Eliot Ness and the Untouchables ...

30 Juillet 2010

The name "Eliot Ness" carries with it images of Chicago gangland speakeasies and shootouts with some of the nation's most notorious criminals. Ness has been transformed into a legendary figure by the films and television programs that depicted the war he and his "Untouchables" waged against the mobsters of Prohibition-era Chicago. Yet the real Ness is an enigma and the actual men who worked with him are little known. This analysis of Ness the person and Ness the myth brings together careful historical analysis and descriptive critiques of the many films and television programs devoted to interpreting his life and war with Al Capone. Reasons for the popularity of Eliot Ness and his mythic importance are also explored. Photographs, bibliography, and an index are included.

Eliot Ness and the Untouchables: The Historical Reality and the Film and Television Depictions

Kenneth Tucker (Auteur)

About the author : Kenneth Tucker is a professor of English at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky. He has written previously on a variety of literary figures and on the performing arts. He lives in Murray.

Si vous êtes plutôt cinéphiles, il n'y a que l'embarras du choix...

Alors citons un film culte, "Les Incorruptibles", (The intouchables, 1987) de Brian de Palma où la figure d'Eliot Ness en butte à la mafia, ses meurtres et ses pressions pourrait inspirer la figure des nouveaux justiciers de la finance en col blanc ...