Capone (film)
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| Directed by | Steve Carver |
| Produced by | Roger Corman |
| Written by | Howard Browne |
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| Music by | David Grisman |
| Cinematography | Vilis Lapenieks |
| Edited by | Richard C. Meyer |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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101 minutes |
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| Budget | $970,000 |
| Box office | $2 million (US/Canada) |
Capone is a 1975 biographical crime film directed by Steve Carver, written by Howard Browne, and starring Ben Gazzara, Harry Guardino, Susan Blakely, John Cassavetes, and Sylvester Stallone in an early film appearance. The film is a biography of the infamous Al Capone, although much of it is supposedly fiction.
The film was released on DVD in the United States for the first time on March 29, 2011 through Shout! Factory and has been available in Europe for some time.
The story is of the rise and fall of the Chicago gangster Al Capone and the control he exhibited over the city during the prohibition years.
Starting in 1918, Capone hangs out with other gangs until he is found by racketeers Johnny Torrio (Harry Guardino) and Frankie Yale (John Cassavetes). Then he pushes his way into the Chicago underworld, battling mobsters Hymie Weiss and George "Bugs" Moran, while romancing flapper Iris Crawford (Susan Blakely) and becoming kingpin of Chicago crime with the help his ambitious bodyguard Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti (played by Sylvester Stallone).
Later, in the wake of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Capone is sent to prison, not for murder or other violent crime but for tax evasion. He contracts syphilis in prison and dies in 1947.
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