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This was an ethnic story where the people in the neighborhood "take care of or own,"which could be good or bad depending on the circumstance. The ruling body in the local was "The Senate" and the one who had the premier seat and rule over it, although all views were listened to.

When bad liquor, a.k.a. rot gut, is the only alcohol in town and it results with too much violence, Elliot Ness goes to these gypsies to try to end the crime. After Frank Nitti's boys rub out two gypsy senate brothers, we learn the man who is providing the liquor and trying to avenge is father's death from 10 years ago, is "Janos Colescou" played by the rugged Charles Bronson.

Ness has to deal with folks that are new to him, as well as the crime lords and this new punk who is so filled with hate that he will not stop until all of the Bartok family is dead. By the way, one of the Bartok's is played by Ed Asner, and he's not easy to recognize.

Barbara Luna is interesting as "Magna Bartok," the daughter of Victor Bartok.

First, let me say the I have absolutely NOTHING against Martin Hafer. However, I don't care WHAT political correctness dictates the locals in this story would like to be called NOW. Secondly, this is a story about things that happened in Chicago during the Prohibition of alcohol in the U.S. (which, when you consider what a dangerous drug booze really is, whether it is "quality" stuff or "cheap rotgut", it's possible that the prohibition of the stuff might not be such a bad idea. The long-term effects of alcohol killed my grandfather, IN CHICAGO). Third, ANY installment of ANY series that gives you the drop-dead GORGEOUS Barbara Luna to look at for a major portion of a one-hour show, cannot possibly be ALL bad!!! Fourth, the members of The Untouchables being shown doing what they did when said Federal Law Enforcement Unit was first put together, IS what the program is about!

This episode of The Untouchables finds Robert Stack and his team investigating the sale of some really raunchy rot gut liquor in the gypsy quarter of Chicago. Gypsies for centuries have distilled their own wines but this is really bad bathtub stuff and obviously distributed by someone who truly doesn't care about the consequences to them.

That someone is Charles Bronson who also has a big score to settle with the Bartok family, the family that are like the Cartwrights in that part of Chicago. Two of them are killed and he's out to make it a clean sweep by killing the last Bartok Barbara Luna.

Earning their trust is next to impossible for any outsider. That's Stack's biggest hurdle on this case.

Bronson is one nasty piece of work in this story. Definitely a must for his fans.

In this politically correct world, the word 'Gypsy' isn't widely acceptable any more and so I'll use the more accepted and less offensive 'Romani'. This episode of "The Untouchables" is about vendettas and warfare within a Romani community in Chicago. Here, they take their grudges very seriously and the flow of illegal alcohol leads to lost tempers, stabbings and death. Janos Colescou (Charles Bronson) is in charge of the alcohol coming into this community and he uses a strange way to convince folks to tow the line...the names of folks about to be killed are posted on a tree in the downtown! One of these about to die is Fedor (Ed Asner). Ness has had enough of all this craziness and death and is intent on shutting down Colescou's lucrative and nasty business.

This is an odd episode to say the least and not altogether entertaining nor memorable. I am sure Romani folks aren't thrilled about it either as it paints them in less than wonderful terms. But at least it has the lovely BarBara Luna to look at throughout the episode.