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M Squad

Season 1 Episode 7: 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.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Golden Look

1. The Golden Look

Aired: Sep 20, 1957

The squad is on the lookout for a bank robbery suspect with a unique feature-...

Episode 2 The Watchdog

2. The Watchdog

Aired: Sep 27, 1957

Lt. Ballinger and the squad are out to catch a burglar, but there's another p...

Episode 4 Pete Loves Mary

4. Pete Loves Mary

Aired: Oct 11, 1957

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

Episode 5 Face of Evil

5. Face of Evil

Aired: Oct 18, 1957

Lt. Frank Ballinger investigates the latest in a series of murders of women. ...

Episode 6 Street of Fear

6. Street of Fear

Aired: Nov 1, 1957

Chicago cop Frank Ballinger stages a rescue in order to gain the confidence o...

Episode 7 The Matinee Trade

7. The Matinee Trade

Aired: Nov 8, 1957

Lt. Frank Ballinger investigates the case of a gambling ring and its connecti...

Episode 8 The Hard Case

8. The Hard Case

Aired: Nov 15, 1957

A jewelry store robbery sends the thief to prison, but his claim that the nig...

Episode 9 Killer in Town

9. Killer in Town

Aired: Nov 22, 1957

Frank Ballinger and his colleagues on the M Squad have to find a needle in a ...

Episode 10 Diamond Hard

10. Diamond Hard

Aired: Nov 29, 1957

Lt. Frank Ballinger keeps an eye on Hazel, a bar girl with a record who nonet...

Episode 11 The Alibi Witness

11. The Alibi Witness

Aired: Dec 6, 1957

When perennial loser Wally Gardner is identified as the perpetrator of a robb...

Episode 12 The Specialists

12. The Specialists

Aired: Dec 13, 1957

When a hired gunman gets himself tossed in jail following a fistfight, Lt. Fr...

Episode 13 Family Portrait

13. Family Portrait

Aired: Dec 20, 1957

When his partner in an investigation is killed, Lt. Frank Ballinger makes it ...

Episode 14 The Palace Guard

14. The Palace Guard

Aired: Dec 27, 1957

Gangster Tommy Hatch is wanted for murder, but the police have to keep him sa...

Episode 15 The Slow Trap

15. The Slow Trap

Aired: Jan 3, 1958

Ballinger investigates the case of a security courier who is charged with rob...

Episode 16 The Cover Up

16. The Cover Up

Aired: Jan 10, 1958

District Attorney Grover calls for Ballinger to help him sort out a potential...

Episode 17 Blue Indigo

17. Blue Indigo

Aired: Jan 17, 1958

The room mate of the third murder victim of the Blue Indigo serial killer may...

Episode 18 The Long Ride

18. The Long Ride

Aired: Jan 24, 1958

When a convicted murderer gets the upper hand on Lieutenant Ballinger during ...

Episode 19 The Shakedown

19. The Shakedown

Aired: Jan 31, 1958

Ballinger suspects an inside job when a dry cleaning company refuses to knuck...

Episode 20 Dolly's Bar

20. Dolly's Bar

Aired: Feb 7, 1958

Kathy Bane, an old flame of Ballinger's, needs his help when a blackmailer tr...

Episode 24 The Man in Hiding

24. The Man in Hiding

Aired: Mar 7, 1958

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

Episode 26 Girl Lost

26. Girl Lost

Aired: Mar 21, 1958

A woman loses her memory. Bellinger investigates.

Episode 27 Hideout

27. Hideout

Aired: Mar 28, 1958

Bank robbers hide in a suburban house.

Episode 29 The Twenty-Six Girl

29. The Twenty-Six Girl

Aired: Apr 11, 1958

A young wife is shot by an unknown assailant when she drives with her ex-con ...

Episode 30 The Fight

30. The Fight

Aired: Apr 18, 1958

A boxer's (Bronson) life is being threatened soon after another fighter dies ...

Episode 31 Guilty Alibi

31. Guilty Alibi

Aired: Apr 25, 1958

A man confesses to a crime he may not have committed. Meanwhile the president...

Episode 32 The Healer

32. The Healer

Aired: May 2, 1958

Lieutenant Ballinger searches for a mentally ill young woman who shot a psych...

Episode 33 Day of Terror

33. Day of Terror

Aired: May 9, 1958

Frank Ballinger (Lee Marvin) investigates a illegal adoption racket.

Episode 34 The $20 Plates

34. The $20 Plates

Aired: May 16, 1958

Ballinger investigates a rash of counterfeit $20 bills.

Episode 36 The System

36. The System

Aired: May 30, 1958

An illegal roving casino eludes the police and cheats players with crooked ga...

Episode 37 The Woman from Paris

37. The Woman from Paris

Aired: Jun 6, 1958

An attractive unidentified woman who just arrived from Paris is found murdere...

Episode 38 Accusation

38. Accusation

Aired: Jun 13, 1958

A millionaire is found dead in a locked room. His young pretty wife (Fay Spai...

Info about M Squad

Seasons: 3

Current Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Genres:Drama, Crime, Thriller