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The Untouchables were special agents, also known as "dry agents," of the U.S. Bureau of Prohibition led by Eliot Ness, who, from 1930 to 1932, worked to end Al Capone's illegal activities by aggressively enforcing Prohibition laws against his organization.
Eliot Ness (April 19, 1903 – May 16, 1957) was an American Prohibition agent known for his efforts to bring down Al Capone while enforcing Prohibition in Chicago.He was leader of a team of law enforcement agents nicknamed The Untouchables, handpicked for their incorruptibility.
The Untouchables, a 1957 autobiography by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley; The Untouchable, a 1997 roman à clef by John Banville; The Untouchables: Who Were They? And Why they Became Untouchables, a 1948 history book by B. R. Ambedkar
A Terry Gilliam animation sequence from the British TV show Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969-1973) features a gangster chicken by the name of "Eggs" Diamond. Legs, the first book in author William Kennedy's Albany cycle, was released in 1975. It follows Diamond to his death. The Broadway show Legs Diamond was a musical starring Peter Allen ...
Prohibition was established in 1920 with the enactment of the 18th Amendment, which banned the distribution of alcoholic beverages, resulting in bootlegging.Among the involved gangs were Dean O'Banion and his mostly Irish group, including Bugs Moran, who became known as the North Side Gang and Al Capone as the leader of the Italian mob on the South Side.
The Untouchables is an autobiographical memoir by Eliot Ness co-written with Oscar Fraley, published in 1957. [1] The book deals with the experiences of Ness, who was a federal agent in the Bureau of Prohibition, as he fought crime in Chicago in the late 1920s and early 1930s with the help of a special team of agents handpicked for their incorruptibility, nicknamed The Untouchables.
The 1995-96 Kentucky Wildcats basketball team was one of the most dominant in history. Deemed "The Untouchables," the team only lost two games all season en route to winning the national title ...
There were a number of stories set in this area on film and TV at the time, including Seven Against the Wall on Playhouse 90 and the film Al Capone (1959).. Desi Arnaz optioned the rights to Eliot Ness' book about fighting Al Capone and decided to turn it into a two-part episode of Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse under the title of "The Untouchables".