Season 1
38 episodes · Sep 20, 1957
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- S1E1
The Golden Look
Sep 20, 195730mThe Squad is on the lookout for a bank robbery suspect with a unique feature, witnesses say he has gold teeth.
- S1E2
The Watchdog
Sep 27, 195730mBallinger and the Squad are out to catch a burglar who may have rabies.
- S1E5
Face of Evil
Oct 18, 195730mBallinger investigates the murders of four women. The victims were all connected to the same church and lived within two miles of each other.
- S1E6
Street of Fear
Nov 1, 195730mChicago 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.
- S1E7
The Matinee Trade
Nov 8, 195730mLt. 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.
- S1E8
The Hard Case
Nov 15, 195730mA 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.
- S1E9
Killer in Town
Nov 22, 195730mFrank 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."
- S1E10
Diamond Hard
Nov 29, 195730mLt. 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.
- S1E11
The Alibi Witness
Dec 6, 195730mWhen 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.
- S1E12
The Specialists
Dec 13, 195730mWhen 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.
- S1E13
Family Portrait
Dec 20, 195730mWhen 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.
- S1E14
The Palace Guard
Dec 27, 195730mGangster 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.
- S1E15
The Slow Trap
Jan 3, 195830mBallinger investigates the case of a security courier who is charged with robbing himself of $75,000.
- S1E16
The Cover Up
Jan 10, 195830mDistrict Attorney Grover calls for Ballinger to help him sort out a potentially embarrassing situation involving the murder of a former business associate.
- S1E17
Blue Indigo
Jan 17, 195830mThe room mate of the third murder victim of the Blue Indigo serial killer may be the only link Ballinger has to catching him.
- S1E18
The Long Ride
Jan 24, 195830mWhen 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.
- S1E19
The Shakedown
Jan 31, 195830mBallinger suspects an inside job when a dry cleaning company refuses to knuckle under to a shakedown mob.
- S1E20
Dolly's Bear
Feb 7, 195830mKathy Bane, an old flame of Ballinger's, needs his help when a blackmailer trying to extort money turns up dead-- in her apartment.
- S1E21
Lover's Lane Killing
Feb 14, 195830mBallinger investigates a murder with multiple motives.
- S1E22
The Frightened Wife
Feb 21, 195830mA man's aunt reports her nephew is missing. Ballinger investigates.
- S1E24
The Man in Hiding
Mar 7, 195830mBallinger investigates after a bank robber leaves a pencil at the scene.
- S1E28
Shot in the Dark
Apr 4, 195830mA sniper is terrorizing Chicago. Ballinger joins the hunt.
- S1E29
The Twenty-Six Girl
Apr 11, 195830mA 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.
- S1E30
Fight
Apr 18, 195830mA 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.
- S1E31
Guilty Alibi
Apr 25, 195830mA 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.
- S1E32
The Healer
May 2, 195830mLieutenant 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.
- S1E35
The Double Face
May 23, 195830mA 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.
- S1E36
The System
May 30, 195830mAn illegal roving casino eludes the police and cheats players with crooked games. When Ballinger investigates, he encounters additional, unforeseen threats.
- S1E38
Accusation
Jun 13, 195830mA 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.