Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
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”.
- chicago
- illinois
- prohibition era
- gangster
- baseball bat
- white suit
- tough cop
- treasury agent
- untouchable
- tax evasion
- jury tampering
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Kevin Costner
Eliot Ness
Sean Connery
Jim Malone
Robert De Niro
Al Capone
Charles Martin Smith
Oscar Wallace
- Andy Garcia — George Stone
- Richard Bradford — Mike
- Jack Kehoe — Payne
- Brad Sullivan — George
- Billy Drago — Nitti
- Patricia Clarkson — Catherine Ness
- Vito D'Ambrosio — Bowtie Driver
- Steven Goldstein — Scoop
- Peter Aylward — Lt. Anderson
- Don Harvey — Preseuski
- Robert Swan — Mountie Captain
- Directed
- Brian De Palma
- Written
- David Mamet
Production
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 6,304 ratings
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures, Linson Entertainment
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
