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The Untouchables Season 2 Episode 1

The Rusty Heller Story

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AIRED: 10/13/60

With Capone's empire tottering, a big-time gangster from New York, Charlie "Pops" Felcher, has just arrived in Chicago to take over.

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Southern belle Rusty Heller wants to get to the top on the arm of a big man; gangster Pops Felcher and his lawyer Archie Grayson try, but they don't have the juice; Rusty gets even with both for their betrayal, flirting with and aiding Ness along the way.moreless

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By gypsyros, May 16, 2009

This ranks in the top three (along with The Jake Lingle Killing & The Doreen Maney Story) of all the episodes for me; there is no down time--every sequence, every sentence has a point. Rusty mesmerizes every male in the episode and even Eliot Ness has a hard time turning her down. Elizabeth Montgomery looks stunning as a red-head and every outfit was a knock-out (can't say the same for the hats though--they covered up that red hair). Alas, Rusty must get killed in the end--with the 1960 censor's code, they couldn't have a mere female (and a prostitute to boot!) come out triumphant over all of those tough males and end up with $350K for her troubles. Liz was robbed at the 1961 Emmys!moreless
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By Mad_Buck, Jul 10, 2005

Elizabeth Montgomery was nominated for an Emmy for her performance in this episode as prostitute Rusty Heller who lies, cheats, and manipulates her way to the top of the underworld food chain. Fans of Montgomery's later work in Bewitched should also enjoy the fact that David White, who played Larry Tate in that series, plays Montgomery's mob lawyer lover here. Boy, would Darrin Stephens ever be ticked if he saw this episode. Or maybe it was Samantha's lookalike cousin, Serena, up there on the screen making out with Larry Tate.

Bewitched references aside this is an excellent episode which also introduces Paul Picerni to the cast as Untouchable Lee Hobson. Strangely enough, Hobson, alone among the Untouchables, is never given any background story. We can only speculate where he came from because it's never given on the show. Perhaps his real name was Leonardo Hobsoni.moreless
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Robert Stack	Eliot Ness
Paul Picerni	Agent Lee Hobson
Abel Fernandez	Agent William Youngfellow
Nicholas Georgiade	Agent Enrico Rossi
Steve London	Agent Jack Rossman
Walter Winchell	Narrator

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Elizabeth Montgomery	Rusty Heller	Guest Star
Harold J. Stone	Pops Felcher/Alexander Pondas	Guest Star
David White	Archie Grayson	Guest Star

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- Rusty: (to Grayson) I've decided to let thee endow me with all thy worldly possessions.
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- Rusty: (to Grayson) Marry you! I'd rather walk barefoot through a snakepit.
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- Rusty: (to Felcher) You lousy Indian giver! I'll see you dead!
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- Rusty: (to Ness) Even an Untouchable ain't puncture proof.
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- Rusty: You're naggin', Archie. Like a husband. You ain't my husband.
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- Rusty: Most men seem to hear my music. How come you don't hear it, Mr. Ness?
  Ness: I hear it only I guess I just don't dance to that particular tune.
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- Grayson: (regarding Felcher) I'm the horse. He's the wagon.
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- Rusty: (to Grayson) You better keep your word to me or you ain't gonna wipe your hands on my towel no more.
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- Ness: (to Grayson regarding Felcher) It's a great trick. You can make him talk without moving your lips.
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- Felcher: (to Rusty) I not gonna croak you. I just gonna fix it so nobody wanna play kiss kiss with pretty baby no more.
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- Rusty: (to Ness) Now don't you go appealin' to my better nature. I ain't got one. One day it just sorta up and walked away.
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- Hobson: (about Rusty's offer to Ness) I wonder if I'd have had the willpower to turn down a mountaintop with her.
  Ness: Anyway, how'd I explain it to my wife?
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- Rusty: (to Ness) I know a place, way up on top of a mountain, where the air is so full of moxie, even statues kiss at night.
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- This episode was named one of the 100 Greatest Television Episodes of All Time by TV Guide in 1997.
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- This episode marked the first appearance of Paul Picerni as Agent Lee Hobson. Unlike the other Untouchables, we're never given any background information for this character. We learn from Season Three's The Genna Brothers that Hobson speaks Italian and grew up in a neighborhood with a large Italian population and we find out in Season Four's The Night They Shot Santa Claus that he's married with a wife named Mary although this info contradicts appearances in Season Three's Silent Partner where he appears for all intents and purposes to be a bachelor.
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