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The Untouchables Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
30 Episodes 1959 - 1960
Episode 1
Scarface
Mon, Apr 20, 1959 60 mins
Part 1. Because he bought police protection, Al Capone is able to run a freewheeling operation---until Ness forms his Untouchables. Ness: Robert Stack. Fuselli: Keenan Wynn. Brandy: Barbara Nichols. Nitti: Bruce Gordon. Betty: Pat Crowley.
Episode 2
Scarface
Mon, Apr 27, 1959 60 mins
Part 2. Enraged by the Untouchables' competence, Capone lays down a heavy command: kill every agent, beginning with Ness (Robert Stack). Fuselli: Keenan Wynn. Brandy: Barbara Nichols. Nitti: Bruce Gordon. Betty: Pat Crowley. Ricci: Joe Mantell. Kane: Peter Leeds.
Episode 3
The Empty Chair
Thu, Oct 15, 1959 60 mins
With Al Capone in jail, the empire is up for grabs. In there grabbing are Frank Nitti, Jake Guzik---and Eliot Ness (Robert Stack). Nitti: Bruce Gordon. Guzik: Nehemiah Persoff. Brandy: Barbara Nichols. Norma: Betty Garde. Flaherty: Jerry Paris. Rossi: Nicholas Georgiade.
Episode 4
Ma Barker and Her Boys
Thu, Oct 22, 1959 60 mins
As Ness closes in on Ma Barker and her gang, flashbacks show how she reared her sons with religion---and guns. Lloyd: Adam Williams. Ness: Robert Stack. Fred: Joe di Reda. Herm: Robert Ivers. Pa Barker: Vaughn Taylor.
Episode 5
The Jake Lingle Killing
Thu, Oct 29, 1959 60 mins
Ness and a reward-minded ex-con form a strange alliance to bust the bootlegging empire of Bugs Bertsch (Charles McGraw). Hagan: Jack Lord. Zuta: Phillip Pine. Lingle: Herb Vigran. Flaherty: Jerry Paris. Augie: John Beradino. Vito: Stewart Conway. Hobson: Paul Picerni.
Episode 6
The George 'Bugs' Moran Story
Thu, Nov 5, 1959 60 mins
Already notorious for his bootlegging enterprises, Bugs Moran decides to muscle in on the labor unions. Larry: Jack Warden. Ness: Robert Stack. Thelma: Barbara Stuart. Anderson: Kem Dibbs. Carroll: Fredd Wayne. Youngfellow: Abel Fernandez.
Episode 7
Ain't We Got Fun
Thu, Nov 12, 1959 60 mins
Comic Johnny Pacheck isn't laughing. He's trying to sever his ties with a nightclub that is owned by the mob. Ness: Robert Stack. Harrington: Ted de Corsia. Hoff: Joseph Buloff. Flaherty: Jerry Paris. Loxie: Timothy Carey.
Episode 8
Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll
Thu, Nov 19, 1959 60 mins
Ness has a plan to collar Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll. Then Coll gets wind of the operation---and makes plans of his own. Coll: Clu Gulager. Schultz: Lawrence Dobkin. Ness: Robert Stack. Diana: Suzanne Storrs. Finney: Bernard Hoffman. Flaherty: Jerry Paris.
Episode 9
Mexican Stakeout
Thu, Nov 26, 1959 60 mins
Determined to find a witness, Ness follows a trail that leads to Mexico---and almost costs him his life. Delgado: Vincent Edwards. Newberry: Ken Lynch. Fanning: Martin Landau. Rossman: Steve London. Flaherty: Jerry Paris.
Episode 10
The Artichoke King
Thu, Dec 3, 1959 60 mins
Clues are scarce---and a motive unknown---as Ness probes the murder of a vegetable distributor. Terranova: Jack Weston. Yale: Al Ruscio. Felix: Robert Ellenstein. Youngfellow: Abel Fernandez.
Episode 11
The Tri-State Gang
Thu, Dec 10, 1959 60 mins
A hijacker proves a slippery character---until his girlfriend gets picked up by Ness (Robert Stack). Mais: John Ward. Elizabeth: Roxane Berard. Big Bill: Alan Hale Jr. Flaherty: Jerry Paris. Rossi: Nicholas Georgiade.
Episode 12
The Dutch Schultz Story
Thu, Dec 17, 1959 60 mins
Dutch Schultz tries to bribe Ness in a tax-evasion case. The G-man doesn't buy the offer---but a juror does. Flaherty: Jerry Paris. Rosenkrantz: Mort Mills. Luciano: Robert Carricart. Marsha: Maggie Mahoney.
Episode 13
You Can't Pick a Number
Thu, Dec 24, 1959 60 mins
Ness has no luck persuading a father-and-son team to quit the numbers racket---until the old man is murdered. Phil: Darryl Hickman. Joe: Jay C. Flippen. Ness: Robert Stack. Flaherty: Jerry Paris. Mrs. Morrisey: Doreen Lang. Mrs. Pollock: Betty Lou Gerson. Pete: Harry Tyler. Pat: Whit Bissell.
Episode 14
The Underground Railway
Thu, Dec 31, 1959 60 mins
Ness is tracking a disfigured hood, but he loses the trail when the man makes a stop---at a plastic surgeon's office. Ness: Robert Stack. Mona: Virginia Vincent. Flaherty: Jerry Paris. Oates: Joe De Santis. Lampert: Murray Roman. Brent: Bob Hopkins.
