4. Demise
When Montana goes to battle with the source of his cocaine, he loses, dying from a hit on his life. There was no Elliot Ness in the Scarface story. All the cops in the movie are dirty cops. In the real-life story of Al Capone, history records that Capone worked with plenty of dirty cops, but there was one cop he could not turn. That was Elliot Ness, leader of The Untouchables. The press labeled Ness’ crack team of investigators “untouchable” as they would not accept bribes to go away. Those principles got some of them killed. While Ness did not personally nail Capone for the crimes he was investigating, he did put pressure on the crime boss. The U.S. government nabbed Capone for not claiming his illegally-earned, but quite taxable income.