The Roaring Twenties

Raoul Walsh
James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Margaret Wycherly, Steve Cochran
1949
United States
Completed
English
114 minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known asWhite Heat,is aUnited StatesProducerwomen sex,At1949Released in year
。The dialogue language isEnglish,Current Douban rating8.3(For reference only)。
A classic gangster film starring James Cagney. In this brilliantly acted representative work, he plays the psychopathic thug Cody Jarrett, who has a severe Oedipus complex. He abandons his wife like a madman and goes on a rampage committing crimes everywhere. The police exert tremendous effort to capture him, while he leads his gang of thugs hiding in the mountains, confronting the police. Director Raoul Walsh includes many atmospheric violent action scenes in the film, but what stands out even more is the vivid portrayal of the male protagonist's paranoia. Margaret Wycherly's evil mother and Virginia Mayo's femme fatale also deliver equally impressive performances, culminating in a profoundly moving tragic ending.