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This is a list of episodes for the 1959–1963 television series The Untouchables, starring Robert Stack as Eliot Ness. Series overview Season Episodes Originally released First released Last released Pilot April 20, 1959 (1959-04-20) April 27, 1959 (1959-04-27) 1 28 October 15, 1959 (1959-10-15) April 28, 1960 (1960-04-28) 2 32 October 13, 1960 (1960-10-13) June 8, 1961 (1961-06-08) 3 28 ...
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 Untouchables is an American crime drama produced by Desilu Productions that ran from 1959 to 1963 on the ABC television network. Based on the memoir of the same name by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley, it fictionalizes the experiences of Ness as a Prohibition agent fighting crime in Chicago in the 1930s with the help of a special team of agents handpicked for their courage, moral character and ...
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.
Horacio Paul Picerni (December 1, 1922 – January 12, 2011) was an American actor in film and television, perhaps best known today in the role of Federal Agent Lee Hobson, second-in-command to Robert Stack's Eliot Ness, in the ABC hit television series, The Untouchables.
After CBS passed on the idea to produce a weekly version, The Untouchables became a hit series on ABC and ran for four seasons (1959–1963). [2] Stack was selected only after the agent of Arnaz' personal choice, actor Van Johnson, demanded Johnson be paid for 2 episodes at $10,000 each (the normal rate). Arnaz, according to Stack, blew his top ...
No. overall No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original release date; 19: 1 "Stir Crazy" Vern Gillum: Steve Bello: October 3, 1993 (): 20: 2 "Railroaded" John McPherson
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".