The Untouchables (1959)

03x04 The Genna Brothers

In the years following WWI, there was a flood of European immigrants into the USA. In the early 1920s, the 6 Genna brothers, place of origin Sicily, were headed to Chicago. The Genna brothers are nothing but a gang of bullies, and in a few short years they are the ruling lords of Little Italy, an Italian neighborhood in Chicago. One night, as the 6 Gennas are beating up a street vendor, Agent Enrico Rossi whales into them. The leader, Mike Genna, asks if he knows who they are; Rossi says, ""Yeah, the Genna brothers-- one rat with 6 heads!"" Mike Genna says that Enrico Rossi is Italian, just like them; Rossi says he's ashamed. There are many illegal immigrants in Little Italy, and over 1,300 of them were smuggled in by the Genna brothers, who force them to make booze in small stills in their homes, to supply Capone-- over 1,300 cookers, each making a gallon a day; 40,000 gallons a month; almost half a million gallons a year for Capone. Many's the time that Eliot Ness and Rossi an

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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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In the years following WWI, there was a flood of European immigrants into the USA. In the early 1920s, the 6 Genna brothers, place of origin Sicily, were headed to Chicago. The Genna brothers are nothing but a gang of bullies, and in a few short years they are the ruling lords of Little Italy, an Italian neighborhood in Chicago. One night, as the 6 Gennas are beating up a street vendor, Agent Enrico Rossi whales into them. The leader, Mike Genna, asks if he knows who they are; Rossi says, ""Yeah, the Genna brothers-- one rat with 6 heads!"" Mike Genna says that Enrico Rossi is Italian, just like them; Rossi says he's ashamed. There are many illegal immigrants in Little Italy, and over 1,300 of them were smuggled in by the Genna brothers, who force them to make booze in small stills in their homes, to supply Capone-- over 1,300 cookers, each making a gallon a day; 40,000 gallons a month; almost half a million gallons a year for Capone. Many's the time that Eliot Ness and Rossi an


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Aired: 02 November, 1961 at 8:00 am

Language: English

Country: United States

Runtime: 50m

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Robert Stack

Robert Stack

Eliot Ness

Paul Picerni

Paul Picerni

Lee Hobson

Steve London

Steve London

Jack Rossman

Walter Winchell

Walter Winchell

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Abel Fernandez

Abel Fernandez

William Youngfellow

Nicholas Georgiade

Nicholas Georgiade

Enrico Rossi

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