Al Capone poster
Director Richard Wilson
Writer Malvin Wald, Henry F. Greenberg

Al Capone

Tagline: His True Shocking Story...Filmed with Bullet Force!

Release Date: 1959-03-25

Duration: 104 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Martin Balsam
    Mac Keeley, reporter
  • Rod Steiger
    Al Capone
  • Lewis Charles
    Earl Weiss
  • James Gregory
    Schaefler (narrator)
  • Fay Spain
    Maureen Flannery
  • Joe De Santis
    Big Jim Colosimo
  • Nehemiah Persoff
    Johnny Torrio
  • Raymond Bailey
    Lawyer Brancato
  • Al Ruscio
    Tony Genaro
  • Robert Gist
    Dion O'Banion