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After Capone's enforcer Frank Nitti threatens to kill Ness's wife, Catherine, and their daughter, Ness immediately moves them to a safe house. In a subsequent raid on the Canadian border , Ness and his team intercept an incoming liquor shipment, killing several gangsters and capturing a Capone bookkeeper named George, whom they eventually ...
Mary Josephine Capone (née Coughlin; April 11, 1897 – April 16, 1986) was the American wife of gangster Al Capone. Although not directly involved in her husband's illegal activities, she managed his financial affairs during and after his time in prison.
Capone with his mother. Alphonse Gabriel Capone was born in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, on January 17, 1899. [3] His parents were Italian immigrants Teresa (née Raiola; 1867–1952) and Gabriele Capone (1865–1920), [4] both born in Angri, a small municipality outside of Naples in the province of Salerno.
Earl J. "Hymie" Weiss (born Henryk Wojciechowski; [1] January 25, 1898 – October 11, 1926), was a Polish-American mob boss who became a leader of the Prohibition-era North Side Gang and a bitter rival of Al Capone. He was known as "the only man Al Capone feared".
In the film, Nitti dies after being thrown off a Chicago courthouse roof by Ness (Kevin Costner) during Al Capone's tax evasion trial in the early 1930s, well before his suicide in 1943. He is portrayed by Anthony LaPaglia in the 1988 biopic Nitti: The Enforcer. He is portrayed by Paul Regina in the 1993 TV show The Untouchables.
Beginning in the late 1940s and well into the 1960s, Aiuppa was in charge of the Cicero district of the Outfit. The Cicero district was the highest-earning neighborhood for decades, going back to Al Capone, who headquartered out of this area while he was in command. Aiuppa eventually owned or operated several establishments in Cicero ...
However, attracted by the prospect of working with Mendes, the actor accepted the role of Nitti, a real-life Mob boss from Chicago. [ 15 ] Anthony LaPaglia was cast as Al Capone and filmed a single scene, which was omitted from the final cut, [ 16 ] and can be found in the DVD's deleted scenes. [ 17 ]
The Dove (1974) – biographical drama film based on the real-life experiences of Robin Lee Graham, a young man who spent five years sailing around the world as a single-handed sailor, starting when he was 16 years old [152] The Education of Sonny Carson (1974) – blaxploitation drama film based on the best-selling autobiography of Sonny ...