The death of a boxer who was drugged with a lot of morphine during a fight brings Eliot Ness and The Untouchables into this case. Turns out his trainer Walter Burke who was a junkie himself did the deed. Then he winds up dead in a bathtub.
Who's behind it is of course the syndicate. Boxing and organized crime have always had a symbiotic relationship of sorts. During the 30s the syndicate owned the heavyweight championship briefly with Primo Carnera in real life.
The key is manager Harold J. Stone who has a reputation as a straight arrow in the fight game. But sad to say his wife Viveca Lindfors has the fact that she is an illegal alien in her past. Something that the syndicate will use if necessary to keep Stone from telling what he knows.
I've come to the conclusion that when The Untouchables uses real names and events to fashion an episode many times it's inferior to one like this where reality doesn't enter the picture. This one is very good and Viveca Lindfors really steals it as a woman with a past who loves her husband.
Who's behind it is of course the syndicate. Boxing and organized crime have always had a symbiotic relationship of sorts. During the 30s the syndicate owned the heavyweight championship briefly with Primo Carnera in real life.
The key is manager Harold J. Stone who has a reputation as a straight arrow in the fight game. But sad to say his wife Viveca Lindfors has the fact that she is an illegal alien in her past. Something that the syndicate will use if necessary to keep Stone from telling what he knows.
I've come to the conclusion that when The Untouchables uses real names and events to fashion an episode many times it's inferior to one like this where reality doesn't enter the picture. This one is very good and Viveca Lindfors really steals it as a woman with a past who loves her husband.