The Untouchables
Ring of Terror
TV Flash files “Ring of Terror” as hour 52 of 118 in the TV Flash guide — The Untouchables (1959–1963) on ABC, season 2, episode 24, aired 1961-04-13, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E24: listed hour 52 of 118 in the The Untouchables guide, hour 24 of 32 in season 2. It aired 1961-04-13 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Testimony of Evil” (S02E23). Next is “Mr. Moon” (S02E25).
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When boxer Joey McGrath dies in the ring, the medical examiner reports no special circumstances and the Press put it down to a tragic accident. A lab technician in the ME's office informs Eliot Ness that the medical report was fixed and McGrath had a high level of morphine in his blood, suggesting he had been drugged before the bout. McGrath's manager Barney Jarreau is a straight arrow who wasn't involved in the fix but with the McGrath incident about to be reviewed, numbers racketeer Rudy Krasna decides to force Jarreau's hand to fix an upcoming championship fight.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Ring of Terror sit in the The Untouchables guide?
S02E24 is listed hour 52 of 118 — hour 24 of 32 in season 2, season 2 episode 24.
When did The Untouchables S02E24 air?
Ring of Terror aired 1961-04-13 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Stack's Ness and Winchell's newsreel bark in early Chicago-raid form. The granite stare and the tommy-gun morality are the brief.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The Untouchables is Eliot Ness versus Capone's Chicago: Robert Stack's granite stare, Walter Winchell's newsreel bark, Desilu muscle, machine-gun morality in sharp suits. Watch it in 2026 as violent prestige crime that pushed 1950s network boundaries — raids as spectacle, and a national argument about blood and stereotype.
The work is a raid with newsreel grammar. ABC's *The Untouchables* (1959–1963) makes Robert Stack's granite stare into crime-drama law: 118 episodes, four seasons, Eliot Ness and an incorruptible squad, Walter Winchell's rat-a-tat narration, Desilu production gloss, machine-gun morality in sharp suits. Loosely inspired by Ness's Prohibition-era memoir. Quinn Martin's later crime empire would refine the procedural; this was the loud opening statement. Justice came in fedoras and final shootouts.
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