| Uniform Title |
Untouchables (Television program : 1959-1963) |
| Title |
The untouchables. Season 2. [Discs 1-4] |
| Published |
Australia : Paramount Home Entertainment : Distributed by Shock Entertainment, ©2008. |
| Description |
4 DVD-videos (approx. 805 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Shock Entertainment : KAL 4007. |
| Originally broadcast on television during the 1960-1961 season. |
| Discs 1-4, Episodes 1-16. |
| Based on the memoir of the same name by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley. |
| Contents |
Disc 1: The Rusty Heller story ; Jack "Legs" Diamond ; Nicky ; The Waxey Gordon story -- Disc 2: The mark of Cain ; A seat on the fence ; The purple gang ; Kiss of death girl -- Disc 3: The Larry Fay story ; The Otto Frick story ; The Tommy Karpeles story ; The big train (part 1) -- Disc 4: The big train (part 2) ; The masterpiece ; The organization ; The Jamaica Ginger story. |
| Credits |
Narrated by Walter Winchell. |
| Performers |
Robert Stack, Nicholas Georgiade, Abel Fernández, Steve London. |
| Narrated by Walter Winchell. |
| Summary |
A realistic look at the violence that shook America's past, this gritty series pays tribute to stoic gangbuster Eliot Ness and his incorruptible treasury agents as they battle organized crime in Chicago during the 1930s. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : PG (Mild themes and violence). |
| System details |
DVD video, Dolby digital 2.0 mono, NTSC, Region 4, full screen 1.33:1. |
| Language note |
English. English subtitles. |
| Subjects |
Ness, Eliot -- Television adaptations |
| Ness, Eliot -- Drama |
| United States. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Drama |
| Gangsters -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama |
| Gangs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama |
| Organized crime -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama |
| Nineteen thirties -- Drama |
| Chicago (Ill.) -- Drama |
| Genre |
Thrillers (Television programs) |
| Suspense television programs |
| Historical television programs |
| Television crime shows |
| Gangster television programs |
| Television adaptations |
| Fiction television programs |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Stack, Robert, 1919-2003 actor. |
| Georgiade, Nicholas, 1933- actor. |
| Fernández, Abel, 1930-2016 actor. |
| London, Steve, 1929-2014 actor. |
| Winchell, Walter, 1897-1972 narrator. |
| Television adaptation of (work). Ness, Eliot. Eliot Ness and The untouchables. |
| Television adaptation of (work). Frayley, Oscar, 1914-1994. Eliot Ness and The untouchables. |
| Added Corporate Names |
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm) |
| CBS DVD (Firm) |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
See Also:
Authors:
- CBS DVD (Firm) .
- Fernández, Abel, 1930-2016 .
- Frayley, Oscar, 1914-1994. Eliot Ness and The untouchables .
- Georgiade, Nicholas, 1933- .
- London, Steve, 1929-2014 .
- Ness, Eliot. Eliot Ness and The untouchables .
- Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm) .
- Stack, Robert, 1919-2003 .
- Winchell, Walter, 1897-1972 .
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