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Debut of actress Virginia Dabney.	D
Screenwriter Ben Hecht got producer Howard Hughes to green-light the film by telling him it would be [...]	D
In an instance of "Life imitating art", four years after the release of this film, which fictionaliz [...]	D
When Tony walks into the nightclub he is whistling a tune. This is the same tune whistled by the man [...]	D
Prominent use of the figure "X". Its first appearance is under the opening credits and from then on, [...]	D
Karen Morley was the last living credited cast member, following the 1980 death of George Raft, and [...]	D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.	D
Irving Thalberg suggested Clark Gable for Tony Camonte. Howard Hawks turned him down, saying, "We ne [...]	D
Although set in Chicago, "Scarface" didn't open in Chicago until November 20, 1941. In 1932 the film [...]	D
The murder of Tom Gaffney (Boris Karloff) predicts the similar murder, four years later (1936), of f [...]	D
The film's release was delayed almost a year due to producer Howard Hughes' protracted battles with [...]	D
This film is one of over 200 titles in the list of independent feature films made available for tele [...]	D
In 1932, the cost of a phone call was five cents. That would be equivalent to ninety cent in may of [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2001 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 Most [...]	D
Italian censorship visa # 3148 delivered on 22 September 1947.	D
Johnny Lovo like Don Corleone in "The Godfather" is based mainly or partly upon the urbane and "reas [...]	D
About one hour into the film, upon entering the Paradise Club, Tony, i.e. Paul Muni is greeted by a [...]	D
Boris Karloff attempts an American accent and a different voice but very quickly, his lisp comes out [...]	D
In the book this film is based on ("Scarface" by Armitage Trail), Antonio 'Tony' Camonte is born Ant [...]	D
The censors of the time thought that the film depicted that a life of crime was too easy and that To [...]	D
This was the tenth most popular movie at the U.S. box office for 1932.	D
Although it was released by United Artists, the majority of this film was shot at the Warner Brother [...]	D
This is one of the first films to feature the Thompson submachine gun, known to history as the "tomm [...]	D
Like many of the early gangster movies, real machine gun fire is used to create the bullet damage in [...]	D
Ranked #6 on the American Film Institute's list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Gangster". Th [...]	D
George Raft suffered a head injury during his character's death scene when he hit is head on the doo [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 400 movies nominated for the Top 100 G [...]	D
The "serious" play in which Tony is so interested is an adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's story "S [...]	D
Starred one Oscar winner: Paul Muni	D
Working titles for the film included The Shame of a Nation, The Menace, Yellow, Man is Strange and T [...]	D
According to Howard Hawk's biography by Todd McCarthy, Harold Lloyd's brother Gaylord Lloyd lost an [...]	D
Screenwriter Ben Hecht was a former Chicago journalist familiar with the city's Prohibition-era gang [...]	D
Karen Morley was cast first and given the option of playing either Poppy, the love interest, or the [...]	D
Many of the events in the film are based upon the life of Al Capone and the Chicago gang wars of the [...]	D
First major film credit for 'George Raft' , who didn't have to go far for inspiration on how to play [...]	D
Al Capone was rumored to have liked the film so much that he had his own copy of it.	D
This film has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 37 critic reviews.	D
At one point, a list of prior offenses is read, including possession/use of brass knuckles and "saps [...]	D
According to the Daily Star, ((Long Island City, NY)) 25 April 1932, Howard Hughes announced he was [...]	D

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