era gangsters, including  Al Capone (I) (qv). During the filming, Hecht returned to his Los  Angeles hotel room one night to find two Capone torpedoes waiting  for him. The gangsters demanded to know if the movie was about  Capone. Hecht assured them it wasnt, saying that the character Tony  Camonte was based on gangsters like "Big" Jim Colosimo (qv) and  Charles Dion OBannion (qv). "Then why is the movie called  Scarface?" one of the hoods demanded. "Everyone will think its  about Capone!" "Thats the reason," said Hecht. "If you call the  movie Scarface, people will think its about Capone and come to see  it. Its part of the racket we call show business." The Capone  hoods, who appreciated the value of a scam, left the hotel placated.