M Squad (Staffel 2)

More Deadly (Folge 1)

Autor: Sidney Marshall

Sendedatum: 1958-09-19

Laufzeit: 30 min

Übersicht: 2 innocent men are iced by a currency exchange bookkeeper, to disguise her embezzlement. The sultry femme fatale's yarn that it was a heist gone bad makes sense at first, because of a wave of such robberies on Chicago's Far East Side. But the murdered customer Halper checks out as a solid working stiff, plus the other stick-ups were solo jobs while this was supposedly a 2 hood hold-up, so M Squad's debonair Lt. Ballinger's sic-ed on the case to soften up hard boiled Ora Kane.

Dead or Alive (Folge 2)

Sendedatum: 1958-09-26

Laufzeit: 30 min

Übersicht: A pair of gun crazy kids are loose in Chicago-- and a young reporter is defending them in the press against Ballinger and "police brutality".

The Missing Claimant (Folge 3)

Sendedatum: 1958-10-03

Laufzeit: 30 min

Übersicht: A shady lawyer protects a false heir to a fortune-- by killing the real relative! Ballinger is called in to set everything straight.

The Refugee (Folge 4)

Sendedatum: 1958-10-10

Laufzeit: 30 min

Übersicht: Ballinger goes undercover as an immigrant worker to help break an extortion ring targeting foreigners.

The Trap (Folge 5)

Sendedatum: 1958-10-24

Laufzeit: 30 min

Übersicht: Danny Mitchell is trying to find an engagement ring for his girl when he mistaken for a thief by the store owner. A fight convinces him he has killed the old man-- as such Danny's on the run! Ballinger is called in to find the kid before he gets into real trouble.

Force of Habit (Folge 6)

Sendedatum: 1958-10-31

Laufzeit: 30 min

Übersicht: Val Mooney, hiding out from the cops, sees the perfect opportunity to evade them. When his wife's brother is killed in a massive warehouse fire, he forces her to identify the body as-- VAL MOONEY.

The Phantom Raiders (Folge 7)

Sendedatum: 1958-11-07

Laufzeit: 30 min

Übersicht: A pair of high-speed motorcycle thugs are robbing gas stations across Chicago. When one attendant gets shot, Ballinger goes undercover as a biker to crack the case.

The Merits of the Case (Folge 8)

Sendedatum: 1958-11-14

Laufzeit: 30 min

Übersicht: A famous defense attorney is gunned down in his house. Now Ballinger must piece together the clues to find the kille

The Big Kill (Folge 9)

Autor: Sidney Marshall

Sendedatum: 1958-11-21

Laufzeit: 30 min

Übersicht: Larry Princeton is the master of bank heists-- he plans then sits back while his thugs pull off the job. Except for the last one-- which resulted in a bank teller's murder! Now Ballinger's after him.

The Sitters (Folge 10)

Sendedatum: 1958-11-28

Laufzeit: 30 min

Übersicht: Unsuspecting women allow bookmakers to use their telephones in return for payment of $50 per week, but they later learn that their lives will be in danger if they try to get out of the agreement.

The Executioner (Folge 11)

Sendedatum: 1958-12-05

Laufzeit: 30 min

The Widows (Folge 12)

Sendedatum: 1958-12-12

Laufzeit: 30 min

Übersicht: Widows have something in common. All their husbands were murdered, and all had life insurance policies with double indemnity. And the widows have the same crooked lawyer. Lt. Frank Ballinger suspects a murder for hire scheme.

Contraband (Folge 13)

Sendedatum: 1958-12-19

Laufzeit: 30 min

Prescription for Murder (Folge 14)

Sendedatum: 1958-12-26

Laufzeit: 30 min

Übersicht: The wife of a brain surgeon is abducted and threatened with death if the surgeon goes ahead with an emergency operation to save a critically injured police witness that can implicate a loan shark in two murders.

The Teacher (aka Trade School) (Folge 15)

Sendedatum: 1959-01-02

Laufzeit: 30 min

Übersicht: Young hoodlums use a trade school for criminal purposes.

The Third Shadow (Folge 16)

Sendedatum: 1959-01-09

Laufzeit: 30 min

One Man's Life (Folge 17)

Sendedatum: 1959-01-23

Laufzeit: 30 min

Übersicht: An innocent man will be executed in 48 hours unless Lieutenant Ballinger can convince a socially prominent woman to recant the false testimony that she gave as a result of a ruthless blackmailer's threats.

