Top 5: Cagney

by John Nolte

1. White Heat (1949) – The last of the classic gangster pictures is also one of the best. Virginia Mayo gives the performance of her career, Edmond O’ Brien is sturdy as ever, and the script is a masterpiece of character, plotting, and story twists – but you never notice because Cagney’s towering performance as a mother-obsessed sociopath is so overpowering it sucks up all the greatness going on around him. (more…)

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Posted Jan 30th 2009 at 2:37 pm in Top 5 | 29 Comments