The Untouchables (1987)
- Starring:
- Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, (more)
- Director(s):
- Brian De Palma
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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Like the TV series that shared the same title, The Untouchables (1987) was an account of the battle between gangster Al Capone and lawman Eliot Ness, this time in the form of a feature film boasting big stars, a big budget, and a script from respected playwright David Mamet. Kevin Costner stars as Ness, a federal agent who has come to Chicago during the Prohibition Era, when corruption in the local police department is rampant. His mission is to put crime lord Capone (Robert De Niro) out of business, but Capone is so powerful and popular that Ness is not taken seriously by the law or the press. One night, discouraged, he meets a veteran patrolman, Jimmy Malone (Sean Connery), and discovers that the acerbic Irishman is the one honest man he's been seeking. Malone has soon helped Ness recruit a gunslinger rookie, George Stone (Andy Garcia), and, joined by nebbish accountant Oscar Wallace (Charles Martin Smith), the men doggedly pursue Capone and his illegal interests. At first a laughingstock, Ness soon has Capone outraged over his and Malone's sometimes law-bending tactics, and the vain mobster strikes back in vicious style. Ultimately, it is the most unexpected and minor of crimes, tax evasion, which proves Capone's undoing. All of the credits for The Untouchables boasted big names, including music from Ennio Morricone and costumes by Giorgio Armani. Director Brian De Palma continued his tradition of including a homage to past masters of the cinema with a taut stairway shoot-out reminiscent of a similar sequence in Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin (1925). ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 119 mins
Complete Cast:
- Kevin Costner - Eliot Ness
- Charles Martin Smith - Oscar Wallace
- Robert De Niro - Al Capone
- Jack Kehoe - Walter Payne
- Billy Drago - Frank Nitti
- Joe V. Greco - Bodyguard
- James Guthrie - Pagliacci
- Del Close - Alderman
- John Bracci - Fat Man
- Tim Gamble - Reporter
- Greg Noonan - Rangemaster
- Don Harvey - Preseuski
- Jennifer Anglim - Woman in Elevator
- Chelcie Ross - Reporter
- Peter Aylward - Lt. Alderson
- Aditra Kohl - Blackmer Girl
- Kaitlin Montgomery - Ness's Daughter
- Patrick Billingsley - Bailiff
- Sean Grennan - Cop Cousin
- Clem Caserta - Bodyguard
- Tony Mockus - Judge
- Charles Keller Watson - Reporter
- Will Zahrn - Defense Attorney
- Sean Connery - Jim Malone
- Andy Garcia - George Stone
- Richard Bradford - Mike
- Brad Sullivan - George
- Patricia Clarkson - Catherine Ness
- Louie Lanciloti - Barber
- Bob Martana - Bodyguard
- Meldoy Rae - Union Station Woman
- Steve Goldstein - Scoop
- Mike Bacarella - Overcoat Hood
- Kevin Michael Doyle - Williamson
- Valentino Cimo - Bodyguard
- Robert Swan - Mountie Captain
- Vito D'Ambrosio - Bow Tie Driver
- Basil Reale - Hotel Clerk
- Larry Brandenburg - Reporter
- Robert Miranda - Gunned Head
- John J. Walsh - Bartender
- Colleen Bade - Mrs. Blackmer
- Eddie Minasian - Butler
- Sam Smiley - Bailiff
- Michael Byrne - Ness's Clerk
- Vince Viverito Sr. - Italian Waiter
- Director(s):
- Brian De Palma
- Writer(s):
- David Mamet, Brian De Palma
- Producer(s):
- Art Linson
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Not For Children, Violence)
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- 1987 - The Untouchables - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best Score
- 1987 - The Untouchables - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- 1987 - The Untouchables - National Board of Review - Best Supporting Actor
