Movie
Al Capone
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1959-03-25
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Allied Artists Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Rod Steiger as Al Capone
- Fay Spain as Maureen Flannery
- James Gregory as Schaefler (narrator)
- Martin Balsam as Mac Keeley, reporter
- Nehemiah Persoff as Johnny Torrio
- Murvyn Vye as George 'Bugs' Moran
- Robert Gist as Dion O'Banion
- Lewis Charles as Earl Weiss
- Joe De Santis as Big Jim Colosimo
- Sandy Kenyon as Bones Corelli
- Raymond Bailey as Lawyer Brancato
- Al Ruscio as Tony Genaro
Crew
- Richard Wilson - Director
- Henry F. Greenberg - Writer
- Malvin Wald - Writer
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