Reacting to THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987) | Movie Reaction 

I’m actually one of the sailors who get shot on the staircase sequence. It was my first acting job out of college.

I love how genuine she is. Great sense of humour too. Without a doubt a great person to hang out with.

The broad strokes of the story are true. Eliot Ness's autobiography, _The Untouchables,_ which came out shortly after his death in 1957, gave rise to a popular TV series of the same name, which ran from 1959 to 1963. In the end Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion and was sentenced to eleven years in federal prison. Ness and Capone only met once, when Ness put Capone on the train taking him to prison. Prohibition lasted from 1920 to 1933. The fight on the steps with the baby carriage is a reference to the famous Odessa Steps sequence in Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 masterpiece, _Battleship Potemkin,_ one of the most famous, referenced, and parodied scenes in all of cinema.

Sean Connery was sooo good in this. Definitely deserved his Oscar.

I'm 51 years old, and very few movies have I ever given a "A+" ranking to, but this is one of those films, from the score, to the acting, and everything in-between, a true classic.

I live in Saskatchewan which is a province in Canada and Al Capone was rumored to have visited the city of Moose Jaw. During the Prohibition era, when the United States had banned the production and sale of alcohol, many individuals and criminal organizations sought alternative means to continue their operations. Canada, being a neighboring country, became a popular destination for smuggling alcohol into the United States. Moose Jaw, in particular, gained a reputation as a hotspot for bootlegging and illegal activities during that time. It was known to have underground tunnels and secret passageways that facilitated the movement of contraband, including alcohol. These tunnels were allegedly used by Capone and other criminals for smuggling purposes. My grandpa told me this rumour.

This film is considered broadly historically accurate. While his family didn't die, IRL Ness had many hard times ahead of him. Ness divorced, got remarried, started a number of businesses which all failed, got divorced again and remarried again, ran for political office and failed, took a number of odd jobs developed a drinking problem and died penniless from a heart attack in '57. He was largely forgotten until the book "The Untouchables" was published after his death. The book has been adapted into radio, television and films like this one numerous times.

Wardrobe is by Giorgio Armani. Fantastic suits and style as well. The amazing music is by Ennio Morricone. Another masterpiece by Brian De Palma.

Dawn, for this old man you're react's are a pure joy. Every one.

"You can't just be alive then be dead. It doesn't work like that..." It always works like that.

Prohibition (of alcohol) was a real thing in the US from 1920 to 1933. It was ignored pretty much by everyone, it created an insane amount of crime and economic issues, and was so far the only constitutional amendment to be repealed. Elliot Ness, Al Capone, and Capone's conviction for tax evasion were real, but this movie has little to do with the facts of the era. Still fun though!

Hi Dawn. Patricia Clarkson played Ness' wife. She was indeed in The Green Mile, and a number of other fine movies. Capone served about 5 years and was transferred to a hospital. He had a neurologic form of syphillus and was rapidly deteriorating. He was finally released to his home and later died from his illness. Kevin Costner was also in Field of Dreams, Silverado, Waterworld, Dances with Wolves, Robn Hood Prince of Thieves and many others. Connery was in many other movies as well. He did a run in a few films as James Bond 007. My first remembrance of him was in a kids movie called Darby O'Gill and the Little People. Love your reaction as always.

David Mamet's dialogue, Morricone's score, DePalma directing, that's a real crew for genius film making.

Seeing a Scottish RU-vidr reacting to Sean Connery in his Oscar winning film role makes me think of the scene from "So I Married an Ax Merderer" when Mike Myers character was at his (Scottish) parents' place, and his dad (also played by Mike Myers) had a little shrine to Sean Sean Connery in the living room.

Dawn, Costner was in a great western called "Open Range", co-starring Robert Duvall. It is one of the best modern westerns, and has an amazingly done shootout, one of the best ever on film. Costner directed it as well.

Capone was indeed sentenced to 11 years, but was let out after 8. At that point, he was already in dementia from syphilis. The baseball bat scene is vaguely based on an incident where 4 of Capone's men wiped out the rival Bugs Moran gang (the St. Valentine's Day Massacre), but later on two of those men started to conspire against Capone. When he found out, he personally bashed their heads in.

Another great film based in this period and around Chicago and Capones crime organization is Road to Perdition, with Tom Hanks. Excellent cast and cinematography.

