Yapım :1949 Ülke : Amerika Tür : Crime Süre : 114 dakika IMDB Puan : 8.1/10 IMDB ID: tt0042041
Oyuncular James Cagney - Arthur 'Cody' Jarrett Virginia Mayo - Verna Jarrett Edmond O'Brien - Vic Pardo/Hank Fallon Margaret Wycherly - Ma Jarrett Steve Cochran - Big Ed Somers John Archer - Philip Evans Wally Cassell - Giovanni 'Cotton' Valletti (Jarrett gang) Fred Clark - Daniel Winston ('The Trader') Joel Allen - Operative (uncredited) Claudia Barrett - Cashier (uncredited)
Bilgi :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.James Cagney returns to the gangster film genre as Cody Jarrett, a killer with a mother fixation to rival Oedipus Rex as he tries to get to the "top of the world".A mentally disturbed gangster who's in love with his mother plans on pulling off the robbery to top all robberies, not realizing that his newest henchman is an undercover detective and his right hand man is trying to have him killed.
