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The Untouchables is a 1987 American crime film [3] directed by Brian De Palma, produced by Art Linson, and written by David Mamet. It stars Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy García, Robert De Niro and Sean Connery.
Apr 29, 2022 · The screenplay, written by David Mamet, is based on a memoir of the same name by Ness and Oscar Fraley. Ness died in May of 1957, just before the book’s release. His posthumous fame soared to...
Dec 27, 2017 · Eliot Ness and his memoir he wrote with Oscar Fraley, “The Untouchables.” From Shawshots/Alamy Stock Photo (left.) By early 1956, Eliot Ness looked haggard and careworn, hardly like a man who...
The Untouchables is an autobiographical memoir by Eliot Ness co-written with Oscar Fraley, published in 1957. [1] The book deals with the experiences of Ness, who was a federal agent in the Bureau of Prohibition, as he fought crime in Chicago in the late 1920s and early 1930s with the help of a special team of agents handpicked for their ...
Oct 17, 2023 · When former Prohibition agent Eliot Ness died at age 54 in 1957, he had largely been forgotten. Two years later he was a household name. Shortly before his death, Ness had written The Untouchables, a book about his battles with bootlegging czar Al Capone in the early 1930s.
The Untouchables: Directed by Brian De Palma. With Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia. During Prohibition, Treasury agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone, and assembles a small, incorruptible team to help him.
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Eliot Ness was an American Prohibition agent known for his efforts to bring down Al Capone while enforcing Prohibition in Chicago. He was leader of a team of law enforcement agents nicknamed The Untouchables, handpicked for their incorruptibility.
