According to directors Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker and David Zucker in the DVD commentary, when pitching the movie to Robert Stack, they told him to do "Eliot Ness" in reference to Stack's signature character on Gli intoccabili (1959). Capt. Kramer's speeches were specifically written with the intention of hiring Stack and mocking Ness' "big speeches". Rather than being offended, Stack understood the joke and took the role. Coincidentally, Barbara Stuart, who plays Kramer's wife, had a guest role in an episode of "The Untouchables", Gli intoccabili: The George 'Bugs' Moran Story (1959).

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