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M Squad

 (1957)

Streaming Episode Guide

Season 3
6.9
| Season 2
7.3
| Season 1
7.6
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Season 3  
6.9
The Bad Apple
Episode 39 - 6-21-1960
30m
Ballinger and M squad are called in to investigate a diamond robbery. All the evidence points to an inside job. M squad have the tough task of working out who was the inside connection.
 7.3/10
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The Bad Apple
The Tiger's Cage
Episode 38 - 6-14-1960
30m
A bookkeeper is robbed and murdered at a circus. A clown named Laslo is identified as the killer. Ballinger and the rest of M squad have to deal with how Laslo could have committed the crime while performing in front of 5000 people in the main tent.
 7.6/10
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Haven't Seen
The Tigers Cage
Fire in the Sky
Episode 37 - 6-07-1960
30m
A plane is blown up killing ten people. Evidence begins to indicate that it wasn't an accident. Ballinger begins to follow the trail and starts to discover a complicated insurance scam in action.
 7.1/10
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Fire in the Sky
Closed Season
Episode 36 - 5-31-1960
30m
Sonny Bradley is charged with murder. Ballinger begins to investigate and quickly realizes something is not right about the statements from the witnesses, and starts see a much bigger game being played.
 6.9/10
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Closed Season
Badge for a Coward
Episode 35 - 5-24-1960
30m
Accompanied by a female reporter, Lieutenant Ballinger investigates an elderly woman's charge that the man who robbed her store and killed a police officer was able to escape as a direct result of Officer George Maxwell's cowardice.
 7.1/10
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Badge for a Coward
Two Days for Willy
Episode 34 - 5-17-1960
30m
Willy Nichols is due to testify in a narcotics investigation, although under police protection he receives a threatening phone call and suddenly disappears. Ballinger must find Nichols to save the case.
 6.8/10
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Two Days for Willy
Grenade for a Summer Evening
Episode 33 - 5-10-1960
30m
A man is killed while sleeping Ballinger begins to investigate and discovers very different opinions about the dead man's character exist.
 7/10
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Grenade for a Summer Evening
Dead Parrots Don't Talk
Episode 32 - 5-03-1960
30m
A penny arcade owner is robbed and murdered. Suspision falls on a local peddler. But Ballinger thinks there is more to this case than anyone is admitting.
 6.3/10
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Dead Parrots Dont Talk
The Man with the Ice
Episode 31 - 4-19-1960
30m
Ballinger is working a jewelry theft when he becomes convinced one of thieves is a clean skin amateur. He realizes by putting pressure on this individual he has a chance to crack the entire racket open.
 6.7/10
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The Man with the Ice
A Gun for Mother's Day
Episode 30 - 4-12-1960
30m
Lieutenant Ballinger works to solve a series of armed holdups as a means toward the capture of shotgun-wielding Ma Phelan, who murdered a detective while helping her son Pete escape from police custody.
 7/10
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A Gun for Mothers Day
Let There Be Light
Episode 29 - 4-05-1960
30m
During a robbery one of the criminals is hit in the eye and blinded. Ballinger has a fair idea who is behind the crime. Urgency increases when news comes through an eye specialist has been kidnapped.
 6.6/10
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Let There Be Light
Diary of a Bomber
Episode 28 - 3-29-1960
30m
Ballinger is on a case involving threats against a visiting prince to Chicago. Mo one is taking the situation too seriously until a little girl accidentally finds the detonating device for a home made bomb.
 6.8/10
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Diary of a Bomber
A Kid Up There
Episode 27 - 3-22-1960
30m
Frank Ballinger becomes involved in a tense hostage situation, he must restrain his instinct to simply shoot it out because of fears their may be a young child involved.
 6.1/10
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A Kid Up There
Anything for Joe
Episode 26 - 3-15-1960
30m
After a narcotics robbery, Ballinger makes an arrest, but is concerned the collar was too easy. Everything about the arrested person does not seem to add up and Ballinger pushes hard for answers.
