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20 September 1957 (USA) morePlot:
The hard-hitting adventures of tough Lieutenant Frank Ballinger, a member of the Chicago Police Department's M Squad, an elite crime-fighting unit. full summaryPlot Keywords:
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1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Lee Marvin's "M Squad"- The Complete Series Comes To DVD (From CinemaRetro. 8 December 2008, 8:09 PM, PST)
M Squad: The Complete Series
(From The AV Club. 11 November 2008, 9:01 PM, PST)
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Count Basie made this series a WINNER!!!! more (10 total)Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 2 of 129)| Lee Marvin | ... | Detective Lt. Frank Ballinger / ... (117 episodes, 1957-1960) | |
| Paul Newlan | ... | Police Capt. Grey (103 episodes, 1957-1960) |
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30 min (117 episodes)Country:
USALanguage:
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1.33 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoFun Stuff
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An episode featuring a Chicago cop taking a bribe led to Mayor Richard J. Daley banning any TV show or film from doing any shooting in Chicago at all. That ban was later broken with the filming of The Blues Brothers (1980). moreQuotes:
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. moreSoundtrack:
Theme From M Squad moreFAQ
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"When I was a child around 7-8 years old I loved the police series that came on in the 50s Highway Patrol, The Lineup, San Francisco Beat,Mike Hammer, but I think that M-Squad was my favorite. Lee Marvin was DANGEROUS as Lt. Ballanger. But the sound track of Count Basie was what made me watch this show every week, and made me a life long Basie fanatic. I hope somebody will put all 117 episodes on video because I would certainly buy all of them.