Caracortada

Título original: Scarface

1932
B
1h 33min

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Ann Dvorak, Paul Muni, and Osgood Perkins in Caracortada (1932)

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Film Noir Gangster Action Crime Drama Thriller

Un gánster violento, ambicioso y un poco loco alcanza el éxito dentro de la mafia, pero sus debilidades se convierten en su ruina.Un gánster violento, ambicioso y un poco loco alcanza el éxito dentro de la mafia, pero sus debilidades se convierten en su ruina.Un gánster violento, ambicioso y un poco loco alcanza el éxito dentro de la mafia, pero sus debilidades se convierten en su ruina.

Dirección
- Howard Hawks
- Richard Rosson
Guionistas
Elenco

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CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb

7.7/10

31 k

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4,385

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Dirección
- Howard Hawks
- Richard Rosson
Guionistas
Elenco

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Premios
- 2 premios ganados en total

Pietro - Barber
(sin créditos)

Gus Arnheim

Orchestra Leader
(sin créditos)

Eugenie Besserer

Citizens Committee Member
(sin créditos)

Maurice Black

Jim - Headwaiter
(sin créditos)

William A. Boardway

Nightclub Patron
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William Burress

Judge (alternate ending)
(sin créditos)

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Trivia
Screenwriter Ben Hecht was a former Chicago journalist familiar with the city's Prohibition-era gangsters, including Al Capone. During the filming, Hecht returned to his Los Angeles hotel room one night to find two Capone torpedoes waiting for him. The gangsters demanded to know if the movie was about Capone. Hecht assured them it wasn't, saying that the character Tony Camonte was based on gangsters like "Big" Jim Colosimo and Charles Dion O'Bannion. "Then why is the movie called Scarface?" one of the hoods demanded. "Everyone will think it's about Capone!" "That's the reason," said Hecht. "If you call the movie Scarface, people will think it's about Capone and come to see it. It's part of the racket we call show business." The Capone hoods, who appreciated the value of a scam, left the hotel placated.

Errores
When Tony pushes and punches the man who refuses to obey Johnny Lovo in First Ward Social Club, it's seen that Tony actually punches the man's palm.

Citas
Tony Camonte: Listen, Little Boy, in this business there's only one law you gotta follow to keep out of trouble: Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doing it.

Créditos curiosos
This picture is an indictment of gang rule in America and of the callous indifference of the government to this constantly increasing menace to our safety and our liberty.

Every incident in this picture is the reproduction of an actual occurrence, and the purpose of this picture is to demand of the government: "What are you going to do about it?"

The government is your government. What are YOU going to do about it?

Versiones alternativas
Due to censorship requirements in several states, a second ending was shot after the film was finished, in which Camonte doesn't try an escape, but is sentenced to death and finally executed on the gallows. This alternate ending was shown only during the original 1932 theatrical run in certain states. All prints, home video, and television versions in current circulation use director Howard Hawks' ending, in which Camonte tries to escape and is shot down. The DVD includes the alternate ending as a bonus feature.

Conexiones
Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Fatale beauté (1994)

Bandas sonoras
St. Louis Blues
(1914)
Written by W.C. Handy
Played by Gus Arnheim and His Orchestra for dancing

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8/10

The World is Yours

A friend of mine was so incensed when he told me that the Al Pacino film Scarface was contemplating to be remade. 'Why do they want to spoil the classics?'

I told him that the the 1983 version that he loves so much was a remake!

Howard Hawks 1932 original is a pre Hays code version based on mobsters in Chicago at the time. Tony 'Scarface' Camonte (Paul Muni) is a bodyguard for a bootlegger Big Louis Costillo who he kills. The ambitious Tony wants a piece of the action, a step up the ladder and joins up with another mobster, Johnny Lovo who arranged the hit and got Tony out of police custody.

This is the beginning of the gang wars in Chicago as Lovo expands his operation, Tony who is more aggressive in taking out his rivals is aided by his coin flipping sidekick Guino Rinaldo (George Raft.)

Tony is attracted by Lovo's dame Poppy (Karen Morley) and plans to one day bump off Lovo. After all Tony thinks the world is his and there for the taking. However he also has an almost incestous obsession with his sister, the floozy Cesca who herself is attracted to Guino.

This is a violent gangster film, with some grisly dark humour. There is a tabloid feel to this picture. It starts of with some moralising that the government is doing nothing to stop the gang warfare, there is talk at one point of deporting these thugs, they are not even American citizens.

I was rather taken aback with how strong the violent action scenes would be for the audience of the time. Tony loves firing that machine gun. The film rattles along at quite a pace and yet also feels strangely offbeat.

It is noticeable how much of the fundamental story is later used by Brian De Palma for his updated version.