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Capone (1975) is an American crime film directed by Steve Carver and stars Ben Gazzara, Harry Guardino, Susan Blakely and Sylvester Stallone in an early film appearance. The movie is a biography of the infamous Al Capone, although much of it is supposedly fiction.
The film was released on DVD in the U.S. 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 infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone and the control he exhibited over the city during the prohibition years. Starting in 1901, he hangs out with other gangs until he is found by gangsters 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, and romancing flapper Iris Crawford (Susan Blakely). Sylvester Stallone plays his ambitious bodyguard Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti.
Later, in the wake of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and tax evasion, he is sent to jail, mainly for the latter infraction, where he falls sick from syphilis.
Actors: Jonah Hill (actor), Ed Helms (actor), Bill Hader (actor), Brad Garrett (actor), Robert Ben Garant (actor), Christopher Guest (actor), Ricky Gervais (actor), Hank Azaria (actor), Jay Baruchel (actor), Don Abernathy (actor), Steve Coogan (actor), Hank Azaria (actor), George Foreman (actor), Alain Chabat (actor), Jonah Hill (actor),
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy,Actors: James Woods (actor), J. Edgar Hoover (actor), Steve Longmuir (writer), Dominic Capone (producer), Dominic Capone (actor), Laura Orrico (actress), Kevin Lingle (actor), Barrie Bignold (composer), John Fothergill (director), Todd Milliner (actor), Tom Clarke Hill (actor), Tom Clarke Hill (actor), Bob Kaliebe (actor), Thomas E. Dewey (actor), Edmond G Coisson (actor),
Plot: Three real-life heroes, who battled organized crime between the two world wars, are the subject of this three-part documentary, complete with interviews and reenactments. Part one looks at Eliot Ness, the incorruptible Prohibition agent who worked to bring down Al Capone but remained obscure until Ness's memoir became the basis for a popular TV series, which inflated his role in bringing down the Chicago mobster. Part two examines Melvin Purvis, the FBI agent whose tireless efforts to capture John Dillinger ended in front of the Biograph theater in Chicago. Acclaim for Purvis faded as the jealous J. Edgar Hoover did what he could to erase the agent from public memory. Part three chronicles the career of Thomas Dewey, best known now as the Presidential candidate who lost to the dark horse, Harry Truman. But Dewey's great accomplishment was as the New York district attorney who brought down the Sicilian mobster, Lucky Luciano, by successfully prosecuting him for heading a prostitution racket. Whether Luciano really ran that racket is another story.
Keywords: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, alcoholic, ambition, apparent-suicide, april-fool's-day, archenemy, arkansas, bail-bondsmanActors: Daniel McVicar (actor), Jann Castor (composer), Andrei Feher (writer), Andrei Feher (director), Kurt Andon (actor), Vanity (actress), Cristi Harris (actress), Dan Reardon (producer), Myles O'Brian (actor), Andre Feher (writer),
Genres: Thriller,Actors: John Gilbert (editor), Rob Kerchner (writer), Christopher Lennertz (composer), Mike Elliott (producer), Joseph G. Medalis (actor), Marta M. Mobley (miscellaneous crew), Michael McDonald (actor), Roger Corman (producer), Clint Howard (actor), Martin Kove (actor), C. Thomas Howell (actor), F. Murray Abraham (actor), Tami Mor (costume designer), Leland Orser (actor), Craig J. Nevius (writer),
Plot: Bonnie and Clyde were no match for Depression Era gangster George "Babyface" Nelson and his moll Helen Womack. Constantly on the lam from the law and from Chicago's biggest crime lord Al Capone, Babyface and his female accomplice leave a trail of blood and bullets in their path towards making history.
Keywords: character-name-in-title, fbi-chief, gangster, independent-film, remakeActors: Don Stroud (actor), Roger Corman (producer), Maria Ford (actress), Catherine Hicks (actress), Martin Sheen (actor), Time Winters (actor), Joe Estevez (actor), F. Murray Abraham (actor), Jeffrey Combs (actor), Clint Howard (actor), Alan Blumenfeld (actor), Christopher Kriesa (actor), Bert Remsen (actor), David Wurst (composer), Mike Elliott (producer),
Plot: July 22, 1934 - outside Chicago's Biograph Theater, a barrage of FBI bullets brings down John Dillinger. As the body of Public Enemy Number one crumbles to the ground, one of the strangest, most riveting stories in the history of crime begins to unfold. It seems that J. Edgar Hoover's boys have unknowingly blown away the wrong Dillinger -- not John, but his brother. While G-Men are grabbing the headlines, the real Dillinger slips away to go straight with a new life. But "Scarface" Al Capone knows all about Dillinger and his secret new identity, and confronts him. He wants Dillinger to pull one more heist, a bank where Capone has millions stashed away. And he's got an offer Dillinger can't refuse. So now, five years after his death, with Chicago's most infamous mobster holding his wife and son for insurance, John Dillinger has to pull off the biggest bank job of all time.
