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Al Capone is a 1959 biographical crime drama film directed by Richard Wilson, written by Malvin Wald and Henry F. Greenberg and released by Allied Artists. It stars Rod Steiger as Al Capone. The finished film was noted for its deglamorized portrayal of Capone. Plot Chicago, 1919: A young Al Capone arrives to work for mob boss Johnny Torrio. He meets Torrio's top man, "Big Jim" Colosimo, who runs business and politics in the First Ward while secretly on Torrio's payroll. Prohibition is enacted a year later, causing Torrio and other gangsters like Dean O'Banion, George "Bugs" Moran and Earl "Hymie" Weiss to compete for profits in bootleg liquor and beer. Colosimo is too old and comfortable to desire the new liquor racket, so Capone convinces Torrio to allow Colosimo's assassination, making Torrio kingpin.

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Notable quotes

“I have spent the best years of my life giving people the lighter pleasures, helping them have a good time, and all I get is abuse, the existence of a hunted man.”
— As quoted in How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936) by Dale Carnegie,
“Do I do business with Canadian racketeers? I don't even know what street Canada is on.”
— As quoted in Iced: The Story of Organized Crime in Canada (2009) by Stephen Schneider, chapter Five, p. 206
“Don't get the idea that I'm one of these goddamn radicals. Don't get the idea that I'm knocking the American system.”
— As quoted in In Time of Trouble (1956) by Claud Cockburn
“This is virgin territory out here for whorehouses.”
— Referring to suburban Chicago, as quoted in The Bootleggers and Their Era (1961) by Kenneth Alsop
“This American system of ours ... call it Americanism, call it capitalism, call it what you like, gives to each and every one of us a great opportunity if we only seize it with both hands and make the most of it.”
— Interview with Claud Cockburn, as quoted in “Mr. Capone, Philosopher,” Cockburn Sums Up (1981)
“I've been accused of every death except the casualty list of the World War.”
— The Bootleggers

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Al Capone is a 1959 biographical crime drama film directed by Richard Wilson, written by Malvin Wald and Henry F. Greenberg and released by Allied Artists. It stars Rod Steiger as Al Capone.

Overview

Al Capone is a 1959 biographical crime drama film directed by Richard Wilson, written by Malvin Wald and Henry F. Greenberg and released by Allied Artists. It stars Rod Steiger as Al Capone. The finished film was noted for its deglamorized portrayal of Capone. Plot Chicago, 1919: A young Al Capone arrives to work for mob boss Johnny Torrio. He meets Torrio's top man, "Big Jim" Colosimo, who runs business and politics in the First Ward while secretly on Torrio's payroll. Prohibition is enacted a year later, causing Torrio and other gangsters like Dean O'Banion, George "Bugs" Moran and Earl "Hymie" Weiss to compete for profits in bootleg liquor and beer. Colosimo is too old and comfortable to desire the new liquor racket, so Capone convinces Torrio to allow Colosimo's assassination, making Torrio kingpin.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Not who you're looking for? Others named Al Capone: American gangster (1899–1947) · ska song by Prince Buster

Notable quotes

“I have spent the best years of my life giving people the lighter pleasures, helping them have a good time, and all I get is abuse, the existence of a hunted man.”
— As quoted in How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936) by Dale Carnegie,
“Do I do business with Canadian racketeers? I don't even know what street Canada is on.”
— As quoted in Iced: The Story of Organized Crime in Canada (2009) by Stephen Schneider, chapter Five, p. 206
“Don't get the idea that I'm one of these goddamn radicals. Don't get the idea that I'm knocking the American system.”
— As quoted in In Time of Trouble (1956) by Claud Cockburn
“This is virgin territory out here for whorehouses.”
— Referring to suburban Chicago, as quoted in The Bootleggers and Their Era (1961) by Kenneth Alsop
“This American system of ours ... call it Americanism, call it capitalism, call it what you like, gives to each and every one of us a great opportunity if we only seize it with both hands and make the most of it.”
— Interview with Claud Cockburn, as quoted in “Mr. Capone, Philosopher,” Cockburn Sums Up (1981)
“I've been accused of every death except the casualty list of the World War.”
— The Bootleggers

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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