The Tommy Karpeles Story

Summary Following the Hillsdale Express train robbery in which a million dollars was stolen and a mail clerk was killed, 'Tough' Tommy Karpeles is convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Eliot Ness has been tasked by the Post Office to recover the missing million and he begins to think that Karpeles may be innocent. Information from a dying hood puts him on the trail of Karpeles' former associate Arnie 'The Wolf' Mendoza, now a supposedly reformed cinema owner living under the name of Albert Maris. When Mendoza kidnaps Karpeles' daughter Sally to keep her from talking, Tommy decides to help Ness and rescue his daughter.

S2.E11 ∙ The Tommy Karpeles Story

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Robert Stack Paul Picerni Walter Winchell Nicholas Georgiade

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Details

Genres : Action Crime Drama

Release date : Dec 28, 1960

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Production companies : Desilu Productions Langford Productions

Summary Following the Hillsdale Express train robbery in which a million dollars was stolen and a mail clerk was killed, 'Tough' Tommy Karpeles is convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Eliot Ness has been tasked by the Post Office to recover the missing million and he begins to think that Karpeles may be innocent. Information from a dying hood puts him on the trail of Karpeles' former associate Arnie 'The Wolf' Mendoza, now a supposedly reformed cinema owner living under the name of Albert Maris. When Mendoza kidnaps Karpeles' daughter Sally to keep her from talking, Tommy decides to help Ness and rescue his daughter.

Details

Genres : Action Crime Drama

Release date : Dec 28, 1960

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Production companies : Desilu Productions Langford Productions

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