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The Matt Bass Scheme

The Matt Bass Scheme

1961TV Episode⏱️ 52m
ActionCrimeDrama
8.1
IMDB Rating
81 votes

Matt Bass is an ex-con and a former member of Al Capone's criminal empire. In prison, a fellow con, engineer Jason Fiddler develops what he thinks is the perfect way to deliver illicit liquor to central Chicago. Once out of jail, ...

Director
Stuart Rosenberg
Writers
David Zelag Goodman, Eliot Ness, Oscar Fraley
Stars
Robert Stack, Telly Savalas, Bruce Gordon
Release Date
November 9, 1961
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 4
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Robert Stack
Robert Stack
as Eliot Ness
Telly Savalas
Telly Savalas
as Matt Bass
Bruce Gordon
Bruce Gordon
as Frank Nitti
Milton Selzer
Milton Selzer
as Jason Fiddler
Michael Constantine
Michael Constantine
as Seth Otis
Paul Picerni
Paul Picerni
as Lee Hobson
Nicholas Georgiade
Nicholas Georgiade
as Enrico Rossi
Abel Fernandez
Abel Fernandez
as William Youngfellow
Steve London
Steve London
as Jack Rossman
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Joseph Bernard
as Solly Wilks

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Production
Desilu Productions, Langford Productions

🏷️ Keywords

prison librarysewerdrug trafficdistillerybooze

🎯 Categories

ActionCrimeDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Pipe Dream
by bkoganbing2013-11-26
6/10

"Newly released from prison at the same time a city engineer who took some bribes played by Milton Seltzer is, Telly Savalas cooks up a scheme that will supply unlimited booze for Frank Nitti and the speakeasies that he takes care of. Engineer Seltzer's plan calls for a pipeline to be laid in the Chicago sewers next to all the other pipes that will run Bruce Gordon's booze from the suburbs. Of course that also requires Savalas ratting out Gordon's current delivery system to Robert Stack and The Untouchables. Savalas is one ruthless customer who is matching Gordon kill for kill..."

📖 Synopsis

Matt Bass is an ex-con and a former member of Al Capone's criminal empire. In prison, a fellow con, engineer Jason Fiddler develops what he thinks is the perfect way to deliver illicit liquor to central Chicago. Once out of jail, ...