M Squad

Total Seasons :3Total Episodes : 117

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.

Episodes(38)

The Golden Look

1. The Golden Look

The Squad is on the lookout for a bank robbery suspect with a unique feature, witnesses say he has gold teeth.

Air Date : 1957-09-20

The Watchdog

2. The Watchdog

Ballinger and the Squad are out to catch a burglar who may have rabies.

Air Date : 1957-09-27

Neighborhood Killer

3. Neighborhood Killer

The squad hunts down a cop killer.

Air Date : 1957-10-04

Pete Loves Mary

4. Pete Loves Mary

The squad goes after a jail inmate who's just escaped.

Air Date : 1957-10-11

Face of Evil

5. Face of Evil

Ballinger investigates the murders of four women. The victims were all connected to the same church and lived within two miles of each other.

Air Date : 1957-10-18

Street of Fear

6. Street of Fear

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.

Air Date : 1957-11-01

The Matinee Trade

7. The Matinee Trade

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.

Air Date : 1957-11-08

The Hard Case

8. The Hard Case

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.

Air Date : 1957-11-15

Killer in Town

9. Killer in Town

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."

Air Date : 1957-11-22

Diamond Hard

10. Diamond Hard

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.

Air Date : 1957-11-29

The Alibi Witness

11. The Alibi Witness

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.

Air Date : 1957-12-06

The Specialists

12. The Specialists

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.

Air Date : 1957-12-13

Family Portrait

13. Family Portrait

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.

Air Date : 1957-12-20

The Palace Guard

14. The Palace Guard

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.

Air Date : 1957-12-27

The Slow Trap

15. The Slow Trap

Ballinger investigates the case of a security courier who is charged with robbing himself of $75,000.

Air Date : 1958-01-03

The Cover Up

16. The Cover Up

District Attorney Grover calls for Ballinger to help him sort out a potentially embarrassing situation involving the murder of a former business associate.

Air Date : 1958-01-10

Blue Indigo

17. Blue Indigo

The room mate of the third murder victim of the Blue Indigo serial killer may be the only link Ballinger has to catching him.

Air Date : 1958-01-17

The Long Ride

18. The Long Ride

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.

Air Date : 1958-01-24

The Shakedown

19. The Shakedown

Ballinger suspects an inside job when a dry cleaning company refuses to knuckle under to a shakedown mob.

Air Date : 1958-01-31

Dolly's Bear

20. Dolly's Bear

Kathy Bane, an old flame of Ballinger's, needs his help when a blackmailer trying to extort money turns up dead-- in her apartment.

Air Date : 1958-02-07

Lover's Lane Killing

21. Lover's Lane Killing

Ballinger investigates a murder with multiple motives.

Air Date : 1958-02-14

The Frightened Wife

22. The Frightened Wife

A man's aunt reports her nephew is missing. Ballinger investigates.

Air Date : 1958-02-21

The Black Mermaid

23. The Black Mermaid

Ballinger goes undercover to capture a robbery suspect.

Air Date : 1958-02-28

The Man in Hiding

24. The Man in Hiding

Ballinger investigates after a bank robber leaves a pencil at the scene.

Air Date : 1958-03-07

Chicago Bluebeard

25. Chicago Bluebeard

A woman dies. Ballinger investigates.

Air Date : 1958-03-14

Girl Lost

26. Girl Lost

A woman loses her memory. Bellinger investigates.

Air Date : 1958-03-21

Hideout

27. Hideout

Bank robbers hide in a suburban house.

Air Date : 1958-03-28

Shot in the Dark

28. Shot in the Dark

A sniper is terrorizing Chicago. Ballinger joins the hunt.

Air Date : 1958-04-04

The Twenty-Six Girl

29. The Twenty-Six Girl

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.

Air Date : 1958-04-11

Fight

30. Fight

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.

Air Date : 1958-04-18

Guilty Alibi

31. Guilty Alibi

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.

Air Date : 1958-04-25

The Healer

32. The Healer

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.

Air Date : 1958-05-02

Day of Terror

33. Day of Terror

Frank Ballinger investigates a illegal adoption racket.

