M Squad

M Squad

TV-PG195730m5.4/10
CrimeDramaMystery

Ratings

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5.4/10(7)

Lt. Frank Ballinger is a no-nonsense plain clothes cop in the elite M Squad Division. The Squad's task is to root out organised crime and corruption in America's Second City, Chicago.

Production

Revue Studios, Latimer Productions

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

September 20, 1957

Last Aired

June 21, 1960

Networks

NBC

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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
The Golden Look
Air date: 1957-09-20
The Squad is on the lookout for a bank robbery suspect with a unique feature, witnesses say he has gold teeth.
E2
The Watchdog
Air date: 1957-09-27
Ballinger and the Squad are out to catch a burglar who may have rabies.
E3
Neighborhood Killer
Air date: 1957-10-04
The squad hunts down a cop killer.
E4
Pete Loves Mary
Air date: 1957-10-11
The squad goes after a jail inmate who's just escaped.
E5
Face of Evil
Air date: 1957-10-18
Ballinger investigates the murders of four women. The victims were all connected to the same church and lived within two miles of each other.
E6
Street of Fear
Air date: 1957-11-01
Chicago cop Frank Ballinger stages a rescue in order to gain the confidence of Alice, a young woman who works for suspected jewelry fence Louis Prince. Pretending to be furniture salesman Bob Steele, Ballinger romances Alice and gets friendly with her boss. But Alice falls for "Bob" and Ballinger must weigh her feelings and safety against his duty as a police officer.
E7
The Matinee Trade
Air date: 1957-11-08
Lt. Frank Ballinger investigates the case of a gambling ring and its connection to an unidentified police officer. The deeper into the investigation he gets, the more Ballinger becomes concerned that the crooked cop may be an old friend.
E8
The Hard Case
Air date: 1957-11-15
A jewelry store robbery sends the thief to prison, but his claim that the night watchman, a former big-league ballplayer named Lightnin' Joe Adams, was in on the heist costs Adams his job. Lt. Frank Ballinger goes undercover in prison to find out from the robber whether Adams was involved in the crime and what happened to the loot.
E9
Killer in Town
Air date: 1957-11-22
Frank Ballinger and his colleagues on the M Squad have to find a needle in a haystack: a cop killer somewhere in the city of Chicago. Their only clues are an old magazine and the killer's habit of saying "You bet."
E10
Diamond Hard
Air date: 1957-11-29
Lt. Frank Ballinger keeps an eye on Hazel, a bar girl with a record who nonetheless wants to go straight. He discovers she is involved with Joe Mazzerin, a safecracker. Ballinger goes undercover to get the goods on Mazzerin and to learn who his mysterious partner is.
E11
The Alibi Witness
Air date: 1957-12-06
When perennial loser Wally Gardner is identified as the perpetrator of a robbery-murder, he tells police unique details of a stranger he met miles away at the time of the crime. But when that stranger is found, he says he can prove that HE was miles from where Gardner says they met at the time of the crime. Lt. Frank Ballinger must determine who's lying.
E12
The Specialists
Air date: 1957-12-13
When a hired gunman gets himself tossed in jail following a fistfight, Lt. Frank Ballinger takes his place undercover as protection for a group of three businessmen who meet once a year to commit a specialized crime.
E13
Family Portrait
Air date: 1957-12-20
When his partner in an investigation is killed, Lt. Frank Ballinger makes it a personal business to pin the crime on narcotics lord Sam Hinder. But, as Ballinger discovers, Hinder has an unusual reason for wanting to keep the police out of his own personal business.
E14
The Palace Guard
Air date: 1957-12-27
Gangster Tommy Hatch is wanted for murder, but the police have to keep him safe from other gangsters who want him dead before he can testify against them. Lt. Frank Ballinger is assigned to protect Hatch even though he despises him.
E15
