Frank Nitti's End | Scenes from The Untouchables

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Anthony George wasn’t the only actor that Quinn Martin heard from during the production of this episode. Upon learning that Frank Nitti would also meet his end in the season finale, actor Bruce Gordon protested. Since the debut of The Untouchables, Martin’s career had been given the lift that Desi Arnaz promised him in 1959 and subsequently, Martin founded QM Productions to pursue the development of his own television programs. Incoming producer Jerry Thorpe appealed to have Frank Nitti stay on as well, to no avail – killing Nitti was his parting gift to Desilu.

One of Desilu’s executives comforted Gordon with the reminder that since episodes did not air in any chronological order, he could easily be reinstated and he was right – Frank Nitti would return several episodes into the Second Season in the excellent The Purple Gang and eventually appear in nearly half of the show’s episodes during its four-year run.

The real Franco Nitto brought about his own demise on March 19, 1943. This episode pays homage to events that actually occurred, including the Capone mob’s extortion attempt Hollywood studios. The real Louis Campagna and Phil D`Andrea, among others, pressured Nitti to kill Willie Bioff, who had been instated by Nitti as the leader of a theater union and recently turned states evidence against the mob. Despondent and drunk, Nitti committed suicide in a railroad yard close to his home on the day before he was to be indicted for the extortion scheme. The leaders of Nitti’s gang went to prison – and informant Bioff was assassinated 12 years later by an exploding truck bomb, much like Jerry Dockstone’s death in this episode.

THE FRANK NITTI STORY
Story by Harry Essex
Written by Lee Blair Scott
Directed by Howard W. Koch
Produced by Josef Shaftel
Director of Photography Charles Straumer and Robert B. Hauser
Co-starring Richard Anderson, Myron McCormick, Dick Foran
Special Guest Star Bruce Gordon
Featuring Frank de Kova, Phyllis Coates, Alex Gerry, Frank Wilcox, Frank Albertson, Harry Harvey, Sr.

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From 1959-1963, the series brought to life the nightly wars between good and evil in the streets of Prohibition Chicago. With legendary lawman Eliot Ness (Robert Stack) and his band of incorruptible agents leading the way for justice, famed reporter Walter Winchell providing staccato narration and guest stars breathing life into colorful underworld characters, the true story of The Untouchables became legend in a film noir mix of true history and Emmy award-winning fiction.

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