“White Heat” quotes

(1949)
Movie White Heat
Raoul Walsh directed this movie in 1949
Title White Heat
Year 1949
Director Raoul Walsh
Genre Drama, Crime, Action
Plot – Cody Jarret is the sadistic leader of a gang of thieves. He is an eccentric and violent man who constantly suffers from headaches and is morbidly attached to his mother. A member of the gang organizes him a trap and Cody gets arrested. When the man finds out that his girlfriend ran away and his mother was killed, Cody evades. An infiltrator escapes with him and manages to enter in the gang.
All actors – James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Margaret Wycherly, Steve Cochran, John Archer, Wally Cassell, Fred Clark, , Joel Allen, Claudia Barrett, Ray Bennett, Marshall Bradford, Chet Brandenburg, John Butler, Robert Carson, Bill Cartledge, Bill Clark, Leo Cleary, Fred Coby, Tom Coleman, G. Pat Collins, Bing Conley, Garrett Craig, Herschel Daugherty, Fern Eggen, Charles Ferguson, Art Foster, Eddie Foster, Robert Foulk, Rudy Germane, Jack Gordon, Buddy Gorman, Paul Guilfoyle, Sherry Hall, Carl Harbaugh, Jack Henderson, Clarence Hennecke, Perry Ivins, Colin Kenny, Mickey Knox, Mike Lally, Richard LaMarr, Harry Lauter, DeForrest Lawrence, Nolan Leary, Murray Leonard, Ian MacDonald, Larry McGrath, John McGuire, Sid Melton, Art Miles, Ray Montgomery, Mike Morelli, Terry O'Sullivan, Robert Osterloh, Milton Parsons, Jack Perrin, Jack Perry, Lee Phelps, Eddie Phillips, John Pickard, Ford Rainey, Joey Ray, Anthony Redondo, Grandon Rhodes, John Rice, John Roy, Jeffrey Sayre, Allen D. Sewall, Cap Somers, George Spaulding, Harry Strang, George Taylor, Jim Thorpe, Jim Toney, Sid Troy, Ralph Volkie, Jack Worth
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  • “- Cody Jarrett: You like the truck idea, huh?
    - Trader Winston: Admirable. We might all profit by a closer study of classical literature.”

    James Cagney - Cody Jarrett
    Fred Clark - The Trader aka Winston
    [Tag:ideas, studying]
  • It's always "somebody tipped them". Never "the cops are smart".
    Virginia Mayo - Verna Jarrett
    [Tag:merit, police]
  • Money's just paper if you don't spend it.”
    Virginia Mayo - Verna Jarrett
    [Tag:money]
  • “- Big Ed: It ain't safe havin' a crackpot givin' orders. About time somebody took over.
    - Cotton: Who, for instance?
    - Big Ed: A very good friend of mine. Me.”

    Steve Cochran - Big Ed Somers
    Wally Cassell - Cotton Valletti
  • “- Roy Parker: You wouldn't kill me in cold blood, would ya?
    - Cody Jarrett: No, I'll let ya warm up a little.”

    Paul Guilfoyle - Roy Parker
    James Cagney - Cody Jarrett
    [Tag:killing]
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