Al Capone of disputes. In a fateful step, Torrio either arranged for or acquiesced to the murder of O'Banion at his flower shop in October 1924. This placed Hymie Weiss at the head of the gang, backed by Vincent Drucci and Bugs Moran. Weiss had been a close friend of O'Banion, and the North Siders made it a priority to get revenge on his killers. Al Capone was a frequent visitor to RyeMabee in Monteagle, Tennessee "when he was traveling between Chicago and his Florida estate in Miami." In January 1925, Capone was ambushed, leaving him shaken but unhurt. Twelve days later,
Capone (film) work on the script. Carver says Gazzara was hard to work with on set. Sylvester Stallone later said "I particularly enjoyed working on "Capone", because it was like the cheesy, mentally challenged inbred cousin of "The Godfather"". Capone (film) Capone is a 1975 Canadian-American biographical crime film directed by Steve Carver, written by Howard Browne, and starring Ben Gazzara, Harry Guardino, Susan Blakely, John Cassavetes, and Sylvester Stallone in an early film appearance. The film is a biography of the infamous Al Capone. The film was released on DVD in the United States for the first time on March 29,