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Scarface
Directed by
Howard Hawks
PG
1932
1h 33m
Action
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Crime
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7.7
98%
86%
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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
Antonio 'Tony' Camonte
Ann Dvorak
Francesca '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, the Barber (uncredited)
Gus Arnheim
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Eugenie Besserer
Citizens Committee Member (uncredited)
Maurice Black
Jim, the 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.
The 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.
Three Movie Buffs
Scott Nash
You have to give Scarface credit for setting certain standards in the gangster genre.
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...
Wall Street Journal
Kristin M. Jones
Hawks's Scarface still has the power to exhilarate and shock. It is a plunge into a bitter realm with its own rules and rhythms, where bullets fall like hard rain and leave holes like countless jagged stars.
Gone With The Twins
Mike Massie
A preeminent, seminal gangster flick.
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A.S. Hamrah
Among other things, Ben Hecht was a Chicago newspaperman, a playwright, author of maybe the funniest American novel...Hecht defines the writer-producer relationship...
The Nippu Jiji (Honolulu)
James T. Hamada
Scarface is a gangland epic, a drama In the raw, bold, brutal and terrifyingly realistic. A high-powered dramatic production that packs a lot of excitement and entertainment, full of brutal killings and yet with some glorious emotional thrills.
Washington Star
E. de S. Melcher
If you are fond of an evening of bloodshed and some "stout" first-rate acting from an excellent cast, you will find it will provide you with all the cinematic beer and skittles you have been looking for.
Cine-Mundial
Don Q.
It is getting very tiresome to see North American film productions insist that the only bad guys exist abroad. Al Capone was born in Brooklyn! [Full Review in Spanish]
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
[UPDATED 2024 4K + BLU-RAY REVIEW] A Molotov cocktail of a movie.
Artforum
Manny Farber
A passionate, strong, archaic photographic miracle: the rise and fall of an ignorant, blustery, pathetically childish punk (Paul Muni) in an avalanche of rich, dark-dark images.
Cinemania
Dan Jardine
The pre-noir gangster genre was in many ways defined by the innovative approaches taken by Hawks in this film.
Slant Magazine
Chuck Bowen
Ninety-plus years have done little to dilute the swaggering power of Howard Hawks's Pre-code American gangster masterpiece.
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