Arthur Julian wrote some great and funny scripts but for me with all his later episodes, the totally out of character arguing between Agarn and Dobbs spoilt the sprit of these great series for me, still among my all time favourites though
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Denny's Best
12 February 2021
Denny Miller would never win any awards and was mainly a bit part actor playing heavies, but I think this, despite reservation about the subject matter, by some , was by far the best performance I have seen him give, I thought he did really well.
"What Else could I be"
17 August 2020
Russell Shields when caught by Ness, pleads sympathy because of his disability, trying to excuse his murder and complicity in it.
Shields.. "They'll go easy on me, wont they?"
Ness. "Yeah they'll put a cushion on the electric chair"
Shields " When they see me, they will understand..... WHAT ELSE COULD I DO WHAT ELSE COULD BE (in raised voice)"
Ness picks up newspaper with head line "Roosevelt By "Landslide"
" I tell you what you could have been, you could have been elected President of the United States tomorrow" !!!!!
" I tell you what you could have been, you could have been elected President of the United States tomorrow" !!!!!
I know this is about Narcotics but,
8 August 2020
Good Start
20 July 2020
Amazing
19 July 2020
Good But
17 July 2020
At Loss
5 July 2020
I am among the greatest fans of this wonderful series of which this is an outstanding example. I am a bit of a fanatic about people being credited, and have managed to rectify some blanks for instance in relation to former Baseball Ref Art Passerrella, who appears in many episodes formerly uncredited, better known as Succoulovich in Streets of San Francisco, and Tony Dante, who has now most of the credits he appears in rectified. I am at a loss to identify a character who in this episode is one of the machine gunners in the barber shop who shoots Nick's messengers. He's a big guy with a large forehead and Ginger? hair. He even appears in The Nick Moses Story on Nitti's council called Mike by Nitti, but even for this he is not even credited!!
can anyone help in identifying such as 'Big Mike' and other uncredited persons?
Many Thanks Andy Morison.
The Scarface Mob
(1959 TV Movie)
Great But...
20 October 2019
As the world's biggest Untouchables fan it would pain me to write anything negative about this franchise. But this Pilot, at least the first part, though it does get a bit better, is pedestrian compared to the best episodes of the subsequent series, which of course we remember, forgetting the worst. First episode The Empty Chair a case in point. Of which the first few minutes even, are a step up in tempo.
Its funny that some of the original Untouchables such as Paul Dubov later sit on Frank Nitti's council and Peter Leeds is as a con in 3000 suspects!!. Eddie Firestone an Untouchable!!!! (sorry Eddie), and Paul Picerni does a complete about turn. The series has the benefit of the great music played during the episodes which this does not have. Which always adds great substance.
To me its ironic that the whole revolves around the prohibition of alcohol while most of the characters smoke like chimneys!!!
Bruce Gordon, Neville Brand, and Frank (F. Troop) de Kova are some of my all time favourites but for the first two in proper larger than life form watch the Big Train Parts 1 and 2 and Bruce and Frank in The Frank Nitti Story , Nick Acropolis etc.
Again a good watch but not a patch on the best of Series 1-3. but still way ahead of disappointing Season 4
Its funny that some of the original Untouchables such as Paul Dubov later sit on Frank Nitti's council and Peter Leeds is as a con in 3000 suspects!!. Eddie Firestone an Untouchable!!!! (sorry Eddie), and Paul Picerni does a complete about turn. The series has the benefit of the great music played during the episodes which this does not have. Which always adds great substance.
To me its ironic that the whole revolves around the prohibition of alcohol while most of the characters smoke like chimneys!!!
Bruce Gordon, Neville Brand, and Frank (F. Troop) de Kova are some of my all time favourites but for the first two in proper larger than life form watch the Big Train Parts 1 and 2 and Bruce and Frank in The Frank Nitti Story , Nick Acropolis etc.
Again a good watch but not a patch on the best of Series 1-3. but still way ahead of disappointing Season 4
Great feeling...
17 December 2018
The Guardian
(1984 TV Movie)
In same boat
30 December 2017
I recorded it into my video collection from TV many years ago and have made a DVD copy also, but I like the other reviewers would like to own an original copy myself.
Currently my Vieod/DVd player is out of action but intend to get a new one and can then make other copies of the film.
Art Passarella Never Credited
2 December 2017
Warning: Spoilers
Art Passarella plays A Jake Guzik Henchman, and is often in other Episodes such as a Nick Moses henchman, but why is he never credited here, and does not appear in the list of "Full cast and crew", why this is I am not sure as he was a well known Baseball Umpire, he is credited as Officer Sukulavich in the Streets of San Fran Cisco. so why not here.
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