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Al Capone( 1959)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Rod Steiger

      Al Capone

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      Fay Spain

      Maureen Flannery

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      James Gregory

      Schaefler (narrator)

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      Martin Balsam

      Mac Keeley, reporter

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      Nehemiah Persoff

      Johnny Torrio

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      Murvyn Vye

      George 'Bugs' Moran

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      Robert Gist

      Dion O'Banion

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      Lewis Charles

      Earl Weiss

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      Joe De Santis

      Big Jim Colosimo

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      Sandy Kenyon

      Bones Corelli

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      Raymond Bailey

      Lawyer Brancato

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      Al Ruscio

      Tony Genaro

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      Louis Quinn

      Joe Lorenzo

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      Ron Soble

      John Scalisi

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      Steve Gravers

      Albert Anselmi

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      Raikin Ben-Ari

      Ben Hoffman

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      Fred Aldrich

      Funeral Spectator

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      Cindy Ames

      Nurse

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      James Bacon

      Reporter

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      Paul Bradley

      Benefit Guest

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      Ralph Brooks

      Convict in Yard at Alcatraz

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      Allen Jaffe

      Bodyguard

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      Clegg Hoyt

      Lefty

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      Paul Bryar

      Police Inspector (uncredited)

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      Larry Chance

      Vincent (uncredited)

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      Dick Cherney

      Moran Associate (uncredited)

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      Mason Curry

      Tailor (uncredited)

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      Russell Custer

      Funeral Spectator (uncredited)

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      Rudy Doucette

      Hood (uncredited)

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      Sol Gorss

      Capone Hood at Polling Place (uncredited)

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      Mauritz Hugo

      Hood (uncredited)

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      Forbes Murray

      Pallbearer at Colosimo's Funeral (uncredited)

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      Dan Riss

      Voice of Radio Announcer (uncredited)

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      Charles Sherlock

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Fred Sherman

      Storekeeper (uncredited)

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by John Chard

    7
    Written by John Chard on Sun Sep 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 r...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    1000000.00

    Revenue

    2500000.00

    Keywords

    • gangster