The Scarface Mob. Many years ago, a New York TV station aired the foreign version of … The Scarface Mob Synopsis: Special Agent Eliot Ness (Robert Stack) forms The Untouchables, an elite squad of incorruptible lawmen, in order to bring down underworld kingpin Al Capone. With Robert Stack, Keenan Wynn, Barbara Nichols, Pat Crowley. ... Karlson's similar movie about a group a reformers taking on a mob in control of their town. Story of how a group of incorruptible federal lawmen helped put 1920s' Chicago gangster Al Capone in prison. Synopsis Based on the novel "The Untouchables"! 1983: Brian De Palma, director; starring Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer. The pilot for the series of the same title. The Scarface Mob, poster, , US poster art, left: Barbara Nichols; right, from top: Keenan Wynn, Robert Stack, Neville Brand, 1962. Scarface - With Al Pacinio 1983 is a remake of 1932 Scarface that was based a lot of Al Capone life. Paul Muni (center) in "Scarface." Scarface is loosely based on a 1932 film of the same name, in which the main character, Tony Camonte, is inspired by infamous Mafioso Al Capone, one of the most notorious crime lords in mob history. Untouchables, The: The Scarface Mob Based on the bestselling memoir of Eliot Ness, The Untouchables: The Scarface Mob is the first film to tell the incredible true story of the lawmen who battled the deadliest criminal in American history: Al "Scarface" Capone. OTR usually means radio broadcasting from the golden age of radio, mostly before 1964.These shows from the pre-television age include adventure, comedies, mystery shows, western dramas and shows from World War II. Scarface. United Artists Directed by Howard Hawks and produced by Howard Hughes, this gangster movie — loosely inspired by Chicago mob kingpin Al Capone — is one of the classics of the genre. American actress Karen Morley stars in 'Scarface', a film a clef based on the life of mob boss Al Capone. The Scarface Mob is an American feature film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Robert Stack.It consists of the pilot episodes for the TV series The Untouchables (1959) that originally screened as a two-part installment of Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse on April 20 and 27 1959. Loosely based on the 1932 Howard Hawkes classic, Al Pacino stars as a Cuban refugee and sometime criminal who brutally moves up the ladder of Miami’s organized crime cocaine cowboys in the 1980s. Directed by Phil Karlson. I can't remember where I heard or read this, but apparently two versions of the Nichols striptease were shot; the racier one was intended for consumption overseas, where SCARFACE MOB was released theatrically. Changed to Tony Montana in the 1983 Scarface. The buzz-term for Old Time Radio is 'OTR'. The exploits of Eliot Ness, the leader of an elite group of Treasury Department agents assigned to battle the underworld. 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