1932

93m

Scarface

Summary

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.

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)

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)

Crew

Director

Howard Hawks

Dialogue

John Lee Mahin

Dialogue

Seton I. Miller

Dialogue

W.R. Burnett

Novel

Armitage Trail

Screenplay

Ben Hecht

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!