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Capone Behind Bars

Original title: The Revenge of Al Capone
  • TV Movie
  • 1989
  • R
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
5.0/10
153
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Capone Behind Bars (1989)
Drama

After Al Capone is imprisoned, he still continues to run his empire, and plots to assassinate the mayor of Chicago.After Al Capone is imprisoned, he still continues to run his empire, and plots to assassinate the mayor of Chicago.After Al Capone is imprisoned, he still continues to run his empire, and plots to assassinate the mayor of Chicago.

  • Director
    • Michael Pressman
  • Writer
    • Tracy Keenan Wynn
  • Stars
    • Keith Carradine
    • Ray Sharkey
    • Debrah Farentino
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.0/10
    153
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Michael Pressman
    • Writer
      • Tracy Keenan Wynn
    • Stars
      • Keith Carradine
      • Ray Sharkey
      • Debrah Farentino
    • 4User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Keith Carradine
    Keith Carradine
    • Michael Rourke
    Ray Sharkey
    Ray Sharkey
    • Scarface
    Debrah Farentino
    Debrah Farentino
    • Jennie
    Charles Haid
    Charles Haid
    • Alex Connors
    Jayne Atkinson
    Jayne Atkinson
    • Elizabeth
    Neil Giuntoli
    Neil Giuntoli
    • Dutch Schultz
    • (as Neil Gray Giuntoli)
    Charles Hallahan
    Charles Hallahan
    • Malone
    James Handy
    James Handy
    • FBI Chief
    Scott Paulin
    Scott Paulin
    • Eliot Ness
    Alan Rosenberg
    Alan Rosenberg
    • Frank Nitti
    Jordan Charney
    Jordan Charney
    • J. Edgar Hoover
    Robert Benedetti
    • Mayor Anton Cermak
    Peter Noel Duhamel
    • Newberry
    Tony Amendola
    Tony Amendola
    • Zangara
    Christopher Carroll
    • Judge
    Donald Craig
    • FDR
    John DiSanti
    John DiSanti
    • D'Andrea
    • (as John Di Santi)
    Bradford English
    • Warden Johnson
    • Director
      • Michael Pressman
    • Writer
      • Tracy Keenan Wynn
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    • Goofs
      Several 50-star US flags are shown in the 1930s, a time when there were 48 states.
    • Alternate versions
      The HBO and DVD version contains extra footage.
    • Connections
      Followed by The Return of Eliot Ness (1991)

    User reviews4

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    5/10
    Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick....
    I watched the whole thing, and it wasn't awful by any means. You just have to understand that this movie is "based on real characters, but the events bear no relationship to what actually happened...and forget about the anachronisms." I'm not even going to try to list the goofs and errors in the movie. Just kick back and have a good time.

    The production values are not too bad, though I doubt that the USA in the 1930s was as clean as it looks here. FDR, Cermak, and some others are a real hoot. I also suspect that Ness was a lot closer to the way he's played here than in other movies and TV shows.

    The biggest objection I had was to Ray Sharkey playing Capone. Sorry, but it was a mistake. Sharkey does have a menacing quality about him, but you'd never have known that he was playing Capone unless the dialogue told you. (OK...maybe the scar.) They didn't put any effort at all into making him resemble the paunchy and balding gangster.

    Finally, this movie is shot like a TV movie, but it IS worthy of the R rating. It's not really gratuitous, but it stands out.
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    • Aug 1, 2013

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 26, 1989 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Capone in Jail
    • Production companies
      • River City Productions Inc.
      • Unity Productions Inc.
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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