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You looking for something?

Yeah, where's the stuff?

What stuff?

Come on, I need some.

You'd better get out; I got nothing to sell you.

Out.

Well?

He took the bait.

Let's reel in the line.

Tonight's episode...

Starring Robert Stack as Eliot Ness.

Costarring Bruce Gordon and Anne Helm.

With special guest star Ruth Roman.

And narrated by Walter Winchell.

In July of 1934, acting on a series of telephone tips,

Eliot Ness and the Untouchables,

with the cooperation of local police,

moved in on Chicago's narcotics racket.

The illegal sale of dope was slowly being strangled.

Despite the continued falloff in sales, on August 4,

Frank Nitti prepared to receive 15 kilos of heroin,

the largest shipment of narcotics

ever to be imported at a single time.

Thanks.

Sergeant Garson, homicide.

They found one of Nitti's boys last night...

Two holes where they count the most.

He thought we'd like to know.

10:00... Our tipster's right on time.

Ness speaking.

Mr. Ness, I got some more information.

Go ahead.

Two pushers are operating out of a candy store

on Michigan and LaSalle.

Wait a minute, I'll write it down.

Hurry it up, we can't hold on the line forever.

It's a "Superior" exchange, same as last time.

All right, I've got it.

Anything else?

You know that beggar that hangs around Union Station?

Yeah.

He ain't selling pencils.

We're on it.

The first digit is a two.

We're running out of time.

You hear about Nitti's boy getting it last night?

What do you know about that?

Not a thing, Mr. Ness, not a thing.

I'll call you again sometime, eh?

Wait a minute.

What's your angle in this thing, mister?

My angle?

I'm a public-spirited citizen.

He's got a reason and I want to know what it is.

See if Rico got the trace.

Taxi, mister?

DISPATCHER: 63, cab 63 is ready.

18, 63, 21, 14 on deck.

All right, you guys, step on it.

Okay.

I don't care what's wrong or what happens.

Cab 18's ready. You guaranteed the meter.

Now, you either fix it or send me a new one.

Yeah, yeah, okay.

18, 63, 21, 14 on deck.

Everything all right, Georgie?

Fine.

63, 14 on deck.

How are you, Manny? Nick.

Where was you?

Listen, you got to take care of me.

You didn't tell me you was going

to knock off that Nitti guy.

Take it easy, Manny, take it easy.

Sit down, relax.

Relax, relax? Relax.

You're worried?

I'll take care of your worries.

Here.

Go on, open it.

Go on, go on, count it.

An extra five "G" s.

For what?

Why not?

A bonus for a good job, huh?

And I got something else for you.

Here, it's a train ticket for Florida.

You go down, get a good tan.

By the time you come back it'll all be forgotten.

Right?

Yeah, I guess you're right.

I'd better go home and pack now, huh?

Nah, leave it, leave it.

When you get to Miami, you'll buy new.

Just send the bill to me.

Oh, uh, Maxie here will take you to the train.

63, cab 63.

You're a great guy, Nick.

You did a good job, kid.

Have a nice vacation.

Thanks a lot.

Swell guy, huh, Maxie?

21, 14 on deck.

All right, you guys.

Isn't it a shame?

A nice kid like that gets killed on his vacation.

Take care of it, Maxie.

I don't care where you have to look.

Turn over every rock.

Find me Manny.

But don't touch him, don't lay a finger on him.

I want him for myself.

We got every ear in town listening.

Yeah?

Boss, there's a guy downstairs says he wants to see you...

Nick Dolov.

I ain't seeing anybody right now.

Get rid of him.

But, uh, he says he's got information you want

about last night.

All right, send him up.

The next time there's a meet,

you case the place first and you check out the driver.

We did.

Manny Kravitz was all right till last night.

Hello, Frank.

Frank, would I come with fireworks?

I know you from someplace, don't I?

Sure, I did a couple of jobs for Al way back.

Yeah.

You got a cab company now.

That's right, one of the biggest.

What do you want?

I, um...

I'd like to talk to you alone, Frank.

Okay.

What do you know about last night?

You lost a boy... and a shipment.

Yeah, so?

I know a lot about you, Frank.

I know that Ness is giving you a bad time.

You're telling me old news.

I'm telling you that I know you're hurting.

Even if you didn't lose that shipment last night,

you'd be stuck with it.

I'll worry about that when I get it back,

and I'll get it back.

You've got it back.

Where did you get it?

It fell my way.

But the big question is: what are you going to do with it?

Ness has got you boxed in.

Nobody gives away a million bucks' worth of dope

just to be nice.

I asked you before... What do you want?

Look,

for the first time since you're in the business,

you're sitting with too much merchandise.

I want to show you how to move it,

get more customers, and keep out of Ness's way.

Don't you give me no Barney Google talk.

You think I'm new in this?

I've got top men working for me.

How come they don't know what you know?

Maybe they ain't so smart, Frank, huh?

Look, I'll tell you what.

You pick a section in town...

I don't care where it is.

You pick it.

I guarantee you, in one week, four times as many customers.

What's it cost me?

Nothing... it's a free sample.

All right, the third ward.

Third ward.

Four times the number of customers and no arrests.

"Six Day Bike Race"?

What's this?

Tickets.

One week from now.

You like the free sample, use the tickets,

then we talk a deal.

You want to tell me where you picked the stuff up?

A guy brought it to me.

He used to drive for you.

He wanted to make some kind of deal.

Why you?

He had some kind of crazy idea,

but me, I don't buck the organization.

I know it ain't healthy.

Where is he?

Hmm?

Oh, he's dead, Frank.

I tossed that in as a free sample, too.

Rossi's checkout with the phone company produced

the number "Superior 2098"

and was traced to a public telephone.

For the next three days,

cabbies at the adjacent taxi stand were questioned

by the Untouchables.

Finally, one driver remembered that at the time in question,

a passenger skipped him and entered the cab second in line.

The reason: he was Nick Dolov,

owner of the Windy City Cab Company.

Dolov's background was checked.

He had a record of two arrests

and at one time had been suspected

of dealing in narcotics.

Convinced that he had the right man,

Eliot Ness tried the final test.

Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bother you.

Certainly I'll talk to your dispatcher.

Thank you very much.

That's him.

Let's pay a call.

No, Mrs. Glasgow, we haven't found your umbrella yet.

These two guys here want to see Nick.

I manage the company.

Can I help you?

Federal officers, Miss, uh...?

Drake, Georgiana Drake.

Won't you come in, please?

Thank you.

We don't do any interstate traffic.

What would federal officers want with us?

Not with the company, Miss Drake.

We'd like to talk to Mr. Dolov.

Well, as you can see, he's not here.

Where can we find him?

Mister...?

Ness.

Well, Mr. Ness, I just work for Mr. Dolov.

I don't know if I can give you any information

without his permission.

What's this all about?

Is he in some kind of trouble?

No, no, there's no trouble.

We just want to talk to him.

Well, I'll see that he gets your message.

Where can he reach you?

He'll know the number.

Running this company must be a big responsibility.

Yes, it is, but I manage.

What does Mr. Dolov do?

If you run it all, he must have a lot of free time.

He sets policy, Mr. Ness.

He built this cab company up from two cabs.

I just see that his orders are carried out.

Now that he's made it a success,

he, he has a right to take things easy.

What does he do when he takes things easy?

Who are his friends?

I just handle his business affairs, Mr. Ness.

Very efficient, Miss Drake.

Thank you.

♪ ♪

You're late.

Just wanted to make sure we weren't followed.

Ness didn't say how he found me, did he?

No, but he found you too soon, Nick.

You made a bad mistake someplace.

So he found me... so what?

All he can do is thank me

for doing my duty and helping him out.

Well, if he says it loud enough,

you'll have Frank Nitti all over you.

Ness won't spoil a good thing.

He's too smart.

Nick, if Ness can find out, so can Nitti.

You'd better get out of town.

Oh, no.

No, I'm not going anywhere.

It's not safe for you here, Nick.

You've held up your end.

The rest is up to me anyway.

Georgiana and her big plans.

No, no, I ain't leaving, baby.

I'm going to stick around

and make sure that I get my share.

Nick, I'm only thinking about you.

Why won't you let me help you?

Still looking out for me, huh?

After so many years, it gets to be a habit.

Well, kick the habit, baby.

I'm having too much fun.

It hasn't been much fun for me lately.

