Eliot Ness and The Untouchables get good and involved in what would normally be a homicide handled by the Chicago PD. That's because Robert Stack was friendly with the victim, a nightclub comedian and front man for a club run by mobster Murvyn Vye. The killing was brutal too, the victim was shot down while in a Santa Claus suit after leaving an orphanage run by Russell Collins.
What happened was that the victim did witness a slaying at the nightclub and those the police think of as witnesses are being systematically eliminated. While that's going on Vye remains hidden and unavailable.
A good episode to kick off the final season of The Untouchables. Best performance in there is that of Edward Asner who was another witness. His scene with Robert Stack in the police station where Asner spills all the beans is the highlight of this episode. Asner plays a real mook of a human being, but tragic nonetheless.
What happened was that the victim did witness a slaying at the nightclub and those the police think of as witnesses are being systematically eliminated. While that's going on Vye remains hidden and unavailable.
A good episode to kick off the final season of The Untouchables. Best performance in there is that of Edward Asner who was another witness. His scene with Robert Stack in the police station where Asner spills all the beans is the highlight of this episode. Asner plays a real mook of a human being, but tragic nonetheless.