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The Untouchables (1987)
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Federal Agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop Al Capone; because of rampant corruption, he assembles a small, hand-picked team. Director:Brian De Palma |
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| Sean Connery | ... | ||
| Charles Martin Smith | ... | ||
| Andy Garcia | ... | ||
| Robert De Niro | ... | ||
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Richard Bradford | ... |
Police Chief Mike Dorsett
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Jack Kehoe | ... |
Walter Payne
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Brad Sullivan | ... |
George
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| Patricia Clarkson | ... |
Catherine Ness
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| Vito D'Ambrosio | ... |
Bowtie Driver
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Steven Goldstein | ... |
Scoop
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Peter Aylward | ... |
Lt. Anderson
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Officer Preseuski
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Robert Swan | ... |
Mountie Captain
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Federal agent Elliot Ness assembles a personal team of mob fighters to bring Chicago crime boss Al Capone to justice using unconventional means during the mob wars of the 1920s. This fictionalized account of the arrest of Al Capone is heavy on style and gunfire. The end shootout combines a baby carriage and stairs with a nod to Eisenstein's _The Battleship Potemkin_. Written by Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>
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Budget:
$25,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$76,270,454 (USA)Company Credits
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Title Card: 1930. Prohibition has transformed Chicago into a City at War. Rival gangs compete for control of the city's billion dollar empire of illegal alcohol, enforcing their will with the hand grenade and tommy gun. It is the time of the Ganglords. It is the time of Al Capone.
Reporter: [to Al Capone] An article, which I believe appeared in a newspaper, asked why, since you are, or it would seem that you are, in effect, the mayor of Chicago, you've not simply been appointed to that position.
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aria from opera "Pagliacci"
Written by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Performed by Mario Del Monaco
Conducted by Francesco Molinari Pradelli
Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma
Courtesy of London Records, A division of PolyGram Classics, Inc. See more »
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Albert H. Wolff, the last survivor of the real-life Untouchables, was a consultant to the film and helped Kevin Costner with his portrayal of Eliot Ness. See more »Goofs
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Malone is asking the first police cadet why he joined the police, he refers to the cadet's attempt to answer as giving him the "yearbook answer" instead of the "textbook answer." See more »Quotes
[first lines]Title Card: 1930. Prohibition has transformed Chicago into a City at War. Rival gangs compete for control of the city's billion dollar empire of illegal alcohol, enforcing their will with the hand grenade and tommy gun. It is the time of the Ganglords. It is the time of Al Capone.
Reporter: [to Al Capone] An article, which I believe appeared in a newspaper, asked why, since you are, or it would seem that you are, in effect, the mayor of Chicago, you've not simply been appointed to that position.
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Crazy Credits
The title of the aria "Vesti la giubba" from Leoncavallo's opera "Pagliacci" is misspelled in the closing credits of the film: "Vesti la guibba". See more »Soundtracks
"Vesti la giubba"aria from opera "Pagliacci"
Written by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Performed by Mario Del Monaco
Conducted by Francesco Molinari Pradelli
Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma
Courtesy of London Records, A division of PolyGram Classics, Inc. See more »
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