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All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring C. Henry Gordon, ranked

C. Henry Gordon appears in several titles adapted from the pages of books and comic books to the screen, such as Scarface or The Doomed Battalion.
Here, we offer a ranked list, from best to worst, of 2 movies and TV series based on existing source material where C. Henry Gordon appears. Revisit old favorites or discover hidden gems, whether books or film productions. We invite you to watch, read, and vote for any title, joining the debate of whether the book or the movie is better.
Scarface. Poster of the 1932 movie and cover of the 1929 book
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Scarface
Armitage Trail, 1929
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Scarface
Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson, 1932

In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant Antonio Camonte acts on the orders of Italian mafioso John Lovo and kills Louis Costillo, the leading crime boss of the city’s South Side. However, Johnny repeatedly warns Tony not to mess with the Irish gangs led by O’Hara, who runs the North Side. She visits his apartment where he shows her his view of an electric billboard advertising Cook’s Tours, which features the slogan which inspires him: The World Is Yours.

The Doomed Battalion. Poster of the 1932 movie and cover of the 1931 book, Berge in Flammen
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Berge in Flammen
Luis Trenker, 1931
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The Doomed Battalion
Cyril Gardner, 1932

Shortly before the First World War, an Italian and an Austrian mountain guides take part in a mountaineering expedition together. Not long afterwards they find themselves fighting on different sides in the same area in the Dolomites, fighting to conquer the same high pass (Col Alto). When the war is over, they meet again. Their friendship has survived the war.