The Revenge of Al Capone
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| The Revenge of Al Capone | |
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| Written by | Tracy Keenan Wynn |
| Directed by | Michael Pressman |
| Starring | Keith Carradine Ray Sharkey |
| Theme music composer | Craig Safan |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Cinematography | Tim Suhrstedt |
| Editor(s) | Jeff Freeman |
| Running time | 96 minutes |
| Production company(s) | River City Productions Inc. Unity Productions Inc. |
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| Original network | NBC |
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The Revenge of Al Capone (also known as Capone) is a 1989 American television film about Al Capone starring Keith Carradine as Michael Rourke. The plot is not based on fact but rather is based on a revisionist interpretation of the 1933 attempted murder of President-elect Roosevelt by delusional anarchist Giuseppe Zangara.
Plot
Following his imprisonment, Al Capone still continues to run his crime empire and plots to assassinate the mayor of Chicago Anton Cermak.
Cast
- Keith Carradine as Michael Rourke
- Ray Sharkey as Scarface
- Debrah Farentino as Jennie
- Charles Haid as Alex Connors
- Jayne Atkinson as Elizabeth
- Neil Giuntoli as Dutch Schultz
- Scott Paulan as Eliot Ness
- Alan Rosenberg as Frank Nitti
- Jordan Charney as J. Edgar Hoover
- Robert Bernedetti as Mayor Anton Cermak
