title: Mr. Untouchable
text: # Mr. Untouchable
  
  Mr. Untouchable is an English-language documentary film for HDNet Films, directed by Marc Levin, and produced by Mary-Jane Robinson. The film, which opened in limited release on October 26, 2007, like the memoir, Mr. Untouchable: My Crimes and Punishments (released in February 2007), addresses the rise and fall of Nicky Barnes, a former drug kingpin in New York City. The film includes first-hand testimony from Barnes himself and was produced by New York-based Blowback Productions.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Nicky Barnes, The Godfather of Harlem
  * Thelma Grant, the former Mrs. Nicky Barnes
  * Frank James, an original member of the 'Council'
  * Joseph 'Jazz' Hayden, an original member of the 'Council'
  * Jackie Hayden, Jazz's wife
  * Leon 'Scrap' Batts, a Lieutenant in Barnes organization
  * Carol Hawkins, heroin street dealer for Barnes organization
  * David Breitbart, Nicky's lawyer
  * Don Ferrarone, DEA Agent in charge of Nicky Barnes case
  * Louie Diaz, undercover DEA agent
  * Bobby Nieves, a DEA agent
  * Robert Geronimo, a DEA informant
  * Robert Fiske, Jr., US Attorney for Southern District of NY who prosecuted Barnes
  * Tom Sear, Ass. US Attorney
  * Benito Romano, Assistant US Attorney who flipped Barnes
  * Fred Ferretti, reporter who wrote 1977 NY Times article, "Mr. Untouchable"
  