White Heat Blu-ray

'White Heat' Director: Raoul Walsh (1949) Warner Bros. Blu-ray

As a psychotic thug devoted to his hard-boiled ma, James Cagney - older, scarier and just as electrifying - gives a performance to match his work in The Public Enemy as the cold-blooded Cody Jarrett.

This fast-paced thriller tracing Jarrett's violent life in and out of jail is also a harrowing character study. Jarrett is a psychological time bomb ruled by impulse. He murders a wounded accomplice and revels in the act. He neglects his sultry wife and adores his doting mother. White Heat ranks among the most vivid screen performance's of Cagney's career.

Special features include:
- Audio commentary by film historian Dr. Drew Casper
- Leonard Maltin hosts Warner Night at the Movies 1949 with newsreel, comedy short So You Think You're Not Guilty, cartoon Homeless Hare
- White Heat: Top of the World featurette