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Al Capone is a film of genre Drama directed by Richard Wilson released in USA on 25 march 1959 with Rod Steiger
Al Capone (1959)
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Add to a movie listAl Capone is a 1959 biographical film directed by Richard Wilson. written by Malvin Wald and Henry F. Greenberg, and released by Allied Artists. It starred Rod Steiger as Al Capone.
Steiger reportedly refused the producers' first offer to star in this film because he thought the initial screenplay inappropriately romanticized Capone and criminality. In an interview Steiger said, "I turned the picture down three times." According to TCM, he agreed to play the role only after the producers agreed to rewrite. The finished film was noted for its deglamorized portrayal of the subject.
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Chicago, 1919: A young Al Capone arrives to work for mob boss Johnny Torrio. He meets Torrio's top man, "Big Jim" Colosimo, who runs business and politics in the First Ward while secretly on Torrio's payroll.Actors
Rod Steiger
(Al Capone)
Nehemiah Persoff
(Johnny Torrio)
Fay Spain
(Maureen Flannery)
Martin Balsam
(Mac Keeley, reporter)
Murvyn Vye
(George 'Bugs' Moran)
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