Director: Howard Hawks

Writers: W. R. Burnett; Ben Hecht; John Lee Mahin; Seton I. Miller

From novel: Scarface by Armitage Trail

Producer: Howard Hughes

Keywords: Crime

Gangster Tony Camonte climbs the rungs of the mafia through the use of extraordinary amount of violence. Pre-code and always at a frantic pace, one of the best gangster films of its day. Entered 1994 into the National Film Registry. Remade with Al Pacino as Scarface (1983), though set in an entirely new context.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ann Dvorak	Actor	2-Aug-1912	10-Dec-1979	Cesca in Scarface
C. Henry Gordon	Actor	17-Jun-1884	3-Dec-1940	Scarface
Boris Karloff	Actor	23-Nov-1887	2-Feb-1969	Horror actor
Tully Marshall	Actor	13-Apr-1864	10-Mar-1943	The Covered Wagon
Karen Morley	Actor	12-Dec-1909	8-Mar-2003	Gabriel Over the White House
Paul Muni	Actor	22-Sep-1895	25-Aug-1967	The Life of Louis Pasteur
Osgood Perkins	Actor	16-May-1893	21-Sep-1937	Broadway and radio actor
George Raft	Actor	26-Sep-1895	24-Nov-1980	Actor with Mafia ties

CAST

Paul Muni	...   Tony
Ann Dvorak	...   Cesca
Karen Morley	...   Poppy
Osgood Perkins	...   Lovo
C. Henry Gordon	...   Guarino
George Raft	...   Rinaldo
Vince Barnett	...   Angelo
Boris Karloff	...   Gaffney
Purnell Pratt	...   Publisher
Tully Marshall	...   Managing Editor
Inez Palange	...   Tony's Mother
Edwin Maxwell	...   Detective Chief

REVIEWS

Have you seen this film? We would love to see your review. Submit your review for this film

Do you know something we don't?
Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile

Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications