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The complete second season of the 1950s/60s crime series. Set in the 1930s, the plots revolve around Special Agent Eliot Ness (Robert Stack) and his team as they tackle organised crime in Chicago. Episodes comprise: 'The Rusty Heller Story', 'Jack 'Legs' Diamond', 'Nicky', 'The Waxey Gordon Story', 'The Mark of Cain', 'A Seat On the Fence', 'The Purple Gang', 'Kiss of Death Girl', 'The Larry Fay Story', 'The Otto Frick Story', 'The Tommy Karpeles Story', 'The Big Train: Part One', 'The Big Train: Part Two', 'The Masterpiece', 'The Organisation', 'The Jamaica Ginger Story', 'Augie 'The Banker' Ciamino', 'The Underground Court', 'The Nick Moses Story', 'The Antidote', 'The Lily Dallas Story', 'Murder Under Glass', 'Testimony of Evil', 'Ring of Terror', 'Mr. Moon', 'Death for Sale', 'Stranglehold', 'The Nero Rankin Story', 'The Seventh Vote', 'The King of Champagne', 'The Nick Acropolis Story' and '90-Proof Dame'.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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I reviewed season one of the Untouchables some time ago, and finished by saying that I hoped a UK release of season two would follow. I am pleased to see that it now has, and the positive comments I made about the first season apply equally to this new series. Nicely remastered the black and white film looks fresh and clear and the mono soundtrack is pretty good too.
The Wikipedia article - The Untouchables (1959 TV series) - has been updated and now contains full details of each episode in this season too, and is worth checking out if you want to know which are featured on this DVD collection. This series features guest stars such as Telly Savalas and Russ Conway - no, not THAT one! and in episode 7 we also get to meet the Purple Gang - not the Granny Takes a Trip version!
If you enjoyed season one then season two will not disappoint. Season three volume one was released on DVD in the US in August this year (2009) and volume two will be released in November. Hopefully a UK release will follow next year.
The Wikipedia article - The Untouchables (1959 TV series) - has been updated and now contains full details of each episode in this season too, and is worth checking out if you want to know which are featured on this DVD collection. This series features guest stars such as Telly Savalas and Russ Conway - no, not THAT one! and in episode 7 we also get to meet the Purple Gang - not the Granny Takes a Trip version!
If you enjoyed season one then season two will not disappoint. Season three volume one was released on DVD in the US in August this year (2009) and volume two will be released in November. Hopefully a UK release will follow next year.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Alan James "Maebuschfan"
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Series two maintains the high standards of the first, as Eliot Ness and his men continue their battle against the gangsters and criminals of the prohibition era.
Robert Stack's excellent performance as Eliot Ness lends his character a quitely spoken, yet great authority, and along with the rest of his men, a real likeability.
Amongst the 32, fifty-minute episodes, theres a two-part story "The Big Train", in which Al Capone's forthcoming transfer from his prison in Atlanta to the newly built Alcatraz, reveals a big plot to spring Capone from the train while on it's journey between the two prisons.
Walter Winchell's occasional narration brings a nice documentary feel to proceedings. This is a very entertaining crime series, directed at a good pace. A number of familiar guest stars appear, including Neville Brand, Steve Cochran, Barry Morse, and Elizabeth Montgomery, in a role thats far removed from her sweet natured character Samantha in the 1960's US TV comedy series "Bewitched".
The black and white picture and sound quality are good.
The soundtrack languages are: English, French, German, Spanish.
The subtitle languages are: English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish.
Robert Stack's excellent performance as Eliot Ness lends his character a quitely spoken, yet great authority, and along with the rest of his men, a real likeability.
Amongst the 32, fifty-minute episodes, theres a two-part story "The Big Train", in which Al Capone's forthcoming transfer from his prison in Atlanta to the newly built Alcatraz, reveals a big plot to spring Capone from the train while on it's journey between the two prisons.
Walter Winchell's occasional narration brings a nice documentary feel to proceedings. This is a very entertaining crime series, directed at a good pace. A number of familiar guest stars appear, including Neville Brand, Steve Cochran, Barry Morse, and Elizabeth Montgomery, in a role thats far removed from her sweet natured character Samantha in the 1960's US TV comedy series "Bewitched".
The black and white picture and sound quality are good.
The soundtrack languages are: English, French, German, Spanish.
The subtitle languages are: English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Anyone who likes the gangster films depicted in the 1930s should not miss this series.
They just do not make films and TV series like this anymore, good scripts and quality acting from real professionals.
The quality of the sound and vision is excellently copied using Digital Remastering processes. A series not to be missed at a very good price. Can't wait to collect the whole series.
They just do not make films and TV series like this anymore, good scripts and quality acting from real professionals.
The quality of the sound and vision is excellently copied using Digital Remastering processes. A series not to be missed at a very good price. Can't wait to collect the whole series.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
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continuing on from the first season. enjoying watching this series over again. I THINK IT IS THE BEST OF ALL THE CRIMINAL DRAMAS AND STACKS UP EXTREMELY WELL COMPARED TO A LOT OF... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Michael Anthony Crupi
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Another 5 star Untouchable 32 episodes on 8 CD's
Season Two continues where Season One left off Robert Stack stars again as Eliot Ness Federal Agent and his `Untouchables' Set in the 1930's. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Robert J. Evered
5.0 out of 5 stars
YOU DIRTY RAT !
One does tend to wonder why crime continued in Chicago as in each episode Elliot Ness and his Untouchables kill the 'bad guys' by the dozen and nearly always get to arrest the bad... Read more
Published on 30 Nov 2010 by Peter J. Mccurdy
5.0 out of 5 stars
Vintage American Crime Drama
I first saw "The Untouchables" when I was living in the USA in the 1960's and thought it was one of the best things I had ever seen on television. Read more
Published on 1 Nov 2010 by J. Bulman
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant Series
An absolutely great series. Somehow being in black and white adds more authenticity. The performance of Robert Stack and the others makes the later Kevin Costner film seem weak in... Read more
Published on 1 Oct 2010 by rogerd
5.0 out of 5 stars
query
why is the price for all three seasons more than the sum of the three? Each season is less than 13 quid but the price for all three is more than 41 quid?
Published on 3 Sep 2010 by Stephen Sugden
5.0 out of 5 stars
subtitles?
This is not a review, but a question. Can anyone tell me whether this UK version of the untouchables has english subtitles? Read more
Published on 17 July 2010 by bravason
4.0 out of 5 stars
Prohabition Revisited
Considering this series dates back fifty years it holds up pretty well,it was thought to be very violent at the time but by modern standards its quite tame,the story lines are... Read more
Published on 9 May 2010 by Jim Kames
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Untouchables, Season 2
Excellent. The picture quality is outstanding, the acting and originality, equal. Robert Stack is the best. Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2010 by G. B. Smith
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