In this episode of "The Untouchables", an ordinary looking guy, Edmund Wald (Michael Constantine) manufactures bottles and this could turn out to be VERY profitable since he's come upon a way to make cheap fake champagne which could pass for the real stuff. And, during the Depression the stuff is going for $10 or more a bottle...making this a potentially a goldmine. But he needs some startup help. He needs contacts so he begins working with Michel Viton (Barry Morse). But he needs more--bottling equipment (which they kill to get) and money. As for the money, Wald seeks it out from his incredibly cheap and nasty uncle (Robert Middleton). Through the course of this show, see how these men and Wald's assistant sink deeper and deeper into murder and depravity to make their fortunes.
This is a very juicy episode...full of ordinary looking folks becoming consumed by greed and evil. I also appreciated how the deaf character played by George Kennedy actually WAS using American Sign Language...not just some made up gibberish (though Constantine's signs back to him WERE gibberish). Well worth seeing and well written. Greed at its worst...and most entertaining.
This is a very juicy episode...full of ordinary looking folks becoming consumed by greed and evil. I also appreciated how the deaf character played by George Kennedy actually WAS using American Sign Language...not just some made up gibberish (though Constantine's signs back to him WERE gibberish). Well worth seeing and well written. Greed at its worst...and most entertaining.