Harry Kronman Movies

Kimble (David Janssen) uses the alias "Bill March" when he signs up as a deckhand on the Mexico-bound yacht skippered by Ralph Schuyler (Charles Bronson). The yacht's only passenger is Felice Greer (Anne Francis), who is heading toward a rendezvous with her embezzler husband Oliver (Charles Drake). What neither Kimble nor Felice realize is that Schuyler is an undercover cop, determined to put them both behind bars. But an engine-room fire radically alters the situation, placing Kimble on the horns of yet another "damned if he does, damned if he doesn't" dilemma. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Hired as a construction worker at a missile site, Kimble is one of several people trapped in an underground shaft by an explosion. Among the others similarly entombed are Congresswoman Snell (Nan Martin) and construction head Jack Glennon (Stephen McNally), who happen to be longtime enemies. Kimble must somehow patch up the differences between these two and persuade him that he is innocent of murder before the rescue party arrives--a party which includes the fugitive's dogged pursuer Lt. Gerard (Barry Morse). Featured in the cast is Richard Anderson, who would return in the series' final two-part episode as Kimble's brother-in-law Leonard Taft. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

When a philandering husband is found murdered, the man's paramour Lucey Russell (Lois Nettleton) is supsected of the crime. But Lucey has a perfect alibi: at the time of the murder, she was with a fellow named Joe Walker--which happens to be the current alias of fugitive Richard Kimble (David Janssen). Now Kimble must risk being arrested himself when he testifies as a coroner's inquest...while the victim's widow Amy (Patricia Smith) and corrupt deputy George Duncan (John Larch) cook up a scheme to frame the reluctant witness on a charge of accessory to murder. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

A pre-Man From U.N.C.L.E. Robert Vaughn appears in this episode, in which Elliot Ness (Robert Stack) is offered a hefty fee to act as executor to the estate of deceased gangster Frank Argo (Paul Birch). It seems that Frank has left millions of dollars in negotiable bonds to his son Charlie, who has apparently vanished from the face of the earth. Ness is expected to locate Charlie so that the boy can collect the fortune. But Frank's former moll Marcie (Patricia Owen) and hooldum Arno Beale (Christopher Dark) have a different plan: They intend to "invent" a Charlie Argos to claim the inheritance--whereupon they will grab it up for themselves. And as luck would have it, there happens to be a soup-kitchen volunteer (Robert Vaughn) who could pass as Charlie's twin brother. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Fugitive Richard Kimble (Richard Kimble) takes on a new alias, "Dick Lindsey", and a new job as handyman at the Bodin-Russet dog kennels. Owner Max Bodin (George Voskovec) is thinking about selling his operation, which greatly pleases his greedy daughter-in-law Cora (Nancy Malone), who has always despised both Bodin and the dog-breeding business. So anxious is Cora to get beyond Bodin's reach that she wihholds some crucial information about a prize breeding dog--an act of selfishness which could prove fatal. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

He may be calling himself Bob Davies, but Richard Kimble (David Janssen) is recognized as fugitive from justice by a fellow Korean war veteran, Joe Hallop (Tim O'Connor). Unbeknonst to Kimble. Hallop had saved his life during the war--only to be crippled and disfigured in the process. Out of gratitude, Kimble tries to help Hallop put the pieces of his life back together...little realizing that the embittered veteran has a few sinister plans of his own. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Having previously costarred in the third-season episode "The Contract", John Larkin, former star of the daytime drama The Edge of Night, and Frank Sutton, future "Sgt. Carter" on Gomer Pyle USMC, are reunited in this Season Four entry. Larkin is cast as "Lieutenant" Phillip Hedden, a former WW1 hero now running a protection racket preying on neighborhood butchers. Sutton plays Hedden's former sergeant and current partner-in-crime, Davey McCain. Though convinced of McCain's loyalty, Hedden doesn't realize that the battle-scarred Davey despises him. Ultimately, this unholy alliance is destroyed not so much by Elliot Ness (Robert Stack) as by Davey's grim determination to "win" both a pretty girl (Francine York) and a long-denied War decoration. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Frank Nitti (Bruce Gordon) hopes to expand his bootlegging empire across the US-Canadian border, setting up headquarters in the small Canadian fishing town of St. Brenden's. Meanwhile, Nitti's rival Joe Palakopoulos (Simon Oakland) has already gained a foothold in St. Brenden's, setting himself up as the town's "benefactor", not only pouring money into the impoverished community and even purchasing an organ for the local church. It is up to Elliot Ness (Robert Stack), with some preliminary assistance by an undercover agent, to persuade the town's spiritual leader Father Francis Gregory (played by Canadian actor Arthur Hill) that Palakopoulos is up to no good. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Charles Bronson guest stars as Janos Kolescu, a renegade gypsy hired by the Syndicate to establish a new illegal-liquor market amongst his own people in Chicago. Kolescu has an intensely personal reason for casting his lot with the Mob: He intends to carry out an old vendetta against the head of Chicago's "gypsy senate", who back in the Old Country had stolen a religious icon and shifted the blame to Kolescu's father. In his efforts to bring Kolescu to justice, Elliot (Robert Stack) finds himself up against one of his most elusive--and most deadly--adversaries. This episode features the first of four Untouchables appearances by future Lou Grant star Edward Asner. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Frank Gorshin is at his "Richard Widmark" best as Herbie Ketcher--a busboy by trade, a pool hustler and stool pigeon by inclination. Working at a nightclub owned by mobster Max Zenno (Albert Paulsen), Herbie supplements his income by shaking Zenno and his fellow hoodlum Martin Rawlings (Gilbert Green) for big bucks. The two thugs can do nothing to stop Herbie, who claims to have in his possession a "little book" chock full of incriminating evidence agains the Syndicate. Elliot Ness (Robert Stack) would love to get his hands on that book so he can put Zenno and his cronies away for good; the trick is to keep Herbie from getting bumped off first. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Elliot Ness (Robert Stack) heads to New Orleans to break up a smuggling ring that is delivering narcotics to Chicago. The mastermind of this operation is Emile Bouchard (Luther Adler), who is shamelessly using his family's 130-year-old shipfitting firm Bouchard et Cie to transport his illegal cargo. Suffering from delusions of grandeur, Bouchard is determined to become the "new" Al Capone, even unto building his own bulletproof limousine--which, in a typically ironic Untouchables grace-note, turns out to be Bouchard's undoing. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The price of fish in New York City has gone up nearly fifty percent, and it's all because of mobster Frank Makouris (Ricardo Montalban), who wields control over Fulton's Fish Market with an iron hand, killing and maiming his enemies in broad daylight. With Elliot Ness (Robert Stack) collaborating with a Federal Grand Jury to bring Makouris down, Joe "The Teacher" Kulak (Oscar Beregi) orders Frank to lay off on the strongarm stuff. . .at least until the heat is off. But Makouris merely steps up his campaign of terror, forcing Kulak to throw a lesser hoodlum to the wolves to get the Feds off the trail--a plan that backfires disastrously. With this episode, Gene Roth becomes the first of several actors to play the role of infamous gangster Louie "Lepke" Buchalter, while Robert Wilke takes over from Lawrence Dobkin in the role of Dutch Schultz. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide