Episode Info
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Episode number: 3x3 Airdate: Thursday October 26th, 1961 |
Guest Stars
Uncredited
Main Cast
Recap
On August 28, 1933, the Untouchables, along with a detachment of undercover plainclothes Chicago police, are staking out an amusement pier on the lakefront. Sources indicate that circus impresario Alexander Raeder, owner of the pier, is the source of the narcotics which have been recently flooding the Windy City. Eliot Ness has received an anonymous tip that Raeder is delivering 15 lbs. of heroin, worth half a million dollars, to a syndicate contact. The drop-off point for the transaction is inside the Tunnel of Horrors, a carnival ride at the amusement park. The ride is operated by one Johnny Selkirk, an employee of Raeder...Read the full recap
Episode Notes
Arnold Justin's plea to Eliot Ness demanding protection from Frank Nitti is very similar to the one made by Emile Bouchard in Season Two's Murder Under Glass.
Martin Balsam would return later in Season Three in Man in the Middle.
This episode marks the first of two times that a character played by Don Gordon would dive into the water to escape from Eliot Ness. Gordon would repeat the act in Fall Guy.
Don Gordon would return in Fall Guy, Ginnie Littlesmith Story, and One Last Killing.
Location: Chicago
Episode Quotes
Weisman: Make a will, Mr. Justin. It's later than you think.
Nitti: (to Justin) Don't go to sleep. You may never wake up.
Weisman: I'll give you even money that Maddern is dead and Justin is still goin'.
Justin: You're wrong, Weisman. The rabbit is back.
Justin: You're wrong, Weisman. The rabbit is back.
Raeder: (to the Untouchables) Since when is an employer responsible for the background of his employees?
Justin: (to Ness) What's the matter--my success gone to your head?
Ness: (to Justin) NItti took a big chance. I wouldn't trust you with the time of day.
Ness: You're a liar!
Justin: Well of course I am but you can't prove it. That's where we separate the men from the boys everytime.
Justin: Well of course I am but you can't prove it. That's where we separate the men from the boys everytime.
Analysis
The last of the three sledge hammer episodes which opened Season Three has Ness dealing with a foe he seems to despise worse than even Frank Nitti--a crooked cop. Martin Balsam is memorable as the disgraced former cop who matches wits with Ness over missing heroin and Bruce Gordon is even more nastier than usual as Frank Nitti.
Other Episode Crew
| • Executive Producer | Alan A. Armer |
| • Producer | Lloyd Richards |
| • Associate Producer | Vincent McEveety |
| • Casting | James Lister (2) | Lynn Stalmaster |
| • Music Supervisor | Robert H. Raff |
| • Make-up | Kiva Hoffman |
| • Set Decorator | Harry Gordon |
| • Property Master | Allan Levine |
| • Director of Photography | Charles Straumer |
| • Story Editor | Del Reisman |
| • Production Supervisor | James Paisley |
| • Art Director | Howard Hollander | Rolland M. Brooks |
| • Production Management | Marvin Stuart |
| • Sound Editor | Joseph G. Sorokin |
| • Based On The Works Of | Oscar Fraley | Eliot Ness |
| • Film Editor | Ben Ray |
| • Researcher | Kellam De Forest |
| • Costumer | Frank Delmar |
| • Assistant Director | Ted Schilz |
| • Sound Engineer | S.G. Haughton |
| • Executive In Charge Of Production | Jerry Thorpe |
| • Composer | Nelson Riddle |
| • Editorial Supervisor | Bill Heath |
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