On this day in movie history - The Untouchables (1987)

The Untouchables

directed by Brian De Palma,

written by David Mamet,

based on the book by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley,

was released in the United States on June 3, 1987.

Music by Ennio Morricone.

 

Cast:

Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro, Richard Bradford, Jack Kehoe, Brad Sullivan, Billy Drago, Patricia Clarkson, Vito D’Ambrosio, Steven Goldstein, Peter Aylward, Don Harvey, Robert Swan, John J. Walsh, Del Close, Colleen Bade, Greg Noonan, Sean Grennan, Larry Viverito Sr., Kevin Michael Doyle, Mike Bacarella, Michael P. Byrne, Kaitlin Montgomery, Aditra Kohl, Charles Keller Watson, Larry Brandenburg, Chelcie Ross, Tim Gamble, Sam Smiley, Pat Billingsley, John Bracci, Jennifer Anglin, Eddie Minasian, Anthony Mockus Sr., Will Zahrn, Louie Lanciloti, Vince Viverito, Valentino Cimo, Joe Greco, Clem Caserta, Bob Martana, Joseph Scianablo, George S. Spataro, Melody Rae, Robert Miranda, James Guthrie, Basil Reale.

Born on this day – Eliot Ness:

 

Law enforcement agent and head of The Untouchables

Writer,

April 19, 1903 – May 16, 1957

Credits:

Book:

The Untouchables (1957).

Movies and television:

American Justice: Target - Mafia (1993); Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob (2013); Haunted History (2013); Prohibition: Thirteen Years That Changed America (1997); The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Documentaries (2008); The Scarface Mob (1959); The Untouchables (1959–1963); The Untouchables (1987); The Untouchables (1993); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959).

On this day in movie history - Machine Gun McCain:

Machine Gun McCain

Italian title: Gli intoccabili

English translation: The Untouchables

directed by Giuliano Montaldo

written by Mino Roli, Israel Horovitz and Giuliano Montaldo,

based on the novel Candyleg by Ovid Demaris,

was released in Italy on April 1, 1969.

Music by Ennio Morricone.

 

Cast:

John Cassavetes, Britt Ekland, Peter Falk, Gabriele Ferzetti, Pierluigi Aprà, Luigi Pistilli, Margherita Guzzinati, Claudio Biava, Steffen Zacharias, James Morrison, Florinda Bolkan, Tony Kendall, Salvo Randone, Gena Rowlands, Maria Mizar, Euplio Moscusu, Mirella Pamphili, Raffaele Triggia, Gaetano Imbró, Silvana Bacci, Franco Riti, Jack Ackerman, Annabella Andreoli, Val Avery, Carla Brait, Nat Bush, Ennanno Consolazione, Carol Doda, Dan Gregory, Tery Hare, Werner Hasselmann, Billy Lee, Giuseppina Quinn, Dennis Sallas, Karen Valenti, Bill Vanders.