M Squad

S1 E1 - The Golden Look

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

Sep 20, 1957 • 30m

S1 E2 - The Watchdog

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

Sep 27, 1957 • 30m

S1 E3 - Neighborhood Killer

The squad hunts down a cop killer.

Oct 4, 1957 • 30m

S1 E4 - Pete Loves Mary

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

Oct 11, 1957 • 30m

S1 E5 - 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.

Oct 18, 1957 • 30m

S1 E6 - 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.

Nov 1, 1957 • 30m

S1 E7 - 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.

Nov 8, 1957 • 30m

S1 E8 - 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.

Nov 15, 1957 • 30m

S1 E9 - 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."

Nov 22, 1957 • 30m

S1 E10 - 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.

Nov 29, 1957 • 30m

S1 E11 - 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.

Dec 6, 1957 • 30m

S1 E12 - 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.

Dec 13, 1957 • 30m

S1 E13 - 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.

Dec 20, 1957 • 30m

S1 E14 - 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.

Dec 27, 1957 • 30m

S1 E15 - The Slow Trap

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

Jan 3, 1958 • 30m

S1 E16 - 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.

Jan 10, 1958 • 30m

S1 E17 - 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.

Jan 17, 1958 • 30m

S1 E18 - 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.

Jan 24, 1958 • 30m

S1 E19 - The Shakedown

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

Jan 31, 1958 • 30m

S1 E20 - 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.

Feb 7, 1958 • 30m

S1 E21 - Lover's Lane Killing

Ballinger investigates a murder with multiple motives.

Feb 14, 1958 • 30m

S1 E22 - The Frightened Wife

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

Feb 21, 1958 • 30m

S1 E23 - The Black Mermaid

Ballinger goes undercover to capture a robbery suspect.

Feb 28, 1958 • 30m

S1 E24 - The Man in Hiding

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

Mar 7, 1958 • 30m

S1 E25 - Chicago Bluebeard

A woman dies. Ballinger investigates.

Mar 14, 1958 • 30m

S1 E26 - Girl Lost

A woman loses her memory. Bellinger investigates.

Mar 21, 1958 • 30m

S1 E27 - Hideout

Bank robbers hide in a suburban house.

Mar 28, 1958 • 30m

S1 E28 - Shot in the Dark

A sniper is terrorizing Chicago. Ballinger joins the hunt.

Apr 4, 1958 • 30m

S1 E29 - 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.

Apr 11, 1958 • 30m

S1 E30 - 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.

Apr 18, 1958 • 30m

S1 E31 - 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.

Apr 25, 1958 • 30m

S1 E32 - 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.

May 2, 1958 • 30m

S1 E33 - Day of Terror

Frank Ballinger investigates a illegal adoption racket.

May 9, 1958 • 30m

S1 E34 - The $20 Plates

Ballinger investigates a rash of counterfeit $20 bills.

May 16, 1958 • 30m

S1 E35 - 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.

May 23, 1958 • 30m

S1 E36 - The System

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

May 30, 1958 • 30m

S1 E37 - Woman from Paris

Jun 6, 1958 • 30m

S1 E38 - 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.

Jun 13, 1958 • 30m