Paul Newlan
Police Capt. Grey
M Squad (1957)
Season 2
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.
Released Sept. 21, 1957
Episode 30 min
10+
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Keywords: imdb.chicago-illinois, tmdb.police, tmdb.organized-crime, tmdb.police-detective, imdb.chicago-police, imdb.gunfire, tmdb.chicago-illinois + 4 more, imdb.1950s, imdb.1960s, imdb.illinois, imdb.police
Production Companies: Revue Studios, Latimer Productions
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S2E1 - More Deadly
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.
Sept. 19, 1958, midnight
S2E2 - Dead or Alive
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".
Sept. 26, 1958, midnight
S2E3 - The Missing Claimant
A shady lawyer protects a false heir to a fortune-- by killing the real relative! Ballinger is called in to set everything straight.
Oct. 3, 1958, midnight
S2E4 - The Refugee
Ballinger goes undercover as an immigrant worker to help break an extortion ring targeting foreigners.
Oct. 10, 1958, midnight
S2E5 - The Trap
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.
Oct. 24, 1958, midnight
S2E6 - Force of Habit
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.
Oct. 31, 1958, midnight
S2E7 - The Phantom Raiders
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.
Nov. 7, 1958, midnight
S2E8 - The Merits of the Case
A famous defense attorney is gunned down in his house. Now Ballinger must piece together the clues to find the kille
Nov. 14, 1958, midnight
S2E9 - The Big Kill
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.
Nov. 21, 1958, midnight
S2E10 - The Sitters
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.
Nov. 28, 1958, midnight
S2E11 - The Executioner
Dec. 5, 1958, midnight
S2E12 - The Widows
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.
Dec. 12, 1958, midnight
S2E13 - Contraband
Dec. 19, 1958, midnight
S2E14 - Prescription for Murder
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.
Dec. 26, 1958, midnight
S2E15 - The Teacher (aka Trade School)
Young hoodlums use a trade school for criminal purposes.
Jan. 2, 1959, midnight
S2E16 - The Third Shadow
Jan. 9, 1959, midnight
S2E17 - One Man's Life
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.
Jan. 23, 1959, midnight
S2E18 - The Jumper
Jan. 30, 1959, midnight
S2E19 - The Last Act
Feb. 6, 1959, midnight
S2E20 - Mugger Murder
Frank must solve several connected homicides wherein convicted muggers are being strangled to death.
Feb. 13, 1959, midnight
S2E21 - The Star Witness
Feb. 20, 1959, midnight
S2E22 - The Take Over
Racketeers try to steal profits from a new entertainment establishment run by an old friend of Ballinger.
Feb. 27, 1959, midnight
S2E23 - Voluntary Surrender
March 6, 1959, midnight
S2E24 - Death Threat
March 13, 1959, midnight
S2E25 - The Harpies
March 20, 1959, midnight
S2E26 - Ghost Town
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.
March 27, 1959, midnight
S2E27 - The Vanishing Lady
April 3, 1959, midnight
S2E28 - The Crush Out
April 10, 1959, midnight
S2E29 - The Fire Makers
Detective Ballinger helps investigate a series of arson crimes that are being used to cover up insurance scams.
April 17, 1959, midnight
S2E30 - The Terror on Dark Street
Lieutenant Ballinger investigates a possible link between a series of Dark Street purse snatchings and the disappearance of a successful but unhappily married architect.
April 24, 1959, midnight
S2E31 - Robber's Roost
May 1, 1959, midnight
S2E32 - The Baited Hook
A former convict and his daughter are being harassed by an old inmate.
May 8, 1959, midnight
S2E33 - Model in the Lake
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.
May 15, 1959, midnight
S2E34 - The Outsider
May 22, 1959, midnight
S2E35 - High School Bride
May 29, 1959, midnight
S2E36 - The Dangerous Game
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.
June 5, 1959, midnight
S2E37 - Decoy in White
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.
June 12, 1959, midnight
S2E38 - Mr. Grim's Rabbits
A seemingly random dockside shooting leads M Squad on a strange investigation involving fur skins and ancient Inca artifacts.
June 19, 1959, midnight
S2E39 - Platter Pirates
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.
June 26, 1959, midnight
S2E40 - Death Is a Clock
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.
July 3, 1959, midnight
Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Sept. 21, 1957
Last Air Date: June 21, 1960, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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