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Plot:
Big Louis Costillo, last of the old-style gang leaders is slain, and his former bodyguard Tony Camonte is taken into custody. Since Costillo's body has never been found, the police have to release him...( read more 
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MCT:August 27, 2008Great Muni! Great Hawks!Great Raft & Great movie! It is so better than Little Caesar & The Public Enemy. It is even better than it's remake.
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MCT:July 31, 2008this film is not the same as the 1983 version but they are both similar stories lines, this one is an okay film but only if you can stand 3 hour films, recommended for patient people.
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MCT:July 31, 2008Paul Muni brought Scarface to life and even in death this performance is stunning Boris Karloff has a brief cameo.
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MCT:July 12, 2008the original 'scarface'. where depalma and co. got the inspiration for the 1983 blockbuster. i saw some clips for this one, and i liked what i saw.
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MCT:May 10, 2008How can someone say this is a lot better of the 1982 version???? maybe it was for that period.
The remake of De Palma is the masterpiece not this!!!
Well if you haven't understood yet I hated this movie,but anyways if you decide to see it do it before watch his remake.
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MCT:March 27, 2008
Casi tan buena como el remake, esta pelicula fue demasiado violenta para su epoca, por ser antes del Codigo Hays. el Codido Hays prohibio el uso de Tommy Guns por criminales en las peliculas. esta pelicula se salvo :) Tony Camonte esta basado en Al Capone (La cicatriz) y Cesare Borgia (el amor incestuoso hacia su hermana).
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MCT:March 11, 2008SCARFACE (1932)
directed by Howard Hawks
starring Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen MorleyIn the 1930's Paul Muni gathered five Oscars nominations and won one of them statuette. He is one of only six actors to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his first screen appearance. Sarface was his thrid film, thats the one that made him a star.This earlier version tells pretty much teh same story as the Oliver Stone scripted version directed by Brian DePalma and starring Al Pacino, just a different setting. Its the rise and fall of a gangster. The same plot points can be found, Tony Camonte - Pacino was Montana - his a controlling brother to his sister who like his best friend. He has a thing for a girl and does everything he can to get her. He doesnt care about rules, he jiust want to rule the world basically.
The film is pretty short, only 93 minutes and it might lack a bit of development in the middle cause the rise of the character happens pretty quickly, although it was showed in a cool montage of shootouts and car chases.
Howard Hawk directed this film produced by Howard Hughes. Its understandable when you watch Scarface that Hawks became a big influence in cinema history, even if his better film were mae a couple of years later.
There is a scene I particularly liked, when Tony goes to kill another mafia boos - or just another ganster - they are playing bowling, you dont see the gun shot, simply hear it and the pins fall, as a symbol of the gnaster's death.
Scarface was one of the first crime/ganster drama and some of the line used in this film were probably used for the first time like the classic «even if I knew I wouldnt tell you» which is used in almost every film now, maybe it was used before Scarface but it just shows that line is quite old. Not that entertaining but a good piece of cinema.
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MCT:March 2, 2008
The original scarface has very little in common with the Pacino remake. It's a terrific gangster flick.
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MCT:January 21, 2008
Tonny Montana, it all has to do with courarge perseverence and determination even in da world of da coke. Yap and this man is got all of them. I and I love this movie so much. RESPECT.
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MCT:December 7, 2007
Who doesn't like Scarface??? U watch, you turn ur head, u look back... and peep thru ur fingers. lol.
