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White Heat is 1949 film which depicts the story of the mentally disturbed gangster with the mother complex world health organization makes a daring throw off prison. Another period retired he immediately begins plans in the heavy-time robbery, non realizing that his recently confederate (noir seasoned Edmond O'Brien) is an undercover copper and his right hand man is trying to have him killed.
A triad virtually all memorable scenes, based on data from several, include:
Directed by Raoul Walsh, White Heat is considered one of the dandy gangster films and the classic film noir.
Critical reaction Critical reaction to the film was caring, & now it's considered the classic. [http://www.filmsite.org/whit.html Tim Dirk on the website Greatfilms.org] writes that a film might own as well inspired numbers of more successful films: ''"This classic film anticipated the heist films of the early 50s (John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle (1950), and Stanley Kubrick's The Killing (1956)), accentuated the semi-documentary style of films of the period (Naked City (1948)), and contained film-noirish elements, including the shady black and white cinematography, the femme fatale character, and the twisted psyche of the criminal gangster."
Quote "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!''" Cody Jarrett (Cagney) in top of the burning fuel tank that is astir to explode. A quote wwhen picked as Total 18 of AFI's 100 YEARS...100 MOVIE QUOTES
Awards Within 2003, a National Film Preservation Board deemed a film "culturally significant" & selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
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White Heat (1949) White Heat (1949) - film review and detailed description by Tom Dirks. White Heat Review White Heat review by Edwin Jahiel. White Heat (1949) IMDb entry with cast and crew, plot synopsis, and related links. |
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