Overview

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."

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Review by: 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!

Reviewer rating: 7.0

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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

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