"The Untouchables"
The Mark of Cain (1960)

Director:

Walter Grauman

Writers:

Oscar Fraley (novel)
David Zelag Goodman (writer)

TV Series:

"The Untouchables" (1959)

Original Air Date:

17 November 1960 (Season 2, Episode 5)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Mafia | Police | Federal Agent | Organized Crime | US Treasury Agents

Cast

Robert Stack	...	Eliot Ness
Henry Silva	...	'Little' Charlie Sebastino
Will Kuluva	...	Frank Genna
Conrad Janis	...	Sticks
Eduardo Ciannelli	...	Joe Genna
Paul Picerni	...	Agent Lee Hobson
Paula Raymond	...	Sylvia Genna
Joyce Taylor	...	Singer
Abel Fernandez	...	Agent William Youngfellow
Nicholas Georgiade	...	Agent Enrico Rossi
Wolfe Barzell	...	Salvatore Sebastino
Vic Perrin	...	Robert Riordan
Gilman Rankin	...	Rawlins
Carol Eve Rossen	...	Carol (as Carol Rossen)
Jason Wingreen	...	Turner

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Desilu Productions

The Heroin Emperor

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A petty racket is turned into an empire of heroin by Little Charlie Sebastino, until a girl dies of an overdose and the mob shuts him down for fear of publicity. Back to bootlegging, he raids his own brewery and claims his uncle was killed in a shootout with Ness.

Not a Federal job, concludes the head of the council that "closed" him. Sebastino feeds dope to a junkie nightclub drummer in exchange for an assassination.

The dead man's brother assumes control. The council break a pencil each to signify their vote, Sebastino dies for defying their law and supplying the junkie.

Conrad Janis in the latter role contributes an impression of Frank Sinatra in The Man With The Golden Arm. Eduardo Ciannelli is in top form as the top boss, Will Kuluva is his brother, whose wife (Paula Raymond) is having an affair with Sebastino, played by Henry Silva as if the style of his suit delimited his ferocity, which is to say, on a fine scale of reserved depravity.