The Film Noir craze of my youth found a brief idol in James Cagney,
especially so in White Heat. The quick exchanges during the initial
train robbery: "Why don't you give him my address, too?" through to
probably one of my favourite film lines of all time: "You'd look good in
a shower curtain" are all brilliant and the dialogue stays sharp.
Cody's deranged connection to his mother is disturbingly offputting, but
strangely relatable (to a lesser degree) and his final - as is the
films final - blaze of glory is an amazing conclusion to an explosive
character over a tumultuous time.
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