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191. 'Scarface' (1932)

Before I get to Oliver Stone and Brian DePalma's 1983 Miami-set remake of 'Scarface'...here's a background episode about the 1932 'Scarface', written by Ben Hecht and directed by Howard Hawks, the Steven Spielberg of the 1930's and 40's.

From that still-vital, seminal gangster film, I also found my way to some others:

Little Caesar is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film distributed by Warner Brothers, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, and starring Edward G. Robinson, Glenda Farrell, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

The Public Enemy (Enemies of the Public in the UK)[6] is a 1931 American pre-Code gangster film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The film was directed by William A. Wellman and stars James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Donald Cook and Joan Blondell. Underworld (also released as Paying the Penalty) is a 1927 American silent crime film directed by Josef von Sternberg [1] and starring Clive Brook, Evelyn Brent and George Bancroft. The film launched Sternberg's eight-year collaboration with Paramount Pictures, with whom he would produce his seven films with actress Marlene Dietrich. Journalist and screenwriter Ben Hecht won an Academy Award for Best Original Story.[2]

Watch Scarface on Amazon Prime.

Watch Underworld for free here.

Watch The Public Enemy on YouTube.

Watch Little Caesar on YouTube.

Read about the fascinating life of Ben Hecht.

Read the BFI 10 Classic 1930's Gangster Films Article.

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298. Die Hard (1988)

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297. Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

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296. Michael Keaton, Glenn Close & Robert Duvall in 'The Paper' (1994)

One of the great newspaper movies, a great NYC location movie, a great set-dressing movie, a great acting movie...on and on. The Paper deserves more recognition; it's aged particularly well as a love ...

4 Syys 1h 29min

295. Dolly Parton & UK Crime Show Recs

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28 Elo 31min

294. 'Crossing Delancey' (1988)

Joan Micklin Silver's 1988 NYC love-letter/romantic comedy Crossing Delancey is one of the superlative NYC films of all time. And watching it today, it's hard not to mourn the loss of the sense of col...

28 Heinä 1h 28min

293. Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' (2026)

Go and see 'The Odyssey' in the biggest and best theater you can. You won't regret it. A rollicking great epic cinematic event. Historian Tom Holland interviews Actor Tom Holland on The Rest is Histor...

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292. Robert Redford in 'The Candidate' (1972)

Michael Ritchie and Redford's still-searingly satiric and spot-on takedown of political operatives and image crafting, peddling, and pandering in the modern campaign-industrial complex speaks louder t...

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