 7.2/10
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Haven't Seen
Anything for Joe
The Velvet Stake-out
Episode 25 - 3-08-1960
30m
Conrad Brenner is found dead in an apparent suicide. As Ballinger continues the investigation it becomes evident that he's actually been murdered, when a personal diary can't be found, Ballinger realizes the truth of the case.
 6.7/10
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Haven't Seen
The Velvet Stakeout
Race to Death
Episode 24 - 3-01-1960
30m
British racing car driver Morrison is killed in a local race. The driver's chief mechanic presents evidence to M Squad that indicated the car may have been tampered with before the accident.
 6.6/10
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Race to Death
Needle in the Haystack
Episode 23 - 2-23-1960
30m
Lanny Cord escapes from a court room and disappears. Ballinger is interested in the case because he's originally arrested Cord and had always sworn to kill Ballinger if he had the opportunity.
 7.7/10
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Needle in the Haystack
Burglar's Nightmare
Episode 22 - 2-16-1960
30m
A trio of bank robbers try to blow a safe. It all goes wrong and one of the criminals is killed in the explosion. Ballinger thinks there is a connection between other bank vault jobs in the area.
 7.2/10
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Haven't Seen
Burglars Nightmare
The Man with Frank's Face
Episode 21 - 2-09-1960
30m
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 mystery. The man appears unremarkable other than being an identical twin of Ballinger.
 7.1/10
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Haven't Seen
The Man with Franks Face
Debt of Honor
Episode 20 - 2-02-1960
30m
During a crack down on Chicago crime, Bugsy Page makes threats against the Attorney General Russel Madison. Ballinger needs to decide if the threats are real or simply an attempt to throw the man off.
 6.4/10
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Debt of Honor
The Man Who Lost His Brain
Episode 19 - 1-26-1960
30m
When an "electronic brain" worth $2,000,000 is stolen and held for ransom of $300,000, Captain Grey and Lieutenant Ballinger devise an elaborate ruse that they hope will lead them to the computer and the thieves.
 7.1/10
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The Man Who Lost His Brain
Pitched Battle at Bluebell Acres
Episode 18 - 1-22-1960
30m
Ballinger is brought in when a robbery and murder occurs at an armory. He is puzzled by the list of weapons stolen including a bazooka and other heavy weapons. He knows they cant sell the weapons, so what is their plan?
 6.8/10
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Haven't Seen
Pitched Battle at Bluebell Acres
The Second Best Killer
Episode 17 - 1-15-1960
30m
Herbie Ryder gains fame for stopping a bank robbery. After a media interview he is shot and killed. Ballinger is brought in in the belief that organized crime has ordered the hit.
 7/10
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The Second Best Killer
The Man Who Went Straight
Episode 16 - 1-08-1960
30m
Ballinger gets a tip from John Clavell, that an old drug dealer Manny Franchette is coming back into town to re-establish his old network. Clavell wants no part of it having decided to got straight.
 7/10
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The Man Who Went Straight
The Twisted Way
Episode 15 - 1-01-1960
30m
A witness fingers the gangster who cut a rival in half with a shotgun blast, but the killer's alibied by a beautiful actress. The thesp is beloved in ChiTown and has a sterling rep that'll guarantee acquittal. Lt. Ballinger must discredit her story and find out why Tammy's lying for smarmy hood Sandy, who now controls the Loop liquor racket.
 7.9/10
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Haven't Seen
The Twisted Way
The Ivy League Bank Robbers
Episode 14 - 12-25-1959
30m
A woman and her baby are hospitalized after a group of bank robbers run them down during an escape. Ballinger wants the men for the robbery but more importantly he wants them to pay for what happened to the woman and her baby
 7.1/10
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The Ivy League Bank Robbers
One of Our Armored Cars Is Missing
Episode 13 - 12-18-1959
30m
An armored car is hijacked during a pickup at a government installation. There are surprisingly fews clues left behind by the criminals and Ballinger needs to try and unravel the mystery.
