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Scarface ()

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An ambitious and nearly insane violent gangster climbs the ladder of success in the mob, but his weaknesses prove to be his downfall.
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Tony
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Cesca
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Poppy
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Lovo
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Guarino
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Rinaldo
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Angelo
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Gaffney
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Publisher
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Managing Editor
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Tony's Mother
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Detective Chief
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Pietro - Barber (uncredited)
Gus Arnheim ...
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
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Citizens Committee Member (uncredited)
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Jim - Headwaiter (uncredited)
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Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Judge (alternate ending) (uncredited)
James Conaty ...
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Waiter at Columbia Cafe (uncredited)
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Mabel (uncredited)
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Citizens Committee Member (uncredited)
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Newspaper Man (uncredited)
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Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
Eddie Fetherston ...
Reporter (uncredited)
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Hood with Gaffney (uncredited)
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Prison Guard (alternate ending) (uncredited)
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Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Gus Arnheim and His Orchestra ...
Paradise Club Orchestra (uncredited)
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Blonde at Paradise Club (uncredited)
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Man on Bed (uncredited)
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Citizens Committee Member (uncredited)
Sydney Jarvis ...
Bartender (uncredited)
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One of Costillo's Hoods (uncredited)
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MacArthur from the Journal (uncredited)
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Stag Party Janitor (uncredited)
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Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Hood (uncredited)
Jocko the Monkey ...
Scarfaces Monkey (uncredited)
George Nardelli ...
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Waiter (uncredited)
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Night Club Patron (uncredited)
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One of Costillo's Hoods (uncredited)
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Tony - Bodyguard (uncredited)
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Cesca's Dance Partner (uncredited)
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Henchman (uncredited)
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Hood (uncredited)
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Girl (uncredited)
Bert Starkey ...
Epstein - Lawyer (uncredited)
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One of Costillo's Hoods (uncredited)
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One of Costillo's Hoods (uncredited)
Helen C. Thompson ...
Sadie Thompson (uncredited)
Nick Thompson ...
One of Costillo's Hoods (uncredited)
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Theatregoer (uncredited)
Harry J. Vejar ...
Big Louis Costillo (uncredited)
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One of Costillo's Hoods (uncredited)
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Cesca's Boyfriend (uncredited)
Stanhope Wheatcroft ...
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Directed by

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Howard Hawks
Richard Rosson ... (co-director)

Written by

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Armitage Trail ... (from the book by)
 
Ben Hecht ... (screen story by)
 
Seton I. Miller ... (dialogue) &
John Lee Mahin ... (dialogue) &
W.R. Burnett ... (dialogue)
 
Howard Hawks ... () (uncredited)
 
Fred Pasley ... (screenplay) (uncredited)

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Howard Hawks ... producer (uncredited)
Howard Hughes ... producer (uncredited)

Music by

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Adolph Tandler ... (uncredited)

Cinematography by

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Lee Garmes ... (photography)
L. William O'Connell ... (photography) (as L.W. O'Connell)

Editing by

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Edward Curtiss
Lewis Milestone ... (uncredited)

Editorial Department

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Douglass Biggs ... editorial advisor

Production Management

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Charles Stallings ... production manager

Art Department

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Harry Oliver ... settings

Sound Department

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William Snyder ... sound engineer

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Howard A. Anderson ... process photography (uncredited)

Stunts

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Frances Miles ... stunt double: Ann Dvorak (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent ... stunts (uncredited)

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Charles Bohny ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Roy Clark ... camera operator (uncredited)
Warner Cruze ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Eugene Kornman ... still photographer (uncredited)
Warren Lynch ... camera operator (uncredited)

Music Department

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Gus Arnheim ... musical director
Adolph Tandler ... musical director

Script and Continuity Department

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W.R. Burnett ... continuity
John Lee Mahin ... continuity
Seton I. Miller ... continuity

Additional Crew

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Rafal Dabrowski ... reconstruction
Howard Hughes ... presenter
E.B. Derr ... supervisor (uncredited)
Howard Hughes ... direction supervisor (uncredited)
Lincoln Quarberg ... general press representative (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Johnny Lovo rises to the head of the bootlegging crime syndicate on the south side of Chicago following the murder of former head, Big Louis Costillo. Johnny contracted Big Louis' bodyguard, Tony Camonte, to make the hit on his boss. Tony becomes Johnny's second in command, and is not averse to killing anyone who gets in his and Johnny's way. As Tony is thinking bigger than Johnny and is not afraid of anyone or anything, Tony increasingly makes decisions on his own instead of following Johnny's orders, especially in not treading on the north side run by an Irish gang led by O'Hara, of whom Johnny is afraid. Tony's murder spree increases, he taking out anyone who stands in his and Johnny's way of absolute control on the south side, and in Tony's view absolute control of the entire city. Tony's actions place an unspoken strain between Tony and Johnny to the point of the two knowing that they can't exist in their idealized world with the other. Tony's ultimate downfall may be one of two women in his life: Poppy, Johnny's girlfriend, to whom Tony is attracted; and Tony's 18-year-old sister Cesca, who is self-professed to be older mentally than her years much to Tony's chagrin; he will do anything to protect her innocence. Cesca ultimately comes to the realization that she is a lot more similar to her brother than she thought. Written by Huggo

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Taglines THE LOVE LIFE...THE BLOOD SECRETS...OF A SWAGGERING BUTCHER OF MEN! (Print ad- Herald Statesman, ((Yonkers, NY)) 26 July 1932) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Scarface: The Shame of the Nation (United States)
  • The Shame of a Nation (United States)
  • Scarface: The Shame of the Nation (Canada, English title)
  • Narbengesicht (Germany)
  • El terror del hampa (Spain)
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  • 93 min
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Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross $1,308,000

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Trivia Screenwriter Ben Hecht was a former Chicago journalist familiar with the city's Prohibition-era gangsters, including Al Capone. During the filming, Hecht returned to his Los Angeles hotel room one night to find two Capone torpedoes waiting for him. The gangsters demanded to know if the movie was about Capone. Hecht assured them it wasn't, saying that the character Tony Camonte was based on gangsters like "Big" Jim Colosimo and Charles Dion O'Bannion. "Then why is the movie called Scarface?" one of the hoods demanded. "Everyone will think it's about Capone!" "That's the reason," said Hecht. "If you call the movie Scarface (1932), people will think it's about Capone and come to see it. It's part of the racket we call show business." The Capone hoods, who appreciated the value of a scam, left the hotel placated. See more »
Goofs The scene Tony pushes and punches the man who refuses to obey Johnny Lovo in First Ward Social Club, it's clearly seen that Tony actually punches the man's palm. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Fatale beauté (1994). See more »
Soundtracks St. Louis Blues See more »
Crazy Credits "This picture is an indictment of gang rule in America and of the callous indifference of the government to this constantly increasing menace to our safety and our liberty. Every incident in this picture is the reproduction of an actual occurence, and the purpose of this picture is to demand of the government: "What are you going to do about it?". The government is your government. What are YOU going to do about it? See more »
Quotes Tony Camonte: Listen, Little Boy, in this business there's only one law you gotta follow to keep out of trouble: Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doing it.
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