Based on the autobiographical book "The Untouchables" by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley, the series dealt with the experiences of Eliot Ness, a United States Federal agent, as he fought crime in Chicago during the 1930s with the help of a special team of agents handpicked for their incorruptibility. This special squad was nicknamed the Untouchables.
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04x30 A Taste for Pineapple Aired: May. 21, 1963Ganglord Danny Mundt, whose operation is being hit hard by Eliot Ness, imports hired killer Elroy Dahlgren to bump off the ace Federal officer. … [continue reading]
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- 04x15 Snowball (Jan. 15, 1963)
- 03x13 The Gang War (Jan. 18, 1962)
- 03x05 The Matt Ba… (Nov. 09, 1961)
- 02x07 The Purple … (Dec. 01, 1960)
- 02x01 The Rusty H… (Oct. 13, 1960)
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Show's Cast / Crew
Directors
- Walter Grauman (21 episodes)
- Stuart Rosenberg (16 episodes)
- Paul Wendkos (12 episodes)
Writers
- Oscar Fraley (102 episodes)
- Eliot Ness (101 episodes)
- Harry Kronman (17 episodes)
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- 'Nicolas Georgiade', who plays Untouchable team member Enrico Rossi, actually had a small, uncredited role as a thug in the Desilu Playhouse movie "The Scarface Mob", the series pilot. In the…
[show]'Nicolas Georgiade', who plays Untouchable team member Enrico Rossi, actually had a small, uncredited role as a thug in the Desilu Playhouse movie "The Scarface Mob", the series pilot. In the movie, after the Untouchables raid a plant and round up the criminals, Georgiande plays the thug identified as "Frank Cotter, a gunman from New York" who quips to Ness that he'll read about Ness's obituary in jail, thus getting punched by Ness.
[hide] - Walter Winchell received a reported $25,000 per episode for his narration on this series. With his signature machine gun dialog delivery, he could apparently rack up almost 200 words per minute.
- One of the groups that tried to end this show was the estate of 'Al Capone (I)'. It was their claim that this show was unfairly profiting from the Capone name.
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