 6.9/10
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Haven't Seen
One of Our Armored Cars Is Missing
The Upset
Episode 12 - 12-11-1959
30m
Danny Sutton is arrested. During the interview a rookie detective makes a mistake and Sutton gets access to a gun and Ballinger finds himself caught in a tense hostage situation.
 7.3/10
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Haven't Seen
The Upset
Voice from the Grave
Episode 11 - 12-04-1959
30m
Harry Conklin is killed while on the way to a secret Senate hearing into stand over tactics in the trucking industry. Suspicion falls heavily on a rival Martin Bodie. It is up to Ballinger to fight through the silence and uncover the truth.
 6.9/10
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Haven't Seen
Voice from the Grave
Another Face, Another Life
Episode 10 - 11-27-1959
30m
Ballinger is part of an ongoing investigation into racketeering in the night club industry. After a fight breaks out in a club, Ballinger thinks he might have the break he has been looking for.
 6.7/10
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Haven't Seen
Another Face Another Life
Death by Adoption
Episode 9 - 11-20-1959
30m
Used car salesman Larry Colman has argument with Art Brunswick, a man who claims to the be the father of Colman's daughter. Colman unearths evidence Brunswick is not who he claims to be leading to a deadly altercation.
 6.3/10
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Haven't Seen
Death by Adoption
Shred of Doubt
Episode 8 - 11-06-1959
30m
Ballinger is called in to investigate when a burning car is found with the body of a young woman bound with wire inside. The chief suspect, playboy lawyer Paul Crater, seems to have an air tight alibi. Ballinger needs to cast his net wider to solve this mystery.
 6.6/10
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Haven't Seen
Shred of Doubt
Mama's Boy
Episode 7 - 10-30-1959
30m
Detective Ballinger is called in after what seems to be a professional hit on a desk clerk at a hotel. A witness identifies who may have done the killing, but Ballinger is concerned he can not find any connection for why the clerk should have been shot.
 7.1/10
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Mamas Boy
The Human Bond
Episode 6 - 10-23-1959
30m
A bail bondsman's son is kidnapped to force his father to post an $80,000 bond for the release of a murderous extortionist. Lieutenant Ballinger finds himself on a dangerous high-speed boat chase when the culprit attempts to avoid trial (and a likely death sentence) by escaping to Canada.
 6.5/10
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The Human Bond
Murder in C-Sharp Minor
Episode 5 - 10-16-1959
30m
Detective Ballinger is brought in to investigate the murder of night club owner Joe Dalio. The case seems open and cut with a suspect in custody, however Ballinger has just enough doubt to continue the investigation.
 7.7/10
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Haven't Seen
Murder in CSharp Minor
Jeopardy by Fire
Episode 4 - 10-09-1959
30m
The M squad is called in after a series of factory fires occur in the Chicago area. The case become complex after the unusual chemical signature of the fire accelerants is identified.
 6.8/10
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Haven't Seen
Jeopardy by Fire
Sunday Punch
Episode 3 - 10-02-1959
30m
When a well-liked retired couple is found brutally murdered, evidence points to their curmudgeonly neighbor. Lieutenant Ballinger is initially skeptical of his story, but thorough investigation reveals that things are not always as they seem.
 6.6/10
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Haven't Seen
Sunday Punch
The European Plan
Episode 2 - 9-25-1959
30m
Mrs Ashton is killed during a house robbery. The M squad are brought in to try and work out what happened. A very open and shut case suddenly becomes exceedingly complex.
 7.1/10
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Haven't Seen
The European Plan
Ten Minutes to Doomsday
Episode 1 - 9-18-1959
30m
M Squad hunts for a bomb before it blows up a hospital. Jonas Blecker, an embittered bank clerk who went to prison for dipping in the till to loan money to depositors down on their luck, wants to commemorate his 1st anniversary as a free man by killing the judge who gave him the maximum sentence. The judge is in Columbus Hospital for a delicate operation and he can't be moved.
