White Heat

About White Heat

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.

White Heat (1949) is a crime thriller film directed by Raoul Walsh. James Cagney takes the lead as Arthur 'Cody' Jarrett, Virginia Mayo as Verna Jarrett, Edmond O'Brien as Vic Pardo, and Margaret Wycherly as Ma Jarrett.

At 114 minutes long, it arrived in September 1949. Written by Ben Roberts and Ivan Goff.

Members will find film noir, killer, shootout, and train in it. It streams on IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel in the United States. It scores 7.7 out of 10 from 565 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.

Face/Off, Baby Driver, and Die Hard make useful companions to White Heat, all filed under criminal gang, prison, and psychopath.