White heat: Cody Jarrett is the sadistic leader of a ruthless gang of thieves. Afflicted by terrible headaches and fiercely devoted to his 'Ma, ' Cody is a volatile, violent, and eccentric leader. Cody's top henchman wants to lead the gang and attempts to have an 'accident' happen to Cody, while he is running the gang from in jail. But Cody is saved by an undercover cop, who thereby befriends him and infiltrates the gang. Finally, the stage is set for Cody's ultimate betrayal and downfall, during a big heist at a chemical plant--www.imdb.com
City for conquest: Cagney is Danny Kenny, a truck driver who enters "the fight game" and Sheridan plays his girlfriend, Peggy. Danny realizes success in the ring and uses his income to pay for his brother Eddie's music composition career, while Peggy goes on to become a professional dancer. When Peggy turns down Danny's marriage proposal for her dancing career, Danny, who wanted to quit the fight game, continues on & is blinded. His former manager finances a newsstand for the now semi-blind Danny. The movie ends with brother Eddie becoming a successful composer and dedicates a symphony at Carnegie Hall to his brother who listens to the concert on the radio from his newsstand. Peggy, now down on her luck, but in the audience at Carnegie, rushes to Danny at his newsstand where they reunite--www.imdb.com
Each dawn I die: Although innocent, reporter Frank Ross is found guilty of murder and is sent to jail. While his friends at the newspaper try to find out who framed him, Frank gets hardened by prison life and his optimism turns into bitterness. He meets fellow-inmate Stacey and they decide to help each other--www.imdb.com
"G" men: It's the early days of the F.B.I. - federal agents working for the Department of Justice. Though they've got limited powers - they don't carry weapons and have to get local police approval for arrests - that doesn't stop fresh Law School grad Eddie Buchanan from joining up, and he encourages his former roommate James "Brick" Davis (James Cagney) to do so as well. But Davis wants to be an honest lawyer, not a shyster, despite his ties to mobster boss McKay, and he's intent on doing so, until Buchanan is gunned down trying to arrest career criminal Danny Leggett. Davis soon joins the "G-Men" as they hunt down Leggett (soon-to-be Public Enemy Number One) and his cronies Collins and Durfee, who are engaged in a crime and murder spree from New York to the midwest--www.imdb.com

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Cataloging source: EYP

Characteristic: videorecording

Credits note

White heat: a Warner Bros.-First National picture ; screenplay by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts ; suggested by a story by Virginia Kellogg ; music by Max Steiner ; produced by Louis F. Edelman ; directed by Raoul Walsh
City for conquest: an Anatole Litvak production ; a Warner Bros.-First National picture ; screenplay by John Wexley ; from the novel by Aben Kandel ; music by Max Steiner ; directed by Anatole Litvak
Each dawn I die: a First National picture ; from the novel by Jerome Odlum ; screenplay by Norman Reilly Raine and Warren Duff ; directed by William Keighley
"G" men: The Vitaphone Corp. ; story and screenplay by Seton I. Miller ; directed by William Keighley

Dewey number: 791.43/75

Intended audience

White heat: Not rated
City for conquest: Not rated
Each dawn I die: Not rated
"G" men: Not rated

Language note: Audio: English mono.; subtitles: English (except Each dawn I die), French, Spanish; closed-captioned

LC call number: PN1997

LC item number: .G74 2010

PerformerNote

White heat: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Fred Clark
City for conquest: James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Frank Craven, Donald Crisp, Frank McHugh, Arthur Kennedy, George Tobias, Jerome Cowan, Elia Kazan, Anthony Quinn, Lee Patrick
Each dawn I die: James Cagney, George Raft, Jane Bryan, George Bancroft, Maxie Rosenbloom
"G" men: James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Dvorak, Robert Armstong

Runtime: 395

Series statement: Turner classic movies greatest gangster films collection

Technique: live action

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