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The Untouchables was a triumph of the TV crime/gangster genre, produced at the high point of the US film-series drama in the early 1960s. The series featured the crusade of Federal agent Eliot Ness (played by Robert Stack) against the Prohibition era underworld of 'Scarface' Al Capone. The long-running series featured early roles from a variety of screen personalities (such as Leslie Nielson, Peter Falk, James Coburn, Charles Bronson, Leonard Nimoy, Robert Redford, Robert Duvall) as well as established Hollywood players (Lee Van Cleef, Lee Marvin, Patricia Neal, Barbara Stanwyck, Dorothy Malone). The show set new standards for action drama and pioneered a more explicit approach to the representation of violence on TV, which in turn provoked considerable controversy as well as acclaim. Tise Vahimagi details in this text the development of the gangster genre and places The Untouchables firmly in the wider context of American cinema and television of the 1950s and 1960s, offering a sidelight onto the social and political event of the period. This book also includes illustrations and detailed credits, providing a full production history for followers of of the series.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments Introduction Part I 1. 'Seven Against the Wall' (1950-58) 2. 'The Scarface Mob' (1959) 3. 'The Untouchables': Season One (1959-60) 4. 'The Untouchables': Season Two and Three (1960-61; 1961-62) 5. 'The Untouchables': Season Four (1962-63) and After... Part II Epilog One: The American Gangster Film Cycle Epilog Two: Themes and Genre Elements Epilog Three: ABC TV and Television Violence Part III Episode Guide Season One Season Two Season Three Season Four Index

About the Author :
Tise Vahimagi is the television editor at the BFI Filmographic Unit.

Review :
"This is a solid introduction which will not only interest students of the series but also those studying gangster cinema, TV history, the portrayal of true life crime, or TV and comic book violence."--"Mulitimedia Information and Technology


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780851705637
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: BFI Publishing
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 120
  • Width: 153 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0851705634
  • Publisher Date: 01 Sep 1998
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y


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