Al Capone [videorecording] / written by Malvin Wald and Henry F. Greenberg ; an Allied Artists Picture ; a Burrows-Ackerman production ; produced by John Burrows and Leonard Ackerman ; directed by Richard Wilson.
Material type:
FilmSeries: Archive collectionPublication details: Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2009]Description: 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits: - Director of photography, Lucien Ballard ; film editor, Walter Hannemann ; music by David Raksin.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | DRAMA Al Capon | Available | 33111008284198 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Rod Steiger is the screen's first "method mobster" in the title role of Al Capone. The film traces Big Al's progress from a torpedo in the hire of Chicago gangster Johnny Torrio (Nehemiah Persoff) to Capone's takeover of the Windy City's bootlegging operations, and his ultimate downfall at the hands of the IRS. Rod Steiger delivers every line with maniacal gusto, as though it will be his last; sometimes he sounds like Frank Gorshin doing a Rod Steiger impression, but for the most part it is a dynamite performance. Featured in the cast are Murvyn Vye as Bugs Moran, Joe De Santis as Big Jim Colosimo, Lewis Charles as Hymie Weiss, Robert Gist as O'Banion, and James Gregory and Martin Balsam as composite characters, respectively based on honest Chicago cop John Siege and duplicitous newspaper reporter Jake Lingle. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
"This disc is expected to play in DVD video "play only" devices, and may not play back in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives"--Container.
Includes trailer.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1959.
Director of photography, Lucien Ballard ; film editor, Walter Hannemann ; music by David Raksin.
Rod Steiger, Fay Spain, James Gregory, Martin Balsam, Nehemiah Persoff.
An account of the life of Al Capone, tracing his rise to the top of Chicago's underworld.
Not rated.
DVD-R, NTSC; widescreen; Dolby digital mono.