M Squad
| M Squad | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Police drama |
| Starring | Lee Marvin |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 117 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | John Larkin Richard Lewis |
| Producers | Robert Bassler Maxwell Shane |
| Editors | Lee Huntington John B. Moss Stanley Rabjohn |
| Running time | 30 mins. |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | September 20, 1957 – June 28, 1960 |
M Squad is an American police drama television series that ran from 1957 to 1960 on NBC.
Synopsis
Set in Chicago, Illinois, it starred Lee Marvin as police detective lieutenant Frank Ballinger, a member of the department's "M Squad," a special unit of the Chicago Police, battling organized crime and corrupt city officials. Paul Newlan starred as his boss, Captain Grey. Although Marvin had been appearing in feature films since 1951, it was this series that made him a star and he later went on to an even bigger film career afterward.
Guest stars
Guest stars included Roscoe Ates, Joanna Barnes,Charles Bronson, Russ Conway, Whitney Blake, Paul Burke, Francis De Sales, Joe Flynn, Ron Hayes, Ruta Lee, DeForest Kelley, Tyler McVey, Joyce Meadows, Sid Melton, Ed Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, J. Pat O'Malley, and Barbara Stuart.
Music
The theme music for the first season was composed by Stanley Wilson. In the second and third seasons, this was replaced with a new theme composed by Count Basie.
A soundtrack album, Music from M Squad, with liner notes by Lee Marvin, was released during the run of the show.
The opening sequence to Police Squad! was a spoof of M Squad.
DVD release
M Squad: The Complete Series was released on DVD in the U.S. on November 11, 2008 by EDI Video.
External links
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