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The Untouchables (1959): (Disclaimer shown on screen) "The events portrayed in this film are fictitious. The Federal Prison guards portrayed do not represent any actual persons, living or dead. "Nothing herein is intended to reflect unfavorably on the courageous and responsible prison guards who supervised Capone during his internment in the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta and during his transfer from Atlanta to Alcatraz." Chicago, October 17, 1931. The 11-day trial of Al Capone ended, with the judge fining him $56,000 and sentencing him to 11 years in the Federal penitentiaries. On May 3, 1932, Capone is taken from Cook County jail to the Dearborn Station, to take a train to Atlanta. Nitti and his boys are there, as are Ness and his men. There is also a large crowd; to many of them, Al Capone, who had donated a few million dollars (peanuts to him) to support public charities like soup kitchens, he is sort of a hero. One well-wisher yells to Capone (referring to the Atlanta prison), "You'll own the joint-- you'll be a king!" May 5, 1932, Capone arrives at the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, to begin his sentence for income tax evasion. One of the cell block officers is Everett Lafferty, one of 6 guards that Capone had been tipped off, that could be bribed. Capone's 2 cellmates are: Tony Diaz, doing life for the murder of 2 women in the District of Columbia and Benny Marcus, former railroad detective, serving the last of a 3-year sentence for fraud and embezzlement. April 21, 1933, members of the House Appropriations Committee are meeting with Attorney General to the U.S. Homer S. Cummings; he introduces Eliot Ness to the Congressmen. Ness speaks in support of Cummings' idea for a special institution for criminals who have no desire to be reformed; Ness repeats the story of how the guy at the train station yelled to Capone that he'll "be a king" in the Atlanta prison. They can get free land from the War Department, and Cummings shows them a map of Alcatraz, which has old buildings on it. The Congressmen balk at the price-tag of $537,000 to turn the buildings into a prison. But Eliot Ness tells them the country spent $13-billion last year fighting the rackets; if this prison cuts crime even a fraction, it will pay for itself. And so Congress approves the idea of constructing the Alcatraz super prison. May 20, 1933, Capone gets a visit from 2 of his former bodyguards from Chicago: Joe Gianbattista, and "3-Fingered" Jack White. (ever know an explosives expert who wasn't nicknamed for being missing some fingers?) Prison rules say convicts may only receive gifts of $10 a month; they have an envelope for Capone with 10 bills in it-- $100 bills. They give it to crooked guard Lafferty, but then another guard, Charles Ravetch, takes some of the dough. That night, Joe Gianbattista and Jack White ambush Ravetch outside an Atlanta bar and fill him full of lead. June 15, 1934. Construction of Alcatraz is nearing completion, and Capone is worried. Benny Marcus, who knows all the train routes, will be paroled in 11 days; Capone offers him a great-paying job in Chicago. June 29, at the Montmartre club, Benny is explaining the route of the Alcatraz Express to Nitti and his lieutenants. Planning ahead, they decide to liquidate $5-million of Capone's assets; he'll want plenty of money when he is smuggled back to Italy. Anyone who doesn't help them liquidate will be rubbed out. July 4th, hotel owner Vito DiMarco refused to buy some Capone hotels; so "3-Fingered" Jack and a sidekick throw him a firecracker, a big one, blowing him up. July 10, Ness and men investigate when the headlines read: "Guadeloupe and Mohawk Hotels join DiMarco chain"; DiMarco's heirs paid Capone's boys $1.5-million to acquire their hotels. July 21, 1934. Ness goes to Washington, DC, to meet with Attorney General Cummings and government agent Ferguson. $5-million has been transferred from Capone's liquidations to Naples, Italy, to a Mr. "Paolo Spechanne"; Ferguson points out that's an alias for "Alphonse Capone" with the letters rearranged. Since they now know Capone plans to bust out, Ness takes a precaution: he says, instead of bringing the prisoners to the train, they'll bring the train to the prisoners. So tracks are laid, to extend a spur of the railroad directly into the Atlanta penitentiary. Cellmate Tony Diaz overhears Capone discussing his escape attempt; Diaz tells Capone, "I'm going with you-- or else I tell the warden." (okay, so he's dead.) Capone tells Diaz he'll take him to Italy with him, (and the idiot believes it). August 11, 1934. There is a meeting with Warden Hubbard, Ferguson and half a dozen officials. There will be no more visitors or mail for the inmates until the Big Train moves out. Capone quickly tells his Chicago lawyer Archie Devlin his secret code, on his last visit. Later, Capone finds out the train leaves on the 19th at 5:00 a.m. Even though he can't send any mail, he would be allowed to send a wire in case of an emergency. August 16, Capone pays a prisoner $500 to stab him. Capone is allowed to send an emergency wire to his family; curiously, instead of sending it to his wife, he sends it to Frank Nitti. Since Capone is big news in Chicago, on August 17 the radio stations carry his message: "Not hurt bad. Don't worry." And it's signed Alphonse. Ness is listening and quickly deciphers the code: 19 letters for the 19th of the month; 5 words for 5 o'clock. Ness phones Warden Hubbard in Atlanta; the message was signed "Alphonse" which must stand for "a.m." (if it was "p.m." he would have signed it "Al"). So Capone not only knows the time, he has alerted Nitti and his boys. Warden Hubbard alerts Ness of Capone's former cellmate, Benny Marcus, who is paroled and in Chicago. At the same time, at the Montmartre club, Frank Nitti figures he doesn't need Benny anymore. 2 of Nitti's boys, Geller and Herman, were to accompany Benny to San Francisco; change of plans: Nitti says to them, "Oh, you pick Benny up, but he don't go with you-- he don't go no place." Ness and his men go to Benny's place; he makes a run for it, and gets gunned down by Geller and Herman. Youngfellow shoots one of the hoods; Ness and Enrico shoot the other. Before Benny dies, he points towards the rendezvous spot on a map. Ness also finds another clue, a business card that reads: "Chartered flights. Lone Eagle flying service. Fred Noonan." (synopsis by: kdh) (continued next episode)