Nick... Nick, just...

just hold me a minute, will you?

It wouldn't hurt just to hold me.

It could be like it was before.

It could be better.

Forget it.

Now, look, I told you before.

You got a great business head.

I got a lot of respect for you...

but that's it, you know?

Yeah, I know.

Any empty-headed little doll can make you do cartwheels,

but all I can do is make you rich.

Nick, I just want to take care of you.

From now on, I'm taking care of myself.

We got a good thing going here.

You're going to spoil it.

Nick, you're going to get yourself killed.

Why won't you let me help you?

If you want to help somebody, go help Maxie!

I've had it for good.

Now I'm late.

I got a date with Marian.

Hey.

What are you doing?

Maxie.

Maxie, w... Maxie, wait.

Georgie!

Georgie!

The body of Nick Dolov was discovered by a patrolman

in the junkyard where he had been slain.

The following morning, August 16, 1934,

the homicide division notified the Untouchables.

Anything?

Oh, the usual personal effects,

several hundred dollars in cash, and, uh...

and this.

Does it unlock a door?

I haven't had a chance to check it out yet.

Start digging.

Ness speaking.

I got a tip for you, Ness.

Benny's Cigar Store on State Street.

Dolov's dead, but nothing's changed.

A new voice, but the same old tips.

This time, it's Benny's Cigar Store on State Street.

Benny's Cigar Store?!

Yeah, a half hour ago.

Ness walks in easy as you please.

Another one... one right after the other!

Where does he get his information? Where!

I don't know. Well, you find out.

I want that leak found and plugged.

Eliot Ness was able to trace the key found on Dolov's body

to the apartment of a nightclub singer named Marian Keyes.

Yeah, yeah.

Miss Keyes?

Federal officers.

May we come in?

Sure.

Am I arrested?

Have you done anything you should be arrested for?

Well, um...

is a parking ticket a federal offense?

Miss Keyes, what would Nick Dolov be doing

with a key to your apartment in his pocket?

Oh... he's my boyfriend.

Who has a better right?

Why?

Is he in trouble?

He's dead... somebody shot him.

Dead?

Who would want to kill Nick?

No, he can't be dead.

He can't be.

There are some things we'd like

to know about him, Miss Keyes.

Who were his friends, his business associates?

Nobody.

Or everybody.

He knew a lot of people.

Did you ever hear him mention Frank Nitti?

No, no, he never mentioned him.

He ever mention narcotics to you?

No, no... why, what for?

Listen... I don't know anything else.

All I know is that...

Nick is dead.

Miss Keyes, if you remember anything

you think might help, will you...

will you call?

Who... well, who's going to take care of me, huh?

He's a louse.

You can write that in your little book.

A dirty, cheating, lying,

conniving little louse.

He doesn't think about anybody but himself.

He's a louse.

Nick Dolov was one of the nicest guys I ever met.

Did you give him my message last night?

I wrote it down... but he never saw it.

Who killed him, Miss Drake?

I don't know.

And I don't know why.

He was everybody's friend.

You know all about his business affairs.

Did he have any connection with Frank Nitti?

He knew him.

Nick Dolov was making trouble for Nitti.

Did you know that?

I suspected.

Why?

I don't know.

Was Nitti trying to muscle in on the cab company?

I don't think so.

No wrecks?

No drivers beaten up, passengers scared off?

No... nothing like that.

Poor Nick.

He was a sweet guy.

Considerate.

Generous.

You know a lot about him for an employee.

I was his wife, Mr. Ness.

We were married for 12 years.

Will there be anything else?

No, Mrs... Dolov.

Not for the moment.

Thank you.

Cabs 38, 88 and 108, see the dispatcher.

Better put a tail on her right away and put Rico on Nitti.

Why, do you suspect her?

I just want to protect her.

Whatever it was Nitti wanted from Dolov,

he may also want from his wife.

Dolov is dead.

♪ You always scold me ♪

♪ Whenever somebody ♪

♪ Is near, dear ♪

♪ It must be ♪

♪ Great fun to be mean to me ♪

♪ You shouldn't, for can't you see ♪

♪ What you mean to me? ♪

♪ Can't you see ♪

♪ What you mean to me? ♪

You know who the doll is going around with? Who?

