The Untouchables is an American crime drama series that aired for two seasons in syndication, from January 1993 to May 1994. The series portrayed work of the real life Untouchables federal investigative squad in Prohibition-era Chicago and its efforts against Al Capone's attempts to profit from the market in bootleg liquor.

The Untouchables
Genre	Crime drama
Created by	Christopher Crowe
Starring	Tom Amandes William Forsythe David James Elliott
Composer	Joel Goldsmith
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	42 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers	Tim Iacofano Frederick J. Lyle
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	45–48 minutes
Production companies	Christopher Crowe Productions Paramount Television
Distributor	Paramount Domestic Television
Release
Original network	Syndication
Original release	January 11, 1993 (1993-01-11) – May 22, 1994 (1994-05-22)

The series features Tom Amandes as Eliot Ness and William Forsythe as Al Capone, and was based on the 1959 series and 1987 film of the same name.[1]

Synopsis

Eliot Ness (Amandes), disgusted with the widespread criminality that Al Capone (Forsythe) has brought to his home town, Chicago, and inspired by the example of his brother-in-law, Alexander Jamie (Patrick Clear), a federal law enforcement officer, becomes a government investigator himself, and puts together a special squad specifically dedicated to putting Capone behind bars.

Cast and characters

Episodes

DVD releases

Visual Entertainment has released the complete series on DVD in Region 1 on December 27, 2016.[2][3]

The Untouchables was also released on Blu-ray in 2017.[4]

Soundtrack album

Dragon's Domain Records released a limited edition 2-CD set of Joel Goldsmith's work on the series in 2017, featuring the score from the two-hour pilot film and selections from the episodes "The Seduction of Eliot Ness," "A Man's Home Is His Castle," "Stir Crazy," "Railroaded," the two-parter "Cuba," "Attack on New York," "Mind Games," "The Legacy," "Stadt," "Til Death Do Us Part," and "Death and Taxes: Part 2."[5]

References

Further reading

• Tucker, Kenneth. Eliot Ness and the Untouchables: The Historical Reality and the Film and Television Depictions. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2000. ISBN 0-7864-0772-7

External links

• The Untouchables at IMDb
• The Untouchables at epguides.com

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