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Al Capone
“His True Shocking Story...Filmed with Bullet Force!”
6.6 / 10• 1959• 1h 44m•NR• English
ActionAdventureCrimeDrama
Storyline
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 & Crew
Rod Steiger
Al Capone
Lead
Fay Spain
Maureen Flannery
James Gregory
Schaefler (narrator)
Martin Balsam
Mac Keeley, reporter
Nehemiah Persoff
Johnny Torrio
Murvyn Vye
George 'Bugs' Moran
Robert Gist
Dion O'Banion
Lewis Charles
Earl Weiss
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Richard Wilson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Al Capone is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
