Episode guide
The Untouchables: Season 1
28 episodes · premiered Oct 15, 1959
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- Episode 1: The Empty Chair Oct 15, 1959 · 1h "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…
- Episode 2: Ma Barker and Her Boys Oct 22, 1959 · 1h January 16, 1935. Oklawaha, Florida. Eliot Ness, along with Bill Youngfellow and Martin Flaherty, are closing in on Ma Barker, who is holed up in a house along with 2 of her sons, Lloyd…
- Episode 3: The Jake Lingle Killing Oct 29, 1959 · 1h Gangs have divided Chicago in 2-- the northside is run by the Bertshce mob, the southside by the Viale brothers, Augie & Vito. The line of demarcation being Madison Street. At the news…
- Episode 4: The George Bugs Moran Story Nov 5, 1959 · 1h March 2, 1932. Gangster Joe Carroll, sidekick of George "Bugs" Moran, kidnaps 9-year-old Larry Halloran, Jr.-- the son of Lawrence Halloran, president of the United Trucker's Union. It…
- Episode 5: Ain't We Got Fun? Nov 12, 1959 · 1h Summer 1933, Chicago. The mobsters were branching out from liquor, going into the numbers racket, call girls, gambling and dope. One of the most successful gangsters is "Big" Jim…
- Episode 6: The Vincent Mad Dog Coll Story Nov 19, 1959 · 1h February 1931. In Churchill Downs, the entries for the Kentucky Derby are closed. Tight-fisted Dutch Schultz, beer baron of the Bronx, places a bet with the Syndicate: 100-grand in the…
- Episode 7: Mexican Stake-Out Nov 26, 1959 · 1h Eliot Ness is lured south of the border to retrieve a witness who will help his case. Only it's a set-up...once there, the mobster on trial is planning to have Ness killed.
- Episode 8: The Artichoke King Dec 3, 1959 · 1h April 19, 1931. New York City. Every 48 hours, more than 25 million pounds of fruits and vegetables stream into the city; this multi-million dollar business is the target of gangsters…
- Episode 9: The Tri-State Gang Dec 10, 1959 · 1h In the latter part of 1933, there was an epidemic of truck hijackings in the states of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania; this was the work of 6 gangsters: the Tri-State Gang. Tonight…
- Episode 10: The Dutch Schultz Story Dec 17, 1959 · 1h March 1935. One of the toughest mobsters in New York City is Dutch Schultz. He and his mob were responsible for over 100 murders. Dutch is into every racket: liquor, narcotics, labor…
- Episode 11: You Can't Pick the Number Dec 24, 1959 · 1h Chicago, October 1932. The depths of the Great Depression, marked by unemployment and poverty. The only chance some people felt they had to rise out of poverty, if only for a short time…
- Episode 12: The Underground Railway Dec 31, 1959 · 1h The night of August 3, 1933, outside the Louisburg Federal Prison in Pennsylvania. After serving 2 years of a life sentence for his part in the holdup of a Federal Reserve bank shipment…
- Episode 13: Syndicate Sanctuary Jan 7, 1960 · 1h 30 miles from Chicago, the (fictitious) Calum City; population: 10,000. Judge Leon Zabo is running for mayor, to clean up the town. Working hard in his campaign headquarters is his lovely…
- Episode 14: The Noise of Death Jan 14, 1960 · 1h Chicago, March 31, 1933. Giuseppe ""Joe"" Bucco is at home when he gets a visit from his wife's cousin, Barbara Vittorini-- she says her husband Arturo has been missing for 3 days, and…
- Episode 15: Star Witness Jan 14, 1960 · 1h 1934. The Depression was over 4 years old, and Al Capone was in Alcatraz. Many of the rackets had seemingly legit fronts, such as Midwest Enterprises, Inc. -- the president is Luigi…
- Episode 16: The St. Louis Story Jan 28, 1960 · 1h Spring 1931. Gangland warfare had broken out again with sudden violence in the streets of St. Louis. Tim Harrington, who was long entrenched as the undisputed boss of the city, was…
- Episode 17: One-Armed Bandits Feb 4, 1960 · 1h Chicago, February 1932. Crime has been spreading all over, from the dark alleys of Cicero to the social atmosphere of the Gold Coast. Crooked attorney Paul Curtiz is attending a party…
- Episode 18: Little Egypt Feb 11, 1960 · 1h Little Egypt (not the Belly Dancer) was the city of Morraine, the heart of the gangster-infected area in downstate Illinois known as ""Little Egypt."" Election night, 1931. New mayor…
- Episode 19: The Big Squeeze Feb 18, 1960 · 1h Chicago. Prior to May 1934, robbing state banks was not a federal offense. Bandits only had local police to contend with, and they were often understaffed, inefficient or corrupt. This led…
- Episode 20: The Unhired Assassin (1) Feb 25, 1960 · 1h Movie: ""The Gun of Zangara"" Chicago. November 9, 1932. FDR has just been elected president, and the repeal of Prohibition is inevitable. But later that night, Ness and his men smash…
- Episode 21: The Unhired Assassin (2) Mar 3, 1960 · 1h Movie: ""The Gun of Zangara"" (continued) Nitti's plenty sore! Mayor Cermak's stepped-up law enforcement has cut deeply into Nitti's operations. In the Montmartre club, Nitti takes a…
- Episode 22: The White Slavers Mar 10, 1960 · 1h March 31, 1934; Prohibition is over. Al Capone is still running things from Alcatraz, his new money-maker is ""white slavery"" which refers to prostitution; his main operation is run by a…
- Episode 23: Three Thousand Suspects Mar 24, 1960 · 1h September 1932. The Federal Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, 430 miles west-southwest of Chicago, houses some of the nation's worst criminals. One of them is Nick Segal, who murdered 6…
- Episode 24: The Doreen Maney Story Mar 31, 1960 · 1h New York City: Yankee Stadium, the Bronx. On the evening of June 8, 1933, Max Baer knocked out Max Schmeling in the 10th round of their scheduled 15-round championship boxing match.* The…
- Episode 25: Portrait of a Thief Apr 7, 1960 · 1h Chicago, 1931. Eliot Ness and his men had cracked the bootleg empire of Al Capone, by smashing his breweries and speakeasies.* But now, thousands of gallons of alcohol were coming into the…
- Episode 26: Underworld Bank Apr 14, 1960 · 1h New York City. Saturday, September 23, 1933. Top rackets boss Milo Sullivan is the head of ""Crime, Inc."" He has a meet with 5 other crime lords: Augie Epstein (gambling, Miami); Harold…
- Episode 27: Head of Fire - Feet of Clay Apr 21, 1960 · 1h Chicago. (year?)* The jury had been out for 12 hours, on the case Ness had worked so hard on, trying to get a conviction for top mobster Johnny Fortunato. Now the newspaper reads…
- Episode 28: The Frank Nitti Story Apr 28, 1960 · 1h 1934. Prohibition had been repealed (the Volstead Act ran from January 17, 1920 - April 7, 1933). The syndicate was looking for new sources of revenue. Frank Nitti expands his empire, and…