Ralph Capone He was Public Enemy #3. His younger brother Al, was Public Enemy #1. Following Al Capone's conviction for tax evasion in 1931, Ralph Capone remained with the Outfit. He hosted several high-level Outfit conferences from his brother's residence in Palm Island, Florida. As the manager of Chicago's Cotton Club, Capone was reportedly involved in syndicate gambling and vice districts. In 1932, he was also convicted of tax evasion and served three years. In many ways, the elder Capone was a front man for the Outfit. Authorities once described him as an "elder statesman" of the Outfit. In 1950, the United
Al Capone (film) films like "Baby Face Nelson" (1957). J. Edgar Hoover criticised the film and a proposed movie about Pretty Boy Floyd was dropped. However in 1957 Lindley Parons and John Burrows announced they would make a film about Al Capone for Allied Artists. Jack De Witt was assigned to write the script. The script was worked on by Mal Wald and Henry Greenberg who were known for doing true life stories, including an episode of "Climax!" about Albert Anastasia. Rod Steiger was cast in the lead. He had been reluctant to play the lead but was persuaded once he read the