Season 1 poster

Season 1

(1959)

Cast

Robert Stack as Eliot Ness
Robert Stack

as Eliot Ness

Nicholas Georgiade as Enrico Rossi
Nicholas Georgiade

as Enrico Rossi

Steve London as Jack Rossman
Steve London

as Jack Rossman

Paul Picerni as Lee Hobson
Paul Picerni

as Lee Hobson

Abel Fernandez as William Youngfellow
Abel Fernandez

as William Youngfellow

Walter Winchell as Narrator
Walter Winchell

as Narrator

Episodes

The Empty Chair poster

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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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? poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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) poster

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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) poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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April 28, 1960

1934. Prohibition had been repealed (the Volstead Act ran from January 17, 1920 - April 7, 1933). The syndicate was l…