White Heat
“Pick up the pieces folks, Jimmy's in action again!”
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How White Heat performed
Budget
$1.3M
Worldwide Gross
$3.5M
Gross Profit
$2.2M
Return
2.7× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$585K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Arthur 'Cody' Jarrett
James Cagney
Arthur 'Cody' Jarrett
Verna Jarrett
Virginia Mayo
Verna Jarrett
Vic Pardo
Edmond O'Brien
Vic Pardo
Ma Jarrett
Margaret Wycherly
Ma Jarrett
'Big Ed' Somers
Steve Cochran
'Big Ed' Somers
Philip Evans
John Archer
Philip Evans
'Cotton' Valletti
Wally Cassell
'Cotton' Valletti
Daniel Winston
Fred Clark
Daniel Winston
Roy Parker (uncredited)
Paul Guilfoyle
Roy Parker (uncredited)
Zuckie
Ford Rainey
Zuckie
Payroll Guard at Chemical Plant
Robert Foulk
Payroll Guard at Chemical Plant
Creel
Ian MacDonald
Creel
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