Eliot Ness
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Eliot Ness was an American Prohibition agent known for his efforts to bring down Al Capone while enforcing Prohibition in Chicago. He was leader of a team of law enforcement agents nicknamed The Untou
Ness, c. 1933
Ness in 1931
Ad from Ness' 1947 campaign for Mayor of Cleveland
Ness' cenotaph located at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio
The Untouchables (film)
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The Untouchables is a 1987 American crime film directed by Brian De Palma, produced by Art Linson and written by David Mamet. It stars Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy García, Robert De Niro
Eliot Ness
…by Walter Winchell, which itself was parodied by The Unmentionables, a 1963 Bugs Bunny cartoon where Bugs played "Elegant Mess"; and the 1987 film The Untouchables, directed by Brian De Palma, which starred Kevin Costner as Ness, Sean Connery, and Robert De Niro as Al Capone. These two fictionalized portrayals…
Theatrical release poster