Trivia / The Untouchables

1959–63 TV series:

• Cast the Runner-Up: Jack Lord was considered for Elliot Ness. He did make a guest appearance in "The Jake Lingle Killing".
• What Could Have Been: Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray, and Cliff Robertson were also considered for Elliot Ness.

1987 film:

• Referenced by...: Robert De Niro publicly beating an underling to death with a baseball bat, in front of a shocked audience, have it's share of references.
  • Cop on a Mission have a mob meeting between some triads, the leader, played by Eric Tsang, beating an underling to death with a beer bottle, while chuckling all the way imitating DeNiro's demenour.
  • Super Cop on the other hand uses a "durian", ^note  A Malaysian fruit with a hard, spiky shell

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