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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Much attention is given to depictions of the cops' (now-dated) "modern" techniques, such as radio tracking.
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* TechMarchesOn: Much attention is given to depictions of the cops' (now-dated) "modern" techniques, such as radio tracking.
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* TechMarchesOn: TechnologyMarchesOn: Much attention is given to depictions of the cops' (now-dated) "modern" techniques, such as radio tracking.
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* LaughingMad: Cody is giggling uncontrollably in his last-stand shootout with the cops on the gas tower.
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* PsychopathicManchild: Cody, again, who wants nothing more than to cuddle up with Ma when he has one of his migraine attacks.
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* PsychopathicManchild: Cody, again, who wants nothing more than to cuddle up with Ma when he has one of his migraine attacks. During his complete meltdown upon finding out she's dead, he genuinely looks and sounds like a bawling toddler.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Ryley realises that Cody intends to shoot it out with the police in the refinery, he waits until Cody has moved on and then immediately announces to the police that he is coming out and attemps to surrender to them. This earns him a bullet InTheBack from Cody.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Ryley realises that Cody intends to shoot it out with the police in the refinery, he waits until Cody has moved on and then immediately announces to the police that he is coming out and attemps attempts to surrender to them. This earns him a bullet InTheBack from Cody.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Ryley realises that Cody intends to shoot it out with the police in the refinery, he waits until Cody has moved on and then immediately announces to the police that he is coming out and attemps to surrender to them. This earns him a bullet InTheBack from Cody.
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Francis Crowley was incorrectly stated to have been murdered on January 21, 1932. He was actually executed.
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** The character of Cody Jarrett was based on New York murderer Francis Crowley, who engaged in a pitched battle with police in the spring of 1931 at the age of 18. Murdered on January 21, 1932, his last words were: "Send my love to my mother." Another inspiration may have been Fred Barker and Arthur Barker, notorious gangsters of the 1930s famously devoted to their domineering mother, Ma Barker.
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** The character of Cody Jarrett was based on New York murderer Francis Crowley, who engaged in a pitched battle with police in the spring of 1931 at the age of 18. Murdered Executed on January 21, 1932, his last words were: "Send my love to my mother." Another inspiration may have been Fred Barker and Arthur Barker, notorious gangsters of the 1930s famously devoted to their domineering mother, Ma Barker.
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* MohsScaleOfViolenceHardness: It gets a 3, because, although it's essentially bloodless, the violence in it is a hair too brutal for a level 2.
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* NeverGoingBackToPrison: Cody, to the extent [[spoiler:that he eventually chooses SuicideByCop instead]].
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* NeverGoingBackToPrison: Cody, to the extent [[spoiler:that that he eventually chooses SuicideByCop instead]].instead.
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* ShownTheirWork: All the locations and bearings radioed back and forth during the triangulation tracking of the gasoline truck, as it moves southwest across the Los Angeles basin, are accurate. They can all be found on a modern map of Los Angeles. Even the view of the Los Angeles City Hall shows up at the appropriate time.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory:
** The character of Cody Jarrett was based on New York murderer Francis Crowley, who engaged in a pitched battle with police in the spring of 1931 at the age of 18. Murdered on January 21, 1932, his last words were: "Send my love to my mother." Another inspiration may have been Fred Barker and Arthur Barker, notorious gangsters of the 1930s famously devoted to their domineering mother, Ma Barker.
** The train robbery that opens the film appears to have been closely based on the robbery of Southern Pacific's "Gold Special" by the DeAutremont Brothers in 1923.
** The character of Cody Jarrett was based on New York murderer Francis Crowley, who engaged in a pitched battle with police in the spring of 1931 at the age of 18. Murdered on January 21, 1932, his last words were: "Send my love to my mother." Another inspiration may have been Fred Barker and Arthur Barker, notorious gangsters of the 1930s famously devoted to their domineering mother, Ma Barker.
** The train robbery that opens the film appears to have been closely based on the robbery of Southern Pacific's "Gold Special" by the DeAutremont Brothers in 1923.
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* FamousLastWords: The Hortonsphere on which Cody is standing is going up in flames. Grinning insanely, he turns to the sky and shouts...
-->'''Cody:''' MADE IT, MA! TOP OF THE WORLD!\\
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-->'''Cody:''' MADE IT, MA! TOP OF THE WORLD!\\
''[BOOM!]''
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* InTheBlood: Cody's father died in an insane asylum, and his brother also lost his grip on sanity at the end of his life. As the film opens, Cody's gang, especially Big Ed, already expect that Cody will follow in his father and brother's footsteps. The latter half of the film--starting with "Ma" Jarrett's death--proves that their fears are well-founded.
