Al Capone
Seen it?1959 | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans and action fans.
- The mood
- Dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 44 min.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1959: an older pace and style.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerSolid
$3 million worldwide on a $1 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 16K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Richard Wilson
- Rod SteigerAl Capone
- Fay SpainMaureen Flannery
- James GregorySchaefler (narrator)
- Martin BalsamMac Keeley, reporter
- Nehemiah PersoffJohnny Torrio
- Murvyn VyeGeorge 'Bugs' Moran
- Robert GistDion O'Banion
- Lewis CharlesEarl Weiss
- Joe De SantisBig Jim Colosimo
- Sandy KenyonBones Corelli