Even after all these years this movie still holds up all the way down the line.

The baby carriage scene is legendary in cinema, it first appeared in “The Battleship Potemkin” in 1925. It was directed by Sergei Eisenstein.

I was born and spent my first 40yrs in Chicago, I'm 73. My Step-Grandfather was Sicilian, came over on the boat. He had stills just outside of the City and made and sold illegal liquor at this time and he knew Al Capone. He cursed FDR for ending prohibition all the way to the grave, it put him out of business. 😆

What helps to make this movie so darn good is damn good writing. David Mamet certainly made his mark as a playwright and it certainly paid off in his screenplay here.

Beside the Clint Eastwood trilogy, Ennio Morricone did the music for Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), one of the best western I ever seen.

“Mr. Ness!!!! I do not approve of your methods.” “Oh yeah? Well you’re not from Chicago.”👍🔥🤣

I love Dawn's theory that Malone was really Scottish but, in typical American fashion, people always mistook him for Irish, so he just went with it. That will be my new head canon.

“Field of Dreams” is a great movie and one of Kevin Costner’s best, I would highly recommend watching it!

We can’t hear most of it, but Ennio Morricone’s score is brilliant 😊🎉❤. Trivia: Frank Nitti (played by Billy Drago,) was a real criminal in Al Capone’s group (later he became a boss, too.) He didn’t die this way or even at that time; he died of suicide by gun March 19th, 1943. Prohibition from 1920 (18 th amendment) to 1933 (21st amendment) They passed the 18th amendment bc mainly women: their men drank so much it caused much violence and broke up families

My mother's father grew up in Chicago. Mom was born in Lake City Florida. She asked my grandfather, Herbert C "Buster" Disbrow, why he left Chicago, Buster told my mom that he had just graduated from the very first Certified school for working on General Motors vehicles. This was at the height of the Prohibition era, he told my mom that there was opportunity in Chicago to make a lot of money, but you wouldn't live very long. He hopped freight train, travel the country for a few years and finally settled in Florida.

One Western you definitely need to see is Siverado with a small role for John Cleese.

Robert De Niro, one of the greatest actors in cinema.. I highly recommend, "Taxi Driver", "The Deer Hunter" "Godfather 2", "Midnight Run", "Goodfellas", "Awakenings" A Bronx Tale" "Casino" "Heat" and "Ronin"

The "little guy" you liked is in a very under-rated, yet extremely fine movie titled Never Cry Wolf (1983), his performance and the visuals are stunning!

The classic shoot-out in the train station is Brian DePalma's nod to the Potemkin Steps sequence from the classic film The Battleship Potemkin. The film is a silent film from Russia made in 1925. This is a beautifully shot sequence that director Sergei Eisenstein used to prove his cinematic mastery. A great sequence influenced by a great sequence, right down to the baby carriage rolling down the steps. And yes The Naked Gun movie spoofed the scene. I also think you should check out Charles Martin Smith (the little man) in Never Cry Wolf.

A movie where you can honestly give a 10/10. Everything was perfect.

Connery was definitely supposed to be playing an Irish character. I don't think the director thought most Americans could tell the difference between a Scottish accent and an Irish one. Also, not sure if Connery could do an Irish (or any) accent. They probably just told him to use his normal voice.

This is an all-star cast : Kevin Costner (Elliot Ness) is known of Field of Dreams & Dances with Wolves. Sean Connery (Malone) is known for the original 007 : James Bond, Andy Garcia (Stone) played a relative of Corleone is The Godfather Part 3 and Robert De Niro (Capone) is from Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Midnight Run.

Prohibition in the US was from 1920-1933, but the movement to ban alcohol, called "temperance", had been active for about 100 years prior. They finally got the law passed in 1920 and the result was that the illegal liquor trade led to an explosive rise of gangs. Al Capone was the head of organized crime in Chicago and it was in Chicago the worst gang violence occurred. Capone's gang bribed police officials, politicians and judges. No one dared testify against him because they knew that Capone would send his gangsters to kill him and his family. That is why he never was convicted of murder, armed robbery or bootlegging, but it was a woman who was the assistant attorney general, Mabel Willebrandt, who came up with the idea of convicting Capone and other leading gangsters on income tax evasion. Great reaction Dawn as always. I have a soft spot for you ever since your epic review of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Get well soon!

