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Director:
Writers:
Malvin Wald (writer) and
Henry F. Greenberg (writer)
Release Date:
25 March 1959 (USA) more
Tagline:
His True Shocking Story...Filmed with Bullet Force! more
Plot:
This factual biography of gang lord Al Capone follows his rise and fall in Chicago gangdom during the Prohibition era. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
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(2 articles)
Robert Stack Is Eliot Ness
(From HollywoodNorthReport.com. 7 September 2009, 3:23 AM, PDT)
Rod Steiger Dead at 77
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 10 July 2002)
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Would Have Been Better Had Steiger Not Overacted Again more (10 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
| Steve Gravers | ... | Albert Anselmi |
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Runtime:
104 min
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Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
Norway:16 (1960) | West Germany:18 (nf) | Finland:(Banned) (1960-1961) | Finland:K-16 (1961) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:Approved
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The real 'Al Capone (I)' died of advanced syphilis which had become neurosyphilis. Due to the production code, the narrator (James Gregory) attributes 'Al Capone (I)''s death to an "incurable disease". more
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Referenced in C'est pas moi, c'est lui (1980) more
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This is a pretty interesting film but really not all that memorable and one that you think afterward should have been a lot better. It was like watching an old television show - better, I'm sure, 50 years ago than watching it today.
The story is not boring, but something was missing. Perhaps it just needed more spark....and less ranting and raving from Rod Steiger who played the title character. Steiger wears thin after awhile. He has been a fine actor over the years but he tends overact in a number of his roles, too. His exaggerated anger and loudness in here ruined this film for me.
Fay Spain, Martin Balsam, Nehemiah Persoff, Murvyn Vye, James Gregory and more all added excellent support, though, and I enjoyed watching them. I wish I could say the same for Steiger.