WTF REALLY Happened to The Untouchables (1987)?

By Chris Bumbray

Posted 5 years ago

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

WTF REALLY Happened To This Movie? – The JoBlo series that dives into movies based on TRUE stories, REAL people and ACTUAL historical events to separate FACT from FICTION!

In the 1987 crime thriller THE UNTOUCHABLES, director Brian De Palma depicts the efforts of Eliot Ness and his colleagues as they try to take down gangster boss Al Capone in Prohibition-era Chicago. Does the movie stay close to history, or is it drunk with exaggeration? Bring your knife to a gunfight and find out “WTF REALLY Happened to THE UNTOUCHABLES!”

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Tags: Action, Andy Garcia, Brian De Palma, Charles Smith, David Mamet, Kevin Costner, Period, Sean Connery, The Untouchables, wtf really happened to this movie

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