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White Heat is a 1949 American black-and-white film directed by Raoul Walsh. The screenplay was written by Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts, and Virginia Kellogg, with music composed by Max Steiner. The cast includes James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, and Margaret Wycherly. Produced by Warner Bros. Entertainment, the film features cinematography by Sidney Hickox, editing by Owen Marks, and production design by Edward Carrere.
The movie falls into the crime, film noir, prison, and mystery genres, with organized crime as its main subject. Set in California, it has a runtime of 114 minutes. The film was distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix. It received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Story.
White Heat has a TMDb vote average of 7.657 based on 539 votes and an IMDb rating of 8.1 from 38,548 votes. Its production budget was 1,300,000, and it generated revenue of 3,483,000. The film’s tagline is "Pick up the pieces folks, Jimmy's in action again!"
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7.7A 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.
Cast
- James Cagney as Arthur 'Cody' Jarrett
- Virginia Mayo as Verna Jarrett
- Edmond O'Brien as Vic Pardo
- Margaret Wycherly as Ma Jarrett
- Steve Cochran as 'Big Ed' Somers
- John Archer as Philip Evans
Themes
- prison
- undercover agent
- parent child relationship
- gangster
- psychopath
- mama's boy
- heist
- film noir
- on the run
- shootout
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Raoul Walsh
- Screenplay by
- Ivan Goff , Ben Roberts
- Based on
- White Heat by Virginia Kellogg
- Produced by
- Louis F. Edelman
- Starring
- James Cagney Virginia Mayo Edmond O'Brien Fred Clark
- Cinematography
- Sidney Hickox
- Edited by
- Owen Marks
- Music by
- Max Steiner
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release dates
- August 25, 1949 ( 1949-08-25 ) ( Miami ) September 2, 1949 ( 1949-09-02 ) ( New York City )
- Running time
- 114 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $1 million or, $1.3 million
- Box office
- $1.9 million or, $3.483 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- organized crime
- Director
- Raoul Walsh
- Screenwriter
- Virginia Kellogg
- Cast member
- Grandon Rhodes
- Composer
- Max Steiner
- Producer
- Louis F. Edelman
- Cinematographer
- Sidney Hickox
- Narrative location
- California
- Duration
- 114
- FilmAffinity ID
- 146984
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Virginia Mayo and James Cagney in White Heat trailer.jpg
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- Commons category
- White Heat (film)
- publication date
- 1953-06-05
- film editor
- Owen Marks
- title
- White Heat
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Story
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Edward Carrere
- costume designer
- Leah Rhodes
- review score
- 94%
- capital cost
- 1300000
- box office
- 2189000
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Encyclopedic overview
White Heat is a 1949 American film noir, directed by Raoul Walsh. Its screenplay, written by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts, is based on a story by Virginia Kellogg. The film stars James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, and Edmond O'Brien.
White Heat is considered to be one of the best gangster films of all time. In 2003, White Heat was added to the National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress.
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