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White Heat (1949)

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All Time

of 190,166

458

1940's

of 9,975

46

1949

of 2,152

1
Crime
- Crime All Time
  
  of 6,080
  
  86
  
  Crime of 1949
  
  of 65
  
  1
  
  Crime of the 1940's
  
  of 505
  
  6
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 38,015
  
  270
  
  Drama of 1949
  
  of 206
  
  1
  
  Drama of the 1940's
  
  of 1,823
  
  28

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White Heat (1949) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.1438

Avg Critic Score:3.1726

White Heat (1949) Movie Reviews

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filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

If you're looking for Cagney's best gangster role ever, you got it right here, on the top of the world. ...read the complete White Heat movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

"A very entertaining classic gangster film from the 1940s." Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz A very entertaining classic gangster film from the 1940s, and the last of its kind that so ably reflects the 1930s crime films. ...read the complete White Heat movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

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eFilmCritic Reviews

Although he considered it just another throw-away gangster movie, James Cagney put everything he’d learned about acting into his performance in “White Heat.”. If you’ve ever seen anything else like it in an American film, you must have been...read the complete White Heat (1949) review at eFilmCritic Reviews

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filmcritic.com

Norman Bates had nothing on Cody Jarrett. When it comes to love for his mother, Cody (James Cagney) and Ma (Margaret Wycherly) are as thick as thieves... which they are all well. The Jarrett gang is a merciless group led by the unflinchingly evil Cody....read the complete White Heat (1949) review at filmcritic.com

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The Greatest Films - comprehensive analysis of classic US film

White Heat (1949) is one of the top classic crime-heist dramas of the post-war period, and one of the last of Warner Bros' gritty crime films in its era. White Heat is an entertaining, fascinating and hypnotic portrait of a flamboyant, mother-dominated...read the complete White Heat (1949) review at The Greatest Films - comprehensive analysis of classic US film

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