Ben Hecht had met Capone and "knew a lot about Chicago", so he did no research for the script. According to Hecht, while he worked on the script, Capone sent two men to visit him in Hollywood to make sure the film was not based on Capone's life. He told them the Scarface character was a parody of numerous people, and that the title was chosen as it was intriguing. The two left Hecht alone.
Ben Hecht had met Capone and "knew a lot about Chicago" so he did no research for the script According to Hecht while he worked on the script Capone sent two men to visit him in Hollywood to make sure the film was not based on Capone's life He told them the Scarface character was a parody of numerous people and that the title was chosen as it was intriguing The two left Hecht alone