The Untouchables (1993 TV series)

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

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

Episodes

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 the Internet Movie Database
• The Untouchables at TV.com
• The Untouchables at epguides.com