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The Untouchables (1987) More at IMDbPro »

Followed by

The Untouchables: Capone Rising (2010)

Version of

"The Untouchables" (1959)
"The Untouchables" (1993)
The Untouchables: Capone Rising (2010)

Spin off

The Untouchables (1991) (VG)

References

Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925)
 -  the staircase scene with the baby cart. there are also sailors in the scene which makes it clear that its like the sailors rebalion in potyomkin
Scarface (1932)
Party Girl (1958)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Taxi Driver (1976)
 -  The dialogue "-You got him? -Yeah, I got him" between the grossery store clerk and Travis appears in the final shootout in the train station between Ness and Stone

Referenced in

Du shen (1989)
 -  chow's bodyguard dragon helps save a baby in a stroller on the escalator whilst having a shootout with badguys. this is a take on the steps sequence from 'the untouchables'.
"Roseanne: Roseanne in the Hood (#8.3)" (1995)
 -  "If they put one of our guys in the hospital, we put one of theirs in the morgue."
"Baantjer: De Cock en de moord onder de doktoren (#1.11)" (1996)
 -  Open reference by a character
Happy Gilmore (1996)
Trainspotting (1996)
The Fan (1996)
 -  Wesley Snipes asks Robert de Niro if he likes Baseball! Robert de Niro said the same question to the guy he killed with a baseball bat!
Chasing Amy (1997)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Deadly Mantis (#9.4)" (1997)
 -  Mke: The cast of Outbreak in the Untouchables.
The Jackal (1997)
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
 -  Riggs said that he "brought a knife to a gun fight," .
With Friends Like These... (1998)
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999) (TV)
 -  Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 features many clips and references from movie and television history.
"Edderkoppen" (2000)
 -  The baseball scene is referenced in the fourth episode in Edderkoppen
Oh! Soo-jung (2000)
 -  poster inside office
"RoboCop: Prime Directives" (2000)
Meet the Parents (2000)
 -  When the urn breaks, Mr Jinks the cat runs and urinates on the ashes. In The Untouchables, Robert De Niro as Al Capone says he wanted Eliot Ness dead so he could go to his house in the middle of the night and "piss on his ashes."
Little Nicky (2000)
Ji fat faan fat (2001)
"Titus: Three Strikes (#2.21)" (2001)
 -  Titus references the "I want his family dead" scene
Swordfish (2001)
 -  Borrowed dialogue
Heist (2001/I)
The Real Untouchables (2001) (TV)
 -  Stills are shown.
The Making of 'Casualties of War' (2001) (V)
 -  mentioned once
"Undeclared: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs (#1.10)" (2002)
 -  Jimmy impersonates Jim Malone.
Film School Confidential (2002)
Shirtless: Hollywood's Sexiest Men (2002) (TV)
WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002) (VG)
Road to Perdition (2002)
Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven (2002) (VG)
 -  the hotel mission, canadian whiskey, mafia in the 1930's
"Just Shoot Me!: Nina and the Rocker (#7.3)" (2002)
 -  Elliot paraphrases the "Chicago way" speech.
Analyze That (2002)
Duplex (2003)
 -  Mrs. Connelly tells the hitman that he brought a knife to a gunfight
The Punisher (2004)
 -  The line "bring a knife to a gun fight" which is said by Mark Collie was first said in "The Untouchables" by Sean Connery.
Aan: Men at Work (2004)
 -  many plot points, including two specific killings, are lifted from the 1987 film
Shark Tale (2004)
Kung fu (2004)
 -  The character Donut while dying gives Sean Connery's final line from The Untouchables, "What are you preparing [sic] to do?"
Be Cool (2005)
 -  On marquee at Graumans
"Still Standing: Still Decorating (#4.12)" (2006)
 -  Bill and Kyle are about to watch The Untouchables. Bill makes a poor imitation of Sean Connery as Malone: "They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. *That's* the *Chicago* way!"
Accepted (2006)
Black Rain: The Script, the Cast (2006) (V)
 -  mentioned once
Meet the Robinsons (2007)
 -  Wilbur throws Lewis off the roof of the Orphanage like Eliot Ness throws Frank Nitti off the courthouse roof
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
 -  Indy tells Mutt he "brought a knife to a gun fight," a Connery line from The Untouchables
Död vid ankomst (2008)
 -  quote from the film is said by one of the characters
Seinfeld: A XXX Parody (2009) (V)
 -  Title referenced by Elaina
"Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service: Knockout (#6.18)" (2009)
 -  Tony quotes Sean Connery: "They pull a knife; you pull a gun ... that's the Chicago Way."
"The Goode Family: Gerald's Way or the Highway (#1.12)" (2009)
 -  one skinhead reminds another about what Robert De Niro did in the film

Featured in

The 60th Annual Academy Awards (1988) (TV)
The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998) (TV)
Brian De Palma, l'incorruptible (2002)
The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003) (TV)
The Untouchables: Production Stories (2004) (V)
 -  clips shown
The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the Genre (2004) (V)
 -  clips shown
The Untouchables: The Classic (2004) (V)
 -  clips shown
The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast (2004) (V)
 -  clips shown
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
 -  Clip included; editing analysed.
The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV)
"The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-02-21)" (2008)
 -  Clips of this film are shown during the interview with Gregg Goldstein about the film career of Sean Connery.
Drillbit Taylor (2008)
 -  The characters watch the film.

Spoofs

Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925)
 -  the staircase scene with the baby cart. there are also sailors in the scene which makes it clear that its like the sailors rebalion in potyomkin

Spoofed in

The Untouchable Family (1987)
 -  Several to mention.
"Saturday Night Live: Steve Martin/Sting (#13.1)" (1987)
 -  Spoofed during cold opening
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
"The Simpsons: Homer Goes to College (#5.3)" (1993)
 -  The famous baseball scene with Mr. Burns.
La cité de la peur (1994)
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
 -  Spoofs the scene with the baby carriage on the stairs at the station.
Mallrats (1995)
 -  When being arrested by security one of them screams "Your nothing but a lot of talk and a badge" which is the final line said by De Niro in "The UNtouchables"
"South Park: The Tooth Fairy's Tats 2000 (#4.1)" (2000)
 -  When Loogie finds out that the 4 boys are taking all the profits from the "tooth scam" for themselves, he tells his "henchmen", "I want them dead. I want their whole family dead...", etc. This is taken (albeit in a sanitized form) from Al Capone (as played by Robert De Niro) in the film "The Untouchables" (1987).
Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001) (VG)
 -  The baseball scene is a spoof of The Untouchables
Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro (2001) (VG)
 -  Capone´s talk about baseball is repeated by Hammerhead
Vivancos 3 (2002)
Conker: Live and Reloaded (2004) (VG)
 -  Don Weaso beat Paulie Red with a baseball bat
Itse valtiaat - Agenttimusikaali (2005) (TV)
 -  This tv movie is an agent film parody.
Drillbit Taylor (2008)
 -  On Drillbit Taylors advice, the kids try to use the trick of the "hold-back-guy-scene" they watch from The Untouchables but it backfires on them
"House M.D.: Let Them Eat Cake (#5.10)" (2008)
 -  House imitates Sean Connery's delivery /line when he say "she send s one of yours to the hospital send one of their to the morgue."
"Chuck: Chuck Versus the Predator (#2.17)" (2009)
 -  When the two Buy More crews meet at the end of the episode, Big Mike's speech of how the competition goes between the stores spoofs Maloy's speech on Chicago police tactics in the Untouchables. Morgan also spoofs it when he tells the Hollywood crew that they're not from Burbank, also spoofing Elliott Ness

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