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MCT:November 27, 2007
scarface in 1932 was one of the first film with the primitive perspective to dig into the anti-hero american dream.....perhaps partially spoiled by its moralistic ending, but subtled by its several metaphoric index such as the x sign which stands for toni camonte that is utilized as hommage by martin scorsesse's latest flick "the departed"....and also the cocktail glittering neon logo which says "the world is yours" that symbolizes camonte's greedy ambition to take it all....besides each time scarface tony camonte commits a murder, the sign of x in various forms would appear as some mystic forshadowing, even at camonte's demise. during several scenes, as camonte casts his covetous eye upon his boss' mistress puppy, he frequently utters words like "expensive? huh?" or "this is hot!" or showing off his extravagent leisure robe which is a token of wealth then. the man's concepts of success mainly base on materialistic conquest of interior decoration and daily accessory gadgets or imitating the taste of upper class by attending some refined drama show....but his trynnical inference over his younger playful sister manifests his crude and barbarian side that is the catalysis of his doom. as mentioned earlier, camonte terms his success by the materialistic conquest, so his ultimate success would be the conquest of boss's mistress puppy, he reaches his pinnacle of gangster career as he officially possess puppy who is the symbol of his american dream. camonte embraces puppy while pointing his finger to the cocktail sign "the world is yours" with a conspicuous demeanor.(same as the fitzgerald novel "the great gatsby", gatsby's term of success is to win rich girl daisy's love), then he flops into the lowest when his brutal obessession over his sister emerges upon the surface that is his tragic flaw....except paul muni as the legendary scarface whose character is drawed upon the notorious mobkiller al copone....george raft made his leap of fame by impersonifying camonte's good pal vs top hitman guino. (his trademark would be the mindless toying of a dime.).....the 30s scarface might not be as provocative and thrilling as al pacino's 1983 version but definitely riddled with more reading-into-mind sign language.
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MCT:October 2, 2007
Very good performances and action scenes to. To say it is 70+ years old it still packs a punch. I just wish it was longer so the characters could be explored a bit more as the film is not very long.
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MCT:September 30, 2007
the original gangster. Paul Muni delivers an excellent performance and a great basis for DePalma's 1983 remake
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MCT:September 17, 2007
I'm not a huge fan of gangster movies, but the original Scarface is brilliant. Great acting, set-pieces, plot...It's well worth watching! Near perfect...
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MCT:September 14, 2007
Awesome movie, sweet cinematography plus bad-ass direction and dialogue. The long-takes are just delightful.
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MCT:September 10, 2007
Most people think of Scarface the Brian De Palma film starring Al Pacino. But this came way before that film. It has no relation to the Brian De Palma film but its a mobster classic none the less.
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MCT:July 29, 2007
Muni's central performance gets better and better as the story progresses, as does the script, and the look of it is first rate noir.
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MCT:July 10, 2007
Very good gangster film. The opening was brilliant, & I thought Paul Muni was brilliant as Tony. Pretty underappreciate these days, but its still a classic film.
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One of my favs. great acting from al pacino, love it.. my name is Tony Montana, i am a political refuge from cuba. Love the ending.. man i wana go out like that. well not that exact way..
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MCT:June 18, 2007
Surprisingly brutal for the time period. Probably seen as violent then as the remake was to us. Paul Muni did an impressive job in the title role.
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MCT:June 6, 2007
Perhaps the classic gangster movie. "Scarface" Al Capone and all of his friends terrify Chicago with tommy guns and grenades. Oh, those were the days my friends. Great action flick, no plot, doesn't need one.
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MCT:June 2, 2007
This is the version of "Scarface" to see. Forget the cheap, plastic, modern version. This movie actually MOVES.
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MCT:May 16, 2007
better to see this as well as the one with al pacino in order to get a full persepective of things about thins gangster movie.
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MCT:May 13, 2007
Well played flick...Al Pacino and Pfiffer played excellent...can parallel this fictitious movie to reality out there today.
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MCT:May 9, 2007
A movie that is truely timeless. I can't believe this was shot in the early 30's. This was my first taste of Hawks and now I see why he's one of the most influencial directors. Some of the best cinematography ever captured. DePalma's remake borrows heavily from this classic.
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MilkshakeDanposted 236 days ago -
there are 2 Scarface Movies and the photo's on this belong on the second one when uploading with the one Starring: Al Pacino , Steven Bauer , Michelle Pfeiffer , Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio , Robert Loggia
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Synopsis: After years of diplomatic silence between the United States and Cuba,posted 598 days ago