On top of all the other reasons I watch your reactions, there are sweet, interesting, little comments like "So much wallpaper in this movie." I loved that one. 👍

"Oh, why can't you do it?" Because he's an officer of the law, not a rival gang leader. (but even he has his limits...)

This movie was actually based on/inspired by a true story (although many of the elements were dramatized for poetic effect). But the characters such as Special Agent Eliot Ness, Mafioso boss Al Capone, Frank Nitti (Al Capone's cousin and henchman in the white suit), and other characters were real. Elliott Ness and his people did indeed take down Al Capone for Tax Evasion. Also, the events occurred during a time in America's history in which alcohol (due to the passage of the 18th Amendment) was banned for 13 years throughout the country between 1920 and 1933. The 18th Amendment (alcohol ban) was repealed in 1933 with the passage of the 21st Amendment. Anyway, during the era of the 13-year alcohol ban, suddenly overnight a huge black-market developed for alcohol...a black market controlled by gangsters and the mafia throughout the country. Al Capone and his mafioso organization were arguably the biggest and most powerful of them all. In today's 2023 dollars, Al Capone would be a multi-billionaire. And *Sigh* The family would have died at the end if it were a FICTION STORY. But in real life Special Agent Elliott Ness and his entire family survived...because they actually did survive. But Eliot Ness finally died in 1957 at 54 years old from cardiac arrest. He divorced his first wife (in the movie) in 1938, and divorced his 2nd wife in 1946.

Anyone carrying a gun would maybe say they were cops, or anything. Not Treasury Officers. Most people probably didn´t even knew what a Treasury Officer was exactly, nor that they could carry guns.

I love this movie. Came out the same year I got married. Interesting note on Sean Connery - his real name was Thomas Connery. In school he was a bit taller than his classmates, and was often in fights. They called him "Big Tommy". LOL. What a wonderful actor. You might watch him as James Bond, I'd recommend "From Russia With Love" as he faces off against Robert Shaw, who played Quint - the boat captain in "Jaws". Another great actor. Both very physical guys when they were younger.

"Robert Deniro - he was the father in Meet the parents and Meet the Fockers" haha - thats like saying "Isaac Newton he was the guy that had some hetherodox opionions about the trinity"

We'll NEVER get tired of hearing you say "I really, really enjoyed that"! There's SO MANY great movies out there and I hope to see you react to them all!

As someone who lives in Canada, I love how Dawn Marie knows about Canada and Maple Syrup...

Im always looking at the decorations in vintage era movies because its easy to spot the same things in my house. My 1920 house is 5 bedrooms and lots of space and full of antiques.

Ennio Morricone was the composer! The GOAT!

If you like Kevin Costner in this, I highly recommend "No Way Out" from the same year. It's a great thriller set at the Pentagon and stars Costner alongside Gene Hackman and Sean Young.

Al Capone died of cardiac arrest in 1947, but his decline began earlier. After his transfer to Alcatraz prison, his mental and physical condition deteriorated from paresis (a late stage of syphilis). He was released in November 1939 and was sent to a Baltimore mental hospital before he retired to his Florida estate.

Hi Dawn. Once again, your reactions do not disappoint, I loved your review. The movie is VERY loosely based on Elliott Ness and Al Capone. It was David Mamet's script that kept you, me, and everyone else entertained. For example neither Elliott Ness' wife, nor Elliott Ness attended AL Capone's trial, with the exception of his testimony regarding his investigation. Sean Connery played an Irishman. If you really want to do a deep dive into Sean Connery, I implore you to consider watching the role that made him a household name...Bond, James Bond. You'll be pleasantly surprised at how good he is!

Most people assume that Capone died in prison in fact he spent less then 8 years incarcerated. He was released in November of 1939 due to health issues. He lived out the rest of his life at his mansion in Palm Island, Florida. Me died in 1947 at the age of 48.

You might have seen the little guy before in AMERICAN GRAFFITI and many other films, including directing some. Connery is playing an Irish cop but the voice is always Connery...even when he played a Russian commander in HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER. As for Prohibition, the best gangster tv show dealt with it for 5 seasons. Entitled BOARDWALK EMPIRE...if you watch it, you'll be addicted. (Plus I'm in several episodes as background. Ooooooh!)

