Howard Hawks

Scarface

Scarface

Blazing across the screen in a spray of bullets, the gangster-film sensation Scarface helped set the standard for the genre for decades to come. Swaggering, scary, and unexpectedly charming, Paul Muni gives an iconic portrayal of criminal sociopathy as Tony Camonte, the ruthless, machine-gun-toting mobster who rises through the ranks of a bootlegging empire atop an ever-increasing body count, but whose possessive relationship with his wild-child sister (Ann Dvorak) threatens to be his undoing. With rat-a-tat command of editing and dialogue, and his trademark panache, director Howard Hawks creates an unstoppable sense of dynamism while pushing on-screen violence to new heights of brutality.

Film Info

  • United States
  • 1932
  • 95 minutes
  • Black & White
  • 1.35:1
  • English
  • Spine #1239

4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • Alternate ending, from the censored version of the film
  • New conversation with author Megan Abbott and actor Bill Hader
  • New interview with film scholar Lea Jacobs on director Howard Hawks’s innovative use of sound and editing
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith

    New cover by Mark Chiarello

Purchase Options

Coming soon, available Nov 12, 2024

4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • Alternate ending, from the censored version of the film
  • New conversation with author Megan Abbott and actor Bill Hader
  • New interview with film scholar Lea Jacobs on director Howard Hawks’s innovative use of sound and editing
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith

    New cover by Mark Chiarello
Scarface
Cast
Paul Muni
Tony
Ann Dvorak
Cesca
Karen Morley
Poppy
Osgood Perkins
Lovo
C. Henry Gordon
Guarino
George Raft
Guino
Vince Barnett
Angelo
Boris Karloff
Gaffney
Purnell Pratt
Publisher
Tully Marshall
Managing editor
Inez Palange
Tony’s mother
Edwin Maxwell
Detective chief
Credits
Director
Howard Hawks
Produced by
Howard Hughes
Written by
Ben Hecht
Written by
W. R. Burnett
Written by
John Lee Mahin
Written by
Seton I. Miller
Codirector
Richard Rosson
Editorial adviser
Douglass Biggs
Cinematographer
Lee Garmes
Cinematographer
L. W. O’Connell
Set designer
Harry Oliver
Film editor
Edward Curtiss
Sound engineer
William Snyder
Musical director
Adolf Tandler
Musical director
Gus Arnheim
Production manager
Charles Stallings