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Scarface(Movie, 1932)

1h 33min | Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
ScarfaceRating: 3.8/5 (with 245245 votes)
Scarface (also known as Scarface: The Shame of the Nation and The Shame of a Nation) is a 1932 American gangster film directed by Howard Hawks and produced by Hawks and Howard Hughes. The screenplay, by Ben Hecht, is based loosely on the 1929 novel by Armitage Trail, which was inspired by Al Capone. The film was developed and released during the pre-Code era of Hollywood. The film stars Paul Muni as Italian immigrant gangster Antonio "Tony" Camonte who violently rises through the Chicago gangland, with a supporting cast that includes George Raft and Boris Karloff. Camonte's rise to power dovetails with his relentless pursuit of his boss's mistress while his own sister pursues his best hitman. In an overt tie to the life of Capone, a version of the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre is depicted. After purchasing the rights to Trail's novel, Hughes quickly selected Hawks to direct and Hecht to write the film's screenplay. Beginning in January 1931, Hec... ()
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Awards & Nominations for Scarface

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

About Scarface

In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio "Tony" Camonte, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Based on: "Scarface" (find it on Amazon)
Derivative works/Adaptions: "Scarface" (movie, 1983)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN), Italian (IT)
Translated into 19 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 04/09/1932
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"La pandilla de cara cortada"
"Scarface: Cara cortada"
"Der Mann mit der Narbe"
"Лице с белег"
"Scarface: A Vergonha de uma Nação"
"Zjizvená tvár"
"Narbengesicht"
"Arpinaama"
"Σκάρφεϊς"
"A sebhelyesarcú"
"스카페이스"
"Scarface, the Shame of the Nation"
"Czlowiek z blizna"
"Scarface, o Homem da Cicatriz"
"Scarface - Chicagos siste gangster"
"Лицо со шрамом"
"Scarface, The Shame of the Nation"
Budget: 800,000 USD
Revenue: 600,000 USD (= 75%)
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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Other movies with this title: Scarface (US, 1983), Scarface (US, 2023)

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