"The Untouchables" The Unhired Assassin: Part 1 (1960)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Howard W. Koch

Writer:

William Spier (writer)

TV Series:

"The Untouchables" (1959)

Original Air Date:

25 February 1960 (Season 1, Episode 20)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama

Plot:

While a crazed derelict in Florida is obsessed with assassinating President Roosevelt, Capone's mob is planning to take over the Chicago World's Fair by killing the mayor.

Plot Keywords:

Organized Crime | Mafia | Federal Agent | US Treasury Agents | Cult Favorite

Cast

Robert Stack	...	Eliot Ness
Bruce Gordon	...	Frank Nitti
Joe Mantell	...	Giuseppe 'Joe' Zangara
Claude Akins	...	Jake 'Dodo' Ryan
Robert Middleton	...	Mayor Anton J. Cermak
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Anderson	...	Miami police chief
Eleanor Audley	...	Cross mrs.
Ted Berger	...	Roley Sutton
Argentina Brunetti	...	Mrs. Swoboda
John Daheim	...	Tom A. Jansen (as John Day)
Frankie Darro	...	News Vendor
Richard Deacon	...	Bill Skidmore
Frank DeKova	...	Louis 'Little New York' Campagne
Abel Fernandez	...	Agent William Youngfellow
Anthony George	...	Agent Cam Allison
Nicholas Georgiade	...	Agent Enrico Rossi
Sam Gilman	...	Kyle
Percy Helton	...	Monaghan
Sterling Holloway	...	Horace
Herbert Hoover	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ray Kellogg	...	Geller
Steve London	...	Agent Jack Rossman
George N. Neise	...	Ira Peterson (as George Neise)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt	...	Himself (archive footage)
Barry Russo	...	Milwaukee Minelli (as John Duke)
Sally Todd	...	Sally Jansen
Lee Van Cleef	...	Frank Diamond
Charles Watts	...	Committee official
Dick Whittinghill	...	Forrest
Walter Winchell	...	Narrator (voice)

Runtime:

USA:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Desilu Productions