The Untouchables

Jake Dance

E16    Jan 22, 1963    60m    TV-PG
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Late Summer 1930. It started in Wichita, Kansas: a staggering gait called the Jake Dance. (we see a man staggering along using a cane in each hand.) There are many different kinds of alcohol, but the only kind that is safe to drink is ethyl alcohol; many people had been drinking Ginger Jake, which is contaminated with methyl alcohol, also called ""wood alcky."" And people who drank a lot of it often suffered permanent loss of muscle coordination, and developed a staggering gait called the Jake Dance. Many died.
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Cast of Jake Dance
  • Robert StackEliot Ness
  • Nicholas GeorgiadeEnrico Rossi
  • Steve LondonJack Rossman
  • Paul PicerniLee Hobson
  • Abel FernandezWilliam Youngfellow
  • Walter WinchellNarrator
  • Dale Van SickelPolice Officer (uncredited)

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