The rise and fall of a power hungry mobster.
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.
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$800,000
Revenue
$600,000
Release Date
April 9, 1932
Popularity
3
Director
Howard Hawks
Writer
Ben Hecht
Producer
Howard Hawks
Producer
Howard Hughes
Where to Watch
Cast
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)
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Reviews
CinemaSerf
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!
