Scarface Page #3

Synopsis: Johnny Lovo rises to the head of the bootlegging crime syndicate on the south side of Chicago following the murder of former head, Big Louis Costillo. Johnny contracted Big Louis' bodyguard, Tony Camonte, to make the hit on his boss. Tony becomes Johnny's second in command, and is not averse to killing anyone who gets in his and Johnny's way. As Tony is thinking bigger than Johnny and is not afraid of anyone or anything, Tony increasingly makes decisions on his own instead of following Johnny's orders, especially in not treading on the north side run by an Irish gang led by a man named O'Hara, of whom Johnny is afraid. Tony's murder spree increases, he taking out anyone who stands in his and Johnny's way of absolute control on the south side, and in Tony's view absolute control of the entire city. Tony's actions place an unspoken strain between Tony and Johnny to the point of the two knowing that they can't exist in their idealized world with the other. Tony's ultimate downfall may be
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson (co-director)
Production: Universal Pictures
  2 wins.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
PG
Year:
1932
93 min
1,973 Views


Johnny Lovo. But, listen...

Sit down. I can't use

eight barrels around here.

I'll get ya a hunk of

soap. You take a bath in it.

What are you payin' a barrel? Fifty.

Well, ours is 65.

It's better.

You get delivery tomorrow. What

am I gonna tell Meehan and Berdini?

We'll take care of them.

Don't worry.

Well, that's

order number one.

Now we get plenty more. There's

a system to these things.

How many barrels

did you say you wanted?

Six.

Yeah?

Well, you're gettin' 10.

You're gettin' a delivery

tomorrow.

There's no use arguin' with this

joint. Zeigler runs it himself.

Step on it!

Hi, boss.

Mm! Lotsa garlic.

Get me some too.

Well, how's business? You get

some more orders? Lotsa orders.

They all buy from us.

All we have to do is fill 'em.

Yeah. That's a good idea. You

better tell Meehan and Berdini.

Oh, them fellas, they retired from

business. What have you been doin'?

You remember you say all they have to

do is start something, we finish it?

Well, did ya?

About an hour ago. Hey!

Hey, kid. Come here.

Extra here!

Hey! Keep the change.

All right. Thanks.

Here you are, boss.

There's your South Side, all nailed

up in a box. All nailed up in...

Yeah, well, you didn't get the lid

on very tight. What do you mean?

Look at that.

Come on. Hey, keep this hot.

We'll be back for it.

You can't come in here.!

Get outta here.!

This is a private

hospital! You can't...

Oh!

Oh! What

did they do?

Hiya, Poppy.

Hello.

Hey, what's all the time

bitin' you? You afraid of me?

Well, that outfit's enough

to give anybody the yips.

Nice, huh? I got three

more... different colors.

I see you're goin' in for jewelry.

It's kind of effeminate, isn't it?

Huh? Yeah.

I got 'em at an auction.

A bargain.

You sure are

a funny mixture, Tony.

That's the first time you smiled. Yeah?

Well, how do you mean you think

I'm funny? You just are. That's all.

What else are you doing

with all your money?

I hear you're gettin' a new

car. Mm-hmm. It's different.

It's got bullet-proof glass

and a steel body.

And I got myself

a new house too.

Come up sometime?

Yeah. I'll bring

my grandmother.

No kiddin. You come up?

Why don't you get

yourself a girl, Tony?

I'm workin' on that now.

Yeah? Well, don't

tire yourself out.

Is Johnny in?

Yeah.

He's mad, huh?

Hiya, boss.

When are you gonna learn that I

am the boss? Sure, you're the boss.

Then what do you mean by breaking

up that Lakeview joint last night?

Didn't I tell you to stay out of the

North Side? Listen, Johnny, it was easy.

You listen to me, stupid. That was one

of O'Hara's places, and you know it.

Didn't I tell you I wasn't

ready for O'Hara yet?

It was a nice little order... 50 barrels

a week. I don't care if it's 50 a day.

What do you use to think

with, an empty beer keg?

Just when we get this territory

lined up and runnin' smooth,

you step out and gum up the

parade. How do you mean, Johnny?

I just sell a little more

beer. Aw, don't worry.

Don't worry? You know what

O'Hara's liable to do now?

He'll send his guns down here on the South

Side. They'll move around like hummingbirds.

You're liable to get it, and

I'm liable to get it. He's tough.

Aw, he ain't so tough...

hangin' out in a flower shop.

