People: Nov. 24, 1986

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His expertise with the latest high-tech artillery was unsurpassed as the original James Bond, but Sean Connery had his hands full playing Malone, the broguish cop in The Untouchables, which finished shooting last week in Chicago. "It's pretty cumbersome," says Connery of the tommy gun, one of the weapons he carries when he teams up with Crime Buster Eliot Ness, played by Kevin Costner (Silverado). But the tommy gun is one of the few things the Brian De Palma movie has in common with the vintage TV series, which ran from 1959 to 1963 and featured a jailed Al Capone. In the film, for example, Capone, played by Robert De Niro, is still on the streets, running booze and plugging enemies. Connery, who was born in Scotland, says that Chicago reminds him of Glasgow, though guns are much rarer in his native land. "In Glasgow, it's more hand-to-hand combat each time, and you can never be sure what will happen." Unless, of course, there is a script, which usually places Connery on the winning side.