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    TV Series

    M Squad

    IMDb8.1/10
    1957 - 1960
    30m/ep
    Ended
    Seasons: 3
    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.

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    Seasons & Episodes

    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.

    9/20/195730 min

    2. The Watchdog

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

    9/27/195730 min

    3. Neighborhood Killer

    The squad hunts down a cop killer.

    10/4/195730 min

    4. Pete Loves Mary

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

    10/11/195730 min

    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.

    10/18/195730 min

    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.

    11/1/195730 min

    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.

    11/8/195730 min

    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.

    11/15/195730 min

    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."

    11/22/195730 min

    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.

    11/29/195730 min

    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.

    12/6/195730 min

    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.

    12/13/195730 min

    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.

    12/20/195730 min

    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.

    12/27/195730 min

    15. The Slow Trap

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

    1/3/195830 min

    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.

    1/10/195830 min

    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.

    1/17/195830 min

    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.

    1/24/195830 min

    19. The Shakedown

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

    1/31/195830 min

    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.

    2/7/195830 min

    21. Lover's Lane Killing

    Ballinger investigates a murder with multiple motives.

    2/14/195830 min

    22. The Frightened Wife

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

    2/21/195830 min

    23. The Black Mermaid

    Ballinger goes undercover to capture a robbery suspect.

    2/28/195830 min

    24. The Man in Hiding

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

    3/7/195830 min

    25. Chicago Bluebeard

    A woman dies. Ballinger investigates.

    3/14/195830 min

    26. Girl Lost

    A woman loses her memory. Bellinger investigates.

    3/21/195830 min

    27. Hideout

    Bank robbers hide in a suburban house.

    3/28/195830 min

    28. Shot in the Dark

    A sniper is terrorizing Chicago. Ballinger joins the hunt.

    4/4/195830 min

    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.

    4/11/195830 min

    30. Fight

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    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.

    4/18/195830 min

    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.

    4/25/195830 min

    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.

    5/2/195830 min

    33. Day of Terror

    Frank Ballinger investigates a illegal adoption racket.

    5/9/195830 min

    34. The $20 Plates

    Ballinger investigates a rash of counterfeit $20 bills.

    5/16/195830 min

    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.

    5/23/195830 min

    36. The System

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

    5/30/195830 min

    37. Woman from Paris

    No description available.

    6/6/195830 min

    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.

    6/13/195830 min

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