Air Date : 1958-05-09

The $20 Plates

34. The $20 Plates

Ballinger investigates a rash of counterfeit $20 bills.

Air Date : 1958-05-16

The Double Face

35. The Double Face

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.

Air Date : 1958-05-23

The System

36. The System

An illegal roving casino eludes the police and cheats players with crooked games. When Ballinger investigates, he encounters additional, unforeseen threats.

Air Date : 1958-05-30

Woman from Paris

37. Woman from Paris

Air Date : 1958-06-06

Accusation

38. Accusation

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.

Air Date : 1958-06-13

Cast

Lee Marvin
Lee Marvin

(Detective Lt. Frank Ballinger)

Paul Newlan
Paul Newlan

(Police Capt. Grey)

DeForest Kelley
DeForest Kelley

(Detective)

Barney Phillips
Barney Phillips

(Dr. Lester Bowers)

Herbert Rudley
Herbert Rudley

(Fred - State's Attorney)

Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson

(Eddie Loder)

William Boyett
William Boyett

(Detective Sgt. Harris)

Whit Bissell
Whit Bissell

(Tommy Hatch)

George E. Stone
George E. Stone

(Fingers Purdy)

Peter Brocco
Peter Brocco

(Druggist)

Olan Soule
Olan Soule

(Tailor)

Wally Brown
Wally Brown

(Milkman)

Werner Klemperer
Werner Klemperer

(Heinrich Ronn)

Walter Reed
Walter Reed

(States Attorney)

Russ Conway
Russ Conway

(Detective Ben Cooper)

Robert McQueeney
Robert McQueeney

(Charlie)

Bobby Driscoll
Bobby Driscoll

(Stephen 'Steve' Wikowlski)

Angie Dickinson
Angie Dickinson

(Hazel McLean)

Willard Parker
Willard Parker

(Malcolm Grove)

Ron Hayes
Ron Hayes

(Police Lt. Harry Summers)

Angela Greene
Angela Greene

(Mildred Barnes)

Jean Carson
Jean Carson

(Doris Colby)

Peg La Centra
Peg La Centra

(Mrs. Lowell)

Nico Minardos
Nico Minardos

(Henry Edom)

John Hoyt
John Hoyt

(Dr. Carter)

Diane Brewster
Diane Brewster

(Hazel Lawton)

Paul Comi
Paul Comi

(Jojo)

Dayton Lummis
Dayton Lummis

(Jonas Warman)

Meg Wyllie
Meg Wyllie

(Mrs. Timmons)

Bill Williams
Bill Williams

(Jerry Langdon)

Doris Packer
Doris Packer

(Mrs. Warren)

Amzie Strickland
Amzie Strickland

(Kate Larson)

Rose Marie
Rose Marie

(Margo)

Fay Spain
Fay Spain

(Ruth Reardon)

Paula Raymond
Paula Raymond

(Simone Brayden)

Tiger Fafara
Tiger Fafara

(Tommy)

George Mathews
George Mathews

(Bricker)

William Phipps
William Phipps

(Joe Mazzerin)

Elizabeth Harrower
Elizabeth Harrower

(Walls' Secretary)

John Beradino

(Detective D'amico)

William Hudson

(Tom Ferris)

John Zaremba
John Zaremba

(Hotel Clerk)

John Mitchum
John Mitchum

(First Mate)

Stafford Repp
Stafford Repp

(Georgie Mink)

Pamela Duncan
Pamela Duncan

(Christine Edmonson)

Mike Connors
Mike Connors

(Pete Wikowlski)

Lyle Talbot
Lyle Talbot

(Paul Crowley)

William Bakewell
William Bakewell

(Detective)

Sid Melton
Sid Melton

(Eddie Lee)

John Doucette
John Doucette

(Police Sgt. Lou Pulaski)

Kathryn Minner

(Witness)

Kem Dibbs

(Louie Ferrante)

Bethel Leslie
Bethel Leslie

(Doris Holt)

Alan Baxter
Alan Baxter

(Russ Mortell)

Esther Dale
Esther Dale

(Julia Sheldon)

Gloria Talbott
Gloria Talbott

(Ellen Carter)

Rachel Ames
Rachel Ames

(Greta Loder)

