White Heat

For other uses, see White Heat (disambiguation).
White Heat
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRaoul Walsh
Screenplay byIvan Goff
Ben Roberts
Based onWhite Heat by Virginia Kellogg
Produced byLouis F. Edelman
Starring
CinematographySidney Hickox
Edited byOwen Marks
Music byMax Steiner
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • September 2, 1949 (1949-09-02)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1 million[1] or $1,300,000[2]
Box office$1.9 million[3] or $3,483,000[2]

White Heat is a 1949 American film noir starring James Cagney, Virginia Mayo and Edmond O'Brien, and directed by Raoul Walsh.

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.[4][5][6][7] In 2003, it was added to the National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress.[8][9]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NollenS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 30 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  3. ^ "Top-Grossers of 1949", Variety, published January 4, 1950. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  4. ^ Banks, Alec (October 5, 2017). "The 21 Best Gangster Movies of All Time". High Snobiety. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
  5. ^ DeMerritt, Paul (October 16, 2017). "25 Greatest Gangster Movies of All Time". Showbiz Cheat Sheet. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  6. ^ "10 Classic Gangster Movies Better Than 'Gangster Squad'". Indie Wire. January 9, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  7. ^ Jang, Meena (March 30, 2015). "25 of Hollywood's Classic Gangster Films". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  8. ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress, National Film Preservation Board. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  9. ^ "Librarian of Congress Adds 25 Films to National Film Registry". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-14.