What are you prepared to do?
Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname “The Untouchables”.
The Untouchables (1987) is a crime, history and thriller film directed by Brian De Palma, released on June 3, 1987 with a runtime of 1h 59m. It stars Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro and Charles Martin Smith. Viewers rate it 7.8 out of 10 across 6,311 ratings.
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Kevin Costner
as Eliot Ness
Sean Connery
as Jim Malone
Robert De Niro
as Al Capone
Charles Martin Smith
as Oscar Wallace
Andy Garcia
as George Stone
Richard Bradford
as Mike
Jack Kehoe
as Payne
Brad Sullivan
as George
Billy Drago
as Nitti
Patricia Clarkson
as Catherine Ness
Vito D'Ambrosio
as Bowtie Driver
Steven Goldstein
as Scoop
Directed by Brian De Palma, written by David Mamet, Oscar Fraley and Eliot Ness, produced by Art Linson.
Average viewer score of 7.8/10 from 6,311 ratings.
Never stop fighting till the fight is done, here endeth the lesson. As good a gangster movie that has ever been made as DePalma does justice to Mamet's electric script. The acting on show is right out of the top draw, the inevitable ease that DeNiro puts menace into Capone is quite impressive, whilst the fresh faced pugnacious tenacity of Andy Garcia's George Stone is something of a delightful experience. Yet that…
Reviewed on January 12, 2020
If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog @ https://www.msbreviews.com Capone starring Tom Hardy is being released this week, so I decided to visit a classic from the late 80s that also features Al Capone (this time portrayed by Robert De Niro). One of my 2020's resolutions is to review older films, classics that I never wrote about, and maybe go through a director's filmography before…
Reviewed on May 13, 2020
Howard Hawks defined a great film as “three good scenes and no bad ones.” The Untouchables has one of the greatest scenes in the history of cinema, and not just because it’s patterned after the best known scene in Battleship Potemkin; this has actually become iconic in its own right. This Brian De Palma movie has several other good scenes, and arguably not a single bad one; it does have, however, a couple of scenes…
Reviewed on August 30, 2022
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The Untouchables (1987) is available to stream on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential and Paramount+ Amazon Channel, and to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home and Plex. Streaming availability is checked against JustWatch data and can change by region.
The main cast of The Untouchables (1987) includes Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Charles Martin Smith and Andy Garcia. The film was directed by Brian De Palma. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
The Untouchables was released on June 3, 1987 and runs for 1h 59m.
The Untouchables (1987) holds an average rating of 7.8 out of 10 from 6,311 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy crime, history and thriller films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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