The Scarface Mob

The Scarface Mob
Directed byPhil Karlson
Written byPaul Monash
Based onthe book by Elliot Ness and Oscar Fraley
Produced byQuinn Martin
StarringRobert Stack
CinematographyCharles Straumer
Edited byRobert L. Swanson
Music byWilbur Hatch
Production
company
Desilu Productions
Release date
  • April 20, 1959 (1959-04-20)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$400,000

The Scarface Mob is an American film noir crime film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Robert Stack. It consists of the pilot episodes for the TV series The Untouchables (1959) that originally screened as a two-part installment of Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse on April 20 and 27 1959. The episodes were cut together and released theatrically as a stand-alone feature outside America in 1959 and inside the US in 1962.