 7.1/10
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Ten Minutes to Doomsday
Season 2  
7.3
Death Is a Clock
Episode 40 - 7-03-1959
30m
LT. Frank Ballinger takes a personal interest in a case when the wife of convicted murderer Paul Danzig approaches him for help. Danzig has only 20 hours to live and his wife talks openly of stopping the clock. Ballinger has to figure out what she means, and ensure the right man pays for the crime of murder.
 7.4/10
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Death Is a Clock
Platter Pirates
Episode 39 - 6-26-1959
30m
A D.J threatens to reveal the influence of racketeers in the music industry. Before he can go to air with the information he is gunned down. M squad are brought in to solve the mystery of the death as well as the validity of the information he was going to reveal.
 7.1/10
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Haven't Seen
Platter Pirates
Mr. Grim's Rabbits
Episode 38 - 6-19-1959
30m
A seemingly random dockside shooting leads M Squad on a strange investigation involving fur skins and ancient Inca artifacts.
 7/10
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Haven't Seen
Mr Grims Rabbits
Decoy in White
Episode 37 - 6-12-1959
30m
The M Squad become involved when a bank manager laundering illegal money is killed. The situation becomes tangled when a young lady accompanying the bank manager comes forward.
 7.5/10
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Haven't Seen
Decoy in White
The Dangerous Game
Episode 36 - 6-05-1959
30m
The M squad is called in after a brutal robbery at the Leslie Fur Salon leaves a man clinging to death. As the investigation progresses, the situation faced by M Squad becomes more and more complex.
 7/10
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The Dangerous Game
High School Bride
Episode 35 - 5-29-1959
30m
 7.6/10
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Haven't Seen
High School Bride
The Outsider
Episode 34 - 5-22-1959
30m
 7/10
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Haven't Seen
The Outsider
Model in the Lake
Episode 33 - 5-15-1959
30m
A swimsuit model is found dead in Lake Michigan, but physical evidence indicates the she may not have drowned while swimming. Lieutenant Ballinger becomes convinced that she was murdered after he learns that she was a strong swimmer and an iniquitous individual with a large number of unexplained bank deposits.
 7.2/10
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Haven't Seen
Model in the Lake
The Baited Hook
Episode 32 - 5-08-1959
30m
A former convict and his daughter are being harassed by an old inmate.
 7/10
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Haven't Seen
The Baited Hook
Robber's Roost
Episode 31 - 5-01-1959
30m
 7.1/10
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Haven't Seen
Robbers Roost
The Terror on Dark Street
Episode 30 - 4-24-1959
30m
Lieutenant Ballinger investigates a possible link between a series of Dark Street purse snatchings and the disappearance of a successful but unhappily married architect.
 6.9/10
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Haven't Seen
The Terror on Dark Street
The Fire Makers
Episode 29 - 4-17-1959
30m
Detective Ballinger helps investigate a series of arson crimes that are being used to cover up insurance scams.
 7.7/10
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Haven't Seen
The Fire Makers
The Crush Out
Episode 28 - 4-10-1959
30m
 7.2/10
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Haven't Seen
The Crush Out
The Vanishing Lady
Episode 27 - 4-03-1959
30m
 7.1/10
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Haven't Seen
The Vanishing Lady
Ghost Town
Episode 26 - 3-27-1959
30m
Lieutenant Ballinger and the FBI have few leads and little time to find a kidnapped socialite with a predilection for visiting jazz clubs. Bound, unattended, and hidden in a condemned building during a cruel Chicago winter, the young woman is in grave danger of dying from injury or exposure before she can be rescued.
 7.3/10
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Ghost Town
The Harpies
Episode 25 - 3-20-1959
30m
 7.4/10
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Haven't Seen
The Harpies
Death Threat
Episode 24 - 3-13-1959
30m
 6.6/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
Death Threat
Voluntary Surrender
Episode 23 - 3-06-1959
30m
 7.1/10
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Haven't Seen
Voluntary Surrender
The Take Over
Episode 22 - 2-27-1959
30m
Racketeers try to steal profits from a new entertainment establishment run by an old friend of Ballinger.
