9/10/2023 0 Comments Virginia mayo james cagney![]() ![]() He flees to the top of a gigantic, globe-shaped gas storage tank. Cody shoots one of his own men for trying to surrender. In the ensuing gun battle, the police kill most of Cody's gang and Verna is arrested. When the police fire tear gas into the office, Hank manages to escape. ![]() Having tracked the truck to Long Beach, California, using direction finders, the police surround the building and call on Cody to surrender he decides to fight it out. The gang gets into the payroll office, but the tanker driver, ex-con "Bo" Creel, recognizes Hank and informs Cody. The police track the tanker and prepare an ambush. Hank says he will repair Verna's radio, then rigs a signal transmitter and attaches it to the Trojan tanker on the way to the plant, he manages to get a message to Evans. Cody plans to steal a chemical plant's payroll by using an empty tanker truck as a Trojan horse. Cody introduces the stranger as "The Trader," Daniel Winston. They start planning their next job.Ī stranger shows up at the gang's isolated hideout, asking to use the phone. The gang welcome the escapees, including Hank, whom Cody likes and trusts. Although Verna murdered Ma, she convinces Cody that Big Ed did it, so Cody guns him down. Verna tries slipping away, but Cody catches her. When they learn of Cody's escape, Big Ed and Verna anxiously await his return. Another inmate sneaks him a gun, which Cody uses to take hostages, and along with Hank and their cellmates, Cody escapes. In the infirmary, he is diagnosed as having a "homicidal psychosis" and is recommended for transfer to an asylum. When Cody learns of Ma's death by way of a new inmate, he goes berserk in the mess hall. Big Ed knows this and holds this information over Verna to keep her with him. Meanwhile, it is revealed that Verna has murdered Ma, whom she despised (as well as vice versa), by shooting her in the back. He starts worrying and decides to break out with Hank. Ma visits and vows to "take care of" Big Ed, despite Cody's frantic attempts to dissuade her. In the prison workshop, Parker attempts to drop a heavy piece of machinery on Cody, but Hank pushes Cody out of the way, saving his life and gaining Cody's trust. On the outside, "Big Ed" Somers, Cody's ambitious right-hand man, takes charge. His task is to find the "Trader", a fence who launders stolen money for Cody. Evans, however, plants undercover agent Hank Fallon (as "Vic Pardo") in Cody's cell. He turns himself in and is sentenced to one to three years in state prison. ![]() He then puts his emergency scheme in motion: confess to a lesser crime committed by an associate in Springfield, Illinois, at the same time as the train job-a federal crime-thus providing him with a false alibi and assuring him a lesser sentence. Cody shoots and wounds US Treasury investigator Philip Evans and makes his escape. Informants enable the authorities to close in on a motor court in Los Angeles where Cody, Verna, and Ma are holed up. Afterward, Ma and Cody have a quick drink and toast, "Top of the world!", before rejoining the others. While on the lam, Cody has a severe migraine, which Ma nurses him through. Although married to Verna, he is overly attached to his equally crooked and determined mother, "Ma" Jarrett.Ĭody and his gang rob a mail train in the Sierra Nevada mountains, killing four members of the train's crew. Plot James Cagney in the film's opening robbery sceneĪrthur "Cody" Jarrett is a ruthless, psychotic criminal and leader of the Jarrett gang. In 2003, it was added to the National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress. Written by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts, White Heat is based on a story by Virginia Kellogg, and is considered to be one of the best gangster movies of all time. White Heat is a 1949 American film noir directed by Raoul Walsh and starring James Cagney, Virginia Mayo and Edmond O'Brien. SEE OTHER ITEMS ON MY EBAY LIST CLICK ON " See other items " ABOVE RIGHT. Please note, the images are for illustrative purposes only NEW SEALED DVD UK DVD THE WEST POINT STORY STARS JAMES CAGNEY VIRGINIA MAYO & STAR CAST CLASSIC = FAST PACED ROMANTIC MUSICAL COMEDY. Item: 374812632077 THE WEST POINT STORY = JAMES CAGNEY VIRGINIA MAYO = NEW SEALED = MUSICAL CLASSIC. ![]()
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