M Squad
Crime • Series

M Squad

5.4/10 1957 3 Seasons 117 Episodes Ended

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.

Season: 1 2 3

Season 2 Episodes

E1
More Deadly
30 min 1958

2 innocent men are iced by a currency exchange bookkeeper, to disguise her embezzlement. The sultry femme fatale's yarn …

E2
Dead or Alive
30 min 1958

A pair of gun crazy kids are loose in Chicago-- and a young reporter is defending them in the press against Ballinger an…

E3
The Missing Claimant
30 min 1958

A shady lawyer protects a false heir to a fortune-- by killing the real relative! Ballinger is called in to set everythi…

E4
The Refugee
30 min 1958

Ballinger goes undercover as an immigrant worker to help break an extortion ring targeting foreigners.

E5
The Trap
30 min 1958

Danny Mitchell is trying to find an engagement ring for his girl when he mistaken for a thief by the store owner. A figh…

E6
Force of Habit
30 min 1958

Val Mooney, hiding out from the cops, sees the perfect opportunity to evade them. When his wife's brother is killed in a…

E7
The Phantom Raiders
30 min 1958

A pair of high-speed motorcycle thugs are robbing gas stations across Chicago. When one attendant gets shot, Ballinger g…

E8
The Merits of the Case
30 min 1958

A famous defense attorney is gunned down in his house. Now Ballinger must piece together the clues to find the kille

E9
The Big Kill
30 min 1958

Larry Princeton is the master of bank heists-- he plans then sits back while his thugs pull off the job. Except for the …

E10
The Sitters
30 min 1958

Unsuspecting women allow bookmakers to use their telephones in return for payment of $50 per week, but they later learn …

E11
The Executioner
30 min 1958
E12
The Widows
30 min 1958

Widows have something in common. All their husbands were murdered, and all had life insurance policies with double indem…

E13
Contraband
30 min 1958
E14
Prescription for Murder
30 min 1958

The wife of a brain surgeon is abducted and threatened with death if the surgeon goes ahead with an emergency operation …

E15
The Teacher (aka Trade School)
30 min 1959

Young hoodlums use a trade school for criminal purposes.

E16
The Third Shadow
30 min 1959
E17
One Man's Life
30 min 1959

An innocent man will be executed in 48 hours unless Lieutenant Ballinger can convince a socially prominent woman to reca…

E18
The Jumper
30 min 1959
E19
The Last Act
30 min 1959
E20
Mugger Murder
30 min 1959

Frank must solve several connected homicides wherein convicted muggers are being strangled to death.

E21
The Star Witness
30 min 1959
E22
The Take Over
30 min 1959

Racketeers try to steal profits from a new entertainment establishment run by an old friend of Ballinger.

E23
Voluntary Surrender
30 min 1959
E24
Death Threat
30 min 1959
E25
The Harpies
30 min 1959
E26
Ghost Town
30 min 1959

Lieutenant Ballinger and the FBI have few leads and little time to find a kidnapped socialite with a predilection for vi…

E27
The Vanishing Lady
30 min 1959
E28
The Crush Out
30 min 1959
E29
The Fire Makers
30 min 1959

Detective Ballinger helps investigate a series of arson crimes that are being used to cover up insurance scams.

E30
The Terror on Dark Street
30 min 1959

Lieutenant Ballinger investigates a possible link between a series of Dark Street purse snatchings and the disappearance…

E31
Robber's Roost
30 min 1959
E32
The Baited Hook
30 min 1959

A former convict and his daughter are being harassed by an old inmate.

E33
Model in the Lake
30 min 1959

A swimsuit model is found dead in Lake Michigan, but physical evidence indicates the she may not have drowned while swim…

E34
The Outsider
30 min 1959
E35
High School Bride
30 min 1959
E36
The Dangerous Game
30 min 1959

The M squad is called in after a brutal robbery at the Leslie Fur Salon leaves a man clinging to death. As the investiga…

E37
Decoy in White
30 min 1959

The M Squad become involved when a bank manager laundering illegal money is killed. The situation becomes tangled when a…

E38
Mr. Grim's Rabbits
30 min 1959

A seemingly random dockside shooting leads M Squad on a strange investigation involving fur skins and ancient Inca artif…

E39
Platter Pirates
30 min 1959

A D.J threatens to reveal the influence of racketeers in the music industry. Before he can go to air with the informatio…

E40
Death Is a Clock
30 min 1959

LT. Frank Ballinger takes a personal interest in a case when the wife of convicted murderer Paul Danzig approaches him f…

Cast

Lee Marvin
Lee Marvin
Detective Lt. Frank Ballinger
Paul Newlan
Paul Newlan
Police Capt. Grey

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