M Squad - Season 1
Season 1
Network
DatesSept. 20, 1957 - Juni 13, 1958
Episodes
Season 1Episode 130 min
The Golden Look
The Squad is on the lookout for a bank robbery suspect with a unique feature, witnesses say he has gold teeth.
Sept. 20, 1957
Season 1Episode 230 min
Watchdog
Ballinger and the Squad are out to catch a burglar who may have rabies.
Sept. 27, 1957
Season 1Episode 330 min
Neighborhood Killer
The squad hunts down a cop killer.
Okt. 4, 1957
Season 1Episode 430 min
Pete Loves Mary
The squad goes after a jail inmate who's just escaped.
Okt. 11, 1957
Season 1Episode 530 min
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.
Okt. 18, 1957
Season 1Episode 630 min
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
Season 1Episode 730 min
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
Season 1Episode 830 min
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
Season 1Episode 930 min
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
Season 1Episode 1030 min
Diamond Hard
Police Lt. Frank Ballinger masquerades as a wanted murderer to strike up a friendship with a safe cracker that he is after in "Diamond Hard."
Nov. 29, 1957
Season 1Episode 1130 min
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.
Dez. 6, 1957
Season 1Episode 1230 min
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.
Dez. 13, 1957
Season 1Episode 1330 min
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.
Dez. 20, 1957
Season 1Episode 1430 min
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.
Dez. 27, 1957
Season 1Episode 1530 min
The Slow Trap
Ballinger investigates the case of a security courier who is charged with robbing himself of $75,000.
Jan. 3, 1958
Season 1Episode 1630 min
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
Season 1Episode 1730 min
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
Season 1Episode 1830 min
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
Season 1Episode 1930 min
Shakedown
Ballinger suspects an inside job when a dry cleaning company refuses to knuckle under to a shakedown mob.
Jan. 31, 1958
Season 1Episode 2030 min
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
Season 1Episode 2130 min
Lover's Lane Killing
Ballinger investigates a murder with multiple motives.
Feb. 14, 1958
Season 1Episode 2230 min
The Frightened Wife
A man's aunt reports her nephew is missing. Ballinger investigates.
Feb. 21, 1958
Season 1Episode 2330 min
The Black Mermaid
Ballinger goes undercover to capture a robbery suspect.
Feb. 28, 1958
Season 1Episode 2430 min
The Man in Hiding
Ballinger investigates after a bank robber leaves a pencil at the scene.
März 7, 1958
Season 1Episode 2530 min
Chicago Bluebeard
A woman dies. Ballinger investigates.
März 14, 1958
Season 1Episode 2630 min
Girl Lost
A woman loses her memory. Bellinger investigates.
März 21, 1958
Season 1Episode 2730 min
Hideout
Bank robbers hide in a suburban house.
März 28, 1958
Season 1Episode 2830 min
Shot in the Dark
A sniper is terrorizing Chicago. Ballinger joins the hunt.
Apr. 4, 1958
Season 1Episode 2930 min
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
Season 1Episode 3030 min
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
Season 1Episode 3130 min
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
Season 1Episode 3230 min
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.
Mai 2, 1958
Season 1Episode 3330 min
Day of Terror
Frank Ballinger investigates a illegal adoption racket.
Mai 9, 1958
Season 1Episode 3430 min
The $20 Plates
Ballinger investigates a rash of counterfeit $20 bills.
Mai 16, 1958
Season 1Episode 3530 min
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.
Mai 23, 1958
Season 1Episode 3630 min
The System
An illegal roving casino eludes the police and cheats players with crooked games. When Ballinger investigates, he encounters additional, unforeseen threats.
Mai 30, 1958
Season 1Episode 3730 min
Woman from Paris
Juni 6, 1958
Season 1Episode 3830 min
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.
Juni 13, 1958
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