- You afraid of a guy like that?

- I ain't afraid of anybody.

Sure, you're not.

That's a crazy question,

hey, Johnny?

Come on. Don't argue.

Where you goin'?

To clean up after you, you mug,

unless it's too late.

Look out!

It's Keach.

Hello. Hello?

Hel... Hello.

Hello. This Mr. Camonte's

secretary.

What's the name, please?

This Mr. Camonte's secretary.

Secretary, I told you.

Hey, hey, hey.

Secretary, you dope.

Secretary.

Oh. Okay, boss.

No, no. I no talkin' on you. I was

talkin' on Mr. Camonte. That's my boss.

That's... Hey, hey. Get a name.

Get a name.

What's your name?

No, no. I don't wanna know

what's your brother's name.

I wanna know

what's your name.

Oh, you do, huh? Listen, I come on over

there, I smack you right in the teeth.

I get you, your brother...

Hey! What's-a matter?

That's no way to talk.

Talk nice.

Tell him to state

his business.

Go state your business!

Who was it?

- I don't know.

- What do you mean, "I don't know"?

Didn't I tell you always to get a

name and write it down over here?

Oh, boss, I forget again.

You forget again.

Hey, what are you

writin' there, huh?

I don't know. I can't

write. Can't write?

That's nice... a secretary

that can't write.

A secretary must be able

to write, must be educated.

Get an education.

Can't write.

Education?

That's your fault.

This Mr. Camonte's sec...

Oh, no. Please, you're wrong.

I no hang up on you.

I thought you was through.

I told you before. You have to

write a letter. You have to make...

Oh, you do, huh?

Let me tell you...

Aw, shut up, you! You... Hey,

what's the matter with you?

You crazy? Listen,

the last time I tell you...

You pick yourself

a nice one.

You get one for me?

Didn't have time.

Was there any trouble?

Naw. It was easy.

How many was there?

He was alone.

Hey.

Hello. Who is it?

I'm so...

I don't get...

Boss, I don't get the name.

Hello. Yeah? Who?

Oh, sure.

Sure. Send her right up.

That's Poppy.

Hey. Better nobody

see you with this.

Hello, handsome.

Well, Poppy.

Hello, Tony.

They tell me O'Hara was killed

in his flower shop this morning.

Had you heard that? Did

Johnny send you up here?

Johnny?

How do you

like this place?

Kind of gaudy, isn't

it? Ain't it though?

I'm glad you like it. Come here.

I'll show you something nice.

Steel shutters...

on all the windows.

It's my own idea.

In case you have visitors you don't

like, huh? Uh-huh. That's right.

How do you... How do you

like the view here, huh?

You see that?

Someday I look

at that sign and I say,

"Okay, she's mine. "

You think so?

I got

a"purtty" good idea.

That's-a "purtty" hot.

Expensive, eh?

Yeah. Come here. I'll show you

somethin' what's "purtty" hot.

How do you like

this place, huh?

Come here.

Here's some stuff

I buy.

Mm, aren't they sweet?

Huh?

You like? I'm gonna get

some ties made to match.

See, what I'm gonna do

is wear a shirt only once.

Then I give it right away

to the laundry.

A new shirt every day. Tsk. You're just

gonna drive the women mad, aren't you?

Yeah.

One of them.

Meaning me, I suppose.

Look at this.

Huh? It's got

inside springs.

I bought it at an auction. It's a buy.

Go ahead, sit down.

Try it.

Yeah. It's all right. You like it? Hmm?

I thought you were

Johnny's friend.

Sure. I likeJohnny,

but I like you more.

Scusa, boss.

Cops is downstairs.

All right. Tell 'em to come in

and sit down. I'll be right out.

Okay.

Hey, I... I don't wanna be

caught here. This is a mess.

It's all right. Don't

get excited. It's easy.

Oh, great. Thanks.

Hey, Poppy.

After I get through with 'em, I'll meet

ya at the restaurant... on Fourth Street.

Yeah, all right. Hey.

Hey, go to the left.

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Armitage Trail (July 18, 1902 – October 10, 1930) was an American pulp fiction author, best known for his 1929 novel Scarface. This novel depicted the rise of gangster Al Capone, and was adapted into the 1932 film Scarface directed by Howard Hawks and produced by Howard Hughes. The 1932 film was loosely remade as 1983's Scarface. His only other significant work is detective novel The Thirteenth Guest, though Coons is speculated to have written under a variety of pen names. more…

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