TV series

M Squad
1957–1960 · 3 seasons
A gritty, straight-shooting police procedural that feels like a noir-tinged slice of 1950s Chicago, with a hard-boiled cop navigating a corrupt world.
- Created by
- Bernard Girard, Don Medford
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Starring
- Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Argentina Brunetti
- Overview
- Lt. Frank Ballinger is a no-nonsense plain clothes cop in the elite M Squad Division. The Squad's task is to root out organised crime and corruption in America's Second City, Chicago.
- How it feels
- Tense, dark, earnest and cynical. Brisk and needs your attention.
- About
- Crime, corruption, justice, power
- Content
- Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Bernard Girard, Don Medford
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Starring
- Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Argentina Brunetti














