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The Untouchables

1987·119 min

The Untouchables

Directed by Brian De Palma

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Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname “The Untouchables”.

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Eliot Ness

Jim Malone

Al Capone

Charles Martin Smith

Oscar Wallace

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Stephen H. Burum

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Ennio Morricone

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The Untouchables (1987) is about elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname “The Untouchables”.

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Brian De Palma directed The Untouchables (1987).

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