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Scarface
Directed by
Howard Hawks
1932
1h 33m
PG
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An ambitious and nearly insane violent gangster climbs the ladder of success in the mob, but his weaknesses prove to be his downfall.
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Cast of Scarface
Paul Muni
Tony 'Scarface' Camonte
Ann Dvorak
Cesca Camonte
Karen Morley
Poppy
Osgood Perkins
John 'Johnny' Lovo
C. Henry Gordon
Insp. Ben Guarino
George Raft
Guino Rinaldo
Vince Barnett
Angelo
Boris Karloff
Gaffney
Purnell Pratt
Mr. Garston, publisher
Tully Marshall
Managing editor
Inez Palange
Mrs. Camonte
Edwin Maxwell
Chief of detectives
Jean Harlow
Blonde at Paradise Club
Henry Armetta
Pietro - Barber (uncredited)
Gus Arnheim
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Eugenie Besserer
Citizens Committee Member (uncredited)
Maurice Black
Jim - Headwaiter (uncredited)
James Conaty
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
Waiter at Columbia Cafe (uncredited)
Virginia Dabney
Mabel (uncredited)
William B. Davidson
Citizens Committee Member (uncredited)
James Durkin
Newspaper Man (uncredited)
Bill Elliott
Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
Eddie Fetherston
Reporter (uncredited)
Paul Fix
Hood with Gaffney (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Howard Hawks
Man on Bed (uncredited)
Brandon Hurst
Citizens Committee Member (uncredited)
Sydney Jarvis
Bartender (uncredited)
John Kelly
One of Costillo's Hoods (uncredited)
John Lee Mahin
MacArthur from the Journal (uncredited)
Hank Mann
Stag Party Janitor (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Hood (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Waiter (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Jack Perry
One of Costillo's Hoods (uncredited)
Pedro Regas
Tony - Bodyguard (uncredited)
Warner Richmond
Cesca's Dance Partner (uncredited)
Constantine Romanoff
Henchman (uncredited)
Ronald R. Rondell
Hood (uncredited)
Bert Starkey
Epstein - Lawyer (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
One of Costillo's Hoods (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
One of Costillo's Hoods (uncredited)
Helen C. Thompson
Sadie Thompson (uncredited)
Nick Thompson
One of Costillo's Hoods (uncredited)
Ellinor Vanderveer
Theatregoer (uncredited)
Harry J. Vejar
Big Louis Costillo (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent
One of Costillo's Hoods (uncredited)
Douglas Walton
Cesca's Boyfriend (uncredited)
Stanhope Wheatcroft
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Scarface Reviews
Los Angeles Times
Mark Chalon Smith
Scarface is one of best of the early gangster movies; its wit and building velocity speeds it past Little Caesar and keeps pace with Public Enemy.
New Yorker
Richard Brody
By far the most visually inventive and tonally anarchic movie that Hawks made.
TIME Magazine
TIME Staff
Scarface is a grisly, exciting gangster picture, based in part upon the career of Alphonse ("Scarface," "Snorkey") Capone.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
Howard Hawks's 1932 masterpiece is a dark, brutal, exhilaratingly violent film, blending comedy and horror in a manner that suggests Chico Marx let loose with a live machine gun.
Variety
Variety Staff
Scarface contains more cruelty than any of its gangster picture predecessors, but there's a squarer for every killing. The blows are always softened by judicial preachments and sad endings for the sinners.
New York Times
Mordaunt Hall
This is an excellent diversion for those who like to take an afternoon or an evening off to study the activities of cowardly thugs. In it Paul Muni as Scarface Tony Camonte gives a compelling portrayal.
Film and Felt
Gabe Leibowitz
Hawks displays balls of steel, using the filmic medium to challenge the free reign of mobsters in the 1930's.
Three Movie Buffs
Scott Nash
You have to give Scarface credit for setting certain standards in the gangster genre.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
A brilliantly wild narrative that had a lot of Capone and the Borgias in it.
Apollo Guide
Brian Webster
Paul Muni goes way over the top as Tony Camonte, painting a picture of a gangster who knows nothing but excess, and who will stop at nothing to get his way.
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
The quintessential crime thriller. One of the few perfect films.
Seanax.com
Sean Axmaker
The original Scarface, loosely but boldly based on the notorious life and legend of Al Capone, didn't invent the modern American gangster film. It blew it up.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
Despite censorship problems and interference from producer Howard Hughes, Howard Hawks' early crime-gangster is a masterpiece and a seminal work in the genre's evolution, with a truly scary performanec from Paul Muni.
Classic Film and Television
Michael E. Grost
Vivid gangster thriller with lurid characters and visual style.
IdentityTheory
Matthew Sorrento
[The police chief] endorses the myth of the west while conceiving the urban gangster as a rat-like menace.
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
John Beifuss
Completely relevant: Citizens complain that access to technologically more efficient guns is partly to blame for the crime wave; they fret over illegal immigrants; they worry that the 'new breed' of criminal is more uncivilized than its predecessor...
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