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White Heat

Year:
Duration:
114 min | West Germany:90 min
Genres:
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir
IMDB rate:
8.2
Director:
Raoul Walsh
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nomination
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1949-09-03
Filming Locations: 2720 Winona Avenue, Burbank, California, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Margaret Wycherly
Margaret Wycherly
White Heat
James Cagney
Cody Jarrett
Virginia Mayo
Verna Jarrett
Edmond O'Brien
Hank Fallon
Steve Cochran
Big Ed Somers
John Archer
Philip Evans
Wally Cassell
Cotton Valletti
Fred Clark
Trader Winston
Joel Allen
Operative (uncredited)
Claudia Barrett
Cashier (uncredited)
Ray Bennett
Guard (uncredited)
Marshall Bradford
Chief of Police (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Convict (uncredited)
John Butler
Motorist at Gas Station (uncredited)
Robert Carson
Agent at Directional Map (uncredited)
Bill Cartledge
Car-Hop at Drive-In Theatre (uncredited)
Leo Cleary
Railroad Fireman (uncredited)
Fred Coby
Happy Taylor (uncredited)
Tom Coleman
Court Officer (uncredited)
G. Pat Collins
The Reader (uncredited)
Garrett Craig
Ted Clark
Herschel Daugherty
Policeman (uncredited)
Fern Eggen
Margaret Baxter (uncredited)
Charles Ferguson
Plant Detective (uncredited)
Art Foster
Guard (uncredited)
Eddie Foster
Lefeld (uncredited)
Robert Foulk
Oil Refinery Payroll Guard (uncredited)
Buddy Gorman
Vendor at Drive-in (uncredited)
Paul Guilfoyle
Roy Parker (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Carl Harbaugh
Foreman (uncredited)
Clarence Hennecke
Small Role (uncredited)
Perry Ivins
Dr. Simpson (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Prison Guard (uncredited)
Mickey Knox
Het Kohler (uncredited)
DeForrest Lawrence
Jim Donovan (uncredited)
Nolan Leary
Russ (uncredited)
Murray Leonard
Engineer (uncredited)
Ian MacDonald
Bo Creel (uncredited)
Larry McGrath
Clocker (uncredited)
John McGuire
Psychiatrist #2 (uncredited)
Art Miles
Guard (uncredited)
Ray Montgomery
Ernie (uncredited)
Terry O'Sullivan
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Robert Osterloh
Tommy Ryley (uncredited)
Milton Parsons
Willie Rolf (uncredited)
Jack Perrin
Policeman (uncredited)
Jack Perry
Convict (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Prison Tower Guard (uncredited)
Eddie Phillips
T-Man (uncredited)
John Pickard
T-Man Driving Car C (uncredited)
Ford Rainey
Zuckie Hommell (uncredited)
Joey Ray
T-Man (uncredited)
Grandon Rhodes
Dr. Harris - Psychiatrist #1 (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Plant Detective (uncredited)
George Spaulding
Judge (uncredited)
Harry Strang
Prison Infirmary Guard (uncredited)
George Taylor
Police Surgeon at Tahoe Morgue (uncredited)
Jim Toney
Brakeman (uncredited)
Ralph Volkie
Jerry - The Reader's Lawyer (uncredited)
Jack Worth
Guard (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
All the locations and bearings radioed back and forth during the triangulation tracking of the gasoline truck, as it moves southwest across the Los Angeles basin, are accurate. They can all be found on a modern map of Los Angeles. Even the view of the Los Angeles City Hall shows up at the appropriate time.
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The unusually close relationship between Cody Jarrett and his domineering mother was inspired by real life bank robbers Kate Barker (aka "Ma Barker") and her sons.
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Jim Thorpe:  the sports legend is one of the cons in the "telephone game".
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Goofs
When Cody drags Verna back into the hideout to "get" Big Ed Somers, he deliberately rings the "alarm" bell which Ed has installed on the front door. After the shots are fired and Cody's gang rushes through the door, the bell is silent.
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In the last scene after Cody and the gang try to escape the refinery (after the Police presence has been made known), the day to night continuity during the escape/shoot-out scene changes far too fast. After a Police character says ..."Get some search lights", the film goes straight from noticeable day-for-night photography to actual night photography.
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Roughly 33 minutes in. As Evans and Pardo drink coffee, Evans' coffee cup changes several times from a dark to a light cup.
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Quotes
Cody Jarrett: Big Ed, Great... Big... Ed. Know why they call him that? Because his ideas are big. Someday he's gonna get a really big one, about me. It'll be his last.
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Roy Parker: You wouldn't kill me in cold blood, would ya?
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Engineer: What's this, a hold-up?
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Photos from cast
Harry Lauter Sid Melton Jim Thorpe Margaret Wycherly
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