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The Untouchables

Loophole

  • Episode aired Nov 16, 1961
  • 52m
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Jack Klugman in The Untouchables (1959)
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Morton Halas is an aggressive and very successful defense attorney who will stop at nothing to get his clients off. Having successfully defended Big Mike Probich he finds himself working for... Read allMorton Halas is an aggressive and very successful defense attorney who will stop at nothing to get his clients off. Having successfully defended Big Mike Probich he finds himself working for Larry Coombs, another small-time mobster who has ambition to rise to the top. Coombs and ... Read allMorton Halas is an aggressive and very successful defense attorney who will stop at nothing to get his clients off. Having successfully defended Big Mike Probich he finds himself working for Larry Coombs, another small-time mobster who has ambition to rise to the top. Coombs and his top enforcer Whitey Metz decide to knock off Probich and take over his network. They s... Read all
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
84
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  • Director
    • Paul Wendkos
  • Writers
    • Oscar Fraley(novel "The Untouchables")
    • Harry Kronman
    • Eliot Ness(book "The Untouchables")
  • Stars
    • Robert Stack
    • Jack Klugman
    • Martin Landau
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  • Director
    • Paul Wendkos
  • Writers
    • Oscar Fraley(novel "The Untouchables")
    • Harry Kronman
    • Eliot Ness(book "The Untouchables")
  • Stars
    • Robert Stack
    • Jack Klugman
    • Martin Landau
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    • 6User reviews
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    The Untouchables (1959)
    Robert Stack in The Untouchables (1959)
    Gavin MacLeod in The Untouchables (1959)
    Martin Landau in The Untouchables (1959)
    George Tobias in The Untouchables (1959)
    Jack Klugman in The Untouchables (1959)
    Jack Klugman, Martin Landau, and Gavin MacLeod in The Untouchables (1959)
    Jack Klugman and Robert Stack in The Untouchables (1959)

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    Robert Stack
    Robert Stack
    • Eliot Nessas Eliot Ness
    Jack Klugman
    Jack Klugman
    • Morton Halasas Morton Halas
    Martin Landau
    Martin Landau
    • Larry Coombsas Larry Coombs
    Gavin MacLeod
    Gavin MacLeod
    • Whitey Metzas Whitey Metz
    George Tobias
    George Tobias
    • Mikhail Probichas Mikhail Probich
    Paul Picerni
    Paul Picerni
    • Lee Hobsonas Lee Hobson
    Nicholas Georgiade
    Nicholas Georgiade
    • Enrico Rossias Enrico Rossi
    Abel Fernandez
    Abel Fernandez
    • William Youngfellowas William Youngfellow
    Steve London
    Steve London
    • Jack Rossmanas Jack Rossman
    Vaughn Taylor
    Vaughn Taylor
    • District Attorney Wadeas District Attorney Wade
    John Wengraf
    John Wengraf
    • Gus Kleeberas Gus Kleeber
    Lorna Thayer
    Lorna Thayer
    • Connie LaVerneas Connie LaVerne
    Wendell Holmes
    Wendell Holmes
    • The Judgeas The Judge
    Joe Turkel
    Joe Turkel
    • Gobo Karshas Gobo Karsh
    Peter Brocco
    Peter Brocco
    • Pete Laveryas Pete Lavery
    Alexander Lockwood
    • Dr. Burleyas Dr. Burley
    Kaaren Verne
    Kaaren Verne
    • Landladyas Landlady
    • (as Karen Verne)
    Alan J. Gilbert
    • Orderlyas Orderly
    • (as Alan Gilbert)
    • Director
      • Paul Wendkos
    • Writers
      • Oscar Fraley(novel "The Untouchables")
      • Harry Kronman
      • Eliot Ness(book "The Untouchables")
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    Morton Halas is an aggressive and very successful defense attorney who will stop at nothing to get his clients off. Having successfully defended Big Mike Probich he finds himself working for Larry Coombs, another small-time mobster who has ambition to rise to the top. Coombs and his top enforcer Whitey Metz decide to knock off Probich and take over his network. They succeed but things don't go as smoothly as planned and Eliot Ness soon has an eye witness who can identify both of them. Halas has a flair for the dramatic and just as the verdict in the case is about to be announced, he arranges for someone to stand up in open court and announce, with murder weapon in hand, that he is the killer. Ness and the District Attorney know that the fix is in and find they have to rely on their own trickery if Halas, Coombs and Metz are to face justice. —garykmcd
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    • Goofs
      Ness tells Hobson what happened in the courtroom when Metz was trying to get Halas to work for Coombs while Hobson is surprised when Hobson himself was also in the courtroom with Ness at that moment.
    • Quotes

      Morton Halas: You worry about me?

      Eliot Ness: All the time we got some big plans for you.

      Morton Halas: Like what?

      Eliot Ness: Like about twenty years to life.

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    9/10
    Jack Klugman is a crooked candy eating counselor in...
    .. a completely mistitled episode of The Untouchables. The term "loophole" usually means something that a clever attorney has found within the law to sway things in favor of his client. Here Klugman plays attorney Morton Halas who does all kinds of things outside of the law - steals evidence, suborns perjury, and pays off witnesses to just disappear - in service of his mobster clientele.

    This causes Ness' cases brought against Halas' clients to go down in defeat, and obviously irks him. But Halas gets in over his head when he allies himself with a headstrong mobster and becomes aware of a murder before it even happens, yet says and does nothing.

    This episode oddly makes Ness a - somewhat - friend of Halas, in the sense that they have mutual respect for one another. And that would seem totally odd so a backstory is invented for Halas' character that tries to explain his behavior. He was a poor abused kid who has grown up to be a Robin Hood of sort. He gives some of his time to defend poor but innocent defendants and gives out money to poor kids who remind him of himself. From that he has managed to justify, at least to himself, his many crimes.

    The Untouchables always had lots of talent in their episodes, but this one is particularly stacked (no pun intended). Not only does it have Klugman as the primary guest star, but Martin Landau is a dapper mobster who is out of his league, Gavin MacLeod plays his muscle, and George Tobias is Landau's rather benign mobster rival.
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    • Release date
      • November 16, 1961 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Desilu Productions
      • Langford Productions
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    • Runtime
      52 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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