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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
EAN: 0097361227740
Format: Subtitled
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 10, 2007
Running Time: 315 minutes
Sales Rank: 11121
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: October 15, 1959
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
The Untouchables chronicles the campaign of Eliot Ness (Robert Stack) the young U.S. Prohibition Bureau agent to smash the beer and booze empire of Al Capone in 1920s Chicago.System Requirements:Run Time: 644 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 097361227740 Manufacturer No: 122774
Amazon.com:
Though certainly tame by The Shield standards, the inaugural 14 episodes from The Untouchables' 1959-60 season are still as potent as a shot of Al Capone's bootleg whiskey. Dames get slapped around. Mugs are mowed down in a hail of wall-pocking, mirror-shattering bullets. Upstanding citizens are brutally terrorized by thugs. Incorruptible Feds are brazenly rubbed out. Sometimes, criminals have the last laugh. It has the visceral kick of watching one of those pre-code Hollywood movies produced before the Hays Office stepped in to sanitize objectionable content. This set opens with the theatrically released version of the two-part pilot episode that set the noir sensibility of the series. Robert Stack (in his iconic and oft-parodied role) stars as Elliot Ness, a straight-arrow Federal agent who forms a special squad of 'reliable, courageous, dedicated and honest' men who initially take on Al Capone's corrupt criminal empire in 1929 Chicago. Ness is 'a real man,' (as a 'burly-q' stripper observes). He's just not exactly loaded with personality. Nor do any other of the squad members stand out, except perhaps for Martin Flahrety, and that's only because he's played by a pre-Dick Van Dyke Show Jerry Paris. But from Neville Brand's Al Capone and Claire Trevor's Ma Barker to an unbilled Harry Dean Stanton as a suspect blind newspaperman, it's the legendary criminals and their henchmen (and the great character actors who portray them) who give each episode considerable moxie.
Produced by Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball's Desilu Studios, this groundbreaking series is based on the book The Untouchables: The Real Story by Ness and Oscar Fraley. Real? Not quite. Despite Walter Winchell's signature rat-a-tat narration that gives the proceedings a documentary-like tone, liberties were taken in retelling the sagas of Capone, Dutch Schultz, Lucky Luciano, 'Bugs' Moran, 'Mad Dog' Coll, and others. But the episodes are so pulpishly good that even if Ness was never really involved in a shootout with Barker (and he wasn't), more forgiving viewers will be of the opinion that he should have been. --Donald Liebenson
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - The Best
When this program was running on Australian TV of course there were no such things as DVD recorders or Video recorders. So if there were two great shows on at the same time slot you missed one. This was the case with Cheyenne and Maverick, 77 Sunset Strip and Bonanza and worst of all Perry Mason and The Untouchables. These were two giant programs and it was a killer to miss one of them. As my parents and I considered The Untouchables was the best show on TV, Perry missed out, but fortunely I have ... Read More
Rating:  - better than the 60s
The picture quality is better than it ever was on black and white tv. However, the dvds wouldn't play on my blueray player. Also the monaural sound track is not easily played on my surround sound. Overall, I think this series is well worth the bucks. Watch close and see how many times Elliot Ness smiles. [almost never]
Rating: - Great DVD series but overshadowed with greed
Great series and a classic you must own. I agree with others, its greed driving dividing up the season into two.
Rating: - Great TV!!!
Robert Stack as Eliot Ness......In the intro you see Desi Arnaz introducing the series-wow! How cool is that...1959. Old School,but the best of the old school! Wish they didn't separate the seasons into P1 and P2!!! Get Them All....
Rating: - Why not an "any region" DVD release
5 stars because it was the most scintillating show of its time, and still stands watching today -- for its outstanding star, narration and great guest stars. If only I could see it. Sadly because it is released as Region 1, the DVD isn't playable here in England. How about releasing these classic shows as "any region" DVDs so that the whole world can enjoy them once again, not just the americas.
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