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Al Capone (1959) Movie Reviews

Al Capone (1959)

director of photography: Lucien Ballard
cast: Rod SteigerFay SpainJames GregoryMartin BalsamNehemiah PersoffMurvyn VyeRobert GistLewis Charles
director: Richard Wilson
running time: 104 min.
synopsis
In this unusually accurate biographysmall-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 murderextortionand political fraud. He becomes head of Chicago's biggest "business," but moves inexorably toward his downfall and ignominious end.