"The Untouchables" The Underground Railway (1959)

Director:

Walter Grauman

Writers:

Leonard Kantor (written by)
Eliot Ness (book) ...
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TV Series:

"The Untouchables" (1959)

Original Air Date:

31 December 1959 (Season 1, Episode 12)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama

Plot:

When Frank Halloway breaks out of prison, his crooked lawyer arranges for him to follow the underground...

Plot Keywords:

Organized Crime | Mafia | Police | Cult TV | U.S. Treasury Agent

Cast

Robert Stack	...	Eliot Ness
Virginia Vincent	...	Mona Valentine
Joe De Santis	...	Daniel Oates
Cliff Robertson	...	Frank Halloway
Jerry Paris	...	Agent Martin Flaherty
Frank Ferguson	...	Dr. James Crenshaw
Ernest Sarracino	...	Tomaso Fellini
Linda Wong	...	Tuki
Steve London	...	Agent Jack Rossman
Walter Winchell	...	Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Richard Erdman	...	Workman at Diner (uncredited)
John Harmon	...	Ed Johnson (uncredited)
Bob Hopkins	...	Charley Brant (uncredited)
David McMahon	...	Police Captain (uncredited)
Maudie Prickett	...	Telephone Supervisor (uncredited)

Directed by
Walter Grauman		(as Walter E. Grauman)

Writing credits
Leonard Kantor		(written by)
Eliot Ness		(book "The Untouchables") and
Oscar Fraley		(book "The Untouchables")

Produced by
Quinn Martin	....	executive producer
Josef Shaftel	....	producer

Cinematography by
Charles Straumer		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Ben Ray		(as Ben H. Ray)

Casting by
Kerwin Coughlin

Art Direction by
Ralph Berger
Frank T. Smith

Set Decoration by
Sandy Grace

Makeup Department
Irene Beshon	....	hair stylist
Kiva Hoffman	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Argyle Nelson	....	production supervisor (as W. Argyle Nelson)
Lloyd Richards	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vincent McEveety	....	assistant director
Sergei Petschnikoff	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Irving A. Feinberg	....	property master (as Irving Feinberg)

Sound Department
T.T. Triplett	....	sound engineer
Josef von Stroheim	....	sound editor
Cam McCulloch	....	sound engineer (uncredited)
Joseph G. Sorokin	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Frank Delmar	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Bill Heath	....	editorial supervisor

Music Department
Nelson Riddle	....	composer: theme music
Ted Roberts	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Arthur Fellows	....	assistant to executive producer
Harry Fried	....	story editor

Production Companies

• Desilu Productions
• Langford Productions

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1959) (USA) (TV) (original airing)

Special Effects

• Howard Anderson Company, The

Other Companies

• Glen Glenn Sound Company  sound

Runtime:

USA:51 min (DVD) | USA: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

Great story and performance.

Cliff Robertson underplays the role of Frank Halloway, to great effect. Halloway is a brutal, ruthless and completely amoral killer and thief. When the story starts out his looks match his disposition, but because of some dental work and plastic surgery he becomes handsome and can't be recognized. He also kills just about everyone he comes in contact with, even those who have helped him to get as far as he did. He's not a smart criminal, but has tremendous animal cunning. He operates completely on instinct and self-preservation. In other words his heart is made of rat meat. He changes his looks, but inside remains ugly and evil. He is single minded and that is also his undoing. My favorite episode of The Untouchables, an excellent show I've loved since I was a kid in the 60s.