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Eliot Ness (April 19, 1903 – May 16, 1957) was an American Prohibition agent known for his efforts to bring down Al Capone while enforcing Prohibition in Chicago.
Eliot Ness around 1933. The Untouchables were special agents, also known as "dry agents," of the U.S. Bureau of Prohibition led by Eliot Ness, who, from 1930 to 1932, worked to end Al Capone's illegal activities by aggressively enforcing Prohibition laws against his organization.
Eliot Ness in 1931. The most famous dry agent of the bureau was undoubtedly the "Untouchable" Eliot Ness. [35] The group of agents that Ness oversaw, "The Untouchables," were by far the most famous group of prohibition agents. [35] Ness was overseen by the northwest district administrator, Malachi Harney, based out of the Chicago Prohibition ...
Eliot Ness Ness was best known as the American Prohibition agent who organized and led a crack team of incorruptible agents known as The Untouchables to take down Al Capone and other major criminals.
The Untouchables is an autobiographical memoir by Eliot Ness co-written with Oscar Fraley, published in 1957. [1] The book deals with the experiences of Ness, who was a federal agent in the Bureau of Prohibition, as he fought crime in Chicago in the late 1920s and early 1930s with the help of a special team of agents handpicked for their incorruptibility, nicknamed The Untouchables.
Set in Chicago in 1930, the film follows Eliot Ness (Costner) as he forms the Untouchables team to bring Al Capone (De Niro) to justice during Prohibition. This is the third film which featured the collaboration between De Niro and De Palma, after De Niro’s debut major role film Greetings (1968) and Hi, Mom!
In the film, Nitti dies after being thrown off a Chicago courthouse roof by Ness (Kevin Costner) during Al Capone's tax evasion trial in the early 1930s, well before his suicide in 1943. He is portrayed by Anthony LaPaglia in the 1988 biopic Nitti: The Enforcer. He is portrayed by Paul Regina in the 1993 TV show The Untouchables.
Eliot Ness. Kevin Costner as Eliot Ness. ... Already on the Mt. Rushmore of heroes in pop culture before ever having a movie, once it finally happened in 1978 with Christopher Reeve in the role ...