White heat. City for conquest. Each dawn I die. "G" men.
Notes:
Title from container. White heat: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Fred Clark. White heat: Includes: Leonard Maltin hosts Warner Night at the movies 1949 with newsreel, comedy short So you think you're not guilty, cartoon Homeless hare and theatrical trailers; featurette White heat: top of the world; commentary by historian Drew Casper. White heat: Originally released as a motion picture in 1949. 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. City for conquest: Includes: Warner Night at the movies 1940 with newsreel, patriotic short Service with the colors, cartoon Stage fright and theatrical trailers; featurette Molls and dolls: the women of gangster films; commentary by historian Richard Schickel; Breakdowns of 1940: studio blooper reel; radio show adaptation. City for conquest: Originally released as a motion picture in 1940. Each dawn I die: James Cagney, George Raft, Jane Bryan, George Bancroft, Maxie Rosenbloom. Each dawn I die: Includes: Warner Night at the movies 1939 with newsreel, documentary short A day at Santa Anita, cartoons Detouring America and Each dawn I crow and theatrical trailers; featurette Stool pigeons and pine overcoats: the language of gangster films; commentary by historian Haden Guest; Breakdowns of 1939: studio blooper reel; radio show adaptation. Each dawn I die: Originally released as a motion picture in 1939. "G" men: James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Dvorak, Robert Armstong. "G" men: Warner Night at the movies 1935 with newsreel, Bob Hope comedy short The old grey mayor, cartoon Buddy the gee man and theatrical trailers; featurette Morality and the code: a how-to manual for Hollywood; commentary by historian Richard Jewell; Breakdowns of 1935: studio blooper reel; How I play golf by Bobby Jones, short no. 11: practice shots. "G" men: Originally released as a motion picture in 1935.
Contents:
Disc 1 White heat (113 min.) -- Disc 2 City for conquest (104 min.) -- Disc 3 Each dawn I die (92 min.) -- Disc 4 "G" men (86 min.).
Summary:
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.
Series:
Turner classic movies greatest gangster films collection
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