Al Capone 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.

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The cast

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

Top billing shown. Full cast and crew on IMDB ↗

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