Al Capone

(1959)

104 minutes

Biography / Crime / Drama

Directed by Richard Wilson

Narrated by James Gregory

Cast:

Rod Steiger as Al Capone 
Fay Spain as Maureen Flannery 
James Gregory as Schaefler  
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 
Louis Quinn as Joe Lorenzo 
Ron Soble as John Scalisi 
Steve Gravers as Albert Anselmi 

This biography does a good job depicting the life of the infamous Al Capone. Before he rose to notoriety, he was a small-town hoodlum who just arrived to Chicago when Prohibition emerged. He became the bodyguard of gangster Johnny Torrio. It follows his rise surrounded by murder, blackmail, and political treachery. He becomes the biggest gangster, but is led to a disgraceful end. 

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