The Untouchables

During Prohibition, agent Eliot Ness forms a team called The Untouchables to stop Al Capones illegal liquor supply in Chicago, successfully raiding his warehouse and building a tax evasion case against him, leading to Capones conviction. The Untouchables is a 1987 American English-language Crime Drama film starring Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garc A, Robert De Niro, Sean Connery, Andy Garcia and Eddy Donno. The movie is based on The Untouchables by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley. Banner Productions was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Art Linson. The Untouchables is written by Oscar Fraley, Eliot Ness and David Mamet and it is directed by Brian De Palma. Paramount Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. The Untouchables was released on 3rd June 1987 and takes a screen time of 119 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. The Untouchables was made on a budget of $25 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $76 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by David Mamet. Cinematography was done by Stephen H. Burum and editing by Gerald B. Greenberg and Bill Pankow. The music was composed by Ennio Morricone. At the 1988 Oscar Awards It won an award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Sean Connery).