The Untouchables is the name of a television series that ran from 1959 to 1963 on the American Broadcasting Company. Based on the memoir of the same name by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley, it dealt with the experiences of Eliot Ness, a United States Justice Department agent, as he fought crime in Chicago in the 1930s with the help of a special team of agents handpicked for their incorruptibility, nicknamed the Untouchables. The stories often revolved around his enmity with the criminal empire of Chicago mob boss Al Capone, and many focused on crimes related to Prohibition.
The Untouchables is a 1987 film, directed by Brian De Palma, based on the 1959 ABC television series, which, in turn, was based on Eliot Ness's autobiographical account of his efforts to bring Al Capone to justice. It was adapted by David Mamet, and stars Kevin Costner as Ness, Sean Connery as Irish-American beat cop James Malone, and Robert de Niro as Capone. Connery received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film.
The Untouchables is an autobiographical novel by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley, published in 1957. The book deals with the experiences of Eliot Ness, a Federal Agent in the Bureau of Prohibition, as he fights crime in Chicago in the late 1920s and early 1930s with the help of a special team of agents handpicked for their incorruptibility, nicknamed the Untouchables.
The Untouchables is a video game the was released in 1991 by Ocean for both the Nintendo Entertainment System and Super NES game consoles. It is based on the movie of the same name starring Kevin Costner. The video game loosely resembles the movie and lets you play out some of the more significant parts.
The Untouchables, led by Eliot Ness, were a group of eleven law-enforcement agents, legendary for being fearless and incorruptable, who sought to enforce Prohibition and take down Al Capone.
The Untouchables is an American adventure and drama television show, which 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.