Myron Healey
Myron Healey

(Hal Sherman)

Tol Avery
Tol Avery

(Eddie Constantine)

Ken Clark
Ken Clark

(Paul Lawson)

Philip Ober
Philip Ober

(George Brayden)

Joe Maross
Joe Maross

(Carl Warfield)

Harlan Warde
Harlan Warde

(Marty Pryor)

Dan Tobin
Dan Tobin

(Steve Lanley)

Harry Bartell
Harry Bartell

(Jed Stanner)

Ross Elliott
Ross Elliott

(Vincent Hurd)

John Harmon
John Harmon

(Charlie Andalucia)

Margaret Field
Margaret Field

(Laura M. Canby)

Stanley Adams
Stanley Adams

(Ed - Bartender)

Bruce Gordon
Bruce Gordon

(Peter Grauman)

Jimmy Cross

(Lookout)

Barbara Pepper
Barbara Pepper

(Landlady)

Paul Birch
Paul Birch

(Police Lt. Ruddy)

Jean Willes
Jean Willes

(Thelma Goodrich)

Raymond Bailey
Raymond Bailey

(Hinder's Lawyer)

Kent Smith
Kent Smith

(Howard Meston)

Linda Watkins
Linda Watkins

(Mrs. Gardner)

Whitney Blake
Whitney Blake

(Susan Spencer)

Jack Elam
Jack Elam

(Luke Morgan)

Bartlett Robinson
Bartlett Robinson

(Henry Hellstrom)

Howard Wendell
Howard Wendell

(Barrett)

George Eldredge
George Eldredge

(Dr. Robert Eldredge)

Frank Sully
Frank Sully

(Officer Ed Grady)

Lawrence Dobkin
Lawrence Dobkin

(Louie Prince)

S. John Launer
S. John Launer

(Police Captain Timothy Riley)

Don Kennedy

(Officer Andy Morolo)

Dick Crockett

(First Witness)

Rusty Lane
Rusty Lane

(Mel Harmon)

Henry Brandon
Henry Brandon

(Bert Fallon)

James Griffith
James Griffith

(James Keniton)

Kevin Hagen
Kevin Hagen

(Eddie Ferguson)

Don Rickles
Don Rickles

( - )

Michael Masters

(Health Club Instructor)

Edward Binns
Edward Binns

(Wally Gardner)

Marian Seldes
Marian Seldes

(Martha Wicklow)

Dick Miller
Dick Miller

(Pete Castro)

Jeanne Baird

(Mary Allison)

Tyler McVey
Tyler McVey

(Robert Trommer)

Joseph Mell
Joseph Mell

(Landlord)

Jeanne Cooper
Jeanne Cooper

(Julia Gifford)

Rick Vallin
Rick Vallin

('Blue Indigo' Requestor at Ballroom)

David Lewis
David Lewis

(Jerry Kane)

Ferris Taylor
Ferris Taylor

(Arthur Quinn)

Paul Langton
Paul Langton

(Van Wert)

Larry Thor
Larry Thor

(Police Sgt. Jordan)

William Fawcett
William Fawcett

(Guard)

Gavin Gordon
Gavin Gordon

(Bongure)

Dave Barry
Dave Barry

(Richard Lowell)

Alix Talton
Alix Talton

(Karen Peters)

Vici Raaf
Vici Raaf

(Rita St. Clair)

Jeanne Dante
Jeanne Dante

(Nurse)

Theodore Newton
Theodore Newton

(Tom Booth)

Katharine Bard
Katharine Bard

(Louise Garrison)

Dean Harens
Dean Harens

(Claude Garrison)

June Dayton
June Dayton

(Evelyn Rankin)

Duncan McLeod

(Police Sgt. Wendell)

H.M. Wynant
H.M. Wynant

(Victor Charbonneau)

Joe Di Reda

(Archie)

Ted Hecht
Ted Hecht

(Fred Heaton)

Laurie Carroll
Laurie Carroll

(Jan Summers)

Morris Ankrum
Morris Ankrum

(Police Inspector Dean)

Ruta Lee
Ruta Lee

(Connie Meston)

Paul Maxwell
Paul Maxwell

(Andy Markham)

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