1957
Not Rated
30m

Summary The hard-hitting adventures of tough Lieutenant Frank Ballinger, a member of the Chicago Police Department's M Squad, an elite crime-fighting unit. View more details

1957
Not Rated
30m

M Squad

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Lee Marvin Morris Ankrum Paul Newlan Gail Kobe

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Genres : Thriller Crime Drama

Release date : Sep 19, 1957

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Chicago, Illinois, USA

Production companies : Revue Studios Latimer Productions

Summary The hard-hitting adventures of tough Lieutenant Frank Ballinger, a member of the Chicago Police Department's M Squad, an elite crime-fighting unit. View more details

Details

Genres : Thriller Crime Drama

Release date : Sep 19, 1957

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Chicago, Illinois, USA

Production companies : Revue Studios Latimer Productions

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Lee Marvin and Don Reardon in M Squad (1957)

Lee Marvin and Ward Wood in M Squad (1957)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 19, 1957

The Golden Look

The squad is on the lookout for a bank robbery suspect with a unique feature--witnesses said he has gold teeth.

Episode 2 • Sep 26, 1957

The Watchdog

Lt. Ballinger and the squad are out to catch a burglar, but there's another pressing reason for his quick capture--he may have rabies.

Episode 3 • Oct 03, 1957

Neighborhood Killer

The squad hunts down a cop killer.

Episode 4 • Oct 10, 1957

Pete Loves Mary

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

Episode 5 • Oct 17, 1957

Face of Evil

Lt. Frank Ballinger investigates the latest in a series of murders of women. Eddie Ferguson, the husband of one of the most recent victim, claims he saw a face outside his window upon discovering his wife's body. But Ballinger begins to suspect that the distraught, church-going Ferguson may have dark secrets.

Episode 6 • Oct 31, 1957

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.

Episode 7 • Nov 07, 1957

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.

Episode 8 • Nov 14, 1957

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.

Episode 9 • Nov 21, 1957

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."

Episode 10 • Nov 28, 1957

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.

Episode 11 • Dec 05, 1957

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.

Episode 12 • Dec 12, 1957

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.

Episode 13 • Dec 19, 1957

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.

Episode 14 • Dec 26, 1957

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.

Episode 15 • Jan 02, 1958

The Slow Trap

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

Episode 16 • Jan 09, 1958

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.

Episode 17 • Jan 16, 1958

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.

Episode 18 • Jan 23, 1958

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.

Episode 19 • Jan 30, 1958

The Shakedown

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

Episode 20 • Feb 06, 1958

Dolly's Bar

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

Episode 21 • Feb 13, 1958

Lover's Lane Killing

Ballinger investigates a murder with multiple motives.

Episode 22 • Feb 20, 1958

The Frightened Wife

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

Episode 23 • Feb 27, 1958

The Black Mermaid

Ballinger goes undercover to capture a robbery suspect.

Episode 24 • Mar 06, 1958

The Man in Hiding

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

Episode 25 • Mar 13, 1958

The Chicago Bluebeard

A woman dies. Ballinger investigates.

Episode 26 • Mar 20, 1958

Girl Lost

A woman loses her memory. Bellinger investigates.

Episode 27 • Mar 27, 1958

Hideout

Bank robbers hide in a suburban house.

Episode 28 • Apr 03, 1958

Shot in the Dark

A sniper is terrorizing Chicago. Ballinger joins the hunt.

Episode 29 • Apr 10, 1958

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.

Episode 30 • Apr 17, 1958

The Fight

A boxer's (Bronson) 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.

Episode 31 • Apr 24, 1958

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.

Episode 32 • May 01, 1958

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.

Episode 33 • May 08, 1958

Day of Terror

Frank Ballinger (Lee Marvin) investigates a illegal adoption racket.

Episode 34 • May 15, 1958

The $20 Plates

Ballinger investigates a rash of counterfeit $20 bills.

Episode 35 • May 22, 1958

The Case of 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.

Episode 36 • May 29, 1958

The System

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

Episode 37 • Jun 05, 1958

The Woman from Paris

An attractive unidentified woman who just arrived from Paris is found murdered in her Chicago hotel room. The only clue is an envelope containing a newspaper clipping referring to a prominent local family. Lt. Ballinger investigates.

Episode 38 • Jun 12, 1958

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.

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