Cagney is the most magnificent of the new breed of machine gun-toting anti-hero that exploded in the gangster film genre of early sound cinema.
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‘White Heat’ – James Cagney on top of the world on The Criterion Channel
“Made it, ma. Top of the world!” One of the greatest gangster classics of all time, White Heat (1949) stars James Cagney in an explosive performance as psychotic career criminal Cody Jarrett, driven over the edge by blinding headaches and murderous rages that only his mother can calm. Until, that is, she’s murdered while he’s […]