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Directed by: Howard Hawks 
Written by: Ben Hecht, Seton I. Miller, John Lee Mahin, W.R.Burnett, Fred Pasley from Armitage Traill's novel
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| Released: |
1932 |
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| Genre: |
CRIME
CONTROVERSIAL
THRILLER
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US |
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BW |
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| Length: |
99 |
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Life and death of a gangster (Paul Muni, pictured).
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Reviewed by Chris Tookey
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Seminal gangster movie, startlingly violent in its day, and so close in time to the real events that it might almost be a newsreel. Paul Muni is excellent as a thinly disguised Al Capone. Made in 1930, it was not deemed releasable until two years later, and the feeble, moralizing scene in the publisher's office - not directed by Hawks - was put in as a concession to pressure groups. The film is still exciting, and (daringly for its period) there's even a hint of incest in Scarface's relationship with his sister (Ann Dvorak).
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