Nick Dolov. Yeah?

He knows how to pick them.

Yeah.

It's too bad he saw her first.

That's very nice, baby.

Hey, you got plans for afterwards?

I suppose, huh?

Yeah, I suppose.

With your friend, Nick Dolov?

Didn't you hear?

He got killed last night.

Murdered.

They found him in a junkyard.

That's too bad.

Glad you liked the number.

Hey, you know, a girl like that,

she should get a new boyfriend right away... huh?

I had a deal with Dolov.

Hey, Frank, can I see you a minute?

Yeah, sure, have a seat.

We got to have more H.

You know who to see.

But they sent me to see you.

They think there's something phony.

All of a sudden, in this one section,

hey, we got a million customers.

Where?

In the third ward.

Me... honest, I ain't seen nothing like it.

Since this morning, the pushers ain't had a breather,

they've been running back and forth so much.

Well, what about the customers?

They come from a different part of town?

No, a lot of them are buying it for the first time.

But some cabbies moved in with some ideas.

Cabbies?

Yeah.

You tell the boys I said there's nothing phony.

You get what you need.

Bye.

Got a lot of talent right there,

and it's all in the right places.

Hey, boss, you gonna need me tomorrow night?

Yeah, you're gonna be busy.

Where we going?

The bike races.

Maybe I still got a deal and don't know it.

Who is it?

It's me, Marian.

What do you want?

Oh.

Georgie, I... I don't know what to do.

What are you doing here? Why aren't you working?

Oh, I can't. I...

I-I'm so nervous, I...

I just want to scream.

Let me in for a minute, huh?

We discussed everything we had to on the phone.

I thought we had a deal.

Well, we-we do, we do, but...

But not tonight.

Tomorrow.

Tonight's important, too.

I need to know everything you used to tell Nick,

all the talk that goes on in the club.

Oh, but there was nothing going on. I...

I mean, I couldn't find out anything.

Nobody would talk to me. There...

Well, Nitti was there, and...

and they were all trying to talk to him.

Nitti?

Does he know Nick's dead?

Yeah, yeah, I told... I told, uh, Marty Gladwin.

Nitti was right there.

Georgie, don't make me go back there tonight, huh?

Okay, take the night off.

So Nitti knows, huh?

Must have been a shock to him.

You can go now, Marian.

Georgie?

Georgie, can I stay here tonight?

You've got an apartment.

Use it.

Oh, I-I couldn't stay there alone, not tonight.

I just couldn't.

Yeah?

So why me?

Oh. Well, it-it's like...

It's like you're family.

Nick-Nick used to always say you were like a sister to him.

Well, you were the only one I-I could think of to come to.

Look, Marian, Nick's dead.

We all have to get used to that.

Why don't you come to the point?

Well, he said we had a deal.

That's really why you're here, isn't it?

Oh, Georgie, please.

I-I won't be able to sleep.

Well, I keep wanting to tear at myself.

It's in there.

Nick should see you now.

You don't look so soft and cuddly.

The next night, Frank Nitti,

not knowing quite what to expect,

arrived at the arena ready to use his ticket,

which he hoped would become the ticket to a fortune.

Peanuts! Here you are, folks. Get your...

Five cents for...

Peanuts! Peanuts!

Thank you, mister.

Fresh roasted peanuts.

Five cents... Get 'em while they last.

That's a switch.

I was supposed to follow her and protect her from Nitti.

Hello, Mr. Nitti.

You're to follow me... alone.

You wait here.

All right, where is he?

Does he want to talk, or does he want to stall all night?

Where's who?

Your boss or your boyfriend or whatever he is.

The guy that wants to see me.

There is no guy, Mr. Nitti.

Just me.

What?

I'm Georgiana Drake.

Most people call me Georgie.

All right, Georgie.

What is this, a gag?

No gag, Mr. Nitti.

You're here because you're interested in a deal.

Let's talk business.

Now, wait a minute.

I don't talk business with no dame.

Why not?

I just don't, that's all.

It's a rough game, sister.

I don't know where you fit in, but I need somebody

who don't break out in tears when things go wrong.

I don't break out into tears.

Well, what do you do when somebody finks on you?

You, uh, hit him with your powder puff?

No. I have him killed.

