The rise and fall of a power hungry mobster.

In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.

Cast & crew

Howard Hawks

Director

Paul Muni

Antonio 'Tony' Camonte

Ann Dvorak

Francesca 'Cesca' Camonte

Karen Morley

Poppy

Osgood Perkins

John 'Johnny' Lovo

C. Henry Gordon

Insp. Ben Guarino

George Raft

Guino Rinaldo

Vince Barnett

Angelo

Boris Karloff

Gaffney

Purnell Pratt

Mr. Garston, publisher

Tully Marshall

Managing Editor

Inez Palange

Mrs. Camonte

Edwin Maxwell

Chief of Detectives

Jean Harlow

Blonde at Paradise Club

Henry Armetta

Pietro, the Barber (uncredited)

G

Gus Arnheim

Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

Eugenie Besserer

Citizens Committee Member (uncredited)

Maurice Black

Jim, the Headwaiter (uncredited)

J

James Conaty

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

Waiter at Columbia Cafe (uncredited)

Virginia Dabney

Mabel (uncredited)