The Untouchables (1993 TV series) explained

Genre:Crime drama
Creator:Christopher Crowe
Starring:Tom Amandes
William Forsythe
David James Elliott
Composer:Joel Goldsmith
Country:United States
Language:English
Num Seasons:2
Num Episodes:42
List Episodes:List of The Untouchables (1993 TV series) episodes
Producer:Tim Iacofano
Frederick J. Lyle
Camera:Single-camera
Runtime:45 - 48 minutes
Company:Christopher Crowe Productions
Paramount Television
Channel:Syndication

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 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

Actor Character
Agent Michael Malone
Frank Nitti
Agent Paul Robbins
Agent George Steelman
Agent Tony Pagano
Mae Capone
Catherine Ness
Al Capone
Agent Sean Quinlan

Episodes

See main article: List of The Untouchables (1993 TV series) 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]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. News: Untouchable Then and Now. The Los Angeles Times. 2010-10-25.
  2. Web site: TVShowsOnDVD.com – Goodbye. Tvshowsondvd.com. 19 May 2019.
  3. Web site: The Untouchables – The Complete Collection #6126. Visual Entertainment Inc. 19 May 2019. 23 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210423141002/https://www.visualentertainment.tv/products/the-untouchables-the-complete-collection. dead.
  4. Web site: The Untouchables: The Complete Collection Blu-ray. 19 May 2019. Blu-ray.com.
  5. Web site: UNTOUCHABLES, THE - Music from the 1993 Television Series by Joel Goldsmith. Buysoundtrax.stores.yahoo.net. 19 May 2019.