From: ggggg9271@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, November 16, 2017 at 6:07:50 PM UTC-8, neo...@webtv.net wrote:   
   > I was raised on Edward G., Bogart and Cagney films but Scarface took a long   
   time to show up on TV.    
   > Paul Muni is a good choice for the just off the boat thug with ambition. His   
   accent is as thick as deep dish lasagna...I could see Pacino picking up on   
   Muni's performance.    
   > Through most of the film Howard Hawks supplies several visual flourishes   
   that add a lot to the story's texture. A young Ann Dvorak, tough mob boss   
   Boris Karloff and comedic bits by Muni's inept male secretary are pluses.    
   > Unfortunately the last act does not play well as Muni turns despondent after   
   one murder too many and his ineffective defense of his " steel fortress " and   
   groveling when cornered by the cops is wrong all the way. I vaguely recall   
   that there was a big    
   to do at the studio about the ending which I guess is there to demean gangster   
   society.    
   > The opening titles make a plea to the government to stop its indifference to   
   machine gun toteing gangsters which is charmingly " period ". Later a   
   newspaper publisher bemoans that the American Legion was not allowed to combat   
   organized crime's threat    
   to American values, that really is stranger than strange. All in all good if   
   not great. 8-/10 rat a tat tats   
      
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   SCARFACE (1983) - Movie Review   
      
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