A murderous thug shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.

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Film Cast:

• Tony ‘Scarface’ Camonte: Paul Muni
• Cesca Camonte: Ann Dvorak
• Poppy: Karen Morley
• John ‘Johnny’ Lovo: Osgood Perkins
• Insp. Ben Guarino: C. Henry Gordon
• Guino Rinaldo: George Raft
• Angelo: Vince Barnett
• Gaffney: Boris Karloff
• Mr. Garston, publisher: Purnell Pratt
• Managing editor: Tully Marshall
• Mrs. Camonte: Inez Palange
• Chief of detectives: Edwin Maxwell
• Blonde at Paradise Club: Jean Harlow
• Pietro – Barber (uncredited): Henry Armetta
• Orchestra Leader (uncredited): Gus Arnheim
• Citizens Committee Member (uncredited): Eugenie Besserer
• Jim – Headwaiter (uncredited): Maurice Black
• Nightclub Patron (uncredited): James Conaty
• Waiter at Columbia Cafe (uncredited): Gino Corrado
• Mabel (uncredited): Virginia Dabney
• Citizens Committee Member (uncredited): William B. Davidson
• Newspaper Man (uncredited): James Durkin
• Man Outside Theatre (uncredited): Bill Elliott
• Reporter (uncredited): Eddie Fetherston
• Hood with Gaffney (uncredited): Paul Fix
• Nightclub Patron (uncredited): Dick Gordon
• Man on Bed (uncredited): Howard Hawks
• Citizens Committee Member (uncredited): Brandon Hurst
• Bartender (uncredited): Sydney Jarvis
• One of Costillo’s Hoods (uncredited): John Kelly
• MacArthur from the Journal (uncredited): John Lee Mahin
• Stag Party Janitor (uncredited): Hank Mann
• Nightclub Patron (uncredited): Frank McLure
• Hood (uncredited): Frank Mills
• Waiter (uncredited): William H. O’Brien
• Night Club Patron (uncredited): Dennis O’Keefe
• One of Costillo’s Hoods (uncredited): Jack Perry
• Tony – Bodyguard (uncredited): Pedro Regas
• Cesca’s Dance Partner (uncredited): Warner Richmond
• Henchman (uncredited): Constantine Romanoff
• Hood (uncredited): Ronald R. Rondell
• Epstein – Lawyer (uncredited): Bert Starkey
• One of Costillo’s Hoods (uncredited): Charles Sullivan
• One of Costillo’s Hoods (uncredited): Harry Tenbrook
• Sadie Thompson (uncredited): Helen C. Thompson
• One of Costillo’s Hoods (uncredited): Nick Thompson
• Theatregoer (uncredited): Ellinor Vanderveer
• Big Louis Costillo (uncredited): Harry J. Vejar
• One of Costillo’s Hoods (uncredited): Sailor Vincent
• Cesca’s Boyfriend (uncredited): Douglas Walton
• Nightclub Patron (uncredited): Stanhope Wheatcroft

Film Crew:

• Additional Editing: Lewis Milestone
• Additional Writing: Howard Hawks
• Screenplay: Ben Hecht
• Director of Photography: Lee Garmes
• Novel: Armitage Trail
• Presenter: Howard Hughes
• Editor: Edward Curtiss
• Sound Engineer: William Snyder
• Continuity: John Lee Mahin
• Cinematography: L. William O’Connell
• Continuity: Seton I. Miller
• Continuity: W.R. Burnett
• Co-Director: Richard Rosson
• Editorial Services: Douglass Biggs
• Camera Operator: Warren Lynch
• Music Director: Gus Arnheim
• Production Manager: Charles Stallings
• Stunts: Howard A. Anderson
• Set Decoration: Harry Oliver
• Still Photographer: Eugene Kornman
• Music Director: Adolph Tandler
• First Assistant Camera: Charles Bohny
• First Assistant Camera: Warner Cruze
• Camera Operator: Roy Clark

Movie Reviews:

• CinemaSerf: Odd to see Howard Hawks on this genre, but he directs this workman-like gangster effort steadily, managing to convey some semblance of the environment of fear and violence without actually turning it into a visual gory bloodbath. Paul Muni may have had top billing, but for me George Raft steals this – charisma a-plenty. Boris Karloff appears oddly miscast, but Dvorak and Morley play the roles of the molls quite effectively and Osgood Perkins plays the cowardly bully Lovo well. Holds up remarkably after almost 90 years!