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20 September 1957 (USA)
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Plot:
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 summary
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1 nomination
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(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)
(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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A tough-as-nails police show
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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)
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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).
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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.
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Spoofed in Beastie Boys: Video Anthology (2000) (V)
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Theme From M Squad
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This show was so hard-bitten Ballinger almost got killed once having been pumped full of lead. When did Joe Friday ever get shot? It's a crime this adult drama has never been rerun.