Structure Graphics (The Untouchables) The Untouchables

A visual breakdown of the narrative structure in The Untouchables, derived from the backbeat analysis. Beat references in this page's prose follow the beat sheet; the embedded chart uses its own beat numbering.

Control and Agency

Naive agent humiliated by an umbrella raid,^b4 builds a team under Malone,^{b8 b10 b11} loses Wallace and Malone,^{b19 b24} wins at the cost of the principles that started the fight.^{b30 b31}

The chart below plots two series — audience-perceived control and character agency — across the film.