M Squad starring Lee Marvin (1960) "THE TWISTED WAY" Complete Episode!

[@SallySallySallySally]

If you thought "Mrs. Fassard," the crying woman at the beginning, looked familiar, you're right. That's 39-year-old Virginia Christine who was in hundreds of productions during her career. But she probably got her widest exposure to the public as the "Mrs. Olsen" character in Folgers Coffee TV commercials in the 60s and 70s.

[@williamwoodruff367]

Virginia Christine a Very Beautiful Lady!!!❤️🌹🌹🌹

[@martyhowell4043]

"Mountain grown coffee--it's the richest tasting coffee."

[@bigcity2085]

Knew her right away.(folgers) Was posting it up but saw yours . I was only three or four when this came out.Never heard of it til now. Film noir TV. Diggin' it.

[@galeschool]

Some little known facts about M Squad: Lee Marvin actually lived in Chicago for a time in the 1940s before he went to Hollywood. He served in combat in WW II and moved to Chicago to attend school after leaving the service. He liked Chicago as a miniature version of New York (where he was from) and this is one reason that the series was set in Chicago. (Most biographies of Marvin don't mention any of this, but he told this story to TV Guide in a 1959 interview during M Squad's run.) Chicago's police chief did not officially endorse M Squad, which he felt reduced crime solving to a neatly canned half-hour formula. However, a Chicago police detective did serve as an unofficial consultant to the production crew to help make the series realistic. Because Chicago police officers could not work outside jobs without department approval, this consultant was uncredited and could receive no salary, only a "stipend" for expenses. And during the show's run, the Chicago police received numerous calls for and requests to speak to "Lt. Ballinger". The production crew routinely spent two weeks -- one in the summer and one in the winter -- in Chicago each season filming mostly location and background shots. When the series became popular, a few action scenes were also filmed on location, but the crew never had permission to close city streets or otherwise disrupt vehicle or pedestrian traffic. No more than 5% of each episode was filmed on location -- the rest was shot on Revue's sound stages and back lots. The producers also filmed some scenes on LA streets that they thought could pass for Chicago locations. Some shots appear to be of downtown and south central LA and the USC area. Observant viewers may notice errors such as palm trees (Chicago did not have palm trees until the 1970s -- the crew tried to frame the shots to cut off the tops of the trees, but the trunks are still noticeable), triangular bus stop signs (Chicago used rectangular signs), and mountains (Chicago has none). The M Squad headquarters was an actual Chicago building. The show never explained what the "M" stood for, but it was not "murder" since not all of the crimes were homicides. It is also rumored that an episode about a crooked cop, which aired midway through the second season (1/30/1959) at the height of the show's popularity, so angered mayor Richard J. Daley that he declared Chicago off limits to Hollywood producers from then on. (According to IMDB and Wikipedia, that episode was "The Jumper" -- S02E18.) The show ran one more season, with the crew having to quickly film a shot and take off before the police would spot them and find a reason to harass them. Of course, Chicago now goes out of its way to woo Hollywood producers, and several major films are shot there each year.

[@TooleManTV]

@galeschool - thanks for the background details on Lee Marvin and M Squad! I had thought "M" stood for "murder," but you're right - there's not a murder in every episode. Maybe it stands for "Marvin," as in the star of the show. 😁 Palm trees in Chicago in the 1970's? Ridiculous! But in the 2020's, with climate change, it might not be such a dumb idea...

[@galeschool]

@@TooleManTV Palm trees in Chicago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6CaoWtmpKdjY9U

[@TooleManTV]

@@galeschool Oh, I see. First thought was palm TREES, but that would have been a non-starter.

[@bobbell1922]

The Daly story seems a little off since in The Third Shadow the "corrupt" policeman was ultimately fully cleared. Also, and I don't really know why, but I always thought the M in M Squad stood for "Major", as in major cases.

[@galeschool]

@@TooleManTV *According to IMDB and Wikipedia, the "dirty cop" episode was "The Jumper" which depicted a cop taking bribes.* That episode was originally broadcast on 1/30/1959 (the same month as The Third Shadow). If you have that episode, could you check it out? If that's the correct episode, I will fix my post. I got my information from a different site, and it didn't mention a corrupt cop in the plot summary of The Jumper.

[@nomadpi1]

At eight decades old, I watch these films to see how my parent's generation dressed and the beautiful "real" car styles.

[@user-rz6bc2cl3c]

Great to see Lee Marvin and his GREAT series, M. Squad again! Such memorable TV. Nothing like it, and nothing like it again! Back in the day, when TV was KING!!

[@ChasOnErie]

Watched it every week ..,ONE OF MY MUST WATCH SHOWS .. 81 now!!!!! They don’t make movies now that are as good as this show !!!!!

[@13699111]

72 years old agree and sadly so much great film has disappeared from public access

[@jameswilliams3241]

73 watched with my dad

[@DavidDillon101]

You have to love the “stolen” shot of Marvin walking with purpose along Chicago’s busy streets. Watching M Squad is great fun, and the show benefits tremendously from Marvin’s distinctive screen presence. Watching his character work, it feels good to be on the right side of the law.

[@AnitaMariaWhite]

Love Lee

[@HootOwl513]

''Stolen Shot'' is right. *M SQUAD* had full cooperation of CPD and Mayor Richard J Daley, Sr. ## Until midway in Season One, there was a story about a corrupt mayor and rotten PD. Rather than dismiss the plot as silly series TV plot fantasies, His Honor and the Boys in Blue took it personal-like and ran Lee and Latimer Productions outta town. Second Unit crews had to do a lot of ''color'' location B-Roll of Chicago cityscape BG [But still in monochrome. ''Color'' in the sportscaster sense.] Lee delighted in commando style cinema verite appearances in town under their noses. Small crew bagged the shot. And flew out before anything bad could befall him.

[@TooleManTV]

@HootOwl513 Do you know which episode it is?

[@HootOwl513]

@@TooleManTV I only heard about it. I would have to see them all. Most likely in the first season. Possibly the script was rejected, but the damage with the City PR was already done. The show was a composite of B-Roll Chicago exