Season 1
(1959)
Cast
as Eliot Ness
as Enrico Rossi
as Jack Rossman
as Lee Hobson
as William Youngfellow
as Narrator
Episodes
The Empty Chair 0.0
October 15, 1959
"Chicago, May 5, 1932. After 7 months of legal delays, Al Capone... was on his way to federal prison, to serve 11 years…
Ma Barker and Her Boys 0.0
October 22, 1959
January 16, 1935. Oklawaha, Florida. Eliot Ness, along with Bill Youngfellow and Martin Flaherty, are closing in on Ma …
The Jake Lingle Killing 0.0
October 29, 1959
Gangs have divided Chicago in 2-- the northside is run by the Bertshce mob, the southside by the Viale brothers, Augie …
The George Bugs Moran Story 0.0
November 5, 1959
March 2, 1932. Gangster Joe Carroll, sidekick of George "Bugs" Moran, kidnaps 9-year-old Larry Halloran, Jr.-- the son …
Ain't We Got Fun? 0.0
November 12, 1959
Summer 1933, Chicago. The mobsters were branching out from liquor, going into the numbers racket, call girls, gambling …
The Vincent Mad Dog Coll Story 0.0
November 19, 1959
February 1931. In Churchill Downs, the entries for the Kentucky Derby are closed. Tight-fisted Dutch Schultz, beer baro…
Mexican Stake-Out 0.0
November 26, 1959
Eliot 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 Artichoke King 0.0
December 3, 1959
April 19, 1931. New York City. Every 48 hours, more than 25 million pounds of fruits and vegetables stream into the cit…
The Tri-State Gang 0.0
December 10, 1959
In the latter part of 1933, there was an epidemic of truck hijackings in the states of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylva…
The Dutch Schultz Story 0.0
December 17, 1959
March 1935. One of the toughest mobsters in New York City is Dutch Schultz. He and his mob were responsible for over 10…
You Can't Pick the Number 10.0
December 24, 1959
Chicago, October 1932. The depths of the Great Depression, marked by unemployment and poverty. The only chance some p…
The Underground Railway 0.0
December 31, 1959
The night of August 3, 1933, outside the Louisburg Federal Prison in Pennsylvania. After serving 2 years of a life sen…
Syndicate Sanctuary 0.0
January 7, 1960
30 miles from Chicago, the (fictitious) Calum City; population: 10,000. Judge Leon Zabo is running for mayor, to clean…
The Noise of Death 0.0
January 14, 1960
Chicago, March 31, 1933. Giuseppe ""Joe"" Bucco is at home when he gets a visit from his wife's cousin, Barbara Vittor…
Star Witness 0.0
January 14, 1960
1934. The Depression was over 4 years old, and Al Capone was in Alcatraz. Many of the rackets had seemingly legit fro…
The St. Louis Story 0.0
January 28, 1960
Spring 1931. Gangland warfare had broken out again with sudden violence in the streets of St. Louis. Tim Harrington, …
One-Armed Bandits 0.0
February 4, 1960
Chicago, February 1932. Crime has been spreading all over, from the dark alleys of Cicero to the social atmosphere of …
Little Egypt 0.0
February 11, 1960
Little Egypt (not the Belly Dancer) was the city of Morraine, the heart of the gangster-infected area in downstate Illi…
The Big Squeeze 0.0
February 18, 1960
Chicago. Prior to May 1934, robbing state banks was not a federal offense. Bandits only had local police to contend w…
The Unhired Assassin (1) 0.0
February 25, 1960
Movie: ""The Gun of Zangara"" Chicago. November 9, 1932. FDR has just been elected president, and the repeal of Proh…
The Unhired Assassin (2) 0.0
March 3, 1960
Movie: ""The Gun of Zangara"" (continued) Nitti's plenty sore! Mayor Cermak's stepped-up law enforcement has cut deep…
The White Slavers 0.0
March 10, 1960
March 31, 1934; Prohibition is over. Al Capone is still running things from Alcatraz, his new money-maker is ""white s…
Three Thousand Suspects 0.0
March 24, 1960
September 1932. The Federal Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, 430 miles west-southwest of Chicago, houses some of t…
The Doreen Maney Story 0.0
March 31, 1960
New York City: Yankee Stadium, the Bronx. On the evening of June 8, 1933, Max Baer knocked out Max Schmeling in the 10…
Portrait of a Thief 0.0
April 7, 1960
Chicago, 1931. Eliot Ness and his men had cracked the bootleg empire of Al Capone, by smashing his breweries and speak…
Underworld Bank 0.0
April 14, 1960
New York City. Saturday, September 23, 1933. Top rackets boss Milo Sullivan is the head of ""Crime, Inc."" He has a …
Head of Fire - Feet of Clay 0.0
April 21, 1960
Chicago. (year?)* The jury had been out for 12 hours, on the case Ness had worked so hard on, trying to get a convict…
The Frank Nitti Story 0.0
April 28, 1960
1934. Prohibition had been repealed (the Volstead Act ran from January 17, 1920 - April 7, 1933). The syndicate was l…