The Slow Trap
Air date: 1958-01-03
Ballinger investigates the case of a security courier who is charged with robbing himself of $75,000.
E16
The Cover Up
Air date: 1958-01-10
District Attorney Grover calls for Ballinger to help him sort out a potentially embarrassing situation involving the murder of a former business associate.
E17
Blue Indigo
Air date: 1958-01-17
The room mate of the third murder victim of the Blue Indigo serial killer may be the only link Ballinger has to catching him.
E18
The Long Ride
Air date: 1958-01-24
When a convicted murderer gets the upper hand on Lieutenant Ballinger during a train ride back to Chicago, his last best hope for recapturing the felon is the persistence of an alert young boy.
E19
The Shakedown
Air date: 1958-01-31
Ballinger suspects an inside job when a dry cleaning company refuses to knuckle under to a shakedown mob.
E20
Dolly's Bear
Air date: 1958-02-07
Kathy Bane, an old flame of Ballinger's, needs his help when a blackmailer trying to extort money turns up dead-- in her apartment.
E21
Lover's Lane Killing
Air date: 1958-02-14
Ballinger investigates a murder with multiple motives.
E22
The Frightened Wife
Air date: 1958-02-21
A man's aunt reports her nephew is missing. Ballinger investigates.
E23
The Black Mermaid
Air date: 1958-02-28
Ballinger goes undercover to capture a robbery suspect.
E24
The Man in Hiding
Air date: 1958-03-07
Ballinger investigates after a bank robber leaves a pencil at the scene.
E25
Chicago Bluebeard
Air date: 1958-03-14
A woman dies. Ballinger investigates.
E26
Girl Lost
Air date: 1958-03-21
A woman loses her memory. Bellinger investigates.
E27
Hideout
Air date: 1958-03-28
Bank robbers hide in a suburban house.
E28
Shot in the Dark
Air date: 1958-04-04
A sniper is terrorizing Chicago. Ballinger joins the hunt.
E29
The Twenty-Six Girl
Air date: 1958-04-11
A young wife is shot by an unknown assailant when she drives with her ex-con husband to an isolated woods in search of their dream home. No one even reports the couple missing until after the police find them dead in the snow. The wife's sister is a wealthy spinster, who takes her time even coming to Chicago, claiming her brother-in-law was threatened with death by a blackmailer. Det. Ballinger suspects the sister knows more than she reveals.
E30
Fight
Air date: 1958-04-18
A boxer's (Lancaster) life is being threatened soon after another fighter dies after fighting with Lancaster. Suspicion falls on the other fighter's trainer who feels Lancaster is responsible for the death of the other fighter.
E31
Guilty Alibi
Air date: 1958-04-25
A man confesses to a crime he may not have committed. Meanwhile the president of the company where the man works has been shot to death.
E32
The Healer
Air date: 1958-05-02
Lieutenant Ballinger searches for a mentally ill young woman who shot a psychiatrist, hoping all the while that he can also find sufficient evidence to obtain a felony conviction against the charlatan who was "treating" her.
E33
Day of Terror
Air date: 1958-05-09
Frank Ballinger investigates a illegal adoption racket.
E34
The $20 Plates
Air date: 1958-05-16
Ballinger investigates a rash of counterfeit $20 bills.
E35
The Double Face
Air date: 1958-05-23
A professional man is identified as a jewelry-store robber, threatening his freedom, not to mention his wife's reputation "from being married unknowingly to such a character". Ballinger investigates.
E36
The System
Air date: 1958-05-30
An illegal roving casino eludes the police and cheats players with crooked games. When Ballinger investigates, he encounters additional, unforeseen threats.
E37
Woman from Paris
Air date: 1958-06-06
E38
Accusation
Air date: 1958-06-13
A millionaire is found dead in a locked room. His young pretty wife (Fay Spain), and the big hansom driver (Ken Clark), are suspected of the crime. Lee Marvin figures out how the crime was committed.

Cast

Lee Marvin

Lee Marvin

Detective Lt. Frank Ballinger

Paul Newlan

Paul Newlan

Police Capt. Grey

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