Keywords: 1930s, 1940s, bank-robbery, based-on-true-story, character-name-in-title, death, gangster, gun, independent-film, mental-illnessActors: Ignazio Leone (actor), Michele Malaspina (actor), Fortunato Arena (actor), Enzo Andronico (actor), John Bartha (actor), Marc Lawrence (actor), Frank Braña (actor), Franco Diogene (actor), Gino Buzzanca (actor), Franco Franchi (actor), José Calvo (actor), Nino Fuscagni (actor), Ciccio Ingrassia (actor), Tano Cimarosa (actor), Luigi Pavese (actor),
Plot: Franco and Ciccio, two inept police officers from New York, are sent to Chicago to infiltrate in Al Capone's gang. Thanks to the help of a local policeman and a lot of luck they manage to do just fine but when they are trying to arrest the gang, no reinforcements come...
Keywords: gangster, spoofActors: Myron Healey (actor), Fred Aldrich (actor), Joseph Forte (actor), Frank Gorshin (actor), Jack Albertson (actor), Neville Brand (actor), George DeNormand (actor), Wally Brown (actor), Chet Brandenburg (actor), Ray Danton (actor), George Cisar (actor), John Bleifer (actor), John Close (actor), John Damler (actor), Stuart Holmes (actor),
Plot: Dancer George Raft (Ray Danton) finds himself involved with the criminal underworld. After a conflict with gangster boss Frank Donatella (Joe de Santis), he is exiled to Hollywoood, where he wins a role in the film "Scarface" and becomes famous. He lives with actress Lisa Lang (Jayne Mansfield) in a huge villa, but when his mother dies, he deserts her. His career slides downhill until he is offered a part in "Some Like it Hot" and becomes famous again.
Keywords: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, assassination, bolero, bootlegging, casino, character-name-in-title, chorus-girlActors: Neville Brand (actor), Russ Conway (actor), John Hoyt (actor), Charles Lane (actor), Gavin MacLeod (actor), Gregg Palmer (actor), Paul Picerni (actor), William Schallert (actor), Robert F. Simon (actor), Robert Stack (actor), James Westerfield (actor), Frank Wilcox (actor), Nelson Riddle (composer), Eddie Firestone (actor), Lewis Charles (actor),
Genres: Crime, Drama,Actors: Peter Leeds (actor), George J. Lewis (actor), John Hoyt (actor), Kenner G. Kemp (actor), Richard Benedict (actor), Francis De Sales (actor), Robert Anderson (actor), Frank DeKova (actor), Paul Dubov (actor), Neville Brand (actor), Ralph Brooks (actor), Ben Frommer (actor), Wally Cassell (actor), Chuck Hamilton (actor), Peter Mamakos (actor),
Plot: Special Agent Eliot Ness (Robert Stack) forms The Untouchables, an elite squad of incorruptible lawmen, in order to bring down underworld kingpin Al Capone. First televised as a two-part episode of the Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse in April 1959, The Untouchables was later combined into one seamless version for movie theaters titled "The Scarface Mob." Here, accompanying this movie version are the Desi Arnaz and Walter Winchell introductions that preceded parts one and two of the original Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse broadcast.
Keywords: based-on-book, detective, federal-agent, g-men, mafia, neo-noir, police-shootout, sequel, u.s.-treasury-agentActors: Mario Pisu (actor), Pietro Tordi (actor), Galeazzo Benti (actor), Dante Maggio (actor), Mario Castellani (actor), Mario Passante (actor), Giacomo Furia (actor), Enzo Garinei (actor), Giulio Calì (actor), Vincent Barbi (actor), Aldo Giuffrè (actor), Guglielmo Inglese (actor), Mario Castellani (actor), Nerio Bernardi (actor), Totò (actor),
Genres: Comedy,I’m gonna be your jack of diamonds
Never leave you all alone
You can cry upon my shoulder
I wanna be your Al Capone.
Gonna love you ‘til the morning
Gonna be there through the night
‘Cos you’re the only one who ever make me feel
Everything will be alright.
It’s gonna be alright
Make everything alright
I’ll be your knight in shining armour
Like those guys in Hollywood
Wrapped around like cinerama
Let me be your Robin Hood.
I’m gonna show you San Francisco
It’ll thrill you to the bone
And drive you back up to Chicago
I wanna be your Al Capone.
Then we’ll put on Frank Sinatra
In our two door black sedan
The rain can hammer at the windows
And you can say that I’m your man
Make everything alright Make everything alright