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.
Direction
Hawks turns a body count into dark poetry.
Acting
Paul Muni's Tony is somehow camp AND terrifying.
Production
That giant 'X' shadow? Pure visual bravado.
Director
Howard Hawks
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)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Hays Office demanded over 80 cuts and two alternate endings; Hawks secretly kept prints of his original.
Al Capone himself loved the film so much he had his own print — allegedly the ultimate mob boss cosign.
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