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Season 1

10.0·September 20, 1957·38 épisodes·19h
Épisodes · 38
E1

The Golden Look

The Squad is on the lookout for a bank robbery suspect with a unique feature, witnesses say he has gold teeth.

30min·Sep 20, 1957
E2

The Watchdog

Ballinger and the Squad are out to catch a burglar who may have rabies.

30min·Sep 27, 1957
E3

Neighborhood Killer

The squad hunts down a cop killer.

30min·Oct 4, 1957
E4

Pete Loves Mary

The squad goes after a jail inmate who's just escaped.

30min·Oct 11, 1957
E5

Face of Evil

Ballinger investigates the murders of four women. The victims were all connected to the same church and lived within two miles of each other.

30min·Oct 18, 1957
E6

Street of Fear

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.

30min·Nov 1, 1957
E7

The Matinee Trade

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.

30min·Nov 8, 1957
E8

The Hard Case

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.

30min·Nov 15, 1957
E9

Killer in Town

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."

30min·Nov 22, 1957
E10

Diamond Hard

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.

30min·Nov 29, 1957
E11

The Alibi Witness

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.

30min·Dec 6, 1957
E12

The Specialists

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.

30min·Dec 13, 1957
E13

Family Portrait

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.

30min·Dec 20, 1957
E14

The Palace Guard

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.

30min·Dec 27, 1957
E15

The Slow Trap

Ballinger investigates the case of a security courier who is charged with robbing himself of $75,000.

30min·Jan 3, 1958
E16

The Cover Up

District Attorney Grover calls for Ballinger to help him sort out a potentially embarrassing situation involving the murder of a former business associate.

30min·Jan 10, 1958
E17

Blue Indigo

The room mate of the third murder victim of the Blue Indigo serial killer may be the only link Ballinger has to catching him.

30min·Jan 17, 1958
E18

The Long Ride

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.

30min·Jan 24, 1958
E19

The Shakedown

Ballinger suspects an inside job when a dry cleaning company refuses to knuckle under to a shakedown mob.

30min·Jan 31, 1958
E20

Dolly's Bear

Kathy Bane, an old flame of Ballinger's, needs his help when a blackmailer trying to extort money turns up dead-- in her apartment.

30min·Feb 7, 1958
E21

Lover's Lane Killing

Ballinger investigates a murder with multiple motives.

30min·Feb 14, 1958
E22

The Frightened Wife

A man's aunt reports her nephew is missing. Ballinger investigates.

30min·Feb 21, 1958
E23

The Black Mermaid

Ballinger goes undercover to capture a robbery suspect.

30min·Feb 28, 1958
E24

The Man in Hiding

Ballinger investigates after a bank robber leaves a pencil at the scene.

30min·Mar 7, 1958
E25

Chicago Bluebeard

A woman dies. Ballinger investigates.

30min·Mar 14, 1958
E26

Girl Lost

A woman loses her memory. Bellinger investigates.

30min·Mar 21, 1958
E27

Hideout

Bank robbers hide in a suburban house.

30min·Mar 28, 1958
E28

Shot in the Dark

A sniper is terrorizing Chicago. Ballinger joins the hunt.

30min·Apr 4, 1958
E29

The Twenty-Six Girl

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.

30min·Apr 11, 1958
E30

Fight

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.

30min·Apr 18, 1958
E31

Guilty Alibi

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.

30min·Apr 25, 1958
E32

The Healer

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.

30min·May 2, 1958
E33

Day of Terror

Frank Ballinger investigates a illegal adoption racket.

30min·May 9, 1958
E34

The $20 Plates

Ballinger investigates a rash of counterfeit $20 bills.

30min·May 16, 1958
E35

The Double Face

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.

30min·May 23, 1958
E36

The System

An illegal roving casino eludes the police and cheats players with crooked games. When Ballinger investigates, he encounters additional, unforeseen threats.

30min·May 30, 1958
E37

Woman from Paris

30min·Jun 6, 1958
E38

Accusation

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.

30min·Jun 13, 1958