Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob Chicago and the rise of Al Capone (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV-14
TV Episode | 48 min | Documentary, Action, Crime

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Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob

Chicago and the rise of Al Capone (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV-14

TV Episode | 48 min | Documentary, Action, Crime

We tell the story of the rise of Al Capone and mob rule in Chicago and explore why the roaring twenties played the crucial role in gangster life and the impact of widespread police corruption.

Director

Kevin R. Hershberger

Writer

Shawn Hambright

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Edit Released

Updated Jul 15, 2013

Release date

Jul 15, 2013 (United States)

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22 cast members

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Coby Batty Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Loving (2016)
Matt K. Baker Historical Voice (voice) Historical Voice (voice) See fewer	Where Murder Lies (2021)
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James Christopher Cooke Historical Voice (voice) Historical Voice (voice) See fewer	Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob (2013)
Brian Lee Gardner Historical Voice (voice) Historical Voice (voice) See fewer	Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob (2013)
Shawn Hambright Historical Voice (voice) Historical Voice (voice) See fewer	The TREEzilla! (2011)
Trevor Jones Historical Voice (voice) Historical Voice (voice) See fewer	Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob (2013)
Fred Keeler Historical Voice (voice) Historical Voice (voice) See fewer	Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
Amanda Powell Historical Voice (voice) Historical Voice (voice) See fewer	Field of Lost Shoes (2015)
Charles Wissinger Historical Voice (voice) Historical Voice (voice) See fewer	Evan Almighty (2007)
Louis Armstrong Self - Jazz Musician (archive footage) Self - Jazz Musician (archive footage) See fewer	High Society (1956)
Al Capone Self - Chicago Outfit Boss (archive footage) Self - Chicago Outfit Boss (archive footage) See fewer
Joe Jackson Self - Baseball Player (archive footage) Self - Baseball Player (archive footage) See fewer	The Baseball Revue of 1917 (1917)
Enoch L. Johnson Self - Political Boss (archive footage) Self - Political Boss (archive footage) See fewer
James P. Johnson Self - Jazz Musician (archive footage) Self - Jazz Musician (archive footage) See fewer	Southland Tales (2006)
Charles A. Lindbergh Self - Aviator (archive footage) Self - Aviator (archive footage) See fewer	The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Lucky Luciano Self - Luciano Crime Family Boss (archive footage) Self - Luciano Crime Family Boss (archive footage) See fewer
Eliot Ness Self - Treasury Agent (archive footage) Self - Treasury Agent (archive footage) See fewer	The Untouchables (1987)
Arnold Rothstein Self - Jewish Mobster (archive footage) Self - Jewish Mobster (archive footage) See fewer	American Justice: Target - Mafia (1993)
Johnny Torrio Self - Chicago Outfit Boss (archive footage) Self - Chicago Outfit Boss (archive footage) See fewer
Henry van Dyke Self - Clergyman (archive footage) Self - Clergyman (archive footage) See fewer	Kraft Theatre (1947)
Frank J. Wilson Self - Treasury Agent (archive footage) Self - Treasury Agent (archive footage) See fewer	The Undercover Man (1949)