<Tr> <Td> March 23, 1950 </Td> <Th> Academy Awards </Th> <Td> Best Story </Td> <Td> Virginia Kellogg </Td> <Td> Nominated </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1950 (exact date unknown) </Td> <Th> Edgar Awards </Th> <Td> Best Motion Picture </Td> <Td> Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts </Td> <Td> Nominated </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> On June 4, 2003, the American Film Institute named Cody Jarrett in its list of the best heroes and villains of the past 100 years . Furthermore, in June 2005, "Made it, Ma! Top of the World!" was voted 18th in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes; while, in June 2008, White Heat was voted 4th in AFI's 10 Top 10 list of gangster movies . The film was nominated for inclusion into three other lists by the American Film Institute . </P> <P> Scenes with Cagney were used in the comedy film Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid putting Steve Martin to act with Cagney in scenes, as well as in the 1992 crime - drama film Juice . The "Made it ma, top of the world" scene also appears in the 1991 Ricochet starring Denzel Washington . Denzel recites the quote in the final scene atop a tower . A variation of this quote was also used in the 1986 movie Tough Guys by Eli Wallach . When he's shooting at the cops from the train he yells "top o' the world, ma". A short clip was also played in a scene from Hart to Hart, Season 3, Episode 21, titled "Hart and Sole", airing 6 April 1982 . Quotes from the film were also used in the album track "White Heat" by Madonna, on her third album True Blue (released June 30, 1986 after Cagney's death); the song was also dedicated to Cagney . Several quotes from the film were used in the hip - hop single "Back In Business" by E-40 and produced by his son Droop - E, on this 2010 album Revenue Retrievin': Day Shift . In 2013, Americana music artist Sam Baker included the song "White Heat" on his 2013 CD, "Say Grace;" the song's lyrics include many references to action in the Cagney film . It is mentioned in season 2 episode 12 of Breaking Bad . In the Mixels series finale "Nixel Nixel Go Away", King Nixel's quote, "Top of the world, ma!" is a reference to a scene of the film . George Wendt (as Norm Peterson) also makes reference to the film with his line, "Top of the world, Ma!" in the fifth season episode of Cheers, "Norm's First Hurrah ." </P>

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