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1932
Scarface is a 1932 American pre-Code gangster film directed by Howard Hawks and produced by Hawks and Howard Hughes. The screenplay is based loosely on the 1930 novel by Armitage Trail, which in turn was inspired by the life of Al Capone. 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…
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Brian De Palma’s *Scarface* is one of the best known gangster films, nowadays known as a source of popular Internet memes. Apart from being famous piece of genre cinema, that film bears honour of being one of the rarely successful and renowned remakes. The original version, released in 1932 and directed by Howard Hawks, is considered to be one of the classics of gangster genre and among the most influential works of…More
