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Scarface (1932)

04/09/1932Crime, Drama1h 33m
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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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Paul Muni

    Antonio 'Tony' Camonte

  2. Cast 1

    Ann Dvorak

    Francesca 'Cesca' Camonte

  3. Cast 1

    Karen Morley

    Poppy

  4. Cast 1

    Osgood Perkins

    John 'Johnny' Lovo

  5. Cast 1

    C. Henry Gordon

    Insp. Ben Guarino

  6. Cast 1

    George Raft

    Guino Rinaldo

  7. Cast 1

    Vince Barnett

    Angelo

  8. Cast 1

    Boris Karloff

    Gaffney

  9. Cast 1

    Purnell Pratt

    Mr. Garston, publisher

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!