Prohibition lasted from 1920 to 1933. Al Capone was sentenced to 11 years in prison, in 1931. He died in prison, from syphilis, 1933.

Dawn, if you want to see the "Little Guy" in another classic, consider checking out "American Graffiti." It was was director George Lucas's (of Star Wars fame) first hit movie and it's pretty great.

This film is one of my all time faves. I must have seen it 20 times. All the actors are great in their roles.

my dad used to love this film!! I remember watching it with him on sundays afternoons,It was a great time with him! anyways so glad you enjoy it this classic!!! hugs lysm Queen!!!! stay unique Dawn Marie 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

Capone was released from prison on 1939 due to failing health. He was suffering from syphilitic paresis, In 1942, with the mass production of penicillin in the United States, Capone was one of the first American patients treated by the new drug, it was too late to reverse the damage to his brain, but it did slow down the progression of the disease. In 1946, his doctor & psychiatrist examined him they concluded that Capone had the mentality of a 12-year-old child. On the 21st January 1947, Capone had a stroke, he regained consciousness but contracted bronchopneumonia. He suffered a cardiac arrest on January 22, and on January 25, surrounded by his family Capone died due to heart failure he was 48 years old. He was originally buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Chicago. In 1950 his remains with other family members were moved to Mount Carmel Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois. Capone's wife lived until 1986 when she died aged 89. In1966 his son Albert changed his name to Albert Francis Brown, to "erase" the 'Capone' name he died in 2004 aged 85 in Florida but is buried in California.

Yes, the actress is Patricia Clarkson, who starred in "The Green Mile"

"Is that Sean Connery?" - Um he's in the credits opening the film ? "Al Capone? Have we seen him yet?" - Jesus he's in the opening shot! Are you even paying attention Dawn? Lordy. And yes Patricia Clarkson was in THE GREEN MILE. PS: Who's Al Pacino?!?!? I can't. And yes Malone was Irish!!!

If trying to work out Connery's accent in this was hard work, try wrapping your head around his work in Highlander . Also, if You haven't seen it, L.A. Confidential is an absolute banger you should have a gander at

When Sean Connery asked him about carrying a gun his point was that Treasury Officer is a pretty obscure position, especially back then. Someone who was lying would say they were a cop or a private detective maybe but no one would think to say they're a Treasury Officer.

What a movie,class,J.F.K with kevin costner is also a good movie 👍

Loving the flannel

Capone did indeed plead guilty to tax evasion (and the 5,000 Volstead Act violations) in 1931 and was eventually (complex plea dealings) sentenced to 11 years. Capone was released early in 1939 due to ill health. He never really recovered and continued to decline due to syphilitic paresis - basically an untreated syphilis infection. He ended up with severe brain damaged and eventually died of a stroke, followed by a cardiac arrest in 1947. He was not a nice guy, and I suppose fitting ending.

RIP, Sean Connery, 1930-2020. He took home his first and only Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Before Kevin Costner was cast as Elliot Ness, William Hurt, Don Johnson, Kevin Kline, Nick Nolte, Kurt Russell, Jeff Bridges, Jack Nicholson, Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson, Mickey Rourke, Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, Dustin Hoffman, Martin Sheen, Robert Redford, Warren Beatty, Ryan O'Neal, Clint Eastwood, Paul Newman, Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Matthew Broderick, Christopher Reeve, and Richard Gere were considered for the part. Bob Hoskins was cast as Al Capone, but turned it down, and DeNiro was cast in the role. Hoskins actually regretted turning down the role.

My dad, living in Chicago, was a kid at the time and his gang would go and hang out around the hotel that Capone lived at hoping to get a glance of Capone himself which he never did. His cousin was involved with Capone's gang and one day as my dad was selling papers on the corner he spotted his cousin walking into a restaurant so he thought he would go in and say hi to him. His cousin chased him out of there and then later explained to him that the guys he was with was Capone, Nitty, and others. My dad said, that later his cousin "mysteriously disappeared" and we haven't seen a trace of him to this day. My dad also told of sneaking into the garage where the St. Valentines Day massacre happened and he said he saw the bullet holes in the wall and the blood stains.

