Kevin Costner	Eliot Ness
Sean Connery	Jim Malone
Charles Martin Smith	Oscar Wallace
Andy Garcia	George Stone
Robert De Niro	Al Capone
Billy Drago	Nitti
Richard Bradford	Mike
Jack Kehoe	Payne
Brad Sullivan	George
Vito D'Ambrosio	Bowtie Driver
Steven Goldstein	Scoop
Peter Aylward	Lt. Anderson
Don Harvey	Preseuski
Robert Swan	Mountie Captain
Patricia Clarkson	Catherine Ness
John J. Walsh	Bartender
Del Close	Alderman
Colleen Bade	Mrs. Blackmer
Greg Noonan	Shooting Range Master
Sean Grennan	Cop Cousin

Director	Brian De Palma
Producer	Art Linson Raymond Hartwick
Writer	David Mamet Oscar Fraley Eliot Ness
Cinematography	Stephen H. Burum
Musician	Ennio Morricone

As noted critic Pauline Kael wrote, the 1987 box-office hit The Untouchables is "like an attempt to visualize the public's collective dream of Chicago gangsters." In other words, this lavish reworking of the vintage TV series is a rousing potboiler from a bygone era, so beautifully designed and photographed--and so craftily directed by Brian De Palma--that the historical reality of Prohibition-era Chicago could only pale in comparison. From a script by David Mamet, the movie pits four underdog heroes (the maverick lawmen known as the Untouchables) against a singular villain in Al Capone, played by Robert De Niro as a dapper caesar holding court (and a baseball bat) against any and all challengers. Kevin Costner is the naive federal agent Eliot Ness, whose lack of experience is tempered by the streetwise alliance of a seasoned Chicago cop (Sean Connery, in an Oscar-winning performance), a rookie marksman (Andy Garcia), and an accountant (Charles Martin Smith) who holds the key to Capone's potential downfall. The movie approaches greatness on the strength of its set pieces, such as the siege near the Canadian border, the venal ambush at Connery's apartment, and the train-station shootout partially modeled after the "Odessa steps" sequences of the Russian classic Battleship Potemkin. It's thrilling stuff, fueled by Ennio Morricone's dynamic score, but it's also manipulative and obvious. If you're inclined to be critical, the movie gives you reason to complain. If you'd rather sit back and enjoy a first-rate production with an all-star cast, The Untouchables may very well strike you as a classic. --Jeff Shannon

Edition Details Audience Rating R (Restricted) Country USA Language English Distributor Paramount Edition Special Collector's Edition Barcode 097360504248 Region Region 1 Release Date 10/5/2004 Packaging Keep Case Screen Ratio 2.35:1 Subtitles English Audio Tracks English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Layers Single Side, Single Layer No. of Disks/Tapes 1 Features "The Making of..." Documentary Cast Interviews Theatrical Trailers Color Closed-captioned Widescreen Dolby

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