My Take:

It felt like I was watching a very good television production of the Al Capone story, not a feature film. Something about the way it was shot, just didn't jive with me. It was too clean; I need some grit in my gritty stories.

Rod Steiger however was great as Al Capone. He chews up the scenery so much so that I walked away not really remembering any of the other cast members. This was a fairly accurate account of what happened in Capone’s life, but there are much better films that capture the Don’s history.

What I Liked:

Steiger, although I kept seeing him as Bill Gillespie from “In The Heat of the Night.’

What I Didn't Like:

This was the Reader’s Digest of crime films.

What I Learned:

What the hell was prohibition all about anyway? Regardless, it provided us with the best crime stories from the twentieth century.