The Untouchables was an American television show drama which portrayed work of the real life Untouchables federal investigative squad in Prohibition-era Chicago and its efforts against Al Capone's attempts to profit from the market in bootleg liquor.

The series featured Tom Amandes as Eliot Ness and William Forsythe as Al Capone, and was based on the 1987 film of the same name.

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As in the 1987 film version of The Untouchables, Ness is depicted as an agent of the Treasury Department, though, in real life, at the time of the Capone investigation, the Bureau of Prohibition, Ness's employer, was part of the Department of Justice. Not as successful as the original 1959 Untouchables series (starring Robert Stack ), this series only lasted 2 seasons, 1993-1995 .

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• Tucker, Kenneth. Eliot Ness and the Untouchables: The Historical Reality and the Film and Television Depictions. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2000. ISBN 0-7864-0772-7

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