The Big Squeeze

what happens

Chicago. Prior to May 1934, robbing state banks was not a federal offense. Bandits only had local police to contend with, and they were often understaffed, inefficient or corrupt. This led to a rash of successful, though clumsily executed, bank robberies. In this city alone, there were 422 robberies in the last year, with 221 casualties. On March 1934, Eliot Ness is meeting with his friend D.A. Beecher Asbury. Ness tells him that until bank robbery becomes a federal offense, there's not much he can about it.

guest cast

Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.

• RRoy Damron as Observer at Scene (uncredited)
• Fred Graham as Guard (uncredited)
• Don C. Harvey as Howard (uncredited)