One of my favorite movies ever. The scene where Sean Connery is killed with Deniro as Capone crying at the opera is one of the greatest in film history. Unfortunately the whole scene is edited out in this.

To answer your questions, Prohibition lasted from 1920 to 1933. Alphonse Gabriel Capone or Al Capone was charged with 22 counts of Tax Evasion or failure to pay taxes. The court found him guilty through his accountant's ledger, where it showed he gave away gifts that exceeded the income he claimed he earned. Thus, this proved he defrauded tax returns to avoid paying taxes on his real income. Ironically, Capone was released from prison to die from a disease he had. He died in the comfort his home. I visited his Speak Easy under the Fox Theater in San Francisco, California, I've been on his yacht and I've seen his Miami Florida mansion.

I'm going to suggest a couple of overlooked Sean Connery movies that I like very much: "Name of the Rose" (1986) and "Robin and Marian" (1976).

First rule of law enforcement...do not talk about fight club. I'm Elliot's smirking revenge.

If you'd like to see "the little guy" in a role that's a little less sad, check out Never Cry Wolf :-)

Prohibition lasted from 1920 until 1933. It was passed while a large portion of men were in Europe fighting WW1.

Fantastic cast and score. Can't take the stairway shootout seriously after Naked Gun 33 1/3 😅 You may also enjoy DeNiro in Once Upon A Time In America, directed by Sergio Leone.

Al Capone had died of syphilis . At that time it was treatable ,but he was terrified of needles .

Dawn, ya fine Irish lass, don't be stopping with the "best movie ever" ya hear? Toodles.

It is hilarious that your reference point for knowing Sean Connery is TIME BANDITS.

And the award for Worst Irish Accent goes to....

Oscar Wallace (1896-1930) was a Treasury Department accountant from Washington DC who was sent to Chicago in 1930 to assist Eliot Ness with taking down the Chicago Outfit. Unfortunately, he was killed by Frank Nitti in the process. Oscar Wallace was born in 1896, and he found work as an accountant for the Treasury Department's Washington DC bureau. In 1930, he was assigned to Chicago to assist Treasury agent Eliot Ness with forming a task force to take down Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone. He crafted the idea of arresting Capone and trying him for tax evasion, as he had not filed any income tax returns since 1926. He later helped Ness with several raids against the Chicago Outfit, including a raid on the Montana-Canada border. Wallace convinced Capone's bookkeeper George Moretti to turn states against Capone and help him go through Capone's financial irregularities, but Wallace and Moretti were shot dead by Chicago hitman Frank Nitti (disguised as an elevator attendant) as they took an elevator in the Chicago police station while en route to a safehouse. Nitti wrote "Touchable" on the wall with Wallace's blood, warning Ness that the Chicago Outfit had strong political and police connections.

Sean Connery is Scottish, but was portraying a old wise hard nosed close to retiring Irish Chicago policeman.

Hi Dawn, " Alpa Chino " was a character in " Tropic Thunder". Al Pacino was an actor in the movie " Revolution ".

Jessie James brother Frank was shot 12 times in the final shootout that brought the gang down. He survived, served his sentence, and went on the lecture circuit as a reformed man. So yeah, depending on where you're hit , you can survive machine gun fire.

Sean Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in this role.

When prohibition ended Anheseuer Busch, the brewers of Budweiser, delivered a cart load of Budweiser kegs to the Present of the United States in cart drawn by clydesdale horses. This was the beginning of one of the most iconic marketing campaigns in U.S. history as the "Budweiser Clydesdales" still parade across the U.S.A and are featured in television ads to this day.

Sean Connery did play an Irishman in this movie, and not for the first time. He played Irish almost 30 years before, in a Disney fantasy movie, "Darby O'Gill and the Little People". He even sings in that one. He played a Spaniard in "Highlander", just one year before The Untouchables, and that's funny because co-star Christopher Lambert, a French-American, played a Scot.

Capone got only 11 years in prison, but he died before release; he died from syphilis contracted while in prison.

LOL line of the day: "There's only 3-and-a-half of you ". OUCH! Poor Toad. As if he didn't take enough abuse in American Graffitti!

You can also catch that little guy Charles Martin Smith in the 1984 John Carpenter sci-fi movie "Starman" starring Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen.

One of my favorite movies. All of DeNiro's suits were custom made for him by one of Al Capone's former tailors. Prohibition lasted from 1919 to 1933. The 18th Amendment of the US Constitution established prohibition (which outlawed the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beveridges, so it was actually legal to have a drink). There were many reasons. Black leaders supported it because of the rampant alcoholism among American black men. Ken Burns did an excellent documentary on Prohibition. The 21st Amendment which repealed prohibition was the fastest ever passed. The movie is essentially true. Eliot Ness did lead a special squad dubbed "The Untouchables" by the local press who raided Capone's liquor supplies and shipments but the people who got Capone on income tax evasion were working in Washington. Also, all of the Untouchables were under 30 and none were killed in the line of duty. The jury was actually switched at Capone's trial which led to his conviction (the judge did it on his own. He was honest) but he was released when he ended up succumbing to dementia from VD. And Eliot Ness was a bachelor when he led the Untouchables nor would anything have happened to his family since that was an "imfamnia" (See: The Godfather) even though Capone was a renegade and he didn't always follow the rules and customs of Lacosa Nostra. And Sean Connery's character was Irish. Connery simply couldn't master an Irish accent.

Costner was in Field of Dreams and Dances with Wolves and a show called Yellowstone about a ranching family. He also played Wyatt Earp in a movie called Wyatt Earp, but that is really old.

The Untouchables was based on a true story, which was then turned into a tv series in the 1960s, starring Robert Stack of Unsolved Mysteries fame (and “Ultra Magnus” from The Transformers: The Movie).

Sean Connery's character was Irish because a lot of cops especially at that time where Irish immigrants or decedents of Irish immigrants and very proud of their heritage. I'm guessing no one had enough nerve to tell Sean Connery his accent needed work and he did whatever he wanted. Malone was a fictional character but was inspired by a real person.

Dawn, the "little guy" is Charles Martin Smith He was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA for "Stone of Destiny"

Great reaction. In Chicago, they have an Untouchable Tour bus that goes around visiting sites connected with Ness and Capone. I used to see the Untouchables bus go by all the time when I used to live there.

That was actually filmed at the train station in Chicago and that building is still standing today and still being used as an Amtrak station

"Do you think that at the end of the movie, they get him for income tax evasion? That would be so funny." Dawn, while there's a lot of fiction in this movie to make it more entertaining, Prohibition in the U.S. was real, Eliot Ness was real, and Al Capone was real. And yes, historically, he was finally brought down for tax evasion.

I remember this as one of the first television shows, along with 77 Sunset Strip, which began in my childhood. The voice of Walter Winchell echoes down from all those years ago as the narrator of the series. It popped up again in syndication when I was a sophomore in my teenage years. I never saw this movie when it was in theaters, but I am glad to have waited to see it with you. I wish there was someone in my life to enjoy these old movies that love them as much as you do. I'll end this comment by using your own tagline. Watching mo ies with is the best ever. Hope you get better. Now up, BULL DURHAM.

Even though this is a very fictionalized version, most of this did happen. They arrested Al Capone on tax evasion.

Most people don't know that Capone ran bootleg liquor along the Upper Mississippi River and all the towns and cities there. He'd even hide out there when the heat was too big in Chicago. My grandfather worked for him as a bouncer in one of his bars, and there was one of Capone's liquor warehouses about a mile from his house..

Al Capone spent 8 years in Prison 2 years in Alcatraz, but was released from prison due to deteriorating health from complications from Syphillis

Early police forces in big cities tended to have a majority Irish American cops. Capone was a small time hood in NYC was sent to a Chicago worked his way up to being a major crime boss. He was a very interesting person.

This movie is about true events in American history. Al Capone was the big crime boss of Chicago during prohibition and Eliot Ness was the Federal Agent who brought him down and Capone was brought down for not paying his taxes. He was sentenced to Federal prison in Philadelphia but with his connections his prison cell had furniture and all the luxuries of a little apartment. He was later sent to Alcatraz which was and island prison in San Francisco bay. It was where Federal government sent its most hardened criminals. The saying was "If you break the rules of society they send you to prison. If you break the rules of the prison they send you to Alcatraz."

In the scene with the Capone and the baseball bat, in real life it was actually 3 people that he beat to death, who were sitting at the table.