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Al Capone (1959)

03/25/1959 Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama 1h 44m
66%
User
Score
6.7/10

His True Shocking Story...Filmed with Bullet Force!

Overview

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.

Richard Wilson

Director

Malvin Wald

Writer

Henry F. Greenberg

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Rod Steiger

Rod Steiger

Al Capone

Fay Spain

Fay Spain

Maureen Flannery

James Gregory

James Gregory

Schaefler (narrator)

Martin Balsam

Martin Balsam

Mac Keeley, reporter

Nehemiah Persoff

Nehemiah Persoff

Johnny Torrio

Murvyn Vye

Murvyn Vye

George 'Bugs' Moran

Robert Gist

Robert Gist

Dion O'Banion

Lewis Charles

Lewis Charles

Earl Weiss

Joe De Santis

Joe De Santis

Big Jim Colosimo

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Media

Al Capone (Original Theatrical Trailer)

Al Capone (Original Theatrical Trailer)

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on September 20, 2015

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 cinematic films. Richard Wilson's film is one of the better gangster biopics out there, filmed in semi-doc style, it unfolds with great human drama without glorifying the subject matter. If anything it's refreshingly unsentimental in its approach.

Steiger is Capone (never Caponee!) and he puts his method stomp all over the role, carrying the film squarely on his well cast shoulders. He has all the ...

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