Al Capone is a 1959 biographical crime drama film directed by Richard Wilson,[4] written by Malvin Wald and Henry F. Greenberg and released by Allied Artists.

Prohibition is enacted a year later, causing Torrio and other gangsters like Dean O'Banion, George "Bugs" Moran and Earl "Hymie" Weiss to compete for profits in bootleg liquor and beer.

A sergeant in the Chicago police, Schaefer, is promoted to captain and vows to end the bloodshed and extortion and put Capone behind bars.

From a safe distance, Capone masterminds the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, with several of Moran's men gunned down in a Chicago garage.

[1] However, in 1957 Lindsley Parsons and John Burrows announced that they would produce a film about Al Capone for Allied Artists.

[8][1] Rod Steiger reportedly refused the producers' first offer to star in the film because he felt that the initial screenplay inappropriately romanticized Capone and criminality.

[18] Al Capone's sister sued the filmmakers for $10 million for having failed to secure her permission to produce the film, citing invasion of privacy.

[21] Capone's sister, widow and son later sued Desilu and the other producers of The Untouchables for $6 million but lost that suit as well.