Capone (1975)

Ben Gazzara stars in this low-level depiction of legendary gangster Al Capone, who rose to command the mob underworld in 1920's Chicago. Born in Brooklyn, Capone joins his first gang at the age of 11. From there, he graduates to the infamous "Five Points Gang" run by Johnny Torrio (Harry Guardino). After moving to Chicago a few years later and wiping out Torrio's crimeboss uncle, Capone becomes Torrio's right hand man. Capone becomes head of the area's prostitution and racketeering business, but, as his mind deteriorates from syphillis, so does his empire. There's not much to recommend here, aside from a surprisi...
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ngly good appearance by Sylvester Stallone as fellow gangster Frank Nitti. Gazzara is frankly awful in the title role and producer Roger Corman uses stock shootout footage from other gangster films, including footage of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre from his own, earlier movie on the subject.
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De film vertelt het verhaal van één van de grootste maffiabazen aller tijden: Al Capone. Hij had tijdens de drooglegging in Amerika heel de stad Chicago in zijn macht, maar werd constant lastig gevallen door de politie en andere gangsters.

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Contrived gangster film has Gazzara portraying the inhuman Capone who rose through mob ranks in Chicago to dominate a brutal underworld in the 1920s, until his fall through federal conviction of income tax eviction and eventual imprisonment.

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