Eliot Ness who was in New York to testify at a trial hears of the death of another Treasury man in the line of duty. Robert Stack and Paul Picerni stick around to aid in the investigation.
What the story in this episode is about is the bakery industry and Murder Incorporated's efforts to shakedown the bakers and bring them into a syndicate run combine. Chief of the independents holding out is Harold J. Stone who is one tough guy.
John Larch is the guy that the syndicate has picked to organize the bakers and he's on a spot. They're not crazy about the attention that is being brought upon them by the murder of a federal agent. He's on a short leash from Murder Incorporated.
Larch was always a good actor in villain roles and he's at his best in The Untouchables. In the end Eliot Ness however gets justice for his colleague in an unofficial way.
What the story in this episode is about is the bakery industry and Murder Incorporated's efforts to shakedown the bakers and bring them into a syndicate run combine. Chief of the independents holding out is Harold J. Stone who is one tough guy.
John Larch is the guy that the syndicate has picked to organize the bakers and he's on a spot. They're not crazy about the attention that is being brought upon them by the murder of a federal agent. He's on a short leash from Murder Incorporated.
Larch was always a good actor in villain roles and he's at his best in The Untouchables. In the end Eliot Ness however gets justice for his colleague in an unofficial way.