Scarface
Directed by
Screenplay by
  • W.R. Burnett
  • John Lee Mahin
  • Seton I. Miller
  • Ben Hecht
Based on
Scarface
by
  • Armitage Trail
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography
  • Lee Garmes
  • L.W. O'Connell
Edited byEdward Curtiss
Music by
  • Adolf Tandler
  • Gus Arnheim
Production
company
The Caddo Company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • April 9, 1932 (1932-04-09)
Running time
95 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
Languages
  • English
  • Italian
Box office$600,000[2]

Scarface (also known as Scarface: The Shame of the Nation and The Shame of a Nation) is a 1932 American crime drama movie directed by Howard Hawks and was based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Armitage Trail. It stars Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley, Osgood Perkins, George Raft, Boris Karloff, Tully Marshall and was distributed by United Artists. It was remade in 1983.

References

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  1. ↑ "SCARFACE (A)". British Board of Film Classification. May 7, 1932. Archived from the original on May 14, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  2. ↑ Balio, Tino (2009). United Artists: The Company Built by the Stars. Vol. 1. Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-299-23004-3. OCLC 262883574.

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