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Scarface vs The Public Enemy vs Little Ceasar


These are the origional Gangster flicks. So which is better?

They are all great films, but to me, despite the fact that The Public Enemy has Jimmy Cagney and Little Ceasar has Ed G Robinson, I couldn't help but feel that Scarface has stood the test of time better. Okay perhaps the fact that it was remade and that it's hard to watch the origional without recognising scenes from the remake may make it feel more ahead of it's time then it was, but I would still say Scarface was the better film of the three. It just seemed to have more of a cutting edge to it. I think perhaps the Warner Bro's got a bit too caught on the morale dilema of making Gangster films with the other two.

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I'd go with (1) The Public Enemy, (2) Scarface (3) Little Caesar

Overall Cagney was better in my opinion, Scarface is harmed a little by the Brian De Palma remake as most people will have seen the 1983 movie (including myself) before this one. All good movies though with great leads.

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I agree with that ranking.

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