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Die Unbestechlichen Little Egypt (1959–1963) Online

Die Unbestechlichen Little Egypt (1959–1963) Online
Original Title :
Little Egypt
Genre :
TV Episode / Action / Crime / Drama
Year :
1959–1963
Directror :
John Peyser
Cast :
Robert Stack,Susan Cummings,Anthony George
Writer :
Joseph Petracca,Eliot Ness
Type :
TV Episode
Time :
52min
Rating :
7.8/10
Die Unbestechlichen Little Egypt (1959–1963) Online

The Governor asks Eliot Ness if he can help wipe out the mob in a crime ridden area of southern Illinois known as Little Egypt. There, the local syndicate headed by Major Charlie Byron has killed the just-elected reform mayor and are clearly gunning to get rid of the honest Sheriff. Ness is a little pressed with most of his men working on a case in New York so he agrees to send in a new agent, Cam Allison, undercover to infiltrate Byron's gang. Allison is supplied with carrier pigeons to supply Ness with regular reports but his situation becomes dangerous when he's uncovered.
Episode cast overview:
Robert Stack Robert Stack - Eliot Ness
Susan Cummings Susan Cummings - Hazel Stanley
Anthony George Anthony George - Agent Cam Allison
Fred Clark Fred Clark - Major Charlie Byron
Abel Fernandez Abel Fernandez - William Youngfellow
Nicholas Georgiade Nicholas Georgiade - Enrico Rossi
John Marley John Marley - Ed Carlton
Sam Gilman Sam Gilman - Deputy Parker
Steve London Steve London - Jack Rossman
Bartlett Robinson Bartlett Robinson - Mayor Marcus Stone
Norman Alden Norman Alden - Barry Carlton (as Norm Alden)
Miriam Goldina Miriam Goldina - Mrs. Lazlo
James McCallion James McCallion - Shorty Checkers
Frank Bella Frank Bella - Ray Williams
Walter Winchell Walter Winchell - Narrator (voice)


User reviews

Fountain_tenderness

Fountain_tenderness

When the show begins, Mayor Stone is elected on the reform ticket in a Southern Illinois area referred to as 'Little Egypt' (???). Soon, the mobster who's been in charge there decides to have the Mayor killed as well as the Sheriff...and the Mayor's wife also was killed in the process. Not surprisingly, the Governor wasn't at all pleased and asks Ness for his help. Ness' plan is to infiltrate the mob run by Major Byron (Fred Clark) and the fake mobster will be a new member of the Untouchables, Cam (Anthony George). To communicate with Ness, Cam will use carrier pigeons.

A hiccup in all this is that after Cam joins the mob, eventually the gangsters start to wonder if they have a leak in the organization. One guy, Ed Carlton (John Marley), wonders if it could be Cam and asks a lady to seduce him and search his belongings. The only unusual things she finds is a receipt for pigeon feed...and Ed searches Cam's apartment and finds the birds. What's next? See the show.

By the end of the show, the Untouchables are (once again) outnumbered and outgunned but manage to somehow win the climactic gun battle and save the day. I mention this because it's a weakness in the series--that no matter what the odds are, Ness and his men almost never get shot--even when the baddies are using shotguns and machine guns! Still, despite this, it's a good and engaging show...well worth seeing.
Kelenn

Kelenn

Robert Stack steps out of the picture for most of this Untouchables episode. Carrying the ball here is Anthony George playing newly recruited Treasury agent Cam Allison who goes undercover in a gang run by Fred Clark who controls a downstate Illinois county with ties to the Chicago wise guys that Eliot Ness is forever trying to put out of business.

Fred Clark who probably was in the cavalry back in his military days, styles himself the Major and wears riding boots and carries a riding crop for affectation and a little use on people. Anthony George who plays Cam Allison infiltrates the gang, but Clark's number one trigger man John Marley remains unconvinced.

Nice shootout in the end with Robert Stack bringing the Untouchable cavalry to George's rescue. He needed it.