Al Capone

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

Rod Steiger

as Al Capone

Fay Spain

Fay Spain

as Maureen Flannery

James Gregory

James Gregory

as Schaefler (narrator)

Martin Balsam

Martin Balsam

as Mac Keeley, reporter

Nehemiah Persoff

Nehemiah Persoff

as Johnny Torrio

Murvyn Vye

Murvyn Vye

as George 'Bugs' Moran

Robert Gist

Robert Gist

as Dion O'Banion

Lewis Charles

Lewis Charles

as Earl Weiss

Joe De Santis

Joe De Santis

as Big Jim Colosimo

Sandy Kenyon

Sandy Kenyon

as Bones Corelli

Reviews

John Chard

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. Al...

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