Scarface (1932)
1h 33m | PG-13
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.
Director: Howard Hawks
Studio: The Caddo Company
Genre: Crime, Drama
Video: 720p
Cast
Paul Muni
as Antonio 'Tony' Camonte
Ann Dvorak
as Francesca 'Cesca' Camonte
Karen Morley
as Poppy
Osgood Perkins
as John 'Johnny' Lovo
C. Henry Gordon
as Insp. Ben Guarino
George Raft
as Guino Rinaldo
Reviews
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!