Scarface

1932 • 1h 33m •

Crime Action Drama Thriller

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★ 7.4/10

717 reviews

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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.

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

Top Billed 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

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2022-06-13

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!...