Scarface

Unrated

4/9/19321h 33m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ The rise and fall of a power hungry mobster. ~

Overview:

In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.

Director:

Howard Hawks

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$800,000.00

Revenue:

$600,000.00

Key words:

chicago, illinois
sibling relationship
based on novel or book
police
prohibition era
alcohol
gangster
gang war
beer
ambition
film noir
murder
mobster
black and white
pre-code
audacious

Cast

Paul Muni

~ as ~

Antonio 'Tony' Camonte

Ann Dvorak

~ as ~

Francesca 'Cesca' Camonte

Karen Morley

~ as ~

Poppy

Osgood Perkins

~ as ~

John 'Johnny' Lovo

C. Henry Gordon

~ as ~

Insp. Ben Guarino

George Raft

~ as ~

Guino Rinaldo

Vince Barnett

~ as ~

Angelo

Boris Karloff

~ as ~

Gaffney

Purnell Pratt

~ as ~

Mr. Garston, publisher

Tully Marshall

~ as ~

Managing Editor

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
7
Odd to see Howard Hawks on this genre, but he directs this workman-like gangster effort steadily, managing to convey some semblance of the environment of fear and violence without actually turning it into a visual gory bloodbath. Paul Muni may have had top billing, but for me George Raft steals this - charisma a-plenty. Boris Karloff appears oddly miscast, but Dvorak and Morley play the roles of the molls quite effectively and Osgood Perkins plays the cowardly bully Lovo well. Holds up remarkably after almost 90 years!