History Series / TheUntouchables

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* TheGreatDepression

* TheRoaringTwenties

* SoOnceAgainTheDayIsSaved: the basic gist of Winchell's voiceover, although done rather cleverly.

* YouLookFamiliar: typically of the era.

** In the remake Capone sends his men to [[EvenEvilHasStandards catch a child killer]]. Of course, he gets the wrong man while Ness and his team find the right one.

Later adapted as a [[Film/TheUntouchables1987 1987 feature film]], which itself inspired a second television series in 1993, starring Tom Amandes as Ness.

A live-action crime series, produced by Creator/DesiluStudios and airing on Creator/{{ABC}} from 1959–63, based on the exploits of (RealLife) [[TheRoaringTwenties 1920s]] Chicago Prohibition agent Eliot Ness and his group of loyal agents, nicknamed "The Untouchables" because of their refusal to be bribed or intimidated by the Mob as many others were at the time. Most notable for pursuing bootleggers and gangster UsefulNotes/AlCapone (and eventually arresting him--[[JusticeByOtherLegalMeans on tax evasion charges]]!)

Later adapted as a [[Film/TheUntouchables 1987 feature film]], which itself inspired a second television series in 1993, starring Tom Amandes as Ness.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: "A Tale of Two Fathers" sees Ness searching for a serial killer who targets children. This is also beyond the pale for Capone, who promptly sends his boys out on the street to hunt the man down.

* RealityEnsues: In "The Unhired Assassin", the husband and owner of a dry cleaning shop gives a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to the hoodlum responsible for collecting protection money in that area (at that time he was just bothering his wife, though). Said hoodlum doesn't go away but just comes back a few days later and murders him, and by using a kid to do so at that. The only saving grace is that he's immediately caught and will more than likely be sentenced to death in one way or another, whether by prison or Nitti.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Done by several gangsters against each other (usually to not have to share), but most often ordered by Nitti. Unsurprisingly, Nitti himself falls victim to this in "The Frank Nitti Story".

A live-action crime series that aired on Creator/{{ABC}} from 1959–63, based on the exploits of (RealLife) [[TheRoaringTwenties 1920s]] Chicago Prohibition agent Eliot Ness and his group of loyal agents, nicknamed "The Untouchables" because of their refusal to be bribed or intimidated by the Mob as many others were at the time. Most notable for pursuing bootleggers and gangster UsefulNotes/AlCapone (and eventually arresting him--[[JusticeByOtherLegalMeans on tax evasion charges]]!)

A live action television series aired between 1959 and 1963 based on the exploits of (RealLife) [[TheRoaringTwenties 1920s]] Chicago Prohibition agent Eliot Ness and his group of loyal agents, nicknamed "The Untouchables" because of their refusal to be bribed or intimidated by the Mob as many others were at the time. Most notable for pursuing bootleggers and gangster UsefulNotes/AlCapone (and eventually arresting him--[[JusticeByOtherLegalMeans on tax evasion charges]]!) Later adapted as [[Film/TheUntouchables a movie in 1987]]. The film itself inspired a second television series in 1993, with Tom Amandes.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: "A Tale of Two Fathers" sees Ness searching for a serial killer who targets children. This is also beyond the pale even for Capone, who also promptly sends his boys out on the street to hunt the man down.

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A live action television series aired between 1959 and 1963 based on the exploits of (RealLife) [[TheRoaringTwenties 1920s]] Chicago Prohibiton agent Eliot Ness and his group of loyal agents, nicknamed "The Untouchables" because of their refusal to be bribed or intimidated by the Mob as many others were at the time. Most notable for pursuing bootleggers and gangster UsefulNotes/AlCapone (and eventually arresting him--[[JusticeByOtherLegalMeans on tax evasion charges]]!) Later adapted as [[Film/TheUntouchables a movie in 1987]]. The film itself inspired a second television series in 1993, with Tom Amandes.

* JustAStupidAccent: Capone speaks in a heavy Italian accent, despite the fact that the real Capone was born in Brooklyn and spent his entire life in the United States.

[[caption-width-right:320:The heroes of the original series. Left to right: Eliot Ness (Robert Stack), Lee Hobson (Paul Picerni), Jack Rossman (Steve London), William Youngfellow (Abel Fernandez), Rico Rossi (Nicholas Georgiade).]]

* StockholmSyndrome: An interesting reverse case in "Arsenal". A mobster comes to feel for his captives after they treat him as more than an animal, going so far later on as to try and save them when he's ordered by Nitti to execute them.

* RealityEnsues: In "The Unhired Assassin", the husband and owner of a dry cleaning shop gives a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to the hoodlum responsible for collecting protection money in that area (at that time he was just bothering his wife, though). Said hoodlum doesn't go away but just comes back a few days later and murders him, and by using a kid to do so at that.