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Scarface

Scarface

The rise and fall of a power hungry mobster.

7.4 / 1019321h 33m

Synopsis

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.

Genre: Crime, Action, Drama

Status: Released

Director: Howard Hawks

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Main Cast

Paul Muni

Paul Muni

Antonio 'Tony' Camonte

Ann Dvorak

Ann Dvorak

Francesca 'Cesca' Camonte

Karen Morley

Karen Morley

Poppy

Osgood Perkins

Osgood Perkins

John 'Johnny' Lovo

C. Henry Gordon

C. Henry Gordon

Insp. Ben Guarino

George Raft

George Raft

Guino Rinaldo

Vince Barnett

Vince Barnett

Angelo

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

Gaffney

Purnell Pratt

Purnell Pratt

Mr. Garston, publisher

Tully Marshall

Tully Marshall

Managing Editor

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User 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!