Episode 15
Syndicate Sanctuary
Thu, Jan 7, 1960 60 mins
Ness's men infiltrate a mob after an honest mayoral candidate is "accidentally" killed. Ness: Robert Stack. Morelli: Anthony Caruso. Rosetta: Gail Kobe. Bravo: Jack Elam. Flaherty: Jerry Paris. Rossi: Nicholas Georgiade.
Episode 16
The Noise of Death
Thu, Jan 14, 1960 60 mins
The Mafia's strange code of justice is in motion. An aging ganglord, being eased out, refuses to go quietly. Ness: Robert Stack. Mrs. Bucco: Rita Lynn. Flaherty: Jerry Paris. Rossi: Nicholas Georgiade. Hobson: Paul Picerni. Youngfellow: Abel Fernandez.
Episode 17
Star Witness
Thu, Jan 14, 1960 60 mins
An aging bookkeeper for the rackets gets the trouble he figured on when he tries to retire from the operation. Ness: Robert Stack. Rinaldo: Marc Lawrence. Mildred: Dorothy Morris. Flaherty: Jerry Paris. Youngfellow: Abel Fernandez.
Episode 18
The St. Louis Story
Thu, Jan 28, 1960 60 mins
Tough and brainy mob leader Dink Conway leads his boys in a robbery---without leaving a clue. Allison: Anthony George. Flaherty: Jerry Paris. Whitey: Leo Gordon. Courtney: Richard Bakalyan. Flip: Tom Trout.
Episode 19
One-Armed Bandit
Thu, Feb 4, 1960 60 mins
Released prisoner Frank O'Dean is on a losing streak. He wants to go straight---but mobsters want him in on their slot-machine racket. Ness: Robert Stack. Glass: Larry Gates. Viale: John Beradino. Allison: Anthony George.
Episode 20
Little Egypt
Thu, Feb 11, 1960 60 mins
An undercover agent has trouble in a rough district when crooks learn he's getting information out by carrier pigeon. Ed: John Marley. Ness: Robert Stack. Barry: Norman Alden. Allison: Anthony George. Shorty: James McCallion. Hazel: Susan Cummings. Sheriff: Sam Gilman.
Episode 21
The Big Squeeze
Thu, Feb 18, 1960 60 mins
Ness puts the squeeze on a gang he suspects is behind bank robberies. Banner: Dan O'Herlihy. Havens: John Hoyt. Chickie: Dody Heath. Jamie: James Mageean. Rossman: Steve London.
Episode 22
The Unhired Assassin
Thu, Feb 25, 1960 60 mins
Part 1. Members of Capone's mob plot to take over the World's Fair---by killing Mayor Anton Cermak (Robert Middleton). Ness: Robert Stack. Zangara: Joe Mantell. Nitti: Bruce Gordon. Campagna: Frank de Kova. Allison: Anthony George. Rossi: Nicholas Georgiade.
Episode 23
The Unhired Assassin
Thu, Mar 3, 1960 60 mins
Part 2. Ness and the Miami police race to find Zangara, a psychopath bent on assassinating President Roosevelt. Cermak: Robert Middleton. Ness: Robert Stack. Nitti: Bruce Gordon. Skidmore: Richard Deacon. Allison: Anthony George. Hobson: Paul Picerni.
Episode 24
The White Slavers
Thu, Mar 10, 1960 60 mins
Ness flushes a band of hoods out of the U.S. and into Mexico---where more trouble awaits them. Mrs. B: Betty Field. Mig: Mike Kellin. Ernie: Dick York. Lucille: Theona Bryant. Allison: Anthony George. Rossi: Nicholas Georgiade.
Episode 25
3000 Suspects
Thu, Mar 24, 1960 60 mins
When a prisoner is murdered for threatening to turn stool pigeon, Ness is sure of only one thing: one of 3000 inmates is guilty. Segal: Peter Leeds. Allison: Anthony George. Nelson: Benny Burt. Warden: James Flavin. Rossi: Nicholas Georgiade. Hobson: Paul Picerni.
Episode 26
The Doreen Maney Story
Thu, Mar 31, 1960 60 mins
Ness tries to cage a team of armored-truck robbers. Doreen: Anne Francis. Humphries: Christopher Dark. Maybelle: Connie Hines. Maney: George Mitchell. Rossi: Nicholas Georgiade.
Episode 27
Portrait of a Thief
Thu, Apr 7, 1960 60 mins
Ness has trouble finding an illegal source of alcohol---until a partner in a respected drug firm lets the truth leak out. Asbury: Frank Wilcox. Duncan: Edward Andrews. Welles: Henry Jones. Hobson: Paul Picerni. Torrio: Charles McGraw.
Episode 28
Underworld Bank
Thu, Apr 14, 1960 60 mins
Milo Sullivan is consultant and financier to the crime business---but Ness plans to break his bank. Mullen: Peter Falk. Ness: Robert Stack. Louise: Virginia Vincent. Hobson: Paul Picerni. Tony: Ernest Sarracino.
Episode 29
Head of Fire, Feet of Clay
Thu, Apr 21, 1960 60 mins
Ness spends a night at the fights with an old school chum who seems to know who's going to win---and when. Barber: Jack Warden. Fortunato: Nehemiah Persoff. Chickie: Madlyn Rhue. Sadie: Patsy Kelly. Stella: Virginia Christine.
Episode 30
The Frank Nitti Story
Thu, Apr 28, 1960 60 mins
Nitti's extortion operation against the movie industry has an unhappy ending when Ness panics him into making a fatal mistake. Nitti: Bruce Gordon. Ness: Robert Stack. Hobson: Paul Picerni. Lenox: Myron McCormick. Allison: Anthony George. Dockstone: Dick Foran.
