The Untouchables

The true story of FBI man Eliot Ness's savage war on the notorious mobsters Al Capone left behind!

19591h 0m / epDrama · Crime

First aired

October 15, 1959

8.0

TMDB Score

80% match · 138 votes

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S01 · E11

You Can't Pick the Number

Season 1 · Dec 24, 1959 · 1h 0m

Chicago, October 1932. The depths of the Great Depression, marked by unemployment and poverty. The only chance some people felt they had to rise out of poverty, if only for a short time, was to win the lottery or at the punch-boards. The mob saw this as an opportunity, by coming up with a numbers game. People picked a number from 0-999; their odds of winning were 1-in-a-1,000-- the payoff was 600-to-1. The thousands of losers, pouring money into the mob, were never mentioned.

About the Series

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DramaCrime

Synopsis

Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.

CreatorQuinn Martin

First aired
October 15, 1959
Last aired
May 21, 1963
Seasons
4 seasons · 118 episodes
Status
Ended
Original language
English
Network
ABC

Top Billed Cast

Robert Stack

Robert Stack

Eliot Ness

Nicholas Georgiade

Nicholas Georgiade

Enrico Rossi

Steve London

Steve London

Jack Rossman

Paul Picerni

Paul Picerni

Lee Hobson

Abel Fernandez

Abel Fernandez

William Youngfellow

Walter Winchell

Walter Winchell

Narrator

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