Scarface
The rise and fall of a power hungry mobster.
CrimeActionDramaThrillerchicago, illinoissibling relationshipbased on novel or bookpoliceprohibition eraalcoholgangstergang warbeerambitionfilm noirmurder
A brutal, audacious portrait of gangster ambition and moral corruption set in Prohibition-era Chicago, told with kinetic violence and noir atmosphere.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
Paul Muni
Antonio 'Tony' Camonte
Ann Dvorak
Francesca 'Cesca' Camonte
Karen Morley
Poppy
Osgood Perkins
John 'Johnny' Lovo
C. Henry Gordon
Insp. Ben Guarino
George Raft
Guino Rinaldo
Vince Barnett
Angelo
Boris Karloff
Gaffney
Purnell Pratt
Mr. Garston, publisher
Tully Marshall
Managing Editor
Inez Palange
Mrs. Camonte
Edwin Maxwell
Chief of Detectives
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