White Heat

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 or $1,300,000
Box office$1.9 million or $3,483,000

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. In 2003, White Heat was added to the National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress.