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6/10
A 'Ness proof' brewery
bkoganbing2 January 2014
This episode has The Untouchables dealing Bill Zuckert's organization and its plans to build a new brewery which has to be 'Ness proof' because Robert Stack has been knocking over their other locations with increasing regularity.

What Zuckert does is import from New York J.D. Cannon who has developed a plan to put a brewery on a roof. He's now the fair haired boy of the boss but current brewmaster Milton Selzer is feeling left out. And Anne Jackson his wife feels something ought to be done.

What they do and how it turns out is for you to watch the program for. But I have to say that poor Milton Selzer plays the most nebbishy gangster I've ever seen. Not surprising though. One has to remember that he was in a legitimate line of work until 1920 and his services were needed by those who wanted to still make a living off a now illegal but demanded product. If Prohibition had never happened this poor guy would never have been involved in criminal activity.

This was a most unusual Untouchables story. None of the principals are killed, not a shot fired.
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8/10
"Harry...you're a boob!"
planktonrules23 March 2016
Milton Selzer plays Harry Gordon, a very ordinary looking man who is responsible for building breweries for the mob during Prohibition. However, Nitti's gang wants a brewery that will never be discovered by the Feds and brings in a specialist...a man with legendary skills in creating hidden breweries, Lassiter (J.D. Cannon). But in doing this, Harry's wife realizes that he's being pushed aside. Eventually, Harry realizes the same thing and so both help tip off Ness. After all, if it makes Lassiter look bad, it makes Harry look more important to the organization. While this is very, very dangerous, it might be Harry's best chance as Lassiter has plans for getting rid of him...one way or the other. Early in the show, Harry's wife told him he was a boob...so who's the boob by the end of the episode?!

Overall this was a very good episode with a fitting and ironic ending. No shooting or rough stuff in this one...just a compelling story you're sure to enjoy.
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