Scarface (1932)
April 1932
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A grisly, exciting gangster picture.
Dave Kehr
Howard Hawks's 1932 masterpiece is a dark, brutal, exhilaratingly violent film, blending comedy and horror in a manner that suggests Chico Marx let loose with a live machine gun.
Variety Staff
Scarface contains more cruelty than any of its gangster picture predecessors, but there's a squarer for every killing. The blows are always softened by judicial preachments and sad endings for the sinners.
Its seminal importance in the early gangster movie cycle outweighed only by its still exhilarating brilliance, this Howard Hughes production was the one unflawed classic the tycoon was involved with.
Mordaunt Hall
The slaughter in Scarface, the Shame of a Nation, the Howard Hughes gangster production... is like that of a Shakespearean tragedy
Critic reviews
Dave Kehr
Howard Hawks's 1932 masterpiece is a dark, brutal, exhilaratingly violent film, blending comedy and horror in a manner that suggests Chico Marx let loose with a live machine gun.
Variety Staff
Scarface contains more cruelty than any of its gangster picture predecessors, but there's a squarer for every killing. The blows are always softened by judicial preachments and sad endings for the sinners.
Its seminal importance in the early gangster movie cycle outweighed only by its still exhilarating brilliance, this Howard Hughes production was the one unflawed classic the tycoon was involved with.
Mordaunt Hall
The slaughter in Scarface, the Shame of a Nation, the Howard Hughes gangster production... is like that of a Shakespearean tragedy
Cast and credits
Actors | Paul Muni, George Raft, Boris Karloff, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley, Osgood Perkins, C. Henry Gordon, Edwin Maxwell |
Producers | Howard Hughes |
Director | Howard Hawks |
Writers | Ben Hecht |
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English
Rental period
Start within 30 days, finish within 24 hours.
Run time
94 minutes
Rating
PG
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