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Eliot Ness vs. Al Capone
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DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie
Overview
January, 1947. The public receives the news of Al Capone's death with indifference, although twenty years earlier he had ruled Chicago's crime underworld with brute force and corrupting many touchable individuals. Until the day the head of the Untouchables Brigade, Eliot Ness, entered the scene. Since then, a cruel battle between the two of them began, a battle that ended in trial, conviction, disease, insanity and death.
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Budget
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Revenue
$0
Runtime
53 min
Release Date
2009-03-29
Status
Released
Original Language
French
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
6
Cast
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Eliot Ness
Himself
Al Capone
Himself
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