The Untouchables managed to get involved with every known criminal with some kind of reputation in the lore of gangland. That is according to the TV series. However here it was a bit much because the Gennas were involved in the early years of the 20s before Al Capone emerged as the gangland kingpin of Chicago. The Untouchables were not even an idea at that point.
From 1921 to 1925 the six Genna brothers maintained a tight control over Chicago's Little Italy and what you see about the way they had the immigrants many of whom were illegal distilling the whiskey. The rest is all nonsense. One of them hit Dion O'Bannion and in turn was gunned down by Bugs Moran. Two were killed and the other three fled Chicago and drifted into obscurity.
Marc Lawrence is a mean and nasty Mike Genna head of the clan. Normally I let the lack of truth in The Untouchables stories go, but this one was a bit much.
Besides that having both Paul Picerni and Nicholas Georgiade as part of The Untouchables at that point is a real lack of continuity. They both joined the squad and the series after the show took off. By all rights Jerry Paris as Robert Stack's number 2 should have been brought back for this episode.
Continuity was not a strong suit for The Untouchables series.
From 1921 to 1925 the six Genna brothers maintained a tight control over Chicago's Little Italy and what you see about the way they had the immigrants many of whom were illegal distilling the whiskey. The rest is all nonsense. One of them hit Dion O'Bannion and in turn was gunned down by Bugs Moran. Two were killed and the other three fled Chicago and drifted into obscurity.
Marc Lawrence is a mean and nasty Mike Genna head of the clan. Normally I let the lack of truth in The Untouchables stories go, but this one was a bit much.
Besides that having both Paul Picerni and Nicholas Georgiade as part of The Untouchables at that point is a real lack of continuity. They both joined the squad and the series after the show took off. By all rights Jerry Paris as Robert Stack's number 2 should have been brought back for this episode.
Continuity was not a strong suit for The Untouchables series.