White Heat
| White Heat | |
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| Directed by | Raoul Walsh |
| Screenplay by | Ivan Goff Ben Roberts |
| Based on | White Heat by Virginia Kellogg |
| Produced by | Louis F. Edelman |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Sidney Hickox |
| Edited by | Owen Marks |
| Music by | Max Steiner |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1 million or $1,300,000 |
| Box office | $1.9 million or $3,483,000 |
White Heat is a 1949 American film noir, directed by Raoul Walsh. Its screenplay, written by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts, is based on a story by Virginia Kellogg. The film stars James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, and Edmond O'Brien.
White Heat is considered to be one of the best gangster films 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.