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The Untouchables
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”.
1987 · Directed by Brian De Palma · 119 min · Crime · History · Thriller · 20 frames
Tagline
What are you prepared to do?
Crew
- Written by: David Mamet
- Cinematography: Stephen H. Burum
- Edited by: Gerald B. Greenberg, Bill Pankow
- Music: Ennio Morricone
- Produced by: Art Linson
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
- Jack Kehoe as Payne
- Brad Sullivan as George
- Billy Drago as Nitti
- Patricia Clarkson as Catherine Ness
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Paramount Pictures, Linson Entertainment
- Budget: $25,000,000
- Box office: $76,270,454
- Themes: chicago, illinois, prohibition era, gangster, baseball bat, white suit, tough cop, treasury agent, untouchable, tax evasion, jury tampering
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