Movie Cosmos - Scarface

Description:

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.

Top Cast >

Paul Muni

As Antonio 'Tony' Camonte

Ann Dvorak

As Francesca 'Cesca' Camonte

Karen Morley

As Poppy

Osgood Perkins

As John 'Johnny' Lovo

C. Henry Gordon

As Insp. Ben Guarino

George Raft

As Guino Rinaldo

Vince Barnett

As Angelo

Boris Karloff

As Gaffney

Purnell Pratt

As Mr. Garston, publisher

Tully Marshall

As Managing Editor

Inez Palange

As Mrs. Camonte

Edwin Maxwell

As Chief of Detectives

Jean Harlow

As Blonde at Paradise Club

Henry Armetta

As Pietro, the Barber (uncredited)

Gus Arnheim

As Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

Eugenie Besserer

As Citizens Committee Member (uncredited)

Maurice Black

As Jim, the Headwaiter (uncredited)

James Conaty

As Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

As Waiter at Columbia Cafe (uncredited)

Virginia Dabney

As Mabel (uncredited)

William B. Davidson

As Citizens Committee Member (uncredited)

James Durkin

As Newspaper Man (uncredited)

Bill Elliott

As Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)

Eddie Fetherston

As Reporter (uncredited)

Paul Fix

As Hood with Gaffney (uncredited)

Dick Gordon

As Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Howard Hawks

As Man on Bed (uncredited)

Brandon Hurst

As Citizens Committee Member (uncredited)

Sydney Jarvis

As Bartender (uncredited)

John Kelly

As One of Costillo's Hoods (uncredited)

John Lee Mahin

As MacArthur from the Journal (uncredited)

Hank Mann

As Stag Party Janitor (uncredited)

Frank McLure

As Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Frank Mills

As Hood (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

As Waiter (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe

As Night Club Patron (uncredited)

Jack Perry

As One of Costillo's Hoods (uncredited)

Pedro Regas

As Tony - Bodyguard (uncredited)

Warner Richmond

As Cesca's Dance Partner (uncredited)

Constantine Romanoff

As Henchman (uncredited)

Ronald R. Rondell

As Hood (uncredited)

Bert Starkey

As Epstein - Lawyer (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

As One of Costillo's Hoods (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook

As One of Costillo's Hoods (uncredited)

Helen C. Thompson

As Sadie Thompson (uncredited)

Nick Thompson

As One of Costillo's Hoods (uncredited)

Ellinor Vanderveer

As Theatregoer (uncredited)

Harry J. Vejar

As Big Louis Costillo (uncredited)

Sailor Vincent

As One of Costillo's Hoods (uncredited)

Douglas Walton

As Cesca's Boyfriend (uncredited)

Stanhope Wheatcroft

As Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Howard Hawks

Director

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (7/10)

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!

2022-06-13