White Heat

One of the greatest gangster movies of the post-war period, WHITE HEAT’s influence can be found in countless other classics of the genre. James Cagney turns in perhaps his greatest role as Cody Jarrett, an incendiary gang leader who is dependent on the support of his equally psychotic mother. After being imprisoned after a heist botched by his incompetent henchmen, Jarrett escapes with his gang and plans a fi nal heist. However it is not long before the gang is torn apart by internal rivalries, and Jarrett’s world spirals out of control towards a bloody and unforgettable climax. After WHITE HEAT, the crime movie would never be the same again.