The Untouchables - Season 1 - Eps 19: The Big Squeeze
Chicago. Prior to May 1934, robbing state banks was not a federal offense. Bandits only had local police to contend with, and they were often understaffed, inefficient or corrupt. This led to a rash of successful, though clumsily executed, bank robberies. In this city alone, there were 422 robberies in the last year, with 221 casualties. On March 1934, Eliot Ness is meeting with his friend D.A. Beecher Asbury. Ness tells him that until bank robbery becomes a federal offense, there's not much he can about it.
About The Untouchables

Title: The Untouchables
First Air Date: 1959-10-15
Last Air Date: 1963-05-21
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.861/10 (from 119 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 5
Total Episodes: 118
Network: ABC
Genres: Drama, Crime
Production Companies: Desilu Productions, Langford Productions
Synopsis
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
Cast

Robert Stack
Eliot Ness

Nicholas Georgiade
Enrico Rossi

Steve London
Jack Rossman

Paul Picerni
Lee Hobson

Abel Fernandez
William Youngfellow

Walter Winchell
Narrator