History Film / Scarface1932

* RulesLawyer: A literal lawyer as well. Whenever Tony gets arrested, his personal lawyer Epstein searches for loopholes to have him released. It works every time.

* CoolGuns: Tony loves his Thompson:
-->"There's only one thing that gets orders and gives orders. And this is it. That's how I got the south side for you, and that's how I'm gonna get the north side for you. It's a typewriter. I'm gonna write my name all over this town with it, in big letters!"

* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: Castillo is president of the "First Ward Social Club". After Camonte kills him and Lovo takes over, it becomes the First Ward Athletic Club.

* DownerEnding: The film ends with Tony Camonte himself shot dead in the end. Not only that, prior to his downfall, he killed Guino Rinaldo when he thought that the latter was harassing Cesca, his sister, which results in the police chasing after him. His sister was also shot by a stray bullet while she was at his hideout.

* NamedAfterTheInjury: The title refers to the main character, Tony Montana, who sports a pronounced facial scar, though this nickname is seldom used in-story.

* CasualDangerDialog: Angelo trying to get the name of a caller on the phone, while a hail of bullets is riddling the bar that he and Tony are in.

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This film, along with ''Film/ThePublicEnemy'' and ''Film/LittleCaesar'', popularized the gangster genre in TheThirties. ''Scarface'' has a place on the UsefulNotes/NationalFilmRegistry.

The film was a major box-office hit around the world and became an iconic gangster film and it became the TropeMaker and TropeCodifier for the Depression gangster film. Creator/BertoltBrecht's play ''The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui'' borrowed from it extensively. However, the film became a victim of its controversy and success. When UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode went into effect, all films released before had to be re-submitted for censorship to continue screenings in repertory cinemas. ''Scarface'' was considered so difficult, even in censored and bowdlerized versions, that it was shelved and banned from American screens until the late 70s!!! To see the film in America you had to go to [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes private collectors]] or in other out of the way places. And it was easier to see in France, in the Cinematheque Francaise of the same period where it was a major favorite. Its rediscovery in America in the 70s made it a cult favorite again and this actually inspired calls for [[Film/{{Scarface 1983}} the 1983 remake]] that would overshadow it for the new generation.

-->-- '''Tony Camonte''', while pointing at his [[MoreDakka tommy gun]][[note]], referencing one of the gun's nicknames, the Chicago Typewriter[[/note]]

The original 1932 gangster film by Creator/HowardHawks, written by screenwriter Ben Hecht and produced by eccentric millionaire Creator/HowardHughes (also producer and director of ''Hell's Angels''). It was loosely based on the life of UsefulNotes/AlCapone. The film stars Paul Muni, George Raft and Creator/BorisKarloff in a character part as an Irish gangster.

-->-- '''Tony Camonte''', while pointing at his [[MoreDakka tommy gun]]

* EasilyForgiven: Although she initially plans to kill him, Cesca is rather quick to forgive Tony for killing Guido when it comes down to it.

->''"It's a typewriter. I'm gonna write my name all over this town with it, in big letters!"''

* NotQuiteStarring: The alternate ending was filmed with a stand in.

The film was a major box-office hit around the world and became an iconic gangster film and it became the TropeMaker and TropeCodifier for the Depression gangster film. It even had a BigNameFan in Creator/BertoltBrecht whose play ''The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui'' borrowed from it extensively. However, the film became a victim of its controversy and success. When UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode went into effect, all films released before had to be re-submitted for censorship to continue screenings in repertory cinemas. ''Scarface'' was considered so difficult, even in censored and bowdlerized versions, that it was shelved and banned from American screens until the late 70s!!! To see the film in America you had to go to [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes private collectors]] or in other out of the way places. And it was easier to see in France, in the Cinematheque Francaise of the same period where it was a major favorite. Its rediscovery in America in the 70s made it a cult favorite again and this actually inspired calls for [[Film/{{Scarface 1983}} the 1983 remake]] that would overshadow it for the new generation.