 7.6/10
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Haven't Seen
The Take Over
The Star Witness
Episode 21 - 2-20-1959
30m
 7.1/10
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Haven't Seen
The Star Witness
Mugger Murder
Episode 20 - 2-13-1959
30m
Frank must solve several connected homicides wherein convicted muggers are being strangled to death.
 7.2/10
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Haven't Seen
Mugger Murder
The Last Act
Episode 19 - 2-06-1959
30m
 6.9/10
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Haven't Seen
The Last Act
The Jumper
Episode 18 - 1-30-1959
30m
 7.6/10
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Haven't Seen
The Jumper
One Man's Life
Episode 17 - 1-23-1959
30m
An innocent man will be executed in 48 hours unless Lieutenant Ballinger can convince a socially prominent woman to recant the false testimony that she gave as a result of a ruthless blackmailer's threats.
 7.5/10
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Haven't Seen
One Mans Life
The Third Shadow
Episode 16 - 1-09-1959
30m
 7.4/10
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Haven't Seen
The Third Shadow
The Teacher (aka Trade School)
Episode 15 - 1-02-1959
30m
Young hoodlums use a trade school for criminal purposes.
 7.4/10
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The Teacher aka Trade School
Prescription for Murder
Episode 14 - 12-26-1958
30m
The wife of a brain surgeon is abducted and threatened with death if the surgeon goes ahead with an emergency operation to save a critically injured police witness that can implicate a loan shark in two murders.
 7/10
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Haven't Seen
Prescription for Murder
Contraband
Episode 13 - 12-19-1958
30m
 7.6/10
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Haven't Seen
Contraband
The Widows
Episode 12 - 12-12-1958
30m
Widows have something in common. All their husbands were murdered, and all had life insurance policies with double indemnity. And the widows have the same crooked lawyer. Lt. Frank Ballinger suspects a murder for hire scheme.
 7.2/10
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Haven't Seen
The Widows
The Executioner
Episode 11 - 12-05-1958
30m
 7.9/10
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Haven't Seen
The Executioner
The Sitters
Episode 10 - 11-28-1958
30m
Unsuspecting women allow bookmakers to use their telephones in return for payment of $50 per week, but they later learn that their lives will be in danger if they try to get out of the agreement.
 7/10
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Haven't Seen
The Sitters
The Big Kill
Episode 9 - 11-21-1958
30m
Larry Princeton is the master of bank heists-- he plans then sits back while his thugs pull off the job. Except for the last one-- which resulted in a bank teller's murder! Now Ballinger's after him.
 7.2/10
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Haven't Seen
The Big Kill
The Merits of the Case
Episode 8 - 11-14-1958
30m
A famous defense attorney is gunned down in his house. Now Ballinger must piece together the clues to find the kille
 7.2/10
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Haven't Seen
The Merits of the Case
The Phantom Raiders
Episode 7 - 11-07-1958
30m
A pair of high-speed motorcycle thugs are robbing gas stations across Chicago. When one attendant gets shot, Ballinger goes undercover as a biker to crack the case.
 7.5/10
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Haven't Seen
The Phantom Raiders
Force of Habit
Episode 6 - 10-31-1958
30m
Val Mooney, hiding out from the cops, sees the perfect opportunity to evade them. When his wife's brother is killed in a massive warehouse fire, he forces her to identify the body as-- VAL MOONEY.
 7.2/10
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Haven't Seen
Force of Habit
The Trap
Episode 5 - 10-24-1958
30m
Danny Mitchell is trying to find an engagement ring for his girl when he mistaken for a thief by the store owner. A fight convinces him he has killed the old man-- as such Danny's on the run! Ballinger is called in to find the kid before he gets into real trouble.
 7.7/10
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Haven't Seen
The Trap
The Refugee
Episode 4 - 10-10-1958
30m
Ballinger goes undercover as an immigrant worker to help break an extortion ring targeting foreigners.
