Ron: I don't know if this will help you, but there was a movie released in

1949 called WHITE HEAT, directed by Raoul Walsh and starring James Cagney as

a mother-fixated gangster. He blew himself up on the top of a gas holder

("look, ma - top of the world!"), which may have some relevance to white

heat.. It's available on video.

Peter Warren

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Subject: "white heat"





> Has anyone heard of a term "white heat" used in connection with urban

crime

> films of the late 60s and early 70s.  Films such as DIRTY HARRY, DEATH

> WISH, BULLITT, etc.  I am trying to find a source on this specific term,

> rather than using an umbrella term such as "neo-noir."  It seems that the

> term was utilized to express the urban rage inherent in this rogue

> cop/vigilante justice type of film.  Any leads at all would be most

helpful.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Ronald W. Wilson

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