Movies · 1949
Made it, Ma! Top of the world!
— Cody Jarrett ‧ White Heat
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Cody calls his last stand a victory. His imagined triumph is bound up with his mother’s approval, and the grand claim becomes bitterly ironic as the world around him is about to collapse.
- AFI100 Movie Quotes, number18; synopsis of Cody Jarrett’s final confrontation.Reference checked
- AFI Movie ClubWhite Heat1949: Cody Jarrett and exact climactic line.Reference checked
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