August 9th – 6:00pm

Pittsburgh Classic Movie Club
 Presents, “White Heat” 
Saturday August 9th – 6:00pm
Tickets – $8
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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.

Gang leader Cody Jarrett (James Cagney) lives for his mother, planning heists between horrible headaches. During a train robbery that goes wrong, Cody shoots an investigator. Realizing Cody will never be stopped if he knows he’s being pursued, authorities plant undercover agent Hank (Edmond O’Brien) in Cody’s cell. When his mother dies, a distraught Cody breaks out of jail, bringing Hank along to join his gang. With Hank in communication with the police, Cody plans a payroll heist.
Release date: September 3, 1949