Al Capone
His True Shocking Story...Filmed with Bullet Force!
1959 | 104m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Richard Wilson |
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| Writer: | Malvin Wald, Henry F. Greenberg |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 25, 1959 |
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| Director: | Richard Wilson |
| Writer: | Malvin Wald, Henry F. Greenberg |
| Genres: | Adventure, Action, Drama, Crime |
| Keywords | gangster |
| Production Companies | Allied Artists Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $2,500,000
Budget: $1,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Rod Steiger | Al Capone |
| Fay Spain | Maureen Flannery |
| James Gregory | Schaefler (narrator) |
| Martin Balsam | Mac Keeley, reporter |
| Nehemiah Persoff | Johnny Torrio |
| Murvyn Vye | George 'Bugs' Moran |
| Robert Gist | Dion O'Banion |
| Lewis Charles | Earl Weiss |
| Joe De Santis | Big Jim Colosimo |
| Sandy Kenyon | Bones Corelli |
| Raymond Bailey | Lawyer Brancato |
| Al Ruscio | Tony Genaro |
| Louis Quinn | Joe Lorenzo |
| Ron Soble | John Scalisi |
| Steve Gravers | Albert Anselmi |
| Raikin Ben-Ari | Ben Hoffman |
| Fred Aldrich | Funeral Spectator |
| Cindy Ames | Nurse |
| James Bacon | Reporter |
| Paul Bradley | Benefit Guest |
| Ralph Brooks | Convict in Yard at Alcatraz |
| Allen Jaffe | Bodyguard |
| Clegg Hoyt | Lefty |
| Paul Bryar | Police Inspector (uncredited) |
| Larry Chance | Vincent (uncredited) |
| Dick Cherney | Moran Associate (uncredited) |
| Mason Curry | Tailor (uncredited) |
| Russell Custer | Funeral Spectator (uncredited) |
| Rudy Doucette | Hood (uncredited) |
| Sol Gorss | Capone Hood at Polling Place (uncredited) |
| Mauritz Hugo | Hood (uncredited) |
| Forbes Murray | Pallbearer at Colosimo's Funeral (uncredited) |
| Dan Riss | Voice of Radio Announcer (uncredited) |
| Charles Sherlock | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Fred Sherman | Storekeeper (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Richard Wilson | Director |
| Malvin Wald | Writer |
| Henry F. Greenberg | Writer |
| David Raksin | Original Music Composer |
| Walter Hannemann | Editor |
| Lloyd Garnell | Gaffer |
| Lucien Ballard | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Leonard J. Ackerman | Producer |
| John H. Burrows | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 8 |
| 2024 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 8 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 6 |
| 2024 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 5 |
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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 ... phonse 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 refreshingly unsentimental in its approach. Steiger is Capone (never Caponee!) and he puts his method stomp all over the role, carrying the film squarely on his well cast shoulders. He has all the ticks and mannerisms of Capone to either chill the blood or charm the other characters in the play, it is very much a powerhouse performance. As a history lesson it's not wholly accurate, but much of it is rigid in the life and times of the famous criminal. The period detail is splendid, with the backdrops boosted no end by the gorgeous monochrome photography served up by Ballard. Enthralling, sometimes violent and always intriguing, this is well worth a look. 7/10