The Untouchables
The Lily Dallas Story
Season 2, Episode 21 · Aired 1961-03-16
Synopsis
Lily Dallas is a highly intelligent ex-con who has a history of committing bank robberies. This time she and her husband George 'Blackie' Dallas, who is known for his deft use of a Tommy gun, kidnap a well known and very rich businessman Thomas B. Randall and demand $300,000 ransom. Mrs. Randall follows their instructions and doesn't contact the police until after she has paid the ransom so Ness puts out a rumor that all of the bills have been marked.
In the series
This episode is part of The Untouchables (1959–1963) on ABC.
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Key cast
- Robert Stack as Eliot Ness
- Nicholas Georgiade as Agent Rossi
- Paul Picerni as Agent Youngfellow
- Bruce Gordon as Frank Nitti