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Crime has struck a big eastern city, which had been amazingly clean of crime. The city is never named. After a machine gun assault in which a federal agent was killed, Elliot Ness and the Untouchables visit the city and see what they can do to end the violence before it gets out of hand.

The gang leader in the city is a guy by the name of "Lou Mungo." Things are going good for him but things all of a sudden turn bad. Not only are the feds in town but Chicago boss Frank Nitti decides he wants to take over, too! He hires a smooth-talking hotshot named "Sebastion" to convince Mungo to give things up. Mungo is not going to just surrender without a fight and the duels between the three parties mentioned above is very interesting.

Paul Richards as "Sebastion," was the most interesting character in the episode. Mike Kellin plays "Mungo." Richards and Kellin may be not be familiar names, but their faces are to anyone who watched TV 50 years ago. Both actors died fairly young: Richards at 50 and Kellin at 61.

Perhaps I like 'talky' shows over unnecessary machine gunning. This show is great for because we get to see how gangsters may have moved against each other while under pressure from the Feds. The episode is not very convoluted and is pretty easy to follow while the backstabbing is in full swing! It has its share of Tommy guns and actually, the way show got kicked off, yeah, great episode for me!

This episode of The Untouchables features a battle of wits between two total opposites in personality. Bruce Gordon as Frank Nitti selects for reasons I'm not quite certain of gambler Paul Richards to be his spokesperson and negotiator in the take over of the territory of a certain unnamed city. Richards is a cold blooded customer who really loves the sound of his own voice. And of course he decides to see what the odds are like for him to go into business for himself.

The other part of the story is Mike Kellin who is the local boss and not really playing with a full deck. He causes the murder of a federal agent which brings Robert Stack and his crew in the picture.

It's not the best Untouchables episode, but that final confrontation scene with Kellin and Richards is a beauty.

This is an awfully talky episode...and because of that, I don't think it's one of the better shows in the series. "City Without a Name" is supposedly set in an unnamed American city...one which had, until recently, worked hard to keep organized crime out and good government in. But recently an ultra-violent guy named Mungo has struck fear into the town...and killing to get control is no big deal to this thug.

The mob in Chicago has noticed Mungo and want to take over...and so they send Sebastian in to cheat the guy out of his territory. This is because the plan is to use Sebastian's palming technique to cheat at cards and win away this valuable territory.

Up until the very violent ending, this show was pretty dull--with Mungo and Sebastian talking and snarling a lot without even doing anything. Additionally, the actors playing these guys weren't all that memorable...hence I didn't even mention them.