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9 April 1932 (USA)
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An ambitious and near insanely violent gangster climbs the ladder of success in the mob, but his weaknesses prove to be his downfall. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 win
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(2 articles)
Film School 101: Protagonists
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Ugly and brilliant
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Paul Muni | ... | Antonio 'Tony' Camonte | |
| Ann Dvorak | ... | Francesca 'Cesca' Camonte | |
| Karen Morley | ... | Poppy | |
| Osgood Perkins | ... | John 'Johnny' Lovo | |
| C. Henry Gordon | ... | Insp. Ben Guarino | |
| George Raft | ... | Guino Rinaldo | |
| Vince Barnett | ... | Angelo | |
| Boris Karloff | ... | Gaffney | |
| Purnell Pratt | ... | Mr. Garston, publisher | |
| Tully Marshall | ... | Managing editor | |
| Inez Palange | ... | Mrs. Camonte | |
| Edwin Maxwell | ... | Chief of detectives |
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93 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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UK:15 (video rating) |
UK:A (original rating) |
Finland:K-15 (2005) (DVD) |
Netherlands:6 (DVD rating) |
Brazil:14 |
West Germany:16 (f) |
Germany:16 (DVD rating) |
Norway:16 (1984) |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 |
USA:PG (re-release) |
USA:Passed (original rating)
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The "serious" play in which Tony is so interested is an adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's "Sadie Thompson".
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Continuity: When Poppy visits Tony, she hold the flower, but Tony has it in the next shot.
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Tony Camonte:
I don't know nothin'. I don't see nothin'. I don't hear nothin'. When I do I don't tell the cops. Understand?
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Referenced in Paid in Full (2002)
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Some of These Days
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Rat-rat-a-tat goes Hawks's direction, opening and closing with a bang, and what's in between is pretty sensational, too. Muni, who could be an awful ham, is just right here -- slick and sexy and a little stupid, a hot-tempered paisano unable to control his ambitions or passions. The incest subplot, never overtly stated but always close to the surface, makes the movie seem startlingly modern. And the dialogue goes snap, snap, snap. The only place the movie stumbles is in a civics-lesson scene where the self-important newspaper editor spells out exactly what's wrong with the criminal justice system of 1932 and delivers his dull speech straight to the camera, like a high school lecture. It's the briefest of lulls in one of the most exciting early talkies, and certainly one of the greatest of all gangster flicks.