Like I did Manny Kravitz, who used to drive for you.

Maybe you put him up to it, too.

Maybe.

Maybe I even arranged for Ness to move in on you

so you'd need my operation.

Oh, you're talking pretty big.

Well, you saw what I did in the third ward.

I can do it all over the country for you.

I've got a cab company here in town,

and connections with others

in Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, New York.

Well, never mind the other cities.

But it's the kind of a distribution

you've never had before.

You want a fix?

Hail a cab.

Just like that, huh?

Even better. It's safe.

Regular passengers don't tip to it.

We make it so easy,

even honest folks will want some.

And I've got a few tricks you haven't tried before.

A free fix to any junkie who brings in a new customer.

Make every junkie a pusher.

And all with a good front... Cabs.

We could make millions.

Georgie, you got a great business head.

You supply the heroin, keep your hoods off my back,

and in two days, we'll be ready to roll.

We get 80, you get 20.

They're my contacts, my cabs.

All right.

70 me, 30 you.

It's a deal, Frank.

Even on 30%, I can get rich.

Georgie, you go tie up the country.

You know something?

You're a great businessman.

And now back to The Untouchables.

Eliot Ness, learning of the meeting

between Georgiana Drake and Frank Nitti,

was convinced that he had followed the wrong track.

On the night of October 4, 1934,

Ness and Agent Hobson, armed with a search warrant,

entered Georgiana's apartment building.

Thanks, Maxie.

You're a nice guy for waiting so long.

Oh, oh, I-I don't mind waiting for you.

Not for you, Marian.

You're something special in my book.

Oh, thanks, Maxie.

You're a doll.

Nice break, Georgiana leaving town.

Youngfellow called earlier.

He's sticking with her.

And she's still in Kansas City?

St. Louis tonight.

She's been having one meeting after another.

So far, only one man's been identified.

He owns a cab company in New Orleans.

Lee?

Find something?

Georgiana didn't strike me as an addict.

Did she you?

No, she didn't.

What are you doing here?

We have a search warrant.

Did Miss Drake give you permission to use her apartment?

Well, I just happen to live here now.

Nice of Miss Drake to let you move in.

She's my friend.

You seem pretty well recovered

since the last time we saw you.

You get over everything in time.

It's only been three days.

Listen, why are you picking on me?

I haven't done anything wrong.

If Nick got himself killed, it's his own fault.

Now I'm out of it now.

Out of it?

I wouldn't say so.

You moved in here with his widow.

You're lying.

We checked it out.

She's Mrs. Dolov.

Apparently, Nick had his own ideas about marriage,

which is why they had different names, separate apartments.

She's my friend.

If you say so, Miss Keyes.

Will you... Will you get out of here? I...

I-I don't feel well.

Would you like to take a drive in the fresh air?

I've got my car downstairs.

Well, you have to go to my office anyway.

I...

I have... I have nothing to say to you.

I-I... I told you, I don't feel well.

This your medicine?

Yeah.

I'm sorry, Miss Keyes.

Cold?

My nerves.

I-I told you I didn't feel well.

That's why we're here.

Oh... Mr. Ness, I...

I've got to have my medicine.

Who hooked you, Marian... Dolov?

I don't want... I don't want to talk. What...?

Georgie's supplying you with drugs now.

How deep is she in with Nitti?

Listen, I really need that doctor.

Look, Marian, I need your help.

There are thousands of innocent people... Listen.

I want you to leave me alone!

Eliot?

All right, Marian.

In there.

Who are these people?

They've been using drugs most of their lives.

I'll get it.

Hello?

Frank? It's me.

I'm back.

It's all set.

Six of the distributors are meeting me tonight

at the junkyard to pick up the merchandise.

Send the stuff over.

Okay, baby.

You'll get it right away.

Now, there's a real dame.

The best businessman I ever met.

You guys could learn something from her, you know that?

Yeah, she does all right.

All right?!

Why, right now she's got a setup in ten cities

ready to run like a clock.

She don't have to do another thing.

Yeah, I'll tell you the truth.

A dame that smart would worry me a little.

I'll tell you something, Marty,

when I first found out she tipped Ness

about our operation, I was plenty sore.

But when she told me she did it

just to persuade me to go along with her,

I figured that made good sense.

