

Action · Adventure · Crime
Overview
In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder, extortion, and political fraud. He becomes head of Chicago's biggest "business," but moves inexorably toward his downfall and ignominious end.
Top Cast


Rod Steiger
Rod Steiger
Al Capone
Rod Steiger
Al Capone


Fay Spain
Fay Spain
Maureen Flannery
Fay Spain
Maureen Flannery


James Gregory
James Gregory
Schaefler (narrator)
James Gregory
Schaefler (narrator)


Martin Balsam
Martin Balsam
Mac Keeley, reporter
Martin Balsam
Mac Keeley, reporter


Nehemiah Persoff
Nehemiah Persoff
Johnny Torrio
Nehemiah Persoff
Johnny Torrio


Murvyn Vye
Murvyn Vye
George 'Bugs' Moran
Murvyn Vye
George 'Bugs' Moran


Robert Gist
Robert Gist
Dion O'Banion
Robert Gist
Dion O'Banion


Lewis Charles
Lewis Charles
Earl Weiss
Lewis Charles
Earl Weiss


Joe De Santis
Joe De Santis
Big Jim Colosimo
Joe De Santis
Big Jim Colosimo


Sandy Kenyon
Sandy Kenyon
Bones Corelli
Sandy Kenyon
Bones Corelli
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