
White Heat(1949)
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.


“Bogart rips the Jap underworld apart over a blonde in a Tokyo hot spot !”
An American veteran returns to Tokyo to try to pick up the threads of his pre-World War II life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities.

Humphrey Bogart
Colonel Joseph 'Joe' Barrett

Alexander Knox
Mark Landis

Florence Marly
Trina Pechinkov Landis

Sessue Hayakawa
Baron Kimura

Jerome Courtland
Danny

Gordon Jones
Idaho

Teru Shimada
Ito
Hideo Mori
Kanda

Charles Meredith
General Ireton

Rhys Williams
Colonel Dahlgren
Tokyo Joe is a drama, thriller, crime film released in 1949 exploring themes of japan, blackmail, treason, film noir, air base, criminal gang. Directed by Stuart Heisler, it stars Humphrey Bogart, Alexander Knox, Florence Marly. An American veteran returns to Tokyo to try to pick up the threads of his pre-World War II life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities.
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