The Untouchables - Season 1, Vol. 2 | 
| Studio: Paramount Home Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 15007
Format: Box Set, Black & White, Ntsc, Subtitled
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 4
Running Time: 731
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: PARD122784D
UPC: 097361227849
EAN: 0097361227849
ASIN: B000RZIGTA
Theatrical Release Date: October 15, 1959
Release Date: September 25, 2007
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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 09/25/2007 Run time: 731 minutes
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Prohibition is over. Al Capone is in jail. "Are we gonna be out of work?" one of Eliot Ness's Untouchables asks in "The Unhired Assassin," one of the 14 episodes that completes this vintage series' killer first season. Not to worry; from armored car heists and assassination attempts to bank robberies and extortion rackets, there is plenty to keep Ness (Robert Stack) and his elite mob-busting squad busy. Ness and company are the heroes of this series, but it's the criminals (and the great character actors who portray them) who maintain as tight a grip on our imagination as the mob had on the city of Chicago in the 1930s, when these episodes take place. Bruce Gordon's Frank Nitti, Capone's impulsive enforcer, is a particular piece of work, as witness his ordered hit on incorruptible Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak in the two-part "The Unhired Assassin," and the season-finale, "The Frank Nitti Story," which chronicles Nitti's own finale. A homina-homina Anne Francis guest stars in "The Doreen Maney Story" as Maney, a Tennessee girl gone bad as one half of "The Lovebirds," responsible for a series of deadly armored car heists. We don't get as up close and personal with Ness or his Untouchables, although we do learn that he is 35 and has a son. And the straight-arrow Fed is not above double-crossing a mob goon for information, or, in "Head of Fire, Feet of Clay," refusing to call an ambulance as one lies bleeding ("You got no damn heart!" he screams). Nearly five decades later, these episodes still play like gangbusters, with Walter Winchell's rat-a-tat narration, gritty language, blunt violence, and great hard-boiled dialogue ("Everybody's yellow except Johnny Fortunata"). The Untouchables was produced by Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball's Desilu Studios. A fun extra on this four-disc set is "Lucy the Gun Moll," an episode from The Lucy Show, featuring Stack, very much in character, as a federal agent who recruits Lucy to impersonate a gangster's girlfriend. "You know who you look like?" Lucy asks him. "They kid me about it all the time down at headquarters," he replies. --Donald Liebenson
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 Excellent histories from a conflictive time September 6, 2008
The untouchables, a realy travel in time for those dangerous days with the fight against mob
gangster drama May 6, 2008
I purchased this set of the untouchables as it is a long time ago since I have seen it, and im glad it is now on DVD, it is a wonderful selection and the print and sound is very good . I rate it 5 stars and highly recommend it so if you like this type of movies then certainly go ahead and buy it. and Robert Stack takes the part very well as Eliot Ness
 Untouchables Season 2 April 15, 2008
Good performances and good entertainment. Highly fictionalized account of federal agent Eliot Ness, but well worth watching.
Bring Back The Old TV Days January 30, 2008
Wow! I loved it. The only problem is that I have to wait until March 08 to get the next dvd. I learned about this show through my mother. I bought the first dvd as a Christmas present for my mother Dec 07. I watched it with her and can't get enough of the Ness character.
Yes, a lot of the stories portray real life characters who never had dealings with Ness. However, the enjoyment for me is seeing the bad guy get what he deserves. I wish we had more shows on television that had similar endings. If you are searching for a classic crime drama where your guy always wins and can't be manipulated, this is it.
 I'm amazed!! January 9, 2008
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
I am amazed at how greedy people can be. I saw this show when I was a kid and would love to own it but alas I will not line the pockets of greedy and unscrupulous people. I have bought several old shows from my child hood and enjoyed them but this new paradigm of splitting a season into two volumes is totally unjustifiable. Now couple this with the fact that I saw this last weekend in a store and it was labeled "Made in Mexico" and you have the makings of a legal customer hold-up. This is like pouring salt in a wound, not only is the maker gouging the customer but to enhance the affront the maker goes abroad to make this item, in order to further his profits, and deny people in this country employment. This is outright BS! and I call on all Amazon customers with a rudimentary conscience to boycott this product. I also call upon Amazon to let customers know when a book has been printed in China or a CD made in Mexico so that we may make informed choices. Amazon customers please do not buy this product as it is a rip-off and the next job that gets exported could be your own, united we stand divided we fall!!!
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