Films

FilmsAl Capone is a semi-documentary, un-hysterical and somewhat one-dimensional reminiscence of gangsterism in the grand style. As the Naples-born, Brooklyn-raised hood imported to Chicago to bodyguard a member of thugdom brass only to become kingpin himself, Rod Steiger is a kind of whimsical Scarface, touchy about his rights as an American citizen and the way his name is pronounced. Working from a screenplay that names a few names and overlooks others, director Richard Wilson has taken time t...