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32 Episodes 1960 - 1961
Episode 1
Thu, Oct 13, 1960 60 mins
Beautiful but shrewd Rusty Heller makes a pitch for personal power by pitting underworld elements against each other. Ness: Robert Stack. Fletcher: Harold J. Stone. Bernstein: Norman Fell. Grayson: David White. Hobson: Paul Picerni. Youngfellow: Abel Fernandez.
Episode 2
Thu, Oct 20, 1960 60 mins
Ness tries to move in for the kill when a gangster's love of publicity gets him in trouble with his own mob. Diamond: Steven Hill. Mimi: Suzanne Storrs. Alice: Norma Crane. Schultz: Lawrence Dobkin. Rossi: Nicholas Georgiade.
Episode 3
Thu, Nov 3, 1960 60 mins
The son of a bootlegger killed during one of Ness's raids plans to revenge the death. He wants to replace his father in the mob. Krone: Luther Adler. Ness: Robert Stack. Nicky: Mario Raccuzzo. Mike: Phillip Pine. Charlie: Michael Ansara. Judge: Malcolm Atterbury. Carmela: Renata Vanni.
Episode 4
Thu, Nov 10, 1960 60 mins
Ness tangles with Waxey Gordon, a slippery gangster and bootlegger. Ness: Robert Stack. Charlie: Sam Gilman. Elaine: Lisabeth Hush. Higgins: Adam Becker. Hobson: Paul Picerni.
Episode 5
Thu, Nov 17, 1960 60 mins
Ness puts editorial pressure on dope pushers. The publicity causes mob leaders to close shop---but one minor member is still in business. Sebastino: Henry Silva. Frank: Will Kuluva. Sticks: Conrad Janis. Joe: Eduardo Ciannelli. Youngfellow: Abel Fernandez. Hobson: Paul Picerni.
Episode 6
Thu, Nov 24, 1960 60 mins
Ness seeks leads to a narcotics-stealing operation---but the gang's strong-arm methods discourage possible tipsters. Patrone: Frank Silvera. Hall: John McIntire. Bardo: Joseph Anthony. Dasher: Gene Lyons. Rossi: Nicholas Georgiade. Youngfellow: Abel Fernandez.
Episode 7
Thu, Dec 1, 1960 60 mins
Ness grapples with kidnapping, gangland style---where the victims can't go to the police for help. Fletcher: Steve Cochran. Nitti: Bruce Gordon. Tornek: Werner Klemperer. Vajda: Steven Geray.
Episode 8
Thu, Dec 8, 1960 60 mins
Francey McKay is in trouble. The mob thinks it's more than just bad luck when her boyfriends---one by one---meet untimely deaths. Ness: Robert Stack. Henny: Mickey Shaughnessey. Scalisi: David J. Stewart. Corbin: Robert H. Harris. Youngfellow: Abel Fernandez. Hobson: Paul Picerni.
Episode 9
Thu, Dec 15, 1960 60 mins
Larry Fay's extortion operation in the milk industry turns sour: his girl has decided to turn stool pigeon. Ness: Robert Stack. Fay: Sam Levene. Sally: June Havoc. Arnold: Larry Gates. Stegler: Robert Emhardt. Rossi: Nicholas Georgiade. Hobson: Paul Picerni.
Episode 10
Thu, Dec 22, 1960 60 mins
Ness makes a discovery about the Otto Frick carnivals: besides spreading joy, they're also spreading dope. Ness: Robert Stack. Messlinger: Francis Lederer. Eberhardt: Richard Jaeckel. Hedda: Erika Peters. Rossi: Nicholas Georgiade. Hobson: Paul Picerni.
Episode 11
Thu, Dec 29, 1960 60 mins
Ness dissents when a jury convicts known criminal Tommy Karpeles on circumstantial evidence. Sally: Madlyn Rhue. Ness: Robert Stack. Mendoza: Joseph Wiseman. Darcy: Murray Hamilton.
Episode 12
Thu, Jan 5, 1961 60 mins
Part 1. Ness investigates when Capone henchmen liquidate their assets just as their boss is being transferred to Alcatraz. Nitti: Bruce Gordon. Cummings: Robert F. Simon. Lafferty: Richard Carlyle. Hobson: Paul Picerni. Rossi: Nicholas Georgiade.
Episode 13
Thu, Jan 12, 1961 60 mins
Part 2. Tipped off that Capone plans to escape from a train, Ness and a special squad set up a stakeout. Capone: Neville Brand. Hovick: James Westerfield. Hobson: Paul Picerni. Lafferty: Richard Carlyle. Rossi: Nicholas Georgiade. Youngfellow: Abel Fernandez.
Episode 14
Thu, Jan 19, 1961 60 mins
Capone's empire is split between two ganglords, neither of whom is happy with half a loaf. Ness: Robert Stack. Wartel: Robert Middleton. Phil: Rip Torn. Kihn: George Voskovec. Levinsky: Joseph Ruskin. Rossi: Nicholas Georgiade. Hobson: Paul Picerni.
Episode 15
Thu, Jan 26, 1961 60 mins
Al Seegar takes over Capone's mob. When Ness gets wind of it, Seegar gives his first official order: kill Ness. Kulak: Oscar Beregi. Roxie: Susan Oliver. Kurtz: Richard Karlan. Scharmm: Milton Selzer. Rossi: Nicholas Georgiade. Hobson: Paul Picerni.
Episode 16
Thu, Feb 2, 1961 60 mins
Clues in a murder point to a smuggling ring that's flooding the U.S. with a concoction called Jamaica Ginger. Martinsen: Brian Keith. Torres: Michael Ansara. La Cava: Alfred Ryder. Garrity: James Coburn. Hobson: Paul Picerni. Walter Winchell narrates.
