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The Untouchables

1987 film directed by Brian De Palma

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"The Untouchables" is a 1987 film directed by Brian De Palma about federal agents working to take down organized crime during Prohibition. The film is notable as a significant work from acclaimed director De Palma and remains a widely recognized crime drama from that era.

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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”.

Released: 1987-06-03119 minDir: Brian De PalmaCrime, History, Thriller

Cast

Kevin Costner as Eliot Ness
Sean Connery as Jim Malone
Robert De Niro as Al Capone
Charles Martin Smith as Oscar Wallace
Andy Garcia as George Stone
Richard Bradford as Mike

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Key dates

Published: 15 October 1987

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Article

The Untouchables is a 1987 American crime film directed by Brian De Palma, produced by Art Linson and written by David Mamet. It stars Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy García, Robert De Niro and Sean Connery. Set in 1930 Chicago, the film follows Eliot Ness (Costner) as he forms the Untouchables team to bring Al Capone (De Niro) to justice during Prohibition. It is the fourth film on which De Niro and De Palma collaborated, after Greetings (De Niro's first lead in a feature role), The Wedding Party and Hi, Mom!.

The screenplay is loosely based on Ness's and Oscar Fraley's 1957 book The Untouchables and the real-life events on which it is based, although most of its plot is fictionalized. The Academy Award-nominated, Grammy Award-winning score is composed by Ennio Morricone and features period music by Duke Ellington.