 7.4/10
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Haven't Seen
The Refugee
The Missing Claimant
Episode 3 - 10-03-1958
30m
A shady lawyer protects a false heir to a fortune-- by killing the real relative! Ballinger is called in to set everything straight.
 7/10
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Haven't Seen
The Missing Claimant
Dead or Alive
Episode 2 - 9-26-1958
30m
A pair of gun crazy kids are loose in Chicago-- and a young reporter is defending them in the press against Ballinger and "police brutality".
 7.2/10
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Haven't Seen
Dead or Alive
More Deadly
Episode 1 - 9-19-1958
30m
2 innocent men are iced by a currency exchange bookkeeper, to disguise her embezzlement. The sultry femme fatale's yarn that it was a heist gone bad makes sense at first, because of a wave of such robberies on Chicago's Far East Side. But the murdered customer Halper checks out as a solid working stiff, plus the other stick-ups were solo jobs while this was supposedly a 2 hood hold-up, so M Squad's debonair Lt. Ballinger's sic-ed on the case to soften up hard boiled Ora Kane.
 7.9/10
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Haven't Seen
More Deadly
Season 1  
7.6
Accusation
Episode 38 - 6-13-1958
30m
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.
 7.8/10
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Haven't Seen
Accusation
Woman from Paris
Episode 37 - 6-06-1958
30m
 6.8/10
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Haven't Seen
Woman from Paris
The System
Episode 36 - 5-30-1958
30m
An illegal roving casino eludes the police and cheats players with crooked games. When Ballinger investigates, he encounters additional, unforeseen threats.
 7.5/10
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Haven't Seen
The System
The Double Face
Episode 35 - 5-23-1958
30m
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.
 7.6/10
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Haven't Seen
The Double Face
The $20 Plates
Episode 34 - 5-16-1958
30m
Ballinger investigates a rash of counterfeit $20 bills.
 7.1/10
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Haven't Seen
The 20 Plates
Day of Terror
Episode 33 - 5-09-1958
30m
Frank Ballinger investigates a illegal adoption racket.
 7.4/10
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Haven't Seen
Day of Terror
The Healer
Episode 32 - 5-02-1958
30m
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.
 7.8/10
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Haven't Seen
The Healer
Guilty Alibi
Episode 31 - 4-25-1958
30m
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.
 7.6/10
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Haven't Seen
Guilty Alibi
Fight
Episode 30 - 4-18-1958
30m
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.
 8.3/10
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Haven't Seen
Fight
The Twenty-Six Girl
Episode 29 - 4-11-1958
30m
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.
 7.8/10
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Haven't Seen
The TwentySix Girl
Shot in the Dark
Episode 28 - 4-04-1958
30m
A sniper is terrorizing Chicago. Ballinger joins the hunt.
 8.1/10
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Haven't Seen
Shot in the Dark
Hideout
Episode 27 - 3-28-1958
30m
Bank robbers hide in a suburban house.
 7.9/10
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Haven't Seen
Hideout
Girl Lost
Episode 26 - 3-21-1958
30m
A woman loses her memory. Bellinger investigates.
 7.6/10
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Haven't Seen
Girl Lost
Chicago Bluebeard
Episode 25 - 3-14-1958
30m
A woman dies. Ballinger investigates.
 7.8/10
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Haven't Seen
Chicago Bluebeard
The Man in Hiding
Episode 24 - 3-07-1958
30m
Ballinger investigates after a bank robber leaves a pencil at the scene.
 7.9/10
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Haven't Seen
The Man in Hiding
The Black Mermaid
Episode 23 - 2-28-1958
30m
Ballinger goes undercover to capture a robbery suspect.
 7.8/10
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Haven't Seen
The Black Mermaid
The Frightened Wife
Episode 22 - 2-21-1958
30m
A man's aunt reports her nephew is missing. Ballinger investigates.
 7.8/10
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Haven't Seen
The Frightened Wife
Lover's Lane Killing
Episode 21 - 2-14-1958
30m
Ballinger investigates a murder with multiple motives.
