M Squad

M Squad

Infobox Television
show_name = M Squad


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genre = Police drama
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starring = Lee Marvin
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country = USA
language = English
num_seasons = 3
num_episodes = 117
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executive_producer = John Larkin
Richard Lewis
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producer = Robert Bassler
Maxwell Shane
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co-producer = Lee Marvin
editor = Lee Huntington
John B. Moss
Stanley Rabjohn
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runtime = 30 mins.
channel = NBC
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first_aired = September 20, 1957
last_aired = June 28, 1960
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"M Squad" is an American police drama television series that ran from 1957 to 1960 on NBC. 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 afterwards, eventually winning an Academy Award for Best Actor in the film Cat Ballou.

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".

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* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=PHh-miIqopE "M Squad" intro] at YouTube


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