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The Revenge of Al Capone
2026-11-16 00:32:24 · Cedar Herald Index
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 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 Sgt. Callahan
External links
1989 television films
1989 films
1989 crime drama films
Films about the American Mafia
American television films
Films directed by Michael Pressman
American crime drama films
Films about Al Capone
Cultural depictions of Al Capone
Cultural depictions of Eliot Ness
Cultural depictions of Dutch Schultz
Cultural depictions of J. Edgar Hoover
Cultural depictions of Frank Nitti
1980s American films
