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THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987)

AL CAPONE.
He ruled Chicago with absolute power. No one could touch him. No one could stop him.
- Until Eliot Ness and a small force of men swore they'd bring him down.

The movie is based on the novel by Oscar Fraley, Eliot Ness & Paul Robsky. Book name "The Untouchables"

Movie directed by Brian De Palma.

Screenplay by David Mamet.

Original music by Ennio Morricone.

Non-Original music by Ruggero Leoncavallo (from "I Pagliacci")

The Cast:

Kevin Costner as Eliot Ness

Sean Connery as Jim Malone

Charles Martin Smith as Agent Oscar Wallace

Andy Garcia as Agent George Stone

Robert De Niro as Al Capone

Richard Bradford as Police Chief Mike Dorsett

Jack Kehoe as Walter Payne

Brad Sullivan as George

Billy Drago as Frank Nitti

Patricia Clarkson as Catherine Ness

Vito D'Ambrosio as Bowtie Driver

Steven Goldstein as Scoop

Peter Aylward as Lieutenant Anderson

Don Harvey as Officer Preseuski

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Plot Summary:
Federal agent Elliot Ness assembles a personal team of mob fighters to bring Chicago crime boss Al Capone to justice using unconventional means during the mob wars of the 1920s. This fictionalized account of the arrest of Al Capone is heavy on style and gunfire. The end shootout combines a baby carriage and stairs with a nod to Eisenstein's "The Battleship Potemkin".

Summary written by Keith Loh from imdb.com

Trivia:
Eliot Ness was born in 1903 to Pete and Emma Ness. Pete was a baker. Eliot was a severe alcholic. He ran for mayor of Cleveland once and wrote the book "The Untouchables", but died just before it was published.

As a US Treasury agent, Eliot Ness was charged with the task to bring the mighty Chicago crime boss, Al Capone, to justice in 1929. To that end, he assembled a select team of 10 agents nicknamed The Untouchables, famous for their reputation that they could not be corrupted or intimidated. Contrary to popular legend, they were not directly involved with bringing Capone up on tax evasion charges that finally him convicted. However, The Untouchables' war against Capone did cause a great deal of damage to his operations, and they had built up a formidable case against him on Prohibition charges which was held in reserve in the event that Capone was aquitted on tax evasion.

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| Hoodlum | Lansky | Mobsters | The Untouchables | Witness To The Mob |

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