The Untouchables
The Empty Chair
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 1959-10-15
Synopsis
This is the story created to explain the formation of the Untouchable 'team' led by Eliot Ness. In Chicago, Eliot is asking for a small,elite team of courageous and honorable,very trustworthy and patriotic men to act independently to get at the heart of the mob through secret and clandestine operations. Paves the way for the series.
In the series
This episode is part of The Untouchables (1959–1963) on ABC.
Eliot Ness vs. Capone's Chicago — machine-gun morality plays in sharp suits.
Key cast
- Robert Stack as Eliot Ness
- Nicholas Georgiade as Agent Rossi
- Paul Picerni as Agent Youngfellow
- Bruce Gordon as Frank Nitti