Why it may be worth watching
- Scarface combines Crime and Action elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley.
- Viewers currently rate it 7.4/10 from 731 votes.
Movie
Scarface
The rise and fall of a power hungry mobster.
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.
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Cast
Paul MuniAntonio 'Tony' Camonte
Ann DvorakFrancesca 'Cesca' Camonte
Karen MorleyPoppy
Osgood PerkinsJohn 'Johnny' Lovo
C. Henry GordonInsp. Ben Guarino
George RaftGuino Rinaldo
Vince BarnettAngelo
Boris KarloffGaffney
Purnell PrattMr. Garston, publisher
Tully MarshallManaging Editor
Inez PalangeMrs. Camonte
Edwin MaxwellChief of Detectives
Jean HarlowBlonde at Paradise Club
Viewing guide
Is Scarface right for you?
Who may enjoy it
Best suited to viewers looking for Crime, Action, Drama. Its shorter runtime also makes it easier to fit into one sitting.
Content notes
A regional age classification is not currently listed. Metadata signals include violence or peril, substance use. Ratings vary by country; use this as a quick screening note rather than a complete parental guide.
Themes and topics
chicago, illinoissibling relationshipbased on novel or bookpoliceprohibition eraalcoholgangstergang war
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CinemaSerfExternal review ·
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!
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