Weird History

The Real Gangster Who Inspired Scarface

2025 • E68    Dec 28, 2025    9m
Tony Montana is the iconic Cuban gangster from Brian De Palma’s 1983 crime thriller masterpiece Scarface. And Al Pacino’s portrayal of Montana – despite Pacino being very not Cuban – has endured as one of the most famous and brutal depictions of organized crime ever portrayed on the screen.

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