The Untouchables (1987) The Untouchables
Brian De Palma's adaptation of the Prohibition-era legend, written by David Mamet and scored by Ennio Morricone. Kevin Costner plays Eliot Ness, a Treasury agent who arrives in Chicago to enforce the Volstead Act and discovers that every institution he was taught to trust — the police, the courts, the political machine — has already been purchased by Al Capone (Robert De Niro). Ness assembles a team of four incorruptible men: an aging Irish beat cop named Jim Malone (Sean Connery), a police academy sharpshooter named George Stone (Andy Garcia), and a Treasury accountant named Oscar Wallace (Charles Martin Smith). The film is structured as an escalating war in which each side's losses raise the stakes until Ness must decide how far outside the law he is willing to go to enforce it.
Quick Facts
| Detail | Info |
|---|---|
| Director | Brian De Palma |
| Writer | David Mamet |
| Stars | Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Andy Garcia, Charles Martin Smith |
| Composer | Ennio Morricone |
| Cinematographer | Stephen H. Burum |
| Editors | Gerald B. Greenberg, Bill Pankow |
| Production Company | Art Linson Productions |
| Distributor | Paramount Pictures |
| Budget | ~$25 million |
| Box Office | ~$187 million (worldwide) |
| Release Date | June 3, 1987 |
| Running Time | 119 minutes |
| MPAA Rating | R |
| Based On | The Untouchables by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley (1957) |