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

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. The film was shot at De Paolis in Rome and on location in Rome.

Release

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

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

Year	1976
RuntimeMins	85
RuntimeStr	1h 25min
Plot	Two small-time hoodlums plot to get even with a treacherous boss who is intent on monopolizing all criminal activity within Rome.
Directors	Fernando Di Leo
Writers	Fernando Di Leo, Peter Berling
Stars	Jack Palance, Al Cliver, Harry Baer
Produced by	Armando Novelli
Music by	Luis Bacalov
Cinematography by	Erico Menczer
Film Editing by	Amedeo Giomini
Art Direction by	Francesco Cuppini
Makeup Department	Lidia Puglia,Cristina Rocca
Production Management	Piero Ballirano,Lanfranco Ceccarelli,Renato Fiè
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	D. Schneider,Angelo Vicari
Art Department	Tino Avelli,Sandro Bellomia,J. Jovine,Cristiano Tessari
Sound Department	Roberto Alberghini
Camera and Electrical Department	Roberto Brega
Costume and Wardrobe Department	Giulia Mafai,Mirella Novelli
Editorial Department	Tomasso Gramigna
Script and Continuity Department	Silvia Petroni
Additional Crew	Stefan Abendroth,Armando Novelli,Tonino Pinto,Vincenzo Samà,Cesare Barbetti,Lewis E. Ciannelli,Marvin Drake,Michael Forest,Michele Gammino,Sergio Graziani,Pino Locchi,Andy Luotto,Edward Mannix,Glauco Onorato,Ted Rusoff,Robert Sommer,Robert Spafford,Larry Ward
Genres	Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Companies	Cineproduzioni Daunia 70, Seven Star Film
Countries	Italy, West Germany
Languages	Italian
ContentRating	R
ImDbRating	6
ImDbRatingVotes	938
Keywords	german poliziottesco,exploitation,black humor,topless dancer,gunned down