In the movie, Jimmy Malone and Oscar Wallace are murdered by Frank Nitti, but that’s not what is believed in real life. Both of their death’s came by surprise. Malone was in his apartment when a first-person camera angle is used to portray a burglar sneaking around looking for him. Malone ends up turning around on a killer with a knife in hand, pointing his shotgun and famously saying, “Isn't that just like a wop. Brings a knife to a gun fight.” He then chases the man out of his apartment and steps into the back alley. Frank Nitti, waiting outside in his white suit, is seen standing on a higher ledge above Malone when he empties an entire clip of his machine gun into Malone’s chest. Oscar Wallace’s life was taken in an elevator inside of the…show more content… This depiction is absurd. Although Nitti was nicknamed, “The Enforcer,” no untouchable was ever killed, especially by his hand.” This backs up the point that no untouchable was ever killed and is further backed up by an article from the Chicago Tribune, a news source that was present during the prohibition era and even published articles regarding the Untouchables. The article titled “The historical reality of Eliot Ness and the Untouchables,” supports the fact saying, “Being an agent during Prohibition was extremely dangerous work. None of the Untouchables was killed in action.” Although it was important for the movie to include scenes where two of the main characters died, it just so wasn’t that way in real life. Despite there not being any death occurrences within the Untouchables squad, there was said to be injuries that came with their work. They were of course raiding breweries, which could obviously lead to gun to gun…show more content… The movie inaccurately depicts the number of members within the Untouchables squad, only having four including Ness, because they needed to focus on the character development to create a more in depth movie. It accurately depicted the opening scene where the bomb exploded the corner shop and the little girl. This was to show how Al Capone and his gang were a force to be reckoned with. Both the train station scene and the rooftop chase scene were completely fantasized, so they are historically inaccurate but served to be very important in helping develop the plot and entertain the audience. Finally, the death of two untouchable members, Oscar Wallace and Jimmy Malone, were also made up and inaccurate to the historical reality. According to multiple sources, no untouchable was ever killed during the work to bring down Capone, but the death scenes did play a large role in the film, showing the enemy to be more vicious by attacking the main characters. Although the movie depicted the bombing of the corner shop accurately, the rest of the movie was overall covered with fallacies and inaccurately showed various events according to what really happened during the success of the
