The Untouchables (1959)

01x01 The Empty Chair

Narrator: "Chicago, May 5, 1932. After 7 months of legal delays, Al Capone... was on his way to federal prison, to serve 11 years for income tax evasion."* Eliot Ness and his Untouchables had spent 18 months to get Capone behind bars-- but now who would try to take over the throne, the Empty Chair? May 8. Barbara Ritchie (niece of Jake Guzik) has been grieving over the death of her husband George Ritchie for 12 months-- unaware that it was her own uncle Jake who had him knocked off for being an informer to Ness. At a service at the cemetery, marking the first anniversary of George's death, are: Barbara Ritchie (George's widow), her uncle Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik (treasurer and bookkeeper for the Capone mob), Norma Guzik (Jake's widowed sister, Barbara's mother), Phil D'Andrea (expert machine-gunner), "Fur" Sammons (hijacker and rumrunner), Gus Raddi ("pineapple" expert), Tony "Mops" Volpe (chief triggerman) and last and most important Frank Nitti ("The Enforcer"). May 12. Two o

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Robert Stack Robert Stack As: Eliot Ness
Paul Picerni Paul Picerni As: Lee Hobson
Steve London Steve London As: Jack Rossman
Walter Winchell Walter Winchell As: Narrator
Abel Fernandez Abel Fernandez As: William Youngfellow
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Narrator: "Chicago, May 5, 1932. After 7 months of legal delays, Al Capone... was on his way to federal prison, to serve 11 years for income tax evasion."* Eliot Ness and his Untouchables had spent 18 months to get Capone behind bars-- but now who would try to take over the throne, the Empty Chair? May 8. Barbara Ritchie (niece of Jake Guzik) has been grieving over the death of her husband George Ritchie for 12 months-- unaware that it was her own uncle Jake who had him knocked off for being an informer to Ness. At a service at the cemetery, marking the first anniversary of George's death, are: Barbara Ritchie (George's widow), her uncle Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik (treasurer and bookkeeper for the Capone mob), Norma Guzik (Jake's widowed sister, Barbara's mother), Phil D'Andrea (expert machine-gunner), "Fur" Sammons (hijacker and rumrunner), Gus Raddi ("pineapple" expert), Tony "Mops" Volpe (chief triggerman) and last and most important Frank Nitti ("The Enforcer"). May 12. Two o


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Aired: 15 October, 1959 at 8:00 am

Language: English

Country: United States

Runtime: 50m

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Cast

Robert Stack

Robert Stack

Eliot Ness

Paul Picerni

Paul Picerni

Lee Hobson

Steve London

Steve London

Jack Rossman

Walter Winchell

Walter Winchell

Narrator

Abel Fernandez

Abel Fernandez

William Youngfellow

Nicholas Georgiade

Nicholas Georgiade

Enrico Rossi

Abel Fernandez

Abel Fernandez

William Youngfellow

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