On a gathering storm comes a tall handsome man...'' This is how Steven Knight introduced his Birmingham gangster in the BBC ...

According to Larsen, who is working on a documentary about Capone's influence on music in the 1920s and '30s, the gangster begged the warden for permission to form a small band.

Despite rap sheets an arm's length and reputations for cruelty, there's something almost romantic about the gangsters of the 1920s. With a flair for the dramatic and personalities that dominated ...