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| Title: | The Economist |
| Episode Number: | 92 |
| Season: | 4 |
| Season Episode #.: | 4 |
| Original Airdate: | Tuesday October 16th, 1962 |
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The search is on for a large quantity of illicit whiskey which was hidden in an old ammo dump by mobster Vince "the Moor" Tunis in order to jack up the price. Unfortunately for Tunis, underling Charlie Grach stole the whiskey and hid it somewhere else. Then Grach died from injuries sustained in a car accident. Tunis and Eliot Ness both search for a missing accomplice of Grach's who can tell them the location of the booze.
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The Untouchables don't appear until approximately 13 minutes into this episode.
| The show had some unusual names for villains after agreeing not to use Italian surnames unless it was a real life gangster. Vince "the Moor" Tunis ranks as one of the most unusual.
| Malachi Throne would appear in two more Season Four episodes: Doublecross and Globe of Death.
| Locations: Chicago, Washington DC
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Tunis: (after discovering that the whiskey is missing) Bring me Charlie Grach!!!
| Narrator: (about the economy) Things were so bad even the bootleggers went hungry. Hungry for profits.
| Grach: Mr. Barnett, I only did what I was told.
Barnett: All right, Charlie. Everybody knows you only do what you're told. So now I'm telling you--shut up!
| Tunis: You don't manipulate prices with an eye-dropper
| Narrator: Chicago didn't know it but the city was about to dry up.
| Narrator: In 1932 a week's pay carried more weight with the unemployed than a lifetime of ethics.
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The scene where Tunis and Henning have their meeting is supposed to take place at 6:00 a.m. but it's obvious from the shadows that the sun is directly overhead so this scene was filmed sometime around noon.
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The doldrums officially set in with this episode. Not a complete clunker but there's nothing really outstanding to recommend either. Such was the way of Season Four.
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