Scarface (1932 film)

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American film black-and-white film crime film film gangster film

Scarface (1932 film) is a landmark pre-Code American gangster film, loosely based on Al Capone, that helped define the crime genre with its violent, gritty portrayal of organized crime.

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Scarface (1932 film) canonical 6
Scarface (1929 novel) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
black-and-white film ⓘ
crime film ⓘ
film ⓘ
gangster film ⓘ
alternateEnding censorship-imposed ending ⓘ
basedOn Al Capone ⓘ
Scarface (1932 film) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Scarface (1929 novel)
censorshipStatus subject to censorship cuts ⓘ
character Cesca Camonte ⓘ
Guino Rinaldo ⓘ
Johnny Lovo ⓘ
Poppy ⓘ
Tony Camonte ⓘ
cinematography Lee Garmes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Howard Hawks ⓘ
Richard Rosson ⓘ
distributedBy United Artists ⓘ
editedBy Edward Curtiss ⓘ
filmColor black-and-white ⓘ
genre crime drama ⓘ
gangster film ⓘ
hasTheme ambition and corruption ⓘ
organized crime ⓘ
rise and fall of a gangster ⓘ
inspiredBy Al Capone ⓘ
mainCharacter Tony Camonte ⓘ
motionPictureRating pre-Code ⓘ
musicBy Adolph Tandler ⓘ
notableFor graphic violence for its time ⓘ
gritty portrayal of organized crime ⓘ
influence on the gangster film genre ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays bootlegging ⓘ
organized crime in Chicago ⓘ
producer Howard Hughes ⓘ
productionCompany The Caddo Company ⓘ
recognizedAs classic American gangster film ⓘ
landmark of the pre-Code era ⓘ
releaseDate 1932-03-31 ⓘ
releaseYear 1932 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 93 ⓘ
screenwriter Ben Hecht ⓘ
John Lee Mahin ⓘ
Seton I. Miller ⓘ
setInLocation City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
setInPeriod Prohibition era ⓘ
starring Ann Dvorak ⓘ
Boris Karloff ⓘ
George Raft ⓘ
Karen Morley ⓘ
Osgood Perkins ⓘ
Paul Muni ⓘ

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Howard Hawks → notableWork → Scarface (1932 film) ⓘ
Howard Hughes → notableWork → Scarface (1932 film) ⓘ
Scarface (1932 film) → basedOn → Scarface (1932 film) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scarface (1929 novel)
Howard → notableWork → Scarface (1932 film) ⓘ
subject surface form: Howard Hawks
Pre-Code Hollywood → notableFilm → Scarface (1932 film) ⓘ
Scarface → basedOn → Scarface (1932 film) ⓘ
Little Caesar → influenced → Scarface (1932 film) ⓘ