The Jumper (Folge 18)

Sendedatum: 1959-01-30

Laufzeit: 30 min

The Last Act (Folge 19)

Sendedatum: 1959-02-06

Laufzeit: 30 min

Mugger Murder (Folge 20)

Sendedatum: 1959-02-13

Laufzeit: 30 min

Übersicht: Frank must solve several connected homicides wherein convicted muggers are being strangled to death.

The Star Witness (Folge 21)

Sendedatum: 1959-02-20

Laufzeit: 30 min

The Take Over (Folge 22)

Sendedatum: 1959-02-27

Laufzeit: 30 min

Übersicht: Racketeers try to steal profits from a new entertainment establishment run by an old friend of Ballinger.

Voluntary Surrender (Folge 23)

Sendedatum: 1959-03-06

Laufzeit: 30 min

Death Threat (Folge 24)

Sendedatum: 1959-03-13

Laufzeit: 30 min

The Harpies (Folge 25)

Sendedatum: 1959-03-20

Laufzeit: 30 min

Ghost Town (Folge 26)

Sendedatum: 1959-03-27

Laufzeit: 30 min

Übersicht: Lieutenant Ballinger and the FBI have few leads and little time to find a kidnapped socialite with a predilection for visiting jazz clubs. Bound, unattended, and hidden in a condemned building during a cruel Chicago winter, the young woman is in grave danger of dying from injury or exposure before she can be rescued.

The Vanishing Lady (Folge 27)

Sendedatum: 1959-04-03

Laufzeit: 30 min

The Crush Out (Folge 28)

Sendedatum: 1959-04-10

Laufzeit: 30 min

The Fire Makers (Folge 29)

Sendedatum: 1959-04-17

Laufzeit: 30 min

Übersicht: Detective Ballinger helps investigate a series of arson crimes that are being used to cover up insurance scams.

The Terror on Dark Street (Folge 30)

Sendedatum: 1959-04-24

Laufzeit: 30 min

Übersicht: Lieutenant Ballinger investigates a possible link between a series of Dark Street purse snatchings and the disappearance of a successful but unhappily married architect.

Robber's Roost (Folge 31)

Sendedatum: 1959-05-01

Laufzeit: 30 min

The Baited Hook (Folge 32)

Sendedatum: 1959-05-08

Laufzeit: 30 min

Übersicht: A former convict and his daughter are being harassed by an old inmate.

Model in the Lake (Folge 33)

Sendedatum: 1959-05-15

Laufzeit: 30 min

Übersicht: A swimsuit model is found dead in Lake Michigan, but physical evidence indicates the she may not have drowned while swimming. Lieutenant Ballinger becomes convinced that she was murdered after he learns that she was a strong swimmer and an iniquitous individual with a large number of unexplained bank deposits.

The Outsider (Folge 34)

Sendedatum: 1959-05-22

Laufzeit: 30 min

High School Bride (Folge 35)

Sendedatum: 1959-05-29

Laufzeit: 30 min

The Dangerous Game (Folge 36)

Sendedatum: 1959-06-05

Laufzeit: 30 min

Übersicht: The M squad is called in after a brutal robbery at the Leslie Fur Salon leaves a man clinging to death. As the investigation progresses, the situation faced by M Squad becomes more and more complex.

Decoy in White (Folge 37)

Sendedatum: 1959-06-12

Laufzeit: 30 min

Übersicht: The M Squad become involved when a bank manager laundering illegal money is killed. The situation becomes tangled when a young lady accompanying the bank manager comes forward.

Mr. Grim's Rabbits (Folge 38)

Sendedatum: 1959-06-19

Laufzeit: 30 min

Übersicht: A seemingly random dockside shooting leads M Squad on a strange investigation involving fur skins and ancient Inca artifacts.

Platter Pirates (Folge 39)

Sendedatum: 1959-06-26

Laufzeit: 30 min

Übersicht: A D.J threatens to reveal the influence of racketeers in the music industry. Before he can go to air with the information he is gunned down. M squad are brought in to solve the mystery of the death as well as the validity of the information he was going to reveal.

Death Is a Clock (Folge 40)

Sendedatum: 1959-07-03

Laufzeit: 30 min

Übersicht: LT. Frank Ballinger takes a personal interest in a case when the wife of convicted murderer Paul Danzig approaches him for help. Danzig has only 20 hours to live and his wife talks openly of stopping the clock. Ballinger has to figure out what she means, and ensure the right man pays for the crime of murder.