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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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- E1 The Golden LookNext upSep 20, 1957 · 30 min
Synopsis
The Squad is on the lookout for a bank robbery suspect with a unique feature, witnesses say he has gold teeth.
Guest stars: Peter Brocco (Druggist), John Mitchum (First Mate), Bruce Gordon (Peter Grauman), Henry Brandon (Bert Fallon), Tyler McVey (Robert Trommer)
- E2 The WatchdogSep 27, 1957 · 30 min
Synopsis
Ballinger and the Squad are out to catch a burglar who may have rabies.
Guest stars: Olan Soule (Tailor), Harlan Warde (Marty Pryor)
- E3 Neighborhood KillerOct 4, 1957 · 30 min
Synopsis
The squad hunts down a cop killer.
Guest stars: Wally Brown (Milkman), Stafford Repp (Georgie Mink), Don Kennedy (Officer Andy Morolo), Vici Raaf (Rita St. Clair)
- E4 Pete Loves MaryOct 11, 1957 · 30 min
Synopsis
The squad goes after a jail inmate who's just escaped.
Guest stars: Bobby Driscoll (Stephen 'Steve' Wikowlski), Mike Connors (Pete Wikowlski), Paul Birch (Police Lt. Ruddy), Don Rickles, DeForest Kelley (Police Sgt. Miller)
- E5 Face of EvilOct 18, 1957 · 30 min
Synopsis
Ballinger investigates the murders of four women. The victims were all connected to the same church and lived within two miles of each other.
Guest stars: Werner Klemperer (Heinrich Ronn), Barney Phillips (Dr. Lester Bowers), Barbara Pepper (Landlady), Kevin Hagen (Eddie Ferguson), Joseph Mell (Landlord)
- E6 Street of FearNov 1, 1957 · 30 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Robert McQueeney (Charlie), Pamela Duncan (Christine Edmonson), Lawrence Dobkin (Louie Prince), Dick Crockett (First Witness)
- E7 The Matinee TradeNov 8, 1957 · 30 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: William Boyett (Detective Sgt. Harris), Jimmy Cross (Lookout)
- E8 The Hard CaseNov 15, 1957 · 30 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Walter Reed (States Attorney), George Mathews (Bricker)
- E9 Killer in TownNov 22, 1957 · 30 min
Synopsis
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."
Guest stars: Russ Conway (Detective Ben Cooper)
- E10 Diamond HardNov 29, 1957 · 30 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Angie Dickinson (Hazel McLean), William Phipps (Joe Mazzerin), DeForest Kelley (Police Sgt. Miller)
- E11 The Alibi WitnessDec 6, 1957 · 30 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Jean Carson (Doris Colby), Kathryn Minner (Witness), Linda Watkins (Mrs. Gardner), Edward Binns (Wally Gardner)
- E12 The SpecialistsDec 13, 1957 · 30 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Peg La Centra (Mrs. Lowell), Kem Dibbs (Louie Ferrante), Dave Barry (Richard Lowell)
- E13 Family PortraitDec 20, 1957 · 30 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Ron Hayes (Police Lt. Harry Summers), Sid Melton (Eddie Lee), Raymond Bailey (Hinder's Lawyer), Laurie Carroll (Jan Summers), Morris Ankrum (Police Inspector Dean)
- E14 The Palace GuardDec 27, 1957 · 30 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Whit Bissell (Tommy Hatch), Alix Talton (Karen Peters)
- E15 The Slow TrapJan 3, 1958 · 30 min
Synopsis
Ballinger investigates the case of a security courier who is charged with robbing himself of $75,000.
Guest stars: George E. Stone (Fingers Purdy), Lyle Talbot (Paul Crowley), Jean Willes (Thelma Goodrich), Michael Masters (Health Club Instructor)
- E16 The Cover UpJan 10, 1958 · 30 min
Synopsis
District Attorney Grover calls for Ballinger to help him sort out a potentially embarrassing situation involving the murder of a former business associate.
Guest stars: Willard Parker (Malcolm Grove), William Bakewell (Detective), Dan Tobin (Steve Lanley), Jeanne Cooper (Julia Gifford), Paul Langton (Van Wert)
- E17 Blue IndigoJan 17, 1958 · 30 min
Synopsis
The room mate of the third murder victim of the Blue Indigo serial killer may be the only link Ballinger has to catching him.
Guest stars: Nico Minardos (Henry Edom), Bethel Leslie (Doris Holt), S. John Launer (Police Captain Timothy Riley), James Griffith (James Keniton), Rick Vallin ('Blue Indigo' Requestor at Ballroom), Larry Thor (Police Sgt. Jordan), Gavin Gordon (Bongure), Barney Phillips (Doctor)
- E18 The Long RideJan 24, 1958 · 30 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Tiger Fafara (Tommy), Joe Maross (Carl Warfield), Frank Sully (Officer Ed Grady)
- E19 The ShakedownJan 31, 1958 · 30 min
Synopsis
Ballinger suspects an inside job when a dry cleaning company refuses to knuckle under to a shakedown mob.
Guest stars: Katharine Bard (Louise Garrison), Dean Harens (Claude Garrison), June Dayton (Evelyn Rankin), Duncan McLeod (Police Sgt. Wendell), H.M. Wynant (Victor Charbonneau), Joe Di Reda (Archie), Ted Hecht (Fred Heaton)
- E20 Dolly's BearFeb 7, 1958 · 30 min
Synopsis
Kathy Bane, an old flame of Ballinger's, needs his help when a blackmailer trying to extort money turns up dead-- in her apartment.
- E21 Lover's Lane KillingFeb 14, 1958 · 30 min
Synopsis
Ballinger investigates a murder with multiple motives.
Guest stars: Angela Greene (Mildred Barnes), John Doucette (Police Sgt. Lou Pulaski), Kent Smith (Howard Meston), Ruta Lee (Connie Meston)
- E22 The Frightened WifeFeb 21, 1958 · 30 min
Synopsis
A man's aunt reports her nephew is missing. Ballinger investigates.
Guest stars: Herbert Rudley (Fred - State's Attorney), Esther Dale (Julia Sheldon), Whitney Blake (Susan Spencer), Marian Seldes (Martha Wicklow), David Lewis (Jerry Kane), William Fawcett (Guard)
- E23 The Black MermaidFeb 28, 1958 · 30 min
Synopsis
Ballinger goes undercover to capture a robbery suspect.
Guest stars: Elizabeth Harrower (Walls' Secretary), Harry Bartell (Jed Stanner), Stanley Adams (Ed - Bartender)
- E24 The Man in HidingMar 7, 1958 · 30 min
Synopsis
Ballinger investigates after a bank robber leaves a pencil at the scene.
Guest stars: John Hoyt (Dr. Carter), Alan Baxter (Russ Mortell)
- E25 Chicago BluebeardMar 14, 1958 · 30 min
Synopsis
A woman dies. Ballinger investigates.
Guest stars: Amzie Strickland (Kate Larson)
- E26 Girl LostMar 21, 1958 · 30 min
Synopsis
A woman loses her memory. Bellinger investigates.
Guest stars: Bill Williams (Jerry Langdon), Myron Healey (Hal Sherman), Margaret Field (Laura M. Canby)
- E27 HideoutMar 28, 1958 · 30 min
Synopsis
Bank robbers hide in a suburban house.
Guest stars: Paul Comi (Jojo), William Hudson (Tom Ferris), Jack Elam (Luke Morgan), Dick Miller (Pete Castro), Ferris Taylor (Arthur Quinn), DeForest Kelley (Detective)
- E28 Shot in the DarkApr 4, 1958 · 30 min
Synopsis
A sniper is terrorizing Chicago. Ballinger joins the hunt.
Guest stars: John Beradino (Detective D'amico), John Zaremba (Hotel Clerk), Bartlett Robinson (Henry Hellstrom), Jeanne Baird (Mary Allison)
- E29 The Twenty-Six GirlApr 11, 1958 · 30 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Diane Brewster (Hazel Lawton)
- E30 FightApr 18, 1958 · 30 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Charles Bronson (Eddie Loder), Rachel Ames (Greta Loder), John Harmon (Charlie Andalucia), Rusty Lane (Mel Harmon)
- E31 Guilty AlibiApr 25, 1958 · 30 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Meg Wyllie (Mrs. Timmons), Ross Elliott (Vincent Hurd)
- E32 The HealerMay 2, 1958 · 30 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Dayton Lummis (Jonas Warman), Gloria Talbott (Ellen Carter)
- E33 Day of TerrorMay 9, 1958 · 30 min
Synopsis
Frank Ballinger investigates a illegal adoption racket.
Guest stars: Doris Packer (Mrs. Warren)
- E34 The $20 PlatesMay 16, 1958 · 30 min
Synopsis
Ballinger investigates a rash of counterfeit $20 bills.
Guest stars: Jeanne Dante (Nurse), Theodore Newton (Tom Booth)
- E35 The Double FaceMay 23, 1958 · 30 min
Synopsis
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.
- E36 The SystemMay 30, 1958 · 30 min
Synopsis
An illegal roving casino eludes the police and cheats players with crooked games. When Ballinger investigates, he encounters additional, unforeseen threats.
Guest stars: Rose Marie (Margo), Tol Avery (Eddie Constantine), Howard Wendell (Barrett)
- E37 Woman from ParisJun 6, 1958 · 30 min
Guest stars
Guest stars: Paula Raymond (Simone Brayden), Philip Ober (George Brayden), Paul Maxwell (Andy Markham)
- E38 AccusationJun 13, 1958 · 30 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Fay Spain (Ruth Reardon), Ken Clark (Paul Lawson), George Eldredge (Dr. Robert Eldredge)
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