Capone (1975)

The story of the rise and fall of the infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone and the control he exhibited over the city during the prohibition years. Unusually, briefly covering the years ... See full summary »

Director:

Steve Carver

Writer:

Howard Browne

Stars:

Ben Gazzara, Harry Guardino, Susan Blakely

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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 (as John D. Chandler)
Royal Dano	...	Anton J. Cermak
Joe De Nicola	...	Charles Fischetti
Angelo Grisanti	...	Angelo Genna
Peter Maloney	...	Jake Guzik
Dick Miller	...	Joe Pryor

Storyline

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

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Plot Keywords:

gangster | prohibition | rise and fall | brawl | mobster | 

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Taglines:

The man who made the twenties roar! Now, after 45 years, his true story can be told!

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Genres:

Biography | Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

16 April 1975 (USA)

Also Known As:

Al Capone

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Santa Fe Productions (I)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Al Capone got the scar on his left cheek from a knife wound in the Harvard Inn on Coney Island in 1917 over an argument regarding a young lady which he made a comment to. Her brother Frank Gallucio was offended by Capone's remark made to his sister Lena, and demanded an apology.. the end result was Al Capone was slashed three times by Gallucio with a knife thus cutting his face.

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Goofs

Al Capone's scar was not caused by broken glass from a window but a knife wound in an argument between him and Frank Gallucio over a remark he made to Gallucio's sister Lena at the Harvard Inn on Coney Island in 1917.

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Quotes

Capone: There should be a law against women drinking.
Crawford: Well, I think there is.

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Connections

References The Fighting Buckaroo (1926)

User Reviews

The first muff shot in a movie by a major studio.

Very few people remember this film (why is beyond me, it is one of the better acted gangster films--Even Sly Stallone does a decent job). But to the few of us that really remember this, it is because of a relatively unknown actress called Susan Blakely.

This is the first time from a major motion picture studio that an actress spread her legs (while completely nude, by the way) and showed us her very blond "Delta of Venus"--absolute motion picture history that, unfortunately should have catapulted her to the Sharon Stone level, but didn't.

I had to order from Great Britain and convert it from PAL to NTSC, but it was worth it!

Thanks forever, Susan!