Four-Star Films : ‘White Heat’
This is the fast-moving gangster classic written by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts from a Virginia Kellogg story. Director Raoul Walsh gets away with placing migraine-prone mobster James Cagney (pictured) on his mother’s lap without a trace of self-consciousness; never was an Oedipus complex presented with so little fuss. This 1949 production, which co-stars Virginia Mayo and Edmond O’Brien, is even more famous for Cagney’s tag line, “Top of the world, Ma!” (TMC Thursday at 5:05 a.m.)
Other four-star films airing this week:
Raise the Red Lanterns / TMC, Sunday, 2:45 p.m., Saturday, 4:55 p.m.
On the Waterfront / Showtime, Tuesday, 2:30 p.m.
Foreign Correspondent / AMC, Tuesday, 6 p.m., again at midnight.
Henry V (1945) / Bravo, Wednesday, 2:30 p.m.
His Girl Friday / TMC Thursday, 8:45 a.m.
Paper Moon / AMC, Saturday, noon; again at 9 p.m.
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