The Revenge of Al Capone
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| The Revenge of Al Capone | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| 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 | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | John Levoff Robert Lovenheim |
| Producer | Vicki Niemi |
| Cinematography | Tim Suhrstedt |
| Editor | Jeff Freeman |
| Running time | 96 minutes |
| Production companies | River City Productions Inc. Unity Productions Inc. |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | February 26, 1989 |
The Revenge of Al Capone (also known as Revenge of Capone) is a 1989 American television film about Al Capone starring Keith Carradine as Michael Rourke.[1] Ray Sharkey portrays Al Capone.[2][3][4] Tracy Keenan Wynn wrote the script.[5] 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.
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 Paulin as Eliot Ness
- Alan Rosenberg as Frank Nitti
- Jordan Charney as J. Edgar Hoover
- Robert Bernedetti as Mayor Anton Cermak
- Conor O'Farrell as Sergeant Callahan
- Troy Evans as Harry Lang