Episode 17
Thu, Feb 9, 1961 60 mins
Bootlegger Augie Ciamino finds a unique way of making gin---in the bathtubs of immigrants. Ness: Robert Stack. Luigi: Sam Jaffe. Renzo: Will Kuluva. Paul: Lee Philips. Youngfellow: Abel Fernandez.
Episode 18
Thu, Feb 16, 1961 60 mins
Valentine Ferrar calls all the shots. Although he stole from the syndicate, they're forced to protect him---or he'll expose the mob to Ness. Mrs. Wagnell: Joan Blondell. Ness: Robert Stack. Foley: Frank de Kova. Ernie: Eddie Firestone.
Episode 19
Thu, Feb 23, 1961 60 mins
After defying the code of the underworld, Nick Moses feels he will win immunity from reprisals by killing Ness (Robert Stack). Louis: Joe De Santis. Gino: Michael Constantine.
Episode 20
Thu, Mar 9, 1961 60 mins
Wally Baltzer has his chemists working to find an antidote to denatured alcohol---the latest answer to bootlegging. Ness: Robert Stack. Nitti: Bruce Gordon. Lorna: Gale Robbins. Shield: Joseph Wiseman. Hobson: Paul Picerni. Rossi: Nicholas Georgiade.
Episode 21
Sun, Apr 16, 1961 60 mins
Hobson goes undercover to join a mob. His mission: pit the members against each other so Ness can move in for the kill. Dallas: Larry Parks. Ness: Robert Stack. Lily: Norma Crane. Randall: Dabbs Greer. Mrs. Randall: June Vincent. Youngfellow: Abel Fernandez.
Episode 22
Thu, Mar 23, 1961 60 mins
Ness tries to corner Emile Bouchard, who is using an family firm to bring dope into the country. Bouchard: Luther Adler. Nitti: Bruce Gordon. Haller: Dennis Patrick. Konitz: Carl Milletaire. Rossi: Nicholas Georgiade. Hobson: Paul Picerni.
Episode 23
Thu, Mar 30, 1961 60 mins
Ness tries to track down a witness---hiding from the law and the mob---whose testimony can convict a gangster and influence an election. O'Malley: David Brian. Julie: Fay Spain. Wolinski: Jack Elam. Hennie: John Marley. Davas: Johnny Seven. Youngfellow: Abel Fernandez.
Episode 24
Thu, Apr 13, 1961 60 mins
Fight manager Barney Jurow smells a fix when his boy is knocked stone-cold---dead. Ness: Robert Stack. Mrs. Jurow: Viveca Lindfors. Johnny: John Crawford. Hobson: Paul Picerni.
Episode 25
Thu, Apr 20, 1961 60 mins
Step one in a counterfeit plan is hijacking a truck carrying currency paper. Step two: the jailbreak of one of the country's top engravers. Moon: Victor Buono. Dreiser: Karl Swenson. Ness: Robert Stack. Nitti: Bruce Gordon. Millie: Ellen Madison. Benny: Robert Osterloh. Hobson: Paul Picerni.
Episode 26
Thu, Apr 27, 1961 60 mins
To avoid bankruptcy, a toy manufacturer returns to pushing opium. Johnny: James MacArthur. Ness: Robert Stack. Melnick: Lou Polan. Sandra: Carole Eastman. Chester: Mario Gallo. Rossi: Nicholas Georgiade. Hobson: Paul Picerni. Youngfellow: Abel Fernandez.
Episode 27
Thu, May 4, 1961 60 mins
Frank Makouris tosses a red herring in Ness's path---to keep the G-man from cracking his operation in New York's fish industry. Ness: Robert Stack. Shore: Phillip Pine. Kelso: Kevin Hagen. Matson: Burt Miller. Hobson: Paul Picerni. Schultz: Robert J. Wilke.
Episode 28
Thu, May 11, 1961 60 mins
Nero Rankin threatens gang reprisals against the public if Ness continues his crackdown. Rankin: Will Kuluva. Sylvia: Jean Carson. Barker: John Dehner. Althea: Joanna Moore.
Episode 29
Thu, May 18, 1961 60 mins
To break a voting tie in the Guzik-Nitti power struggle, the syndicate tries to smuggle a hood back into the country---and past Ness (Robert Stack). Guzik: Nehemiah Persoff. Nitti: Bruce Gordon. Devlin: George Neise. Lupescu: Joseph Ruskin.
Episode 30
Thu, May 25, 1961 60 mins
An anonymous tip leads Ness to a load of illegal champagne---and the murdered hood who bootlegged the bubbly. Loomis: Robert Middleton. Vitton: Robert Morse. Wald: Michael Constantine. Brooks: Grant Richards. Hobson: Paul Picerni. Youngfellow: Abel Fernandez.
Episode 31
Thu, Jun 1, 1961 60 mins
While tapping a gang's telephone wires, Rossi listens to more than mere conversation. He hears one of the mob being shot. Ness: Robert Stack. Nitti: Bruce Gordon. Stella: Constance Ford. Frankie: Johnny Seven. Rossman: Steve London. Krafton: Lindsay Workman.
Episode 32
Thu, Jun 8, 1961 60 mins
Ness tangles with a mobster who runs a double-barreled operation: burlesque and bootleg brandy. Kestor: Steve Cochran. Marcie: Joanna Barnes. Bouverais: Steven Geray. Brosak: Warren Stevens. Herman: Dean Stanton. Hobson: Paul Picerni.