White Heat
Gangster film/melodrama. A psychopathic criminal, obsessed with his mother, is befriended and betrayed by an undercover policeman whom he meets in jail.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Arthur Cody Jarrett James Cagney
- Verna Jarrett Virginia Mayo
- Hank Fallon/Vic Pardo Edmond O'brien
- Ma Jarrett Margaret Wycherly
- Big Ed Somers Steve Cochran
- Phillip Evans John Archer
- Cotton Valetti Wally Cassell
- Daniel 'The Trader' Wilson Fred Clark
- [Het Kohler] Mickey Knox
- ['The Reader'] G. Pat Collins
- [Roy Parker] Paul Guilfoyle
- [Happy Taylor] Fred Coby
- [Zuckie Hommell] Ford Rainey
- [Tommy Ryley] Robert Osterloh
- [Bo Creel] Ian Macdonald
- [chief of police] Marshall Bradford
- [Ernie Trent] Ray Montgomery
- [police surgeon] George Taylor
- [Willie Rolf, the stoolie] Milton Parsons
- [cashier] Claudia Barrett
- [popcorn vendor] Buddy Gorman
- [Jim Donovan] DeForrest Lawrence
- [Ted Clark] Garrett Craig
- [judge] George L. Spaulding
- [clerk] Sherry Hall
- [guard] Harry Strang
- [guard] Jack Worth
- [Russell Hughes] Sid Melton
- [Margaret Baxter] Fern Eggen
- [Nat Lefeld] Eddie Foster
- [tower guard] Lee Phelps
- [prisoner] Michael Mark
- [brakeman] Jim Toney
- [fireman] Leo Cleary
- [plant guard] Robert Foulk
- [con] Jim Thorpe
- [radio patrolman of car A] Harry Lauter
- [engineer] Murray Leonard
- [radio announcer] Terry O'sullivan
- [government agents] Joey Ray
- [government agents] Bob Carson
- [government agents] John Pickard
- [government agents] Eddie Phillips
- [operative] Joel Allen
- [vendor] Buddy Gorman
- [guard] Art Foster
- [guard] Art Miles
- [guard] Ray Bennett
- [foreman] Carl Harbaugh
- [lawyer] Ralph Volkie
- [prison doctor] Perry Ivins
- [clocker] Larry Mcgrath
- [policeman] Herschel Daugherty
- [psychiatrist] Grandon Rhodes
- [psychiatrist] John Mcguire
- [attendant] Nolan Leary
- [motorist at gas station] Johnny Butler
Credits
Direction
- Director Raoul Walsh
- [Assistant Director] Russell Saunders
- [Script Supervisor] Irva Ross
Production
- Production Company Warner Bros.
- Executive Producer Jack L. Warner
- Producer Louis Edelman
Writing
- Screenplay Ivan Goff
- Screenplay Ben Roberts
- Suggested by a Story by Virginia Kellogg
Photography
- Director of Photography Sid Hickox
- [Camera Operator] Mike Joyce
- [Gaffer] Paul Burnett
- [Key Grip] Louis Mashmeyer
Stills
- [Stills] Frank Bjerring
Special Effects
- Special Effects (Director) Roy Davidson
- Special Effects H.F. Koenekamp
Editing
- Editor Owen Marks
Design
- Art Director Edward Carrere
- Set Decorator Fred M. Maclean
Costumes
- Wardrobe Leah Rhodes
Make-up
- Make-up Artist Perc Westmore
- [Make-up Artist] Eddie Allen
- [Hairstylist] Gertrude Wheeler
Music
- Music Max Steiner
- Orchestrations Murray Cutter
Sound
- Sound Leslie G. Hewitt
