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cn in atte he ee ae Be tn i UNTOUCHABLES#———~= \\ ‘ - ("The Noise Of Death") (ABC-TV, Jan. 14, 9:30-10:30 p.m.) With severa! other shows riding the Mafia gravy train, the .public may eventually tire of TV’s retrospective ime _wave, but the one most likely . to be remembered is personified by Robert Stack’s dedicated, unrelenting, humorless characterization of federal agent Eliot Ness. It must be remem- bered, too, that this series kicked it all ‘ off. Further, this episode had the topi- cal advantage of appearing in the same week the Apalachin delegates were given maximum sentences in New York ; _ Federal Court. : nlronically, this segment did need something to offset not a deficiency ' ‘ but an excess. ‘@) y | \. .. Co-star J. Carroll Naish made his eee mej r portrayal of an old subordinate gang ~ HU fi ( vty boss so sympathetic that he seemed in- ee tabable of the atrocities of which he wis accused. Forced to relinquish his power to a yqunger rival, he is unable to resign himself to obscurity and makes a final effort to assert his authority and re- , gain the favor of the ‘‘boys in the country.”” He displayed the kind of laudable : courage and tenacity that heroes are made of, and, since the evidence against him was heresay, the audience may have accepted his bloody passing with mixed emotions. But few series have had such a dis- tinct personality, and Walter Grau-: man’s direction of Ben Maddow’s script maintained the expected imoact. Henry Silva and Mike Kellin made: ‘excellent gangster types and Norma. Crane and Rita Lynn did credit to the! distaff with support from Robert En- | nenstein, Jerry Paris and Abel Fernan- dez. ft may not have been a television first, but Stack actually cracked a half- smile in this segment. \ Executive producer Quinn Martin and ! producer Charles Russell continue: helming a strong contender in the TV. NOT 1528 97 M40,FEE 4.1960 Mr. Deere Mr. Malone... Mr. McGu‘re ir, Rosen # 4 THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER oe i , «..Hollywool, California = 3)" *