The White Slavers

I had some real problems with this Untouchables episode. There is no way that Al Capone would have had anything to do with Mike Kellin who plays a man in operational control of his organization's prostitution ring. The man we see Kellin play here is too violent, too quick tempered, just not in control. Especially with Robert Stack and his Feds closing down the houses and going after the come on rackets that recruit the girls.

Kellin is a total jerk. Paul Langton representing the imprisoned Capone tells him to bring in a former Polly Adler type madame in as a partner. But Kellin blows that up as Betty Field won't have anything to do with him.

Later on Kellin has the idea to bring in women from Mexico. But when Ness gets wind of it, Kellin machine guns a whole truckload of them. Bad public relations move for the mob which is just getting over St. Valentine's Day.

The ending is an especially bloody and violent one even for The Untouchables. As for Kellin he meets a violent and somewhat erotically savage end. That might be worth checking out.

But overall this is an inferior episode.

One of my all time favorite Noir series ever, has a nostalgic atmosphere of the thirties, this time the dry law was banned, so the Chicago's Mob try out another kind to raise money, prostitution was an option took ahead, Capone headed the entire operation, even arrested, with their arms over the city, the Crook Mig Torrance was one them, he has several model's agency to catch the women offering an glorious career at show business and Hollywood, they are addicted and becomes a party girls at their local night clubs, until one them died by an overdose, Eliot Ness enter in action with a valuable help from a former procuress who spent five long years at prison, the cast are great as Betty Field, Nina Talbot and Dick York as the yellow good heart crook and the evil deranged Mike Kellin as the Boss, highly recommended!!!

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First watch: 2012 / How many: 2 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7.5