Al Capone

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

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A chronicle of the rise and fall of Chicago crime boss Al Capone during the Prohibition era.A chronicle of the rise and fall of Chicago crime boss Al Capone during the Prohibition era.A chronicle of the rise and fall of Chicago crime boss Al Capone during the Prohibition era.

Director
- Richard Wilson
Writers
- Malvin Wald
- Henry F. Greenberg
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Richard Wilson
Writers
- Malvin Wald
- Henry F. Greenberg
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

Trivia
Martin Balsam's character, Mac Keeley, was based on a real-life Chicago Tribune reporter named Jake Lingle. Lingle, a "legman" who ran down gang-related stories for the paper, had close ties to Al Capone and other gangsters as well as the notoriously corrupt Chicago Police Department, and he was well-paid by both mobsters and a police commissioner as a "go-between." Lingle was gunned down on June 9, 1930, much as depicted in the movie, after "getting too big for his hat", as Capone put it, and demanding too much for his services (though a Capone rival likely paid for the hit). Apparently legal concerns prevented the producers of this film from using Lingle's name. However, just a few months after this film was released, the TV series Les incorruptibles (1959) told Lingle's story in its third episode and used his actual name.

Goofs
Al Capones had two scars on his left cheek according to actual (if rare - Capone disliked being photographed to show them as is correctly pointed out in the film) photos. The depiction in films like L'Affaire Al Capone (1967) and Capone (1975) is closer to the truth.

Quotes
Al Capone: Nobody leaves Al Capone, you understand that?
Maureen Flannery: Well I do!
Al Capone: Oh no, you don't!
Maureen Flannery: Would you do me a favor please? Would you kill me?

Connections
Edited into The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults (1986)

User reviews42

Featured review

6/10

This is way better than DeNiro's UNTOUCHABLES

I loved this black and white movie. It stared Rod Steiger who comes across like Mr. Tony Soprano actually. It was told in the tradition of a biography. Capone was so violent yet a great businessman. This movie is borderline FILM NOIR. Mr. Capone, in the movie, starts out as a simple bouncer and them works his way up to the bossman of the Chicago Syndicate. He eventually was convicted on INCOME TAX evasion and sentenced to 11 years at THE ROCK. The movie even takes us into THE ROCK where it shows Capone and how he loses his power. What makes this movie really great is simply ROD's portrayal of Scarface. He plays it very very well. If I had to choose ANY GANGSTER movie from that subject matter, this is it.