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Director:
Steve Carver
Writer:
Howard Browne (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
16 April 1975 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Crime | Drama more
Tagline:
The man who made the twenties roar! Now, after 45 years, his true story can be told!
Plot:
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... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
One Of The Greatest Mob Movies Ever!!!!!! more (12 total)

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
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
USA:101 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Italian
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:MA (TV rating) | UK:18 (re-rating) (1990) | UK:X (original rating) | Germany:16 (re-rating) (2006) | West Germany:18 (original rating) | Finland:K-18 (self applied) (uncut) (2007) | Finland:K-18 (cut) (1975) | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Chicago, Illinois, USA more
Company:
Santa Fe Productions more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: During the car chase, supposedly in the middle of Chicago, towering green mountains can be seen in the near distance at the ends of some streets, clearly indicating it's a studio set in California. more
Quotes:
Capone: There should be a law against women drinking.
Crawford: Well, I think there is.
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Movie Connections:
Edited from The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) more

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9 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
One Of The Greatest Mob Movies Ever!!!!!!, 14 September 1999
10/10
Author: MovieMan-112

"Capone" is an excellent gangster movie! Ben Gazzara plays the best Al Capone I have ever seen! Actors such as Robert De Niro, Rod Steiger, Jason Robards and even Eric Roberts (hee hee) have played Al Capone but none of them can come near the accuracy and brilliance of Ben Gazzara's Al Capone. This movie was bashed by most critics, who said that this was an "exploited" version of the Capone story and that it was too violent and too brutal. Well, wasn't Al Capone himself a violent and brutal man? He was far from being a "saint" I guarantee that. The cast is fantastic; Sylvester Stallone (in one of his first roles); John Cassavettes who is always terrific; and Harry Guardino - a name you may not recognize but whose face you've seen in many movies. So how can you go wrong? You can't! "Capone" wasn't a made-for-tv movie that omits violence and profanity...something a true mob movie MUST have. It was a movie that was released in theatres. It had a poster (I have the original one sheet) and a MPAA rating of "R - Restricted." It has a reasonable length (101 mins.) and a wonderful story that could be told by great actors in a realistic way - without having to worry about the rules of television. It is also the only Al Capone movie to explicitly show Capone himself going insane because of Syphilis. Unfortunately, this marvelous movie is out of print and hard to find so see it if you can. You'll never see a better Capone movie....I guarantee it

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