''The Untouchables'' is an American

crime drama Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and comb ...

series that aired for two seasons in

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, from January 1993 to May 1994. The series portrayed work of the real life Untouchables federal investigative squad in

Prohibition Prohibition is the act or practice of forbidding something by law; more particularly the term refers to the banning of the manufacture, storage (whether in barrels or in bottles), transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholi ...

-era

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and its efforts against

Al Capone Alphonse Gabriel Capone (; January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the ...

's attempts to profit from the market in bootleg liquor. The series features

Tom Amandes Tom Amandes (born March 9, 1959) is an American actor. His best-known role to date is that of Eliot Ness in the 1990s television series ''The Untouchables''; he also played Geena Davis' boyfriend in '' The Long Kiss Goodnight'', and Abraham Lin ...

Eliot Ness Eliot Ness (April 19, 1903 – May 16, 1957) was an American Prohibition agent known for his efforts to bring down Al Capone and enforce Prohibition in Chicago. He was the leader of a team of law enforcement agents, nicknamed The Untouchables. ...

and William Forsythe as

, and was based on the 1959 series and 1987 film of the same name.

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

Soundtrack album

Dragon's Domain Records released a limited edition 2-CD set of

Joel Goldsmith Joel King Goldsmith (November 19, 1957 – April 29, 2012) was an American composer of film, television, and video game music. Biography Joel Goldsmith was born on November 19, 1957, in Los Angeles, California, the third of four children o ...

'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."

References

External links

* * 1993 American television series debuts 1994 American television series endings 1990s American crime drama television series Cultural depictions of Al Capone Cultural depictions of Eliot Ness English-language television shows First-run syndicated television programs in the United States Live action television shows based on films Television series about organized crime Television series by CBS Studios Television series created by Christopher Crowe (screenwriter) Television series reboots Television series set in the 1930s Television shows set in Chicago The Untouchables Works about the Chicago Outfit {{US-drama-tv-prog-stub