The hard-hitting adventures of tough Lieutenant Frank Ballinger, a member of the Chicago Police Department's M Squad, an elite crime-fighting unit.
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Series Cast Summary
| Lee Marvin | ... |
Detective Lt. Frank Ballinger
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(117 episodes, 1957-1960)
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| Paul Newlan | ... |
Police Capt. Grey
(103 episodes, 1957-1960)
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| Gail Kobe | ... |
Anne Weldon
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(4 episodes, 1957-1959)
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| Morris Ankrum | ... |
Police Capt. Dean
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(4 episodes, 1957)
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| Claire Carleton | ... |
Dolly Mundy
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(4 episodes, 1958-1959)
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| William Phipps | ... |
Al 'Bugsy' Page
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(3 episodes, 1957-1960)
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| Paula Raymond | ... |
Judith Rollins
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(3 episodes, 1958-1960)
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| Whitney Blake | ... |
Jo Bennett
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(3 episodes, 1958-1960)
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| Grant Richards | ... |
Eddie Pagano
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(3 episodes, 1957-1959)
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| Ruta Lee | ... |
Connie Meston
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(3 episodes, 1958-1960)
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Herbert Ellis | ... |
Det. Bailey
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(3 episodes, 1957-1960)
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| John Goddard | ... |
Charles Logan
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(3 episodes, 1958-1960)
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Ann Morrison | ... |
Mother
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(3 episodes, 1958-1960)
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| John Beradino | ... |
Detective D'amico
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(3 episodes, 1958-1959)
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| DeForest Kelley | ... |
Police Sgt. Miller
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(3 episodes, 1957-1958)
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| Jeanne Bates | ... |
Audrey Cranston
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(3 episodes, 1958-1959)
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Maggie McCarter | ... |
Adele
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(3 episodes, 1959-1960)
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| Theodore Newton | ... |
Garden
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(3 episodes, 1958-1960)
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| George Eldredge | ... |
Coroner
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(3 episodes, 1958-1960)
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| Dick Wilson | ... |
Max Pushkin
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(3 episodes, 1958-1960)
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| Leonard P. Geer | ... |
Convict
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(3 episodes, 1957-1960)
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| Peggy Webber | ... |
Amy Pryor
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(2 episodes, 1957-1960)
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| Lawrence Dobkin | ... |
Barney Traxler
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(2 episodes, 1957-1959)
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Margaret Field | ... |
Laura M. Canby
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(2 episodes, 1958)
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| Tom Pittman | ... |
Alvin Jessop
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(2 episodes, 1958)
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| Robert H. Harris | ... |
Manny Franchette
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(2 episodes, 1959-1960)
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| Carole Mathews | ... |
Pilar Olivera
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(2 episodes, 1959)
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| Ross Elliott | ... |
Police Sgt. Smith
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(2 episodes, 1958-1959)
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| John Hoyt | ... |
Dr. Carter
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(2 episodes, 1958)
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| Paul Burke | ... |
Harry Klorr
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(2 episodes, 1959)
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| Jeanne Cooper | ... |
Julia Gifford
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(2 episodes, 1958-1960)
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| Nan Leslie | ... |
Jenny Fredericks
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(2 episodes, 1958-1959)
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| Robert Roark | ... |
Champ Sullivan
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(2 episodes, 1958)
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| Elaine Edwards | ... |
Joan Zender
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(2 episodes, 1959-1960)
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| Joyce Meadows | ... |
Ellen Benson
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(2 episodes, 1959)
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| Tyler McVey | ... |
Robert Trommer
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(2 episodes, 1957-1959)
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| Jean Willes | ... |
Lisa Grange
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(2 episodes, 1958-1960)
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| H.M. Wynant | ... |
Lanny Cord
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(2 episodes, 1958-1960)
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| Harry Lauter | ... |
Allen Lloyd
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(2 episodes, 1958-1960)
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| Harry Bartell | ... |
Jed Stanner
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(2 episodes, 1958-1960)
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| Mary Adams | ... |
Mary Larson
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(2 episodes, 1958-1959)
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| Leonard Nimoy | ... |
Ben Blacker
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(2 episodes, 1959-1960)
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| Terry Becker | ... |
Arthur Cooley
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(2 episodes, 1959-1960)
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John Herman Shaner | ... |
Joe Pulaski
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(2 episodes, 1959-1960)
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| Laurie Mitchell | ... |
Bunny Lacey
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(2 episodes, 1959)
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Stanley Dyrector | ... |
Jimmy Crawley
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(2 episodes, 1959)
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Nesdon Booth | ... |
Joe Engel
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(2 episodes, 1957-1960)
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| Robert Burton | ... |
Gus Kelso
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(2 episodes, 1957-1959)
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| Herbert Rudley | ... |
Fred--State's Attorney
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(2 episodes, 1958-1960)
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| Dan Riss | ... |
Lazlo
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(2 episodes, 1958-1960)
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Production Companies
Distributors
- National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1960) (United States) (tv) (original airing)
- ITV - Independent Television (United Kingdom) (tv)
- Pidax Film (2016) (Germany) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- American Tobacco Company (original sponsor)
- Revue Studios (filming location)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Captain Grey headed an elite Detective squad in the Chicago, Illinois Police Department dedicated to fighting organized crime. Lieutenant Frank Ballinger was one of the police officers who worked alone to arrest the villains.
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | An episode featuring a Chicago cop taking a bribe led to Mayor Richard J. Daley banning any television show or film from doing any shooting in Chicago at all. That ban was later broken with the filming of The Blues Brothers (1980). See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Lee Marvin (2015). See more » |
| Soundtracks | M Squad See more » |
| Quotes |
Lt. Frank Ballinger:
[spoken in voiceover near beginning of each episode, as he tells audience about a recently committed crime]
My name is Frank Ballinger, detective-lieutenant, M Squad, a special detail of the Chicago police. See more » |