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Scarface, 1932

Starring: Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak

Directed by: Howard Hawks

Written by: W.R. Burnett

Language: English, Italian

Country: USA

Runtime: 93 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:7.9

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Scarface can be described as captivating, rough, and suspenseful. The plot revolves around a rise and fall, gangsters, and criminal heroes. The main genres are drama and crime. In approach, Scarface is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, in an urban environment. It is located in Chicago. Scarface takes place in the 20th century. Visually, it is black and white. It is based on a book. Scarface has received attention for being a masterpiece, essential viewing, and critically acclaimed.

Summary of Scarface

Loosely based on the life of Al Capone, Howard Hawks's Scarface is one of the most shocking and powerful gangster films ever made, setting the standard for Hollywood screen violence for years to come. Tony "Scarface" Camonte (Paul Muni) is an enforcer for Johnny Lovo, an ambitious gangster who wants to combine all the liquor rackets in Prohibition-era Chicago into one crime empire. To achieve this goal Tony embarks on a reign of terror, threatening citizens and clawing his way to power until he is the number one mobster in town. Muni's fierce performance established the model for the Hollywood mobster, a violent yet charismatic figure. Censorship battles over the film delayed its release for two years, and resulted in additional moralizing scenes and an alternate ending. Visually dynamic and provocative, Scarface, produced by Howard Hughes, is one of the best films of the 1930s and the forerunner of the modern gangster film.

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Language:	English, Italian
Country:	USA
Release date:	31 March 1932
Runtime:	93 min

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Paul Muni

as Antonio 'Tony' Camonte

Ann Dvorak

as Francesca 'Cesca' Camonte

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for the gangster movie buff

Gangster movies seem not to have changed very much, if at all, since this film and in this regard one must admire it for creating such a ground-breaking and enduring paradigm. Hawks's direction is excellent as is Hecht's script, the camera-work and... Read and rate it

03.April.2012
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by: Tim
Tim rated this movie7/10Good

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