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S1·E1 The Empty Chair"Chicago, May 5, 1932. After 7 months of legal delays, Al Capone... was on his way to federal prison, to serve 11 years for income tax evasion."* Eliot Ness and his…
S1·E2 Ma Barker and Her BoysJanuary 16, 1935. Oklawaha, Florida. Eliot Ness, along with Bill Youngfellow and Martin Flaherty, are closing in on Ma Barker, who is holed up in a house along with 2 of…
S1·E3 The Jake Lingle KillingGangs have divided Chicago in 2-- the northside is run by the Bertshce mob, the southside by the Viale brothers, Augie & Vito. The line of demarcation being Madison…
S1·E4 The George Bugs Moran StoryMarch 2, 1932. Gangster Joe Carroll, sidekick of George "Bugs" Moran, kidnaps 9-year-old Larry Halloran, Jr.-- the son of Lawrence Halloran, president of the United…
S1·E5 Ain't We Got Fun?Summer 1933, Chicago. The mobsters were branching out from liquor, going into the numbers racket, call girls, gambling and dope. One of the most successful gangsters is…
S1·E6 The Vincent Mad Dog Coll StoryFebruary 1931. In Churchill Downs, the entries for the Kentucky Derby are closed. Tight-fisted Dutch Schultz, beer baron of the Bronx, places a bet with the Syndicate:…
S1·E7 Mexican Stake-OutEliot Ness is lured south of the border to retrieve a witness who will help his case. Only it's a set-up...once there, the mobster on trial is planning to have Ness…
S1·E8 The Artichoke KingApril 19, 1931. New York City. Every 48 hours, more than 25 million pounds of fruits and vegetables stream into the city; this multi-million dollar business is the…
S1·E9 The Tri-State GangIn the latter part of 1933, there was an epidemic of truck hijackings in the states of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania; this was the work of 6 gangsters: the…
S1·E10 The Dutch Schultz StoryMarch 1935. One of the toughest mobsters in New York City is Dutch Schultz. He and his mob were responsible for over 100 murders. Dutch is into every racket: liquor,…
S1·E11 You Can't Pick the NumberChicago, October 1932. The depths of the Great Depression, marked by unemployment and poverty. The only chance some people felt they had to rise out of poverty, if…
S1·E12 The Underground RailwayThe night of August 3, 1933, outside the Louisburg Federal Prison in Pennsylvania. After serving 2 years of a life sentence for his part in the holdup of a Federal…
S1·E13 Syndicate Sanctuary30 miles from Chicago, the (fictitious) Calum City; population: 10,000. Judge Leon Zabo is running for mayor, to clean up the town. Working hard in his campaign…
S1·E14 The Noise of DeathChicago, March 31, 1933. Giuseppe ""Joe"" Bucco is at home when he gets a visit from his wife's cousin, Barbara Vittorini-- she says her husband Arturo has been missing…
S1·E15 Star Witness1934. The Depression was over 4 years old, and Al Capone was in Alcatraz. Many of the rackets had seemingly legit fronts, such as Midwest Enterprises, Inc. -- the…
S1·E16 The St. Louis StorySpring 1931. Gangland warfare had broken out again with sudden violence in the streets of St. Louis. Tim Harrington, who was long entrenched as the undisputed boss of…
S1·E17 One-Armed BanditsChicago, February 1932. Crime has been spreading all over, from the dark alleys of Cicero to the social atmosphere of the Gold Coast. Crooked attorney Paul Curtiz is…
S1·E18 Little EgyptLittle Egypt (not the Belly Dancer) was the city of Morraine, the heart of the gangster-infected area in downstate Illinois known as ""Little Egypt."" Election night,…
S1·E19 The Big SqueezeChicago. Prior to May 1934, robbing state banks was not a federal offense. Bandits only had local police to contend with, and they were often understaffed, inefficient…
S1·E20 The Unhired Assassin (1)Movie: ""The Gun of Zangara""
Chicago. November 9, 1932. FDR has just been elected president, and the repeal of Prohibition is inevitable. But later that night, Ness…
S1·E21 The Unhired Assassin (2)Movie: ""The Gun of Zangara"" (continued)
Nitti's plenty sore! Mayor Cermak's stepped-up law enforcement has cut deeply into Nitti's operations. In the Montmartre…
S1·E22 The White SlaversMarch 31, 1934; Prohibition is over. Al Capone is still running things from Alcatraz, his new money-maker is ""white slavery"" which refers to prostitution; his main…
S1·E23 Three Thousand SuspectsSeptember 1932. The Federal Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, 430 miles west-southwest of Chicago, houses some of the nation's worst criminals. One of them is Nick…
S1·E24 The Doreen Maney StoryNew York City: Yankee Stadium, the Bronx. On the evening of June 8, 1933, Max Baer knocked out Max Schmeling in the 10th round of their scheduled 15-round championship…
S1·E25 Portrait of a ThiefChicago, 1931. Eliot Ness and his men had cracked the bootleg empire of Al Capone, by smashing his breweries and speakeasies.* But now, thousands of gallons of alcohol…
S1·E26 Underworld BankNew York City. Saturday, September 23, 1933. Top rackets boss Milo Sullivan is the head of ""Crime, Inc."" He has a meet with 5 other crime lords: Augie Epstein…
S1·E27 Head of Fire - Feet of ClayChicago. (year?)* The jury had been out for 12 hours, on the case Ness had worked so hard on, trying to get a conviction for top mobster Johnny Fortunato. Now the…
S1·E28 The Frank Nitti Story1934. Prohibition had been repealed (the Volstead Act ran from January 17, 1920 - April 7, 1933). The syndicate was looking for new sources of revenue. Frank Nitti…Cast
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Dick Cherney
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Lovyss Bradley
Matron
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George Ford
Race Spectator (uncredited)
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Roy Damron
Observer at Scene (uncredited)
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Russell Custer
Boxing Spectator (uncredited)
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Mason Curry
Coroner (uncredited)
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Hal Taggart
Doctor (uncredited)
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Howard Culver
Charlie (uncredited)
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Michael Hinn
Sheriff
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Roy Engel
Fire Chief Dawson (uncredited)
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Guy Way
Hood (uncredited)
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Penny Santon
Gio's Wife
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Dan Seymour
Cy Brenner (uncredited)
Crew
- Creator
- Quinn Martin
- Director
- Walter Grauman
Details
- First air date
- Oct 15, 1959
- Last air date
- May 21, 1963
- Seasons
- 4
- Episodes
- 118
- Episode runtime
- 60 min
- Network
- ABC
- Status
- Ended
- Studios
- Desilu Productions, Langford Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
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