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Grex History Item 26: Who is this guy Elliot Ness?
Entered by kaplan on Tue Dec 21 21:48:35 UTC 1993:

Anyone wathcing the new syndacated TV series, _The_Untouchables_?  I enjoy
the series and I think I've caught most of the esisodes.  Watching it
makes me realize that I was able to graduate from both a pretty good high
school and EMU's college of Arts and Sciences without learning a lot of
history.  Has anyone read Ness's book that the series is alledgedly based
on?  How historically accurate is the series?  I like this series better
than the episodes of the old Untouchables series I've seen.  I've also
seen the movie version.  Which comes closest to depicting history?

6 responses total.

#1 of 6 by srw on Thu Dec 23 01:55:27 1993:

I have only seen the old series, and I believe it's quite inaccurate
in that it glorified his exploits. I'd like to see a good answer to
#0, myself.

#2 of 6 by mdw on Fri Jun 24 21:11:59 1994:

I've seen some of the older series, but not any of the newer ones.  I
may have seen the movie, and I think I've seen the odd PBS special or
read mention of him or something.  So far as I recall, his major claim
to fame was in gangster wars of the 30's - including some "big" names
back then.  In the larger historical sense, then, he's not that
important - he didn't start any wars, invade any countries, or otherwise
change the course of human events.  For the time, he was certainly quite
competent, although I'm not sure just how well his crime enforcement
activities would be received today.  He was also, apparently, rather
more honest & dedicated than most cops - and his life had a rather sad
and lonely ending perhaps in consequence.

#3 of 6 by orwell on Thu Sep 21 05:03:41 1995:

That show has been off teh air for years...

Looks like this confernece is for the histroy book!
..the jokes get lamer, folks....I LOVE THIS CONFERENC

#4 of 6 by omni on Wed Feb 14 20:26:19 1996:

 Eliot Ness was from Cleveland. I've been told he got his rep from cleaning
up the Flats.

#5 of 6 by rcurl on Wed Feb 14 21:26:45 1996:

Here I am sitting at a computer wit Alta Vista in the background, so I
dumped in Eliot Ness, and in three seconds up came a bunch of hits, and
here is *numero uno*! 


THE UNTOUCHABLES 

Voor zijn rol van Eliot Ness ontving SEAN CONNERY een Oscar! 

De dertiger jaren. De drooglegging verandert Chicago in een gewelddadige
en corrupte stad, die wordt geterroriseerd door Al Capone en zijn
trawanten. De regering verzoekt Eliot Ness de legendarische mafiabaas te
elimineren. Hij formeert een speciaal team om de misdaad te lijf te gaan.
Spoedig krijgen hij en zijn loyale helpers de bijnaam 'The Untouchables'.
Een direkte confrontatie met Al Capone, meesterlijk gespeeld door Robert
De Niro, laat niet lang op zich wachten en voert tot een ongekende climax. 

* Aktie * 121 min. * 16 * R: Brian de Palma * A: Sean Connery, Robert De
Niro, Kevin Costner & Andy Garcia * M: Ennio Morricone *

The WEB is sure amazing....

#6 of 6 by remmers on Thu Feb 15 00:24:30 1996:

Yep, Ness was in Dutch with Al Capone all right.

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