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Al Capone

Al Capone

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 25, 1959

Runtime

1h 44m

Genres

Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama

User Score

66%

Original Title

Al Capone

Production Companies

Allied Artists Pictures

Director

Richard Wilson

Budget

$1,000,000

Revenue

$2,500,000

Description

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.