's White Heat, 1949.
White Heat (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Ruins The Movies
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From hot pursuit, Cody (James Cagney), Ma (Margaret Wycherly) and Verna (Virginia Mayo) pull into the Drive-In, director Raoul Walsh having a joke, in White Heat, 1949.
White Heat (1949) -- (Movie Clip) That Sound Funny To You?
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Deep cover cop Pardo (Edmond O'Brien) gets caught by his gangster boss Cody Jarrett (James Cagney) trying to sneak away from the hide-out, who then recalls his dead mother, in Raoul Walsh's White Heat, 1949.
White Heat - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
A government agent infiltrates a gang run by a mother-fixated psychotic in White Heat (1949) starring James Cagney and Edmond O'Brien.

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