Al Capone

Al Capone

104 mins | Drama, Crime, Action, Adventure | March 25, 1959

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.

Al Capone

104 mins | Drama, Crime, Action, Adventure | March 25, 1959

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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Allied Artists Pictures
Original title Al Capone
Directors Richard Wilson
Writers Henry F. Greenberg, Malvin Wald

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

Louis Quinn

as Joe Lorenzo

Ron Soble

as John Scalisi

Steve Gravers

as Albert Anselmi

Raikin Ben-Ari

as Ben Hoffman

Fred Aldrich

as Funeral Spectator

Cindy Ames

as Nurse

James Bacon

as Reporter

Paul Bradley

as Benefit Guest (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks

as Convict in Yard at Alcatraz (Uncredited)