"The Untouchables" (1993) TV series 1993-1994

Directors:

Tucker Gates
Charles Robert Carner

Writers:

Charles Robert Carner (written by) (episode)
Morgan Gendel (staff writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | unknown

Release Date:

11 September 1993 (France)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller | Action

Plot:

In 1930s Chicago, the seemingly invincible crime boss Al Capone is opposed by an team of incorruptable US Treasury agents lead by the indefatigable Eliot Ness.

Plot Keywords:

US Treasury Agents | Crime Boss | Police | 1930s | Crime Lord

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Tom Amandes	...	Eliot Ness / ... (44 episodes, 1993-1994)
John Newton	...	Agent Tony Pagano (40 episodes, 1993-1994)

Runtime:

60 min | 60 min (42 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Company:

Paramount Television

Trivia:

Agent Malone was played in the film The Untouchables (1987) by Sean Connery, and in this film by John Rhys-Davies. Connery and Rhys-Davies appeared together in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Real Untouchables (2001) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Just A Moonbeam

Definitely worth watching...

One of my favorite movies of the 80s was "The Untouchables," and when I saw that a show was coming out on the same subject, I thought it would be another crummy TV spinoff like "Uncle Buck."

But, despite the fact that the TV show didn't have the big names of the movie version, I found the show to be much more believable and suspenseful, without the glaring anachronisms that the movie had (e.g. Frank Nitti being killed at the Capone trial in the movie).

William Forsythe (Capone) does an INCREDIBLE job...he AT LEAST equals the great Robert DeNiro's performance of the same character. Also, John Rhys-Davies and Tom Amandes give great performances and the show's writing was excellent. It's a shame it had such a crummy time slot and was canned so soon.