And Now Some Scenes from Next Week's Show: Murder Under Glass

The trailers for each new episode of "The Untouchables" were one of the most significant - and never mentioned - reasons for the show's success. Perfected by the Second Season, the trailers, or promos as they are more commonly called, were nothing like their contemporary counterparts that featured several short sound bites and two or three disjointed scenes jammed together lasting often as little as ten seconds. Promos for "The Untouchables" were expensive, elaborately packaged little affairs lasting a full minute and a half, complete with a billboard of co-stars and animated pages turning between scenes to imprint the right-from-the-book fantasy. Showing up at the end of the network hour, just before the credits and appearing more like theatrical trailers, they were often cleverly edited, had their own musical theme and featured alternate takes of scenes, selected before the cut of the episode itself was locked.
These trailers would largely vanish after 1963 when episodes entered syndication or would be broadcast out of order and many have not been seen since their original network airing and failed to appear in the so-called collector's edition video cassette made available in 1991, which excluded the main titles and other portions of the original format. These trailers could make weak programs like "The Otto Frick Story" seem far more absorbing than they actually turned out to be and outstanding ones like "The Purple Gang" so horrific it virtually guaranteed a large audience.
As part of The Untouchables Retrospective, we're endeavoring to collect, telecine to a 4K video archive, and make available numerous interesting Untouchables finds, including this episode trailer for "Murder Under Glass."
MURDER UNDER GLASS
Airdate: March 23rd, 1960
Written by Harry Kronman
Directed by Walter E. Grauman
Produced by Alan Armer
Director of Photography Charles Straumer
Special Guest Star Luther Adler.
Co-starring Bruce Gordon, Carl Milletaire, Dennis Patrick. Featuring Paul Birch, Craig Duncan, James Thayne, Francis MacDonald, Evelyn Scott, Eugene Iglesias, Richard Reeves, and George Werier.
ABOUT THE UNTOUCHABLES RETROSPECTIVE
Praised for its quality and famous for its drama, The Untouchables television show (1959-1963) roared like the decade it portrayed in grand, theatrical style. A controversial and Emmy award-winning series, its legacy in film and television has been felt from The Simpsons to The Sopranos. In recognition of the program's 60th Anniversary, The Untouchables Retrospective is a detailed and nostalgic account of American television's finest film noir. Learn more at theuntouchables.co.
From 1959-1963, the series brought to life the nightly wars between good and evil in the streets of Prohibition Chicago. With legendary lawman Eliot Ness (Robert Stack) and his band of incorruptible agents leading the way for justice, famed reporter Walter Winchell providing staccato narration and guest stars breathing life into colorful underworld characters, the true story of The Untouchables became legend in a film noir mix of true history and Emmy award-winning fiction.
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