Review of Al Capone

Al Capone (1959)
6/10
Good acting by steiger, persoff
30 January 2019
I gave this movie a 6 because of the interplay of two great actors in persoff and steiger. There are some good violence sequences which are a breath of fresh air to the cinema after the Hayes Act had all but cut out that sort of thing for 20 years.

But this movie has too many flaws to rank any higher. The secondary actors are largely second rate. The script is often lacking. The dialogue is often lacking. A lot of the scenes are largely amateurish. That's a shame because with a better script this film could have lifted the careers of persoff and steiger.
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