Jack Weston plays a slob-like thug nicknamed "The Artichoke King" who is terrorizing the produce industry in New York City. In town for a brief stay, Elliott and the boys decide to see if they can get this sick murderer before he causes more harm.
This was an interesting episode thanks to a number of facts presented about how gangsters operated back in the era, such as how the largest flowers sent to the funeral almost always indicated who killed the fellow mobster. That's what this story winds up being about: rivalry inside the gang in which "Ciro Terranova" (Weston) has a subordinate "Frankie Yale" knocked off after the latter "becomes too big for his britches." Ness pits one gangster after another until they incriminate themselves..
There are other good guest stars in here, such as Mike Mazurki, Al Ruscio, Jerry Paris and others, and the photography is excellent, too. I had no idea these "The Untouchables" TV shows were so well-filmed until this DVD came out. This was solid camera-work done on these shows.
This was an interesting episode thanks to a number of facts presented about how gangsters operated back in the era, such as how the largest flowers sent to the funeral almost always indicated who killed the fellow mobster. That's what this story winds up being about: rivalry inside the gang in which "Ciro Terranova" (Weston) has a subordinate "Frankie Yale" knocked off after the latter "becomes too big for his britches." Ness pits one gangster after another until they incriminate themselves..
There are other good guest stars in here, such as Mike Mazurki, Al Ruscio, Jerry Paris and others, and the photography is excellent, too. I had no idea these "The Untouchables" TV shows were so well-filmed until this DVD came out. This was solid camera-work done on these shows.