William Bendix as the special guest star dominates this episode of The Untouchables as a coldblooded leader of a gang of truck hijackers who've got robbery of the big rigs down to a science. One of the reason that they can't be apprehended is that Bendix leaves no witnesses, tying the drivers to a tree and just shooting them down.
Other than it would probably be the FBI who would have jurisdiction in such a case if one is prepared to overlook such petty details and enjoy how Robert Stack and the group track down these killers.
This episode is also distinguished by the fact that an Untouchable dies in a shootout with some of the Tri-State Gang as Bendix's crew is called. Not one of the series regulars, one of the anonymous T-Men that Eliot Ness uses on raids. Still unusual for that period.
William Bendix was one of the best actors around who could play comedy or drama, be a lovable good guy or a killer and do them all well. Until I saw this Untouchable episode I always thought Bendix was meanest in The Glass Key on the big screen. But this performance was a revelation.
And you'll really like the way Bendix ends up. I wouldn't dream of telling.