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Loophole

  • Episode aired Nov 16, 1961
  • 52m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
86
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Jack Klugman in The Untouchables (1959)
ActionCrimeDrama

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

  • Director
    • Paul Wendkos
  • Writers
    • Oscar Fraley
    • Harry Kronman
    • Eliot Ness
  • Stars
    • Robert Stack
    • Jack Klugman
    • Martin Landau
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    86
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Paul Wendkos
    • Writers
      • Oscar Fraley
      • Harry Kronman
      • Eliot Ness
    • Stars
      • Robert Stack
      • Jack Klugman
      • Martin Landau
    • 6User reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Robert Stack
    Robert Stack
    • Eliot Ness
    Jack Klugman
    Jack Klugman
    • Morton Halas
    Martin Landau
    Martin Landau
    • Larry Coombs
    Gavin MacLeod
    Gavin MacLeod
    • Whitey Metz
    George Tobias
    George Tobias
    • Mikhail Probich
    Paul Picerni
    Paul Picerni
    • Lee Hobson
    Nicholas Georgiade
    Nicholas Georgiade
    • Enrico Rossi
    Abel Fernandez
    Abel Fernandez
    • William Youngfellow
    Steve London
    Steve London
    • Jack Rossman
    Vaughn Taylor
    Vaughn Taylor
    • District Attorney Wade
    John Wengraf
    John Wengraf
    • Gus Kleeber
    Lorna Thayer
    Lorna Thayer
    • Connie LaVerne
    Wendell Holmes
    Wendell Holmes
    • The Judge
    Joe Turkel
    Joe Turkel
    • Gobo Karsh
    Peter Brocco
    Peter Brocco
    • Pete Lavery
    Alexander Lockwood
    • Dr. Burley
    Kaaren Verne
    Kaaren Verne
    • Landlady
    • (as Karen Verne)
    Alan J. Gilbert
    • Orderly
    • (as Alan Gilbert)
    • Director
      • Paul Wendkos
    • Writers
      • Oscar Fraley
      • Harry Kronman
      • Eliot Ness
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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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.

    User reviews6

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    Featured review
    9/10
    Solid Episode
    A solid third season entry of The Untouchables, Loophole tells the story of a lawyer named Halas. played by Jack Klugman who works mostly for the mob but who also has a soft heart for the underdog, and a penchant for candy that goes back to his childhood.

    This is a man who came up poor, still feels that his hands are dirty even though he makes around 200 large a year. He doesn't like his cocky new upstart client and actually feels more of an affinity with Eliot Ness except that they're on the opposite side of the fence.

    This episode is far more character driven than most, with a flashy performance from a very young looking Martin Landau playing a ruthless up and coming mobster (is there any other kind?) who, for various reasons, some of them ethical, Klugman the lawyer would rather not be working for; but once in he cannot seem to extricate himself from his predicament.

    What makes this episode so good is guest star Jack Klugman, lower key in style than he would be later in his career, he gives a performance of depth and sincerity, showing the innate decency of a man who has lived for the most part a not very decent life.

    It's difficult to not like his character, to want him to win, get out of the rackets altogether, do something better with his life, his brains, his heart (and he clearly has one). The odds are against him, and they get worse as the episode approaches its climax. This entry in the series is way above average.
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    • telegonus
    • Nov 28, 2013

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    Details

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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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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      52 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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