M Squad: Season 1
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
The Golden Look
Sep 20, 1957 · 30 min
The Squad is on the lookout for a bank robbery suspect with a unique feature, witnesses say he has gold teeth.
The Watchdog
Sep 27, 1957 · 30 min
Ballinger and the Squad are out to catch a burglar who may have rabies.
Pete Loves Mary
Oct 11, 1957 · 30 min
The squad goes after a jail inmate who's just escaped.
Face of Evil
Oct 18, 1957 · 30 min
Ballinger investigates the murders of four women. The victims were all connected to the same church and lived within two miles of each other.
Street of Fear
Nov 1, 1957 · 30 min
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 s
The Matinee Trade
Nov 8, 1957 · 30 min
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 bec
The Hard Case
Nov 15, 1957 · 30 min
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
Killer in Town
Nov 22, 1957 · 30 min
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 k
Diamond Hard
Nov 29, 1957 · 30 min
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 g
The Alibi Witness
Dec 6, 1957 · 30 min
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. Bu
The Specialists
Dec 13, 1957 · 30 min
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
Family Portrait
Dec 20, 1957 · 30 min
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
The Palace Guard
Dec 27, 1957 · 30 min
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 as
The Slow Trap
Jan 3, 1958 · 30 min
Ballinger investigates the case of a security courier who is charged with robbing himself of $75,000.
The Cover Up
Jan 10, 1958 · 30 min
District Attorney Grover calls for Ballinger to help him sort out a potentially embarrassing situation involving the murder of a former business associate.
Blue Indigo
Jan 17, 1958 · 30 min
The room mate of the third murder victim of the Blue Indigo serial killer may be the only link Ballinger has to catching him.
The Long Ride
Jan 24, 1958 · 30 min
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 ale
The Shakedown
Jan 31, 1958 · 30 min
Ballinger suspects an inside job when a dry cleaning company refuses to knuckle under to a shakedown mob.
Dolly's Bear
Feb 7, 1958 · 30 min
Kathy Bane, an old flame of Ballinger's, needs his help when a blackmailer trying to extort money turns up dead-- in her apartment.
Lover's Lane Killing
Feb 14, 1958 · 30 min
Ballinger investigates a murder with multiple motives.
The Frightened Wife
Feb 21, 1958 · 30 min
A man's aunt reports her nephew is missing. Ballinger investigates.
The Black Mermaid
Feb 28, 1958 · 30 min
Ballinger goes undercover to capture a robbery suspect.
The Man in Hiding
Mar 7, 1958 · 30 min
Ballinger investigates after a bank robber leaves a pencil at the scene.
Shot in the Dark
Apr 4, 1958 · 30 min
A sniper is terrorizing Chicago. Ballinger joins the hunt.
The Twenty-Six Girl
Apr 11, 1958 · 30 min
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 unti
Fight
Apr 18, 1958 · 30 min
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
Guilty Alibi
Apr 25, 1958 · 30 min
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.
The Healer
May 2, 1958 · 30 min
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 a
Day of Terror
May 9, 1958 · 30 min
Frank Ballinger investigates a illegal adoption racket.
The $20 Plates
May 16, 1958 · 30 min
Ballinger investigates a rash of counterfeit $20 bills.
The Double Face
May 23, 1958 · 30 min
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". Ball
The System
May 30, 1958 · 30 min
An illegal roving casino eludes the police and cheats players with crooked games. When Ballinger investigates, he encounters additional, unforeseen threats.
Accusation
Jun 13, 1958 · 30 min
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 c