The Revenge of Al Capone

The Revenge of Al Capone (released on DVD as Capone) is a 1989 made-for-TV movie, offering a mostly fictional retelling of the final arrest of Al Capone. Much of the film was inspired by the recently popular The Untouchables, centering around an intrepid Justice Department agent determined to take down Capone and his Chicago empire in the early 1930s. Like Kevin Costner's Elliot Ness in The Untouchables, the agent is forced to protect his family when Capone makes the fight personal, and the film's climax involves a running gun battle and a rooftop chase. Interestingly, The Revenge of Al Capone includes Ness not only as a character but as a secondary antagonist who gets in the way of honest FBI agent Michael Rourke's (Keith Carradine) crusade against Al Capone (Ray Sharkey). At one point, Rourke even bemoans: "Take orders from Ness? You know I can't work for that prima donna!"
One of many historical errors present in the film is constantly referring to J. Edgar Hoover's federal agency as the FBI or Federal Bureau of Investigation; most of the action is set in 1932 and 1933, a few years before the FBI received its name.
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=Submachine Guns=
==Thompson M1921==
The familiar Thompson M1921 submachine gun is seen in the hands of both mobsters and federal agents throughout the film. Frank Nitti (Alan Rosenberg) fires a Thompson during the Dutch Schultz hit. When Rourke goes to visit Capone's Miami estate in 1947, the guard at the gate is also carrying a Thompson.
=Handguns=
==Colt Detective Special==
The Colt Detective Special appears to be the sidearm of choice for most mobsters and FBI agents, including Michael Rourke (Keith Carradine) and Alex Connors (Charles Haid). Rourke's wife Elizabeth (Jayne Atkinson) grabs his Detective Special from his holster when their home is invaded by Capone's hitmen. Harry Lang (Troy Evans) uses one to shoot Nitti before asking a Chicago police officer to place a second Detective Special in Nitti's hand.
==Smith & Wesson Model 10==
Dutch Schultz (Neil Giuntoli) uses his nickel Smith & Wesson Model 10 to defend himself against Nitti's hitmen in a police station. Coletti (Michael Medeiros) hands a blued S&W Model 10 to deranged anarchist Giuseppe Zangara (Tony Amendola) for Zangara to use during his assassination of Mayor Anton Cermak. In real life, Zangara had been armed with an Iver Johnson .32-caliber revolver. The blued 4"-barreled revolver that Ness (Scott Paulan) loads and arms himself with before a raid also appears to be a Smith & Wesson.
=Shotguns=
==Winchester Model 1897 Riot==
Several lawmen are seen carrying riot-length Winchester Model 1897 shotguns, including Elliot Ness (Scott Paulan) and an Alcatraz prison guard. Agent Michael Rourke (Keith Carradine) carries a Winchester Model 1897 when he leads Capone's Miami arrest in 1932. He later tells Jennie that he prefers a shotgun to "a machine gun."
==Lupara==
One of Capone's hitmen uses a double-barreled Lupara with exposed hammers during the attack on Dutch Schultz. Rourke (Keith Carradine) also appears to keep a lupara as a backup weapon, pulling one from behind his back and using it to send a hitman flying through a glass window with a single blast.
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