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Al Capone

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Plot

In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder, extortion, and political fraud. He becomes head of Chicago's biggest "business," but moves inexorably toward his downfall and ignominious end.

Cast

Rod Steiger as Al Capone
Rod Steiger

as Al Capone

Fay Spain as Maureen Flannery
Fay Spain

as Maureen Flannery

James Gregory as Schaefler (narrator)
James Gregory

as Schaefler (narrator)

Martin Balsam as Mac Keeley, reporter
Martin Balsam

as Mac Keeley, reporter

Nehemiah Persoff as Johnny Torrio
Nehemiah Persoff

as Johnny Torrio

Murvyn Vye as George 'Bugs' Moran
Murvyn Vye

as George 'Bugs' Moran

Robert Gist as Dion O'Banion
Robert Gist

as Dion O'Banion

Lewis Charles as Earl Weiss
Lewis Charles

as Earl Weiss

Joe De Santis as Big Jim Colosimo
Joe De Santis

as Big Jim Colosimo

Sandy Kenyon as Bones Corelli
Sandy Kenyon

as Bones Corelli

Movie Facts

Rated

  • Approved

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • March 25, 1959

Production Companies

  • Allied Artists Pictures

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

  • Deutsch

Budget

  • $1,000,000.00

Revenue

  • $2,500,000.00

Runtime

  • 1.73 hrs

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Reviews

Nobody who's smart goes hungry in Chicago. Al Capone is directed by Richard Wilson and written by Malvin Wald and Henry F. Greenberg. It stars Rod Steiger, Martin Balsam, Nehemiah Persoff, Fay Spain, Joe DeSantis and Murvyn Vye. Music is by David Raksin and cinematography by Lucien Ballard. Alphonse Gabriel Capone, it's a name synonymous with gangsters of 1920s America, and of course of cin…