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* ItRunsInTheFamily: Cody's father died in an insane asylum, and his brother also lost his grip on sanity at the end of his life. As the film opens, Cody's gang, especially Big Ed, already expect that Cody will follow in his father and brother's footsteps. The latter half of the film--starting with "Ma" Jarrett's death--proves that their fears are well-founded.
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''White Heat'' is a classic 1949 Creator/WarnerBros FilmNoir directed by Creator/RaoulWalsh and starring Creator/JamesCagney in one of his most acclaimed performances.
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''White Heat'' is a classic 1949 Creator/WarnerBros FilmNoir FilmNoir, directed by Creator/RaoulWalsh and starring Creator/JamesCagney in one of his most acclaimed performances.
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''White Heat'' is a 1949 Creator/WarnerBros FilmNoir directed by Creator/RaoulWalsh and starring Creator/JamesCagney.
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''White Heat'' is a classic 1949 Creator/WarnerBros FilmNoir directed by Creator/RaoulWalsh and starring Creator/JamesCagney.
Creator/JamesCagney in one of his most acclaimed performances.
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Cody ultimately chooses to uncork the gas tanks at a chemical plant, shoot them, and go out in a (literal) blaze of glory rather than be taken down by the cops. It's particularly effective since he completes this plan ''after being shot already.''
* DefiantToTheEnd: Cody never considers surrendering, even after the cops start shooting at him with a sniper rifle, instead going out in a fiery explosion: "MADE IT, MA! TOP OF THE WORLD!"
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* InTheBlood: Cody's father died in an insane asylum, and his brother also lost his grip on sanity at the end of his life. As the film opens, Cody's gang, especially Big Ed, already expect that Cody will follow in his father and brother's footsteps.
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* InTheBlood: Cody's father died in an insane asylum, and his brother also lost his grip on sanity at the end of his life. As the film opens, Cody's gang, especially Big Ed, already expect that Cody will follow in his father and brother's footsteps. The latter half of the film--starting with "Ma" Jarrett's death--proves that their fears are well-founded.
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* RuleOfSymbolism: Cody's death, and the famous "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" line, take place on top of a ''globe-shaped'' gas tank (a real-life structure called a Hortonsphere).
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* AlasPoorVillain: After Cody's DyingMomentOfAwesome, Fallon closes the film with a ironic, yet somber, BondOneLiner.
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* AlasPoorVillain: After Cody's DyingMomentOfAwesome, Fallon closes the film with a an ironic, yet somber, BondOneLiner.
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* MoralGuardians: The Hays Code prohibited crime to be depicted as glamorous and stipulated CrimeDoesNotPay.
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* MoralGuardians: The Hays Code prohibited crime to be depicted as glamorous and stipulated CrimeDoesNotPay.crime doesn't pay.
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* ReplacementGoldfish: The police deliberately invoke this trope, telling the undercover cop posing as "Vic" to try and take the place of Cody's mother in his mind. It works. Cody comes to see him like a little brother, someone to protect and share the loot with.
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* SanitySlippage: Cody already has a screw loose, but when his mother dies, he really starts going downhill. He manages to remain crazy like a fox until he finds out the criminal he's come to see as a little brother is really an undercover cop. Then he completely loses it.
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* CrusadingLawyer: Reader Curtin's attorney cmoems across as one when he visits to discuss an appeal but this is downplayed, given that 1) His client is apparently guilty of the crime he was accused of and 2) He's apparently bad at his job, as Reader says he couldn't get him out of jail if he was pardoned.
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* CrusadingLawyer: Reader Curtin's attorney cmoems comes across as one when he visits to discuss an appeal but this is downplayed, given that 1) His client is apparently guilty of the crime he was accused of and 2) He's apparently bad at his job, as Reader says he couldn't get him out of jail if he was pardoned.
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* CrusadingLawyer: Reader Curtin's attorney cmoems across as one when he visits to discuss an appeal but this is downplayed, given that 1) His client is apparently guilty of the crime he was accused of and 2) He's apparently bad at his job, as Reader says he couldn't get him out of jail if he was pardoned.
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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Ryley. Cody takes this badly and shoots him.
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Cotton, one of Jarret's men, gives a comrade being left for dead a pack of cigarettes, which are later used to help track down the gang.
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* OutlawCouple: Cody and Vera are a deconstruction, given their poor marriage. Tommy Ryley mentions having spent time on the run with his wife before being arrested, adding that she dyed her hair at the time.
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* TheSmartGuy: Happy Taylor comes across as this to Jarret's gang in the final act (although it's fairly relative).
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* ConfessToALesserCrime: Cody confesses to some penny-ante hotel robbery in order to avoid punishment for the train robbery, which would have gotten him the death penalty after four people were killed.
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* ConfessToALesserCrime: As part of a pre-arranged alibi, Cody confesses to some penny-ante hotel robbery in order to avoid punishment for the train robbery, which would have gotten him the death penalty after four people were killed.
