This week we discuss “Scarface: The Shame of a Nation” (1932). Tony Camonte might not be the cultural icon that is Tony Montana, but he was slinging his machine gun on the silver screen over 50 years before the Scarface you know and love. We dissect this Pre-Code Hollywood classic, and examine the many ways it still holds up as a ground-breaking piece of cinema today.

↳ Skip to the movie: 14:51

This week we discuss “Scarface: The Shame of a Nation” (1932). Tony Camonte might not be the cultural icon that is Tony Montana, but he was slinging his machine gun on the silver screen over 50 years before the Scarface you know and love. We dissect this Pre-Code Hollywood classic, and examine the many ways it still holds up as a ground-breaking piece of cinema today. ↳ Skip to the movie: 14:51

This week we discuss “Scarface: The Shame of a Nation” (1932). Tony Camonte might not be the cultural icon that is Tony Montana, but he was slinging his machine gun on the silver screen over 50 years before the Scarface you know and love. We dissect this Pre-Code Hollywood classic, and examine the many ways it still holds up as a ground-breaking piece of cinema today.

↳&nbsp;Skip to the movie: 14:51

Scarface (1932)

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Scarface (1932)

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