CAPONE (1975)

The story of the rise and fall of the infamous Chicago ganster Al Capone and the control he exhibited over the city during the prohibition years. Unusually, briefly covering the years after Capone was imprisoned.

Ben Gazzara (Al Capone), Harry Guardino (Johnny Torrio), Susan Blakely (Iris Crawford), Sylvester Stallone (Frank Nitti), John Cassavetes (Frankie Yale), Frank Campanella (Big Jim Colosimo), John Orchard (Dion O'Banion), Carmen Argenziano (Jack McGurn), George Chandler (Robert E. Crowe), John Davis Chandler (Hymie Weiss), Royal Dano (Anton J. Cermak), Joe De Nicola (Charles Fischetti), Angelo Grisanti (Angelo Genna), Peter Maloney (Jake Guzik), Dick Miller (Joe Pryor), Robert Phillips (Bugs Moran), Martin Kove (Pete Gusenberg), Mario Gallo (Giuseppe Aiello).

THE MAN WHO MADE THE TWENTIES ROAR! NOW, AFTER 45 YEARS, HIS TRUE STORY CAN BE TOLD!

CRITICAL COMMENT

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

DIRECTOR: Steve Carver.

"Gazzara has cotton in his jowls and a cigar in his mouth, making most of the dialogue in this gangster saga incomprehensible--but that's OK, you've heard it all before." -- Leonard Maltin

WRITER: Howard Browne.

PRODUCER: Roger Corman.

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: John C. Broderick.

ORIGINAL MUSIC: Rudy Cipolla and David Grisman.

DISTRIBUTOR: 20th Century Fox