Mister Scarface (Italian: I padroni della città) is a 1976 noir -action film directed by Fernando Di Leo and starring Jack Palance.

Mister Scarface
Directed by	Fernando di Leo
Screenplay by	Fernando di Leo Peter Berling[1]
Story by	Fernando di Leo[1]
Produced by	Armando Novelli[2]
Starring	Jack Palance Al Cliver Harry Baer Gisela Hahn Enzo Pulcrano Carmelo Reale Edmund Purdom Vittorio Caprioli
Cinematography	Erico Menczer[1]
Edited by	Amedeo Giomini[1]
Music by	Luis Enriquez Bacalov[1]
Production companies	Cineproduzioni Daunia '70 Seven Star Film Gmbh[2]
Distributed by	Over Seas Film Company
Release dates	3 December 1976 (1976-12-03) (Italy) 9 December 1977 (1977-12-09) (West Germany)
Running time	98 minutes[2]
Countries	Italy West Germany[2]
Box office	₤333,059 million

Plot

Tony (Harry Baer) is a mob loan collector who is unsatisfied with his position in life, and constantly dreams of living it rich in Brazil with his brother. To make some quick cash, Tony joins the forces of organized crime, making his way up the ladder. Together with Napoli, another mob enforcer, Tony hatches a plan to con mob boss Manzari (Palance) out of a fortune, but Manzari isn't about to let that happen.

Cast

• Harry Baer as Tony
• Al Cliver as Ric
• Jack Palance as Manzari aka "Mr. Scarface"
• Vittorio Caprioli as Vincenzo Napoli
• Gisela Hahn as Clara
• Edmund Purdom as Luigi Cerchio
• Enzo Pulcrano as Peppi
• Carmelo Reale (as Roberto Reale) as Luca
• Peter Berling as Valentino

Production

Mister Scarface was the last film produced by Daunia 80 Cinematografica, the independent film company that had financed all of director Fernando di Leo's previous films starting with Naked Violence, with the exception of Shoot First, Die Later and Kidnap Syndicate.[3] The film was shot at De Paolis in Rome and on location in Rome.[2]

Release

Mister Scarface was distributed theatrically in Italy by Over Seas Film Company on 3 December 1976.[2] It grossed a total of 333,059,400 Italian lire domestically.[2] It was later released in West Germany as Zwei Supertypen raumen auf in Germany on 9 December 1977 with an 88-minute running time.[2]

The dialogue is extensively sampled in the track Strong Face by Cestrian.[4]

References

Footnotes

Sources

External links

• I padroni della città at IMDb
• Mister Scarface is available for free download at the Internet Archive