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{{quote|''"He pulls a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue!"'' |'''Jimmy Malone''' ([[Sean Connery]]) }}
A live action television series aired between 1959 and 1963 based on the exploits of ([[Real Life]]) [[The Roaring Twenties|1920s]] Chicago Prohibiton agent Eliot Ness and his group of loyal agents, nicknamed "The Untouchables" because of their refusal to be bribed by the Mob as many others were at the time. Most notable for pursuing bootleggers and gangster [[Al Capone]] (and eventually arresting him--[[Justice
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* [[So Once Again the Day Is Saved]]: the basic gist of Winchell's voiceover, although done rather cleverly.
* [[The Windy City]] at its windiest.
* [[Workaholic]]: Implied. Although we see the criminal of the week's personal lives, the show never follows the Untouchables home. Judging by the late-night hours Ness pulls, he certainly is one (not to mention the [[Married to
* [[You Look Familiar]]: typically of the era.
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* [[Fanfare]]
* [[The Film of the Series]]
* [[Going
* [[Hollywood History]]: In many ways. The real Al Capone and Eliot Ness never met face-to-face, there were 11 "Untouchables" who all lived after prohibition, but most notably, the real Frank Nitti lived several years after Capone's conviction, rather than {{spoiler|being thrown off a roof by Ness.}}
* [[Hollywood Law]]: When they discover the jury has been bribed, they switch Capone's jury with the jury next door. This is, interestingly, actually an ''aversion'' as this [[wikipedia:Al Capone#Conviction and imprisonment|somehow really happened]]. Capone's lawyer attempting to enter a plea without his client's consent is ''not'', and, in real life, is a good way to have a mistrial, an overturned conviction, and disbarment for the attorney
* [[Idiot Ball]]: Ness and Co are in a corrupt town, they know they can't trust most of the police and what do they do with their key witness? They put him in an elevator with just one Untouchable (Oscar the accountant) and don't bother to clear out the elevator of anyone they don't trust. They were really holding onto it that day.
* [[I Need a Freaking Drink]]: On asked what he'll do when Prohibition is over, he replies he'll immediately have a drink.
* [[Justice
** Justified. In [[Real Life]], the only rap that could put Capone away WAS tax evasion.
* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: After he runs out of bullets Wallace runs towards a gangster, screaming, and hits him twice with the butt of his gun.
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* [[Man in White]]: Frank Nitti.
* [[Mentor Occupational Hazard]]: {{spoiler|Jim Malone.}}
* [[Never Bring a Knife
** Also, this memorable line:
{{quote| '''Malone''': Now isn't that just like a wop, brings a knife to a gunfight!}}
* [[Noble Bigot
* [[Officer O'Hara]]: Malone.
* [[Psycho for Hire]]: Frank Nitti.
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** Even if the Mountie knew that it was a dead man (since the movie only shows clearly that the reluctant gangster isn't aware that Malone is interrogating a corpse), many would find it a questionable method of doing policework.
** Also an example of [[Where Do You Think You Are?]].
* [[What You Are in
* [[You Have Failed Me]]: Al Capone beats one of his goons to death with a bat.
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