Not too surprisingly, then, Corman's (and Carver's) Capone is loosely related to Coppola's Don Corleone (Gazzara even stuffs his
jowls with padding), but he might, in conception at least, bear a closer resemblance to Scorsese's Johnny Boy in Mean Streets — a «gangster» story that shares the traditionally mythic elements inherent in the genre while managing its own very personal working - out of the
meanings of both violence and friendship.
Breaking standard and breeding specifically for head and
jowl shape (against standard especially)
means that they aren't going to care about the rest of the breed standard.