Wally Cassell, Gangster in 'White Heat,' Dies at 103

Hollywood Reporter ^ | 5/29/2015 | Mike Barnes

[Borges]

[Paine in the Neck]

[Clint N. Suhks]

Never seen “White Heat”.

[Pearls Before Swine]

“Top of the world, indeed!” Great graphic.

Actually, “Top of the world, Ma” would also work for Obama and Stanley Ann.

[CaptainK]

“White Heat” may be my favorite Cagney movie.

He is so evil and over the top, but in a good way.

[dp0622]

I love Cagney but not in this one. He didn. Have the human edge like the other movies.

[Fiddlstix]

R.I.P

[Paine in the Neck]

Actually, “Top of the world, Ma” would also work for Obama and Stanley Ann.

"Ma" would work for "Ma" Jarrett (what a coincidence!) even better; that's the parallel mother fetish. But I figured "Pop" would be best, considering the psychological grooming by Pop Davis and the nihilistic ending.

[driftless2]

The mark of a great actor is the ability to do different personalities and make them believable. Cagney could do it...so could Bogart. Bette Davis was another one. Some people are just film stars, and some are actors.

[Clint N. Suhks]

I always see “White Heat” on Top Gangster Movie Lists but it never comes on HBO or my other movie channels.

[freefdny]

I loved “White Heat”. Prison scene where he asks how Ma is doing is a classic.

[donozark]

Saw him in a couple episodes of THE UNTOUCHABLES.

[nothingnew]

"Angels With Dirty Faces".....The scene when Cagney is going to his execution is fantastic, especially since we never know why he broke down...to help the Bowery Boys, or is he a cowardly killer?

Great movie.

FMCDH(BITS)

[CaptainK]

I've seen it several times on Turner Move Classics.

[CaptainK]

Out of curiosity I check the TMC schedule and they are showing White Heat on Friday, July 03, 2015 at 6PM.

[BenLurkin]

Excellent!

[wally_bert]

Learned to love that series because of ME-TV.

[dp0622]

how dare you? He was never a coward. Lol. He did it for the kids. He was too tough to start crying at the last minute. He didn’t care about dying. He got so mad at the priest.when the priest asked him. forgive me for my rant but it would break my heart to think Jimmy Cagney was a coward in one of his movies.and that one was the best of all. Although in Public Enemy he was a pretty bad dude. did you ever see each dawn I die. I think that’s the name of it

[nothingnew]

I saw "Angels With Dirty Faces" when I was a kid. That scene affected me quite a bit.

To this day, I can't decide "coward" or "hero".

I kind of like it that way.

FMCDH(BITS)

[dp0622]

the first time I saw it I was mad he did it. I was young and it killed me to see Cagney begging. I understood later on. But it is up to interpretation.