Al Capone
His True Shocking Story...Filmed with Bullet Force!
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.
- Director
- Richard Wilson
- Signature
- Drama · Tension · Action
- Worldwide
- $3M
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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.
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Al Capone returned 2.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $1M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $3M
- Release date
- Mar 25, 1959
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- German, English
- Country
- United States of America
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