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The Untouchables (film)
The Untouchables
is a 1987 American
gangster film
directed by
Brian De Palma
and written by
David Mamet
. Based on the book
The Untouchables
(1957), the film stars
Kevin Costner
as government agent
Eliot Ness
,
Robert De Niro
as gang leader
Al Capone
, and
Sean Connery
as
Irish-American
officer Jimmy Malone (based on the real life Irish-American agent and "Untouchables" member
Marty Lahart
). The film follows Ness' autobiographical account of the efforts his
Untouchables
team to bring Capone to justice during
Prohibition
. The Grammy Award-winning score was composed by
Ennio Morricone
and features some period-correct music by
Duke Ellington
.
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