Scarface Page #4

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
1,975 Views


Uh-huh.

Hello, Guarino.

Hello.

You all alone?

Yeah.

Ah, you're a cute fella

comin' here all by yourself.

You ain't afraid of me,

huh? No, nor 10 like ya.

Come on. The chief s

waiting. Hey, Angelo.

Call up Epstein

and tell him that...

Naw. Hey, Little Boy,

call up Epstein.

Tell him that kidney foot here is

taking me down to the chief s office.

Let him come right down with

"habus corpis. " Understand?

Hey, you know, I just hear O'Hara,

he was-a met with a terrible accident.

That's too bad, you know?

Yeah?

Yeah.

Come on, come on.

So Camonte thinks he's

gonna run this side of town,

now that he's got O'Hara.

He's gettin'too big.

Yeah?

He won't get

any bigger.

We'll take him before he

finds out about these guns.

300 slugs a minute. Get

the rest of them unpacked.

How many we got? Plenty. And

there's a lot more coming.

O'Hara had them run in

across the line last night.

We'll have the cops on

our necks. Forget it.

They can't do

anything about it.

There's no law against

bringing guns into the state,

and we can buy

all we want.

What a cinch.

You said it.

Gaffney, listen. Camonte

just left headquarters.

McGill's trailing him.

He's gonna phone.

Hey, you guys.

Load those guns.

You get the cars ready.

Stick the hearse

in front of'em.

Then to the South Side, and I want

everybody. You hang on to that phone.

Right. Snap into it now. Get going.

Hello. Hello, Tony. Have a seat.

Hello.

Well, what took you

so long?

Eh, the moxie, he was late

with the "ibious corpse. "

Go on, order some food,

will ya? I'm hungry.

You know, every time I

see you, you look better.

That's a cute hat.

Please! My stockings.

What's the matter? Don't do

that, Tony. They're brand-new.

Hands off, huh?

No. Feet.

You know,

I know lotsa girls.

Uh, redheads and blondes... all kinds.

They all like me.

Yeah. You're pretty good, eh?

I'm the best. Are you

gonna eat, by any chance?

I'm not hungry,

except for you.

You got somethin'

I like.

Yeah. I'm nice

with a lot of dressing.

You work fast, don't you, Tony? No.

Say, I've been waitin' a long time.

I'm crazy for you.

Everybody say, "Tony

Camonte, he's a big shot.

He's got everything

he wants. "

Yeah. I got everything but

what I want. You understand?

Pardon me. Telephone

for Mr. Camonte.

Hey, dope, go see who

it is. And get a name.

Hello. This Mr. Camonte's

secretary.

What's your name?

I say what's your name?

This Mr. Camonte's

secretary.

You have to speak louder.

I can't hear what you say.

That's too loud. That's

too loud. Talk "lowler. "

Hello. Please.

Don't be a fool, Tony!

What's the name, please?

I can't... Hello?

Hello. Please,

I can't hear what you say.

Hey! That's O'Hara's mob.

I can't hear what...

I can't...

I can't hear

what you say.

It's too loud.

Hey, lookit! They got

machine guns you can carry.

If I had some of them, I could

run the whole works in a month.

I'll get you one

in a minute.

Hey, that's swell! Look,

it's little. You can carry it.

Come on.

Let's get outta here.

Boss, there was too much noise.

I didn't get their name.

That's a dope!

Take him upstairs!

Take him upstairs!

That's all right. The

back door! The back door!

Hey, lookit.

They've been here too.

Hey, look at that.

Come here.

Get me some shells.

Let's see if she works.

Hey, you, call Fugatti. Tell him

we want three cars... side curtains.

Hey, Johnny.

Look what I got.

You dirty murderin' mug! You bumped

off O'Hara. Who, me? That's foolish.

You told me to stay out of

the North Side. I stay out.

I've been home all day,

hey, Little Boy? Sure.

Sure. Oh, so that's it?

I told you to lay off.

I don't hear so good

sometimes.

You won't be hearing anything if you

go on like this. Look. They clipped me.

Lookit, Johnny. You can

carry it around like a baby.

Aw, shut up.! We gotta get

organized. This is only a starter.

They'll be back after us. What do

ya mean? We don't give 'em time.

We throw them Micks

up for grabs.

Yeah, well, when you're laying in

an alley with your head blown off,

maybe you'll learn how

this business oughta be run.

Yeah? And who's gonna

do that? O'Hara's mob.

Gaffney, he's runnin' it now. He'll give it to

you here... a pound of hot lead in the belly.

Make sure it's him, Johnny.

Cars are here, boss.!

Okay. Hey, Little Boy, it's business.

You fix who goes in each car.

Where do you think you're going?

To the North Side.

You can't do that? What do you

mean, can't? Who's stoppin' me?

I am. I'm givin' you orders

for the last time.

There's only one thing that gets

orders and gives orders, and this is it.

That's how I got the South Side, and

that's how I'm gonna get the North Side.

Some little typewriter, huh? I'm gonna

write my name all over this town with it.

In big letters!

Hey, stop him, somebody!

Get outta my way, Johnny!

I'm gonna spit!

Come on, fellas!

Hey, Tony.

Take this along in case that

bean shooter doesn't work.

Okay!

Come on, Dugan.

All right, come on! Hey, you

see what happened here, kid?

I don't know, mister. It was a

big, black car with side curtains,

and a machine gun

gave 'em the works.

Oh, hello, Ben. Hello, Chief. What are

we gonna do about them machine guns?

What can we do? There's no law against

manufacturing them, just against having them.

If they can't get 'em in one state, they

go across the border and get 'em in another.

These fellas bootleg machine

guns like they bootleg booze.

Yeah. They better do

something about that.

Because with these toys to play with, what

happened before will look like a tea party.

I know it. Say, you better put the

screws on that 22nd Street freight house.

I hear they're bringing

'em in in fruit boxes.

Right.

Get that guy's number!

Somebody get an ambulance!

What's the matter?

What is this, a pinch?

No. We're bringing you

a valentine.

Don't you know it's Valentine's

Day? Oh, yeah. I forgot.

Come on.

Line up, you guys.

Over there,

all seven of you.

What's the gag?

Is the heat on?

Plenty.

Face the wall.!

Put your mitts up.

All of you.!

Here's Gaffney. Gaffney, what

do you know about this? Well?

Well, I was on my way here to

the garage to keep an appointment.

I was late.

Yeah?

And a car drives up

and some guys pile out.

Two of'em was cops... at least

they was dressed like cops.

Cops. That's a new gag.

Then what?

Well, it looked like a pinch, so I beat

it around the block. Then he picked me up.

Yeah, lucky you were late. Now take

a good peek and see what you missed.

Gangway here.

Keep it clear.

Seven of'em...

lined up against a wall.

Mowed down,

just like that!

Didn't have a chance! Sit down,

Chief. You're wearin' out the carpet.

Yeah? I'm

the only one left.

Thinks he'll get me, huh?

Fat chance!

Who's there? McArthur, from the Journal.

Let him in.

Hi, Gaffney.

How'd you find me?

Oh, we boys from the Journal

always get around.

Yeah? Anybody else know I'm

here? Nope. Just my own idea.

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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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