muni's performance is electric, all garbage insert scenes and stupid cops be damned. his dominance of the frame and his sheer almost innocent joy just make this film very charismatic and striking.

A pretty solid mob flick that's weathered a bit with age but still packs a fair bit of punch. The shoehorned morality is pretty lame, but it's entertaining and moves at a nice clip. Muni is kind of ridiculous in the lead role, but the performance works despite (or because of?) his weirdness. Entertaining on the whole.

Blows the remake out of the water, even though that is a classic in itself. The alternate ending made to try to appease the New York censorship board was terrible, and also makes me wonder if the message at the start was done for this reason too.

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Paul Muni delivers, but the supporting cast is pretty weak, and the filmmakers blatantly try to glorify and judge him at the same time.

Holds up so well that it's still better than the remake (along with 90% of the other gangster films made in the past 80 years).

Crime, guns, girls, cops and robbers - the perfect 1930s gangster movie. Paul Muni gives an entertaining performance as the titular character (even though nobody ever calls him "Scarface"). His charisma is enough to fill two movies. And all the supporting cast is excellent as well. I enjoyed the little comedic touches too, like the dim witted sidekick who can't seem to ever take a phone message. I enjoy the DePalma/Pacino remake, but this one blows it out of the water.

Remake is way better, but apparently I'm the only one that thinks so. One of Hawks' rare misfires, truly a disappointing film. The opening disclaimer is so lame and idiotic I couldn't believe it was in the film, it also doesn't make sense in the context of the film. Are you glorifying him or saying he's wrong? Can't have it both ways. Also, Tony looks disturbingly like the bad guy in Kindergarten Cop.

the original gangster classic that inspired the 1983 Pacino classic of the same name, this one was a good watch and really great for it's time

This is a popular one for remakes since it's one crazy, violent gangster against the world at the end. The original is always one of the best.

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It is way better that the remake by De Palma. Scarface is a classic that formed the genre. It looks and feels genuine due its hard time.

It's strange how many people don't even know this (and the novel) exists, let alone that the 80s Pacino film was a remake. Maybe I just surround myself with morons. I've yet to see said remake so I was able to properly appreciate this, although it isn't anything particularly special. There are some good scenes, the humor hits the mark, the acting is decent (I love old mobster movies where everyone talks at high speeds and adds 'see?' onto the end of every sentence) but it's just...boring

Good mob film with an excellent ending. Tony's jealousy over his sister was the most interesting bit of the film. It has aged a bit, and the moralising is awkward, but for the most part this was very well done.

n a nutshell: whistle while you work ................................. ..............................your way up the organized crime ladder would have liked to have seen more karloff but muni is undeniably demonic as tony....i also thought the pre-code female characters were entertaining, particularly dvorak's and morley's.