The Untouchables

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The Untouchables is a classic American crime drama television series from the late 1950s and early 1960s that follows federal agent Eliot Ness and his team as they battle organized crime during Prohibition.

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instanceOf American television series
awardReceived Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Series (Robert Stack) NERFINISHED
basedOn The Untouchables (1957 book) NERFINISHED
memoirs of Eliot Ness NERFINISHED
character Eliot Ness NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
developer Quinn Martin NERFINISHED
distributionFormat syndication
executiveProducer Quinn Martin NERFINISHED
featuresOrganization The Untouchables (federal squad) NERFINISHED
featuresTheme battle against organized crime
filmingLocation Los Angeles
firstAired 1959
genre crime drama
police procedural
hasCultFollowing true
hasFormat episodic television
hasMainProtagonist Eliot Ness NERFINISHED
hasSpinOffOrRelatedWork The Untouchables (1987 film) NERFINISHED
hasTheme law versus organized crime
inspiredBy real-life Prohibition-era law enforcement
lastAired 1963
narratedBy Walter Winchell NERFINISHED
notableCharacter Al Capone NERFINISHED
Frank Nitti NERFINISHED
notableFor stylized narration by Walter Winchell
violent depiction of gangland crime
numberOfEpisodes 118
numberOfSeasons 4
originalChannel American Broadcasting Company NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
originallyBroadcastIn early 1960s
late 1950s
originalNetwork ABC
partOf American network television history
pictureFormat black-and-white
portrays Eliot Ness NERFINISHED
portraysOrganization U.S. Treasury Department agents
producer Quinn Martin NERFINISHED
productionCompany Desilu Productions NERFINISHED
runtimePerEpisode approximately 50 minutes
setInLocation Chicago NERFINISHED
setInPeriod Prohibition era
starring Robert Stack NERFINISHED
timeSettingEnd 1930s
timeSettingStart 1920

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Don Gordon notableWork The Untouchables
Agent George Stone / Giuseppe Petri appearsIn The Untouchables
subject surface form: Agent George Stone
Norma Crane appearedIn The Untouchables
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Nehemiah Persoff notableWork The Untouchables
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Robert Gist notableWork The Untouchables
Joe Mantell appearedIn The Untouchables
Warren Stevens notableWork The Untouchables
Quinn Martin produced The Untouchables
Lloyd Nolan notableWork The Untouchables
this entity surface form: The Untouchables (TV series)
Harry Guardino notableWork The Untouchables
this entity surface form: The Untouchables (TV series)
Lou Antonio notableWork The Untouchables
this entity surface form: The Untouchables (TV series)
Eliot Ness memberOf The Untouchables
Eliot Ness subjectOf The Untouchables
this entity surface form: The Untouchables (1959 television series)
Neville Brand notableWork The Untouchables
this entity surface form: The Untouchables (TV series)
Neville Brand notableRole The Untouchables
this entity surface form: Al Capone in The Untouchables (TV series)