 7.9/10
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Haven't Seen
Lovers Lane Killing
Dolly's Bear
Episode 20 - 2-07-1958
30m
Kathy Bane, an old flame of Ballinger's, needs his help when a blackmailer trying to extort money turns up dead-- in her apartment.
 7.6/10
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Haven't Seen
Dollys Bear
The Shakedown
Episode 19 - 1-31-1958
30m
Ballinger suspects an inside job when a dry cleaning company refuses to knuckle under to a shakedown mob.
 7.7/10
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Haven't Seen
The Shakedown
The Long Ride
Episode 18 - 1-24-1958
30m
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.
 7.8/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
The Long Ride
Blue Indigo
Episode 17 - 1-17-1958
30m
The room mate of the third murder victim of the Blue Indigo serial killer may be the only link Ballinger has to catching him.
 7.5/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
Blue Indigo
The Cover Up
Episode 16 - 1-10-1958
30m
District Attorney Grover calls for Ballinger to help him sort out a potentially embarrassing situation involving the murder of a former business associate.
 7.1/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
The Cover Up
The Slow Trap
Episode 15 - 1-03-1958
30m
Ballinger investigates the case of a security courier who is charged with robbing himself of $75,000.
 7/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
The Slow Trap
The Palace Guard
Episode 14 - 12-27-1957
30m
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.
 7.4/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
The Palace Guard
Family Portrait
Episode 13 - 12-20-1957
30m
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.
 7.7/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
Family Portrait
The Specialists
Episode 12 - 12-13-1957
30m
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.
 7.2/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
The Specialists
The Alibi Witness
Episode 11 - 12-06-1957
30m
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.
 7.7/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
The Alibi Witness
Diamond Hard
Episode 10 - 11-29-1957
30m
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.
 7.7/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
Diamond Hard
Killer in Town
Episode 9 - 11-22-1957
30m
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."
 7.8/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
Killer in Town
The Hard Case
Episode 8 - 11-15-1957
30m
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.
 7.2/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
The Hard Case
The Matinee Trade
Episode 7 - 11-08-1957
30m
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.
 7.5/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
The Matinee Trade
Street of Fear
Episode 6 - 11-01-1957
30m
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.
 7.5/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
Street of Fear
Face of Evil
Episode 5 - 10-18-1957
30m
Ballinger investigates the murders of four women. The victims were all connected to the same church and lived within two miles of each other.
 7.4/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
Face of Evil
Pete Loves Mary
Episode 4 - 10-11-1957
30m
The squad goes after a jail inmate who's just escaped.
 7.3/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
Pete Loves Mary
Neighborhood Killer
Episode 3 - 10-04-1957
30m
The squad hunts down a cop killer.
 6.6/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
Neighborhood Killer
The Watchdog
Episode 2 - 9-27-1957
24m
Ballinger and the Squad are out to catch a burglar who may have rabies.
 7.2/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
The Watchdog
The Golden Look
Episode 1 - 9-20-1957
25m
The Squad is on the lookout for a bank robbery suspect with a unique feature, witnesses say he has gold teeth.
 7.6/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
The Golden Look
Top 5 Episodes
Top 5 Highest Rated Episodes
Fight
Episode 30 - 4-18-1958
30m
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.
 8.3/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
Fight
Shot in the Dark
Episode 28 - 4-04-1958
30m
A sniper is terrorizing Chicago. Ballinger joins the hunt.
 8.1/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
Shot in the Dark
Lover's Lane Killing
Episode 21 - 2-14-1958
30m
Ballinger investigates a murder with multiple motives.
 7.9/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
Lovers Lane Killing
The Man in Hiding
Episode 24 - 3-07-1958
30m
Ballinger investigates after a bank robber leaves a pencil at the scene.
 7.9/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
The Man in Hiding
Hideout
Episode 27 - 3-28-1958
30m
Bank robbers hide in a suburban house.
 7.9/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
Hideout
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