Yeah, I guess so.

Why, sure it did.

Look what she did for us.

Got the whole thing set up.

I tell you it made good sense.

Till now.

Get rid of her.

Did you bring it?

Well, where's the stuff?

You won't have to worry about that anymore, Georgie.

What are you talking about?

I think it'll be more quiet this way.

Nitti'd kill you for that.

Nitti sent me.

Marian Keyes talked.

Names, dates and places.

Eliot Ness set the wheels in motion

for a nationwide round up of the organization,

while he and The Untouchables

set out to arrest the brains behind the scheme.

Eliot?

Marty Gladwin.

And where's Georgie?

All we have to do is to wait for Georgie

to come back and move the body.

And by that time, it could be too late.

♪ ♪

Frank Nitti?

Nobody makes clam sauce like you guys.

Hello, Frank.

Hello, Georgie.

You get the stuff I sent over?

Yeah.

Only it wasn't the right stuff.

You won't get home again tonight, baby.

You're dead.

Why'd you do it, Frank?

You pushed into my operation.

You gotta be an example.

Where's Marty?

You'll find somebody else.

Well, that's another one I owe you for, huh?

It'll cost you a million to get rid of me.

I don't need you to make a million, Georgie.

You done all you could.

I did a little more than I was supposed to, Frank.

I picked up the heroin.

Marty tried to buy his life.

He told me about your drop on 4th Street

where you kept the stuff.

I went down there and got it, Frank.

You don't use it now, not without me.

What do you want?

To live.

Okay.

And a 50/50 split.

It'll cost you another 20 percent to try to kill me.

What if I kill you right after the million?

I'm too good a businesswoman, Frank.

I'm always good for a million.

You won't throw that away.

All right.

You win; we got a deal.

You know what?

You ain't a dame, you're a cash register!

Where to?

Just drive.

Sure.

You looking for something?

Yeah, where's the stuff?

What stuff?

Come on, I need some.

Marian said I could get it here.

Marian who?

You know.

The singer that works at the Montmartre Club, Marian.

She spread it all over town.

All you gotta do is hail a cab.

I don't know what you're talking about, buddy.

Listen, if you can't sell me some,

take me someplace where I can get it.

Mister, I don't know what you're talking about.

You'd better get out. I got nothing to sell you.

But Marian said!

I don't know any Marian!

Out!

Well?

He took the bait.

Let's reel in the line.

Hold it, don't move, buddy.

It's all right. He works for me.

What are you doing here?

Listen, Georgie, I gotta tell you something.

Not now.

It's gotta be now, it's important.

Well?

Something's happening.

I don't understand it. What?

A guy I never seen before

jumps into my cab and starts looking for stuff, see.

Don't make jokes, Maxie.

He said that Marian told him.

He said she's spreading it all over town.

She'll spoil everything if she tips it too soon.

We gotta get out of here, Georgie.

I got a feeling.

Why, that stupid little... We're so close.

You've got to shut her mouth.

Find her, Maxie.

Stop her from talking.

I can't do that, Georgie.

I mean, it's not like getting rid of a guy.

It's different.

Why is it different?

Well, uh, well, she's a girl.

So, what?!

She's so little, so pretty.

Well, what difference does that make?!

Well, I can't kill her!

She's the kind of girl you want to marry.

She's nothing, do you hear me?

She's nothing! You take care of her!

I ain't gonna do it, Georgie!

Don't you understand she's nothing?

People like her are nothing.

They got no brains!

She's nothing; she's not pretty!

She's not pretty, sh-she's nothing!

She's nothing!

Let's go.

Hang on, Jack.

Go ahead, I'll be okay.

Move!

You're under arrest, Georgie.

You don't understand, Mr. Ness.

I was married to Nick for 12 years.

He never looked at me.

Always the other girls.

I tried to make him treat me like a woman.

But to everybody...

I was just a businessman.

Am I a businessman to you, Mr. Ness?

Or a woman?

You're a killer, Georgie.

Within 48 hours,

Eliot Ness and The Untouchables

had destroyed the entire narcotics web

that threatened to strangle the country.

Georgie Drake was sentenced to life imprisonment,

while Frank Nitti impressed his lieutenants

with the folly of doing business with a woman.

The Untouchables.