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The Untouchables

The Ruffalo / Hanna / Rubinek / Partridge Overacting Award

Train-station hostage-taker; Capone’s courtroom tirade; Nitti’s fall

In the discussion (3)
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  • The bow-tied gangster threatening the bookkeeper pushes his single scene into exaggerated territory.
  • De Niro’s repeated insistence that Ness has nothing is unusually excessive, compared with the heightened acting in Dick Tracy.
  • Nitti’s death plunge is also nominated, though dated falling effects share the blame.