

White Heat
Pick up the pieces folks, Jimmy's in action again!
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.3M
- Box office
- $3.5M
- Language
- English
- prison
- undercover agent
- parent child relationship
- gangster
- psychopath
- mama's boy
- heist
- film noir
- on the run
- shootout
- train
- explosion
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR2 Sept 1949
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical159 Jan 1950
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical122 Sept 1949
FranceFR
- TheatricalU22 Nov 2003
JapanJP
- Theatrical27 Dec 1952
MexicoMX
- Theatrical3 Feb 1950
NetherlandsNL
- Physical12DVD16 Mar 2005
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/169 Nov 1950
SpainES
- Theatrical4 Oct 1950
SwedenSE
- Theatrical15 Apr 1963
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White Heat was released on 2 September 1949.
Audience reviews
1- J10/10
John Chard
11/2/2013
I told you to keep away from that radio. If that battery is dead it'll have company. White Heat is directed by Raoul Walsh and adapted by Ivan Goff & Ben Roberts from a story suggested by Virginia Kellogg. It stars James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Steve Cochran & Margaret Wycherly. Music is by Max Steiner and photography by Sidney Hickox. Cody Jarrett (Cagney) is the sadistic leader of a violent and…
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