Al Capone
6.7
“His True Shocking Story...Filmed with Bullet Force!”
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.
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Cast
35 people
Rod Steiger
Al Capone
Known for
Duck, You Sucker
Jesus of Nazareth
Fay Spain
Maureen Flannery
Also in
The Godfather Part II
Hercules and the Captive Women
James Gregory
Schaefler (narrator)
Known for
The Manchurian Candidate
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Martin Balsam
Mac Keeley, reporter
Known for
12 Angry Men
Psycho
Nehemiah Persoff
Johnny Torrio
Known for
An American Tail
Some Like It Hot
Murvyn Vye
George 'Bugs' Moran
Known for
River of No Return
Pickup on South Street
Robert Gist
Dion O'Banion
Known for
Strangers on a Train
Operation Petticoat
Lewis Charles
Earl Weiss
Known for
Party Girl
Joe De Santis
Big Jim Colosimo
Known for
The Professionals
Deadline - U.S.A.
Sandy Kenyon
Bones Corelli
Known for
The Onion Movie
MacArthur
Raymond Bailey
Lawyer Brancato
Known for
Vertigo
The Beverly Hillbillies
Al Ruscio
Tony Genaro
Known for
Police Squad!
Showgirls
Richard Wilson Director · Malvin Wald Writer Henry F. Greenberg Writer
Worldwide gross $2.5M · Budget $1M · United States release March 25, 1959
Box office
Budget
$1,000,000
Worldwide gross
$2,500,000
Gross vs. budget
2.5×
Production
Allied Artists Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 25, 1959
Theatrical
Germany
September 11, 1959 · Theatrical
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