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EPISODE · Dec 16, 2025 · 1H 59M

The Untouchables (1987) with Steve Prokopy, Public Relations Manager at the Music Box Theatre

from Four Stars: A Chicago Film Podcast · host Paco Alvarez and Jeremy Marder

Jeremy and Paco are joined by Music Box PR Manager Steve Prokopy (AKA Capone) to discuss Brian De Palma's The Untouchables (1987). They also discuss the original The Untouchables TV show, The Unmentionables, the 1993 reboot series, and the legendary The Untouchables of Eliott Mouse. Art by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lily Bacon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ newest_latest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Suggestions, comments, complaints, hate mail, and all other correspondence can be sent to [email protected] Further reading and sources- PEANUTS' PANCZKO LINKED TO SUBURB PROSTITUTE RING | William B. Crawford,Jr., Chicago Tribune- Chicago's Polish Robin Hoods - The Panczko Brothers | Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune- Behind The Untouchables: The Making of the Memoir That Reclaimed a Prohibition-Era Legend | Matthew Pearl, Vanity Fair- The Untouchables | Eliot Ness with Oscar Fraley- Eliot Ness: The Rise and Fall of an American Hero | Douglas Perry - TV GOLDEN OLDIES HEAD FOR SILVER SCREEN | Aljean Harmetz, New York Times- Writer David Mamet fills roles with Chicago actors | Glenna Syse, Chicago Sun-Times- A day in the life of an `extra': sore feet and monotony | Gloria Charnes, Chicago Sun-Times- Chicago, the celluloid city - 7 film crews make their temporary home here | Chicago Sun-Times- Return of `The Untouchables' - TV's gangster classic inspires the latest film by Brian De Palma | Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times- UNTOUCHABLES' DE NIRO, DE PALMA, MAMET ORGANIZE CRIME WITH A DIFFERENCE | Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune- COOL HEAD, HOT IMAGES | Bruce Weber, New York Times- The Untouchables: A Search for Period Flavor | Al Harrell, American Cinematographer

Jeremy and Paco are joined by Music Box PR Manager Steve Prokopy (AKA Capone) to discuss Brian De Palma's The Untouchables (1987). They also discuss the original The Untouchables TV show, The Unmentionables, the 1993 reboot series, and the legendary The Untouchables of Eliott Mouse. Art by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lily Bacon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ newest_latest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Suggestions, comments, complaints, hate mail, and all other correspondence can be sent to [email protected] Further reading and sources- PEANUTS' PANCZKO LINKED TO SUBURB PROSTITUTE RING | William B. Crawford,Jr., Chicago Tribune- Chicago's Polish Robin Hoods - The Panczko Brothers | Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune- Behind The Untouchables: The Making of the Memoir That Reclaimed a Prohibition-Era Legend | Matthew Pearl, Vanity Fair- The Untouchables | Eliot Ness with Oscar Fraley- Eliot Ness: The Rise and Fall of an American Hero | Douglas Perry - TV GOLDEN OLDIES HEAD FOR SILVER SCREEN | Aljean Harmetz, New York Times- Writer David Mamet fills roles with Chicago actors | Glenna Syse, Chicago Sun-Times- A day in the life of an `extra': sore feet and monotony | Gloria Charnes, Chicago Sun-Times- Chicago, the celluloid city - 7 film crews make their temporary home here | Chicago Sun-Times- Return of `The Untouchables' - TV's gangster classic inspires the latest film by Brian De Palma | Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times- UNTOUCHABLES' DE NIRO, DE PALMA, MAMET ORGANIZE CRIME WITH A DIFFERENCE | Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune- COOL HEAD, HOT IMAGES | Bruce Weber, New York Times- The Untouchables: A Search for Period Flavor | Al Harrell, American Cinematographer

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