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 3 Episodes

E1
Ten Minutes to Doomsday
30 min 1959

M Squad hunts for a bomb before it blows up a hospital. Jonas Blecker, an embittered bank clerk who went to prison for d…

E2
The European Plan
30 min 1959

Mrs Ashton is killed during a house robbery. The M squad are brought in to try and work out what happened. A very open a…

E3
Sunday Punch
30 min 1959

When a well-liked retired couple is found brutally murdered, evidence points to their curmudgeonly neighbor. Lieutenant …

E4
Jeopardy by Fire
30 min 1959

The M squad is called in after a series of factory fires occur in the Chicago area. The case become complex after the un…

E5
Murder in C-Sharp Minor
30 min 1959

Detective Ballinger is brought in to investigate the murder of night club owner Joe Dalio. The case seems open and cut w…

E6
The Human Bond
30 min 1959

A bail bondsman's son is kidnapped to force his father to post an $80,000 bond for the release of a murderous extortioni…

E7
Mama's Boy
30 min 1959

Detective Ballinger is called in after what seems to be a professional hit on a desk clerk at a hotel. A witness identif…

E8
Shred of Doubt
30 min 1959

Ballinger is called in to investigate when a burning car is found with the body of a young woman bound with wire inside.…

E9
Death by Adoption
30 min 1959

Used car salesman Larry Colman has argument with Art Brunswick, a man who claims to the be the father of Colman's daught…

E10
Another Face, Another Life
30 min 1959

Ballinger is part of an ongoing investigation into racketeering in the night club industry. After a fight breaks out in …

E11
Voice from the Grave
30 min 1959

Harry Conklin is killed while on the way to a secret Senate hearing into stand over tactics in the trucking industry. Su…

E12
The Upset
30 min 1959

Danny Sutton is arrested. During the interview a rookie detective makes a mistake and Sutton gets access to a gun and Ba…

E13
One of Our Armored Cars Is Missing
30 min 1959

An armored car is hijacked during a pickup at a government installation. There are surprisingly fews clues left behind b…

E14
The Ivy League Bank Robbers
30 min 1959

A woman and her baby are hospitalized after a group of bank robbers run them down during an escape. Ballinger wants the …

E15
The Twisted Way
30 min 1960

A witness fingers the gangster who cut a rival in half with a shotgun blast, but the killer's alibied by a beautiful act…

E16
The Man Who Went Straight
30 min 1960

Ballinger gets a tip from John Clavell, that an old drug dealer Manny Franchette is coming back into town to re-establis…

E17
The Second Best Killer
30 min 1960

Herbie Ryder gains fame for stopping a bank robbery. After a media interview he is shot and killed. Ballinger is brought…

E18
Pitched Battle at Bluebell Acres
30 min 1960

Ballinger is brought in when a robbery and murder occurs at an armory. He is puzzled by the list of weapons stolen inclu…

E19
The Man Who Lost His Brain
30 min 1960

When an "electronic brain" worth $2,000,000 is stolen and held for ransom of $300,000, Captain Grey and Lieutenant Balli…

E20
Debt of Honor
30 min 1960

During a crack down on Chicago crime, Bugsy Page makes threats against the Attorney General Russel Madison. Ballinger ne…

E21
The Man with Frank's Face
30 min 1960

A badly beaten man is admitted to hospital. He does not have long to live and the police need to work fast to solve the …

E22
Burglar's Nightmare
30 min 1960

A trio of bank robbers try to blow a safe. It all goes wrong and one of the criminals is killed in the explosion. Ballin…

E23
Needle in the Haystack
30 min 1960

Lanny Cord escapes from a court room and disappears. Ballinger is interested in the case because he's originally arreste…

E24
Race to Death
30 min 1960

British racing car driver Morrison is killed in a local race. The driver's chief mechanic presents evidence to M Squad t…

E25
The Velvet Stake-out
30 min 1960

Conrad Brenner is found dead in an apparent suicide. As Ballinger continues the investigation it becomes evident that he…

E26
Anything for Joe
30 min 1960

After a narcotics robbery, Ballinger makes an arrest, but is concerned the collar was too easy. Everything about the arr…

E27
A Kid Up There
30 min 1960

Frank Ballinger becomes involved in a tense hostage situation, he must restrain his instinct to simply shoot it out beca…

E28
Diary of a Bomber
30 min 1960

Ballinger is on a case involving threats against a visiting prince to Chicago. Mo one is taking the situation too seriou…

E29
Let There Be Light
30 min 1960

During a robbery one of the criminals is hit in the eye and blinded. Ballinger has a fair idea who is behind the crime. …

E30
A Gun for Mother's Day
30 min 1960

Lieutenant Ballinger works to solve a series of armed holdups as a means toward the capture of shotgun-wielding Ma Phela…

E31
The Man with the Ice
30 min 1960

Ballinger is working a jewelry theft when he becomes convinced one of thieves is a clean skin amateur. He realizes by pu…

E32
Dead Parrots Don't Talk
30 min 1960

A penny arcade owner is robbed and murdered. Suspision falls on a local peddler. But Ballinger thinks there is more to t…

E33
Grenade for a Summer Evening
30 min 1960

A man is killed while sleeping Ballinger begins to investigate and discovers very different opinions about the dead man'…

E34
Two Days for Willy
30 min 1960

Willy Nichols is due to testify in a narcotics investigation, although under police protection he receives a threatening…

E35
Badge for a Coward
30 min 1960

Accompanied by a female reporter, Lieutenant Ballinger investigates an elderly woman's charge that the man who robbed he…

E36
Closed Season
30 min 1960

Sonny Bradley is charged with murder. Ballinger begins to investigate and quickly realizes something is not right about …

E37
Fire in the Sky
30 min 1960

A plane is blown up killing ten people. Evidence begins to indicate that it wasn't an accident. Ballinger begins to foll…

E38
The Tiger's Cage
30 min 1960

A bookkeeper is robbed and murdered at a circus. A clown named Laslo is identified as the killer. Ballinger and the rest…

E39
The Bad Apple
30 min 1960

Ballinger and M squad are called in to investigate a diamond robbery. All the evidence points to an inside job. M squad …

Cast

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

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