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38 Episodes 1957 - 1958
Episode 1
Fri, Sep 20, 195725 mins
Lt. Frank Ballinger of the Chicago Police attempts to track down the surviving perpetrator of a robbery. During the robbers' escape, they caused a traffic accident which killed a little boy and his father. Ballinger has only one identifying clue to his prey: gold teeth.
Episode 2
Fri, Sep 27, 195724 mins
When a man is beaten in his own home by an apparent prowler, the perpetrator is mauled by the victim's dog. When it turns out that the dog has rabies, Chicago police lieutenant Frank Ballinger intensifies his search for the wanted man. But something about the victim's personal life makes Ballinger wonder if all is as it seems.
Episode 3
Fri, Oct 4, 195730 mins
Uniformed police officer Morolo is gunned down on the street after a pawnshop robbery. Detective Frank Ballinger investigates, but begins to suspect that the killing may be unrelated to the robbery. He then begins to trace the activities of several people who might have had it in for the slain officer.
Episode 4
Fri, Oct 11, 195730 mins
Criminal Steve Wikowlski escapes from jail and uses his kid brother Pete to help him avoid the police. Chicago police lieutenant Frank Ballinger attempts to convince Pete, his embittered mother, and Steve's old girlfriend Mary to help him find the wanted man.
Episode 5
Fri, Oct 18, 195730 mins
Lt. Frank Ballinger investigates the latest in a series of murders of women. Eddie Ferguson, the husband of one of the most recent victim, claims he saw a face outside his window upon discovering his wife's body. But Ballinger begins to suspect that the distraught, church-going Ferguson may have dark secrets.
Episode 6
Fri, Nov 1, 195730 mins
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.
Episode 7
Fri, Nov 8, 195730 mins
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.
Episode 8
Fri, Nov 15, 195730 mins
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.
Episode 9
Fri, Nov 22, 195730 mins
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."
Episode 10
Fri, Nov 29, 195730 mins
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.
Episode 11
Fri, Dec 6, 195730 mins
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.
Episode 12
Fri, Dec 13, 195730 mins
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.
Episode 13
Fri, Dec 20, 195730 mins
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.
Episode 14
Fri, Dec 27, 195730 mins
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.
Episode 15
Fri, Jan 3, 195830 mins
Ballinger investigates the case of a security courier who is charged with robbing himself of $75,000.
Episode 16
Fri, Jan 10, 195830 mins
District Attorney Grover calls for Ballinger to help him sort out a potentially embarrassing situation involving the murder of a former business associate.
Episode 17
Fri, Jan 17, 195830 mins
The room mate of the third murder victim of the Blue Indigo serial killer may be the only link Ballinger has to catching him.
Episode 18
Fri, Jan 24, 195830 mins
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.
Episode 19
Fri, Jan 31, 195830 mins
Ballinger suspects an inside job when a dry cleaning company refuses to knuckle under to a shakedown mob.
Episode 20
Fri, Feb 7, 195830 mins
Kathy Bane, an old flame of Ballinger's, needs his help when a blackmailer trying to extort money turns up dead-- in her apartment.
Episode 21
Fri, Feb 14, 195830 mins
Ballinger investigates a murder with multiple motives.
Episode 22
Fri, Feb 21, 195830 mins
A man's aunt reports her nephew is missing. Ballinger investigates.
Episode 23
Fri, Feb 28, 195830 mins
Ballinger goes undercover to capture a robbery suspect.
Episode 24
Fri, Mar 7, 195830 mins
Ballinger investigates after a bank robber leaves a pencil at the scene.
Episode 25
Fri, Mar 14, 195830 mins
A woman dies. Ballinger investigates.
Episode 26
Fri, Mar 21, 195830 mins
A woman loses her memory. Bellinger investigates.
Episode 27
Fri, Mar 28, 195830 mins
Bank robbers hide in a suburban house.
Episode 28
Fri, Apr 4, 195830 mins
A sniper is terrorizing Chicago. Ballinger joins the hunt.
Episode 29
Fri, Apr 11, 195830 mins
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.
Episode 30
Fri, Apr 18, 195830 mins
Boxer Eddie Loder (Bronson) is threatened soon after another fighter dies after fighting with Loder. Suspicion falls on the other fighter's trainer who feels Loder is responsible for the death of the other fighter.
Episode 31
Fri, Apr 25, 195830 mins
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.
Episode 32
Fri, May 2, 195830 mins
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.
Episode 33
Fri, May 9, 195830 mins
Frank Ballinger (Lee Marvin) investigates a illegal adoption racket.
Episode 34
Fri, May 16, 195830 mins
Ballinger investigates a rash of counterfeit $20 bills.
Episode 35
Fri, May 23, 195830 mins
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.
Episode 36
Fri, May 30, 195830 mins
An illegal roving casino eludes the police and cheats players with crooked games. When Ballinger investigates, he encounters additional, unforeseen threats.
Episode 37
Fri, Jun 6, 195830 mins
An attractive woman who just arrived from Paris is found dead, an apparent suicide, in her Chicago hotel room. Police quickly determine that the unidentified female was actually murdered. The only clue is an envelope mailed to her in Paris from Chicago. Unfortunately, her name in the address is smudged and unreadable. The envelope contains only a newspaper clipping referring to a prominent local family. Lt. Ballinger investigates.
Episode 38
Fri, Jun 13, 195830 mins
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.