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…off with, I think that it’s a great film, director Brian DePalma’s well done work. However, as is usual when the tale of Al Capone and Eliot Ness is told, some facts are taken with the source meterial. Manufacturing a confrontation between Ness and Capone…

…States. Chicago was home to notorious gangsters like John Torrio and Al "Scarface" Capone. The geography of the city helped promote and import alcohol from Canada, thus aiding the Mafia in their growth. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre made the tension…

…that is over-run by crime and corruption. Mob kingpin Al "Scarface" Capone played by Robert DeNiro rules the city. He attempts to buy off police and city government and kills anyone who opposes him and his illegal alcohol industry. Eliot Ness played by Kevin Costner…

…be bought, but I did want Al Capone and every gangster in the city to realize that there were still a few law enforcement agents who couldn’t be swerved from their duty". The story was carried by newspapers all over the country, one of which named the team…

…what happen during the years of Prohibition from the 1920 to the early 1930’s. The first, ‘Law of the Land’, is centred on prohibition in the city of Chicago. It concentrated mostly on the gangsters that made millions out of prohibition, like Al Capone…

…criminals. These activities were so extensive that it ultimately required the involvement of the federal government to counteract their influence and power. The most prominent gangster of the 1920’s was Al Capone. He was raised in New York City. He became…

…, the Italian mafia and its violent presence was not made public until Al Capone took over. Intimidation did not only include threats and blackmail; word of mouth also quickly spread stories about violent acts in which mafia members had taken part. One such story…

…those who needed it. One cannot say because of this corrupt politician and other criminals like Al Capone that all immigrants were corrupt. However, the immigrants were loyal to their own kind. All the groups of immigrants lived in their own community…

…, the Castellamarese Clan, which was run by Sal Maranzano, did not obey the boss, and therefore there was tension between the two gangs. In the 1920’s, Masseria ordered a young Al Capone to go to Chicago to handle a problem. However, Al killed one of Maranzano’s close…

…cities flooded within days of the passing of the eighteenth amendment. Al Capone and gangsters of the same standings had illegal bars started, and called them speakeasies. This was because to get in you had to go up to the door and tell the guard the password…