The Scarface Mob 04/13/24

Charlie Largent reviews the tough guys, see?  Nyaahh!   Desi Arnaz made TV history with this thriller about Federal Cops playing rough to nail that bootlegging Chicago gangster Al Capone. With his paint-peeling stare, Robert Stack’s special Agent Eliot Ness seem more obsessed than Ahab — he can’t wait to go all Carrie Nation on an illegal brewery with a fire axe. Neville Brand jumped from villainy in westerns and noirs, right into Al Capone’s shiny spats. The mobsters include Bruce Gordon as the enforcer Frank Nitti and Frank DeKova as Jimmy Napoli, a hit man assigned to ‘murderize’ Ness; Keenan Wynn and Barbara Nichols are fringe benefits. We’re curious to see if this 102-minute cut is the uncensored International Version that came out on a much older DVD.