Scarface (1932)
Johnny Lovo rises to the head of the bootlegging crime syndicate on the south side of Chicago following the murder of former head, Big Louis Costillo. Johnny contracted Big Louis' bodyguard, Tony Camonte, to make the hit on his boss. Tony becomes Johnny's second in command, and is not averse to killing anyone who gets in his and Johnny's way. As Tony is thinking bigger than Johnny and is not afraid of anyone or anything, Tony increasingly makes decisions on his own instead of following Johnny's orders, especially in not treading on the north side run by an Irish gang led by O'Hara, of whom Johnny is afraid. Tony's murder spree increases, he taking out anyone who stands in his and Johnny's way of absolute control on the south side, and in Tony's view absolute control of the entire city. Tony's actions place an unspoken strain between Tony and Johnny to the point of the two knowing that they can't exist in their idealized world with the other. Tony's ultimate downfall may be one of two women in his life: Poppy, Johnny's girlfriend, to whom Tony is attracted; and Tony's 18-year-old sister Cesca, who is self-professed to be older mentally than her years much to Tony's chagrin; he will do anything to protect her innocence. Cesca ultimately comes to the realization that she is a lot more similar to her brother than she thought. (IMDB Huggo)
"....the Hays Code ... called for major alterations, including a prologue condemning gangsters ... "
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Harry J. Vejar |
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Tully Marshall |
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C. Henry Gordon |
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George Raft |
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Paul Muni |
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C. Henry Gordon |
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Henry Armetta, Paul Muni and C. Henry Gordon |
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Edwin Maxwell |
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Edwin Maxwell |
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Paul Muni |
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Edwin Maxwell and Bert Starkey |
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Karen Morleya and Osgood Perkins |
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Karen Morleya |
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Karen Morleya |
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Osgood Perkins |
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Osgood Perkins |
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Inez Palange |
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Ann Dvorak and Douglas Walton |
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Inez Palange |
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George Raft |
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George Raft |
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Osgood Perkins |
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Vince Barnett |
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Osgood Perkins |
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Vince Barnett |
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Vince Barnett |
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George Raft |
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Paul Muni and Vince Barnett |
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Paul Muni and Vince Barnett |
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Boris Karloff
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Karen Morley, Gino Corrado and Paul Muni |
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Boris Karloff |
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Boris Karloff |
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Eddie Fetherston |
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Edwin Maxwell |
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Eugenie Besserer |
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Purnell Pratt |
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William B. Davidson, Brandon Hurst, Eugenie Bessere |
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Purnell Pratt |
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Helen C. Thompson |
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Jean Harlow and Paul Muni |
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Ann Dvorak |
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Virginia Dabney |
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Ann Dvorak |
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Ann Dvorak |
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Ann Dvorak |
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Paul Muni |
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