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.
Al Capone has generally received positive reviews.
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Al Capone was released in 1959 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 4 reviews, giving Al Capone (1959) an average rating of 63%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 90%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 65%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Al Capone than critics were.
With a score of 63%, Al Capone is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1959, which stands at 59%.
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