An Eye for an Eye 

A father's heartbreak at his son's death leads him to partner with Eliot Ness to bring in a major liquor distributor. Charles Tarasovich knows his son delivered liquor for Sol Girsch and ... See full summary »

Director:

Robert Gist

Writers:

Eliot Ness (book), Oscar Fraley (book)

Stars:

Robert Stack, Jack Klugman, George Voskovec

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Robert Stack	...	Eliot Ness
Jack Klugman	...	Solly Girsh
George Voskovec	...	Charles Tarasovich
Paul Picerni	...	Lee Hobson
Nicholas Georgiade	...	Enrico Rossi
Abel Fernandez	...	William Youngfellow
Sheldon Allman	...	Harry Mastrogeorge
Frank Wilcox	...	Beecher Asbury
Joe Turkel	...	Deuces Kobler (as Joseph Turkel)
George Murdock	...	Pete Topchinski
Joseph J. Greene	...	William Baron (as Joe Greene)
Lea Marmer	...	Anna Tarasovich (as Leah Marmer)
Quentin Sondergaard	...	Lennie
Roy Thinnes	...	Red Thomas
Charles Fredericks	...	Judge Hilliet Pitler

Storyline

A father's heartbreak at his son's death leads him to partner with Eliot Ness to bring in a major liquor distributor. Charles Tarasovich knows his son delivered liquor for Sol Girsch and Ness knows it as well, but without a witness who's actually done business with Girsch, there's no chance of getting a conviction. Charles offers to set a trap for Girsch and Ness agrees. Girsch meanwhile has seen his business grow to over 500 distributors and now wants a better deal from those who manufacture the illicit liquor. He also brings in some mobsters from Detroit to make sure he gets it.

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Plot Keywords:

birthday party | death of a son | father's revenge | ambivalent | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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User Reviews

Beecher Asbury in court

One of the things that we are likely to forget about The Untouchables is that Eliot Ness and his squad worked for US Attorney Beecher Asbury in the entire run of the series. This episode is one of the few that you will see Frank Wilcox actually in court.

What Wilcox is in court about is a case against Jack Klugman who is the distributor and middleman of a bootlegging outfit that has a big amount of small sellers from various little shops. Klugman's networked them rather effectively and now he wants a bigger cut from the wholesale manufacturers of the liquor.

George Voskovec's son is killed driving for Klugman and Voskovec comes to Robert Stack and wants to get even. Voskovec starts selling out of his place of business and then turns Klugman in. What happens with he and Klugman in court is the basis of this story.

The two guest stars and former members of the jury in 12 Angry Men truly dominate this story. It's a good one.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 February 1963 (USA)

Filming Locations:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

Desilu Productions, Langford Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

52 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1