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os - oe a -_ es ae _ . i he . or a s a ‘aes Ahh es WE nwt eo nee ee lichen Bah eb ni tlt eel Ne A eh et ee | de eae ne Liane Be! a ef. i : ’ ms ‘olson nd "UNITED STATES ® Pex ey) 2 ee : : 7 Belmont ———_ ly Memorandu OT —— & | } To : Mr. DeL pate: 2-12-60 ...—s—si. Regen . ; . . : . . Bh: , no a an W.C. Sullivan oo, 7” eS. eee rene Tele. Room FROM: ME oe _— Iegram Gandy ce -SUBJECTg, “THE UNTOUCHABLES" - Se Fb ee rn ee Coo | aa oe DESILU PRODUCTIONS === ow & Zoe On the evening of February 11, 1960, sAQD crime | Researc ‘on, monitored this week's program of ''The Untouchables" which.was entitle ittle E Ln Se 7 - - Z This story, located in the small southern Illinois town of Marine, shows the power which a prohibition gangster had over the political forces during the early 1930s. The main character, Major Charlie Byron,who was an ex-Army officer, is shown as he has his hired gangsters eliminate by outright murder a reformsi mayor and sheriff. Byron instructs his hoodlums he will pay them $1, 000 per bullet that is found in “the mayor's thick skull." A bloody bit of action takes place when the murderer of the sheriff, after shooting him, empties an entire machine gun drum into the sheriff's body. _ bo, ee i - oO . The Governor of Dlinois calls in Eliot Ness to help clean up Marine; however, Ness informs the Governor that he and his men are tied up on a big case in Chicago. He does agree to send one man down to Marine to infiltraté the organization operated by Major Byron. This man, Cam Allison,:is the Bonofa . - former judge of St. Louis, Missouri, who was killed by the prohibition gangsters. Allison obtains’a job in the coal fields of Marine, and by starting a fight with members of the local sheriff's office, gains Major Byron's confidence. He gradually works his way into a position of trust and releases the information obtained. from his observations to Ness in Chicago by use of carrier pigeons. He.¢omes unde suspicion by only one member of the gang by the name of Ed Carlton. “" ~~ /\ : Carlton arranges to have one of his trusted girl friends, Hazel Stanley, te go out with Allison to try to find out whether or not he might be an undercover agen Allison convinces Hazel that he is not connected with the law; however, the insinuation _ _4s given that she falls in love with him. — During these scenes, she is shown partiall '.,, disrobed and the insinuation is given that sexual relations occur. Hazelinforms . g Ed Carlton that the only thing she finds suspicious was a receipt in Allison's wallet ‘for some pigeon feed. This causes Ed to become mpre suspicious and he searches » ; Allison's apartment and finds the pigeonson ‘the roof. esi, age four Lith (5) 4154, Xx Yd wt oul 51 FEB 26 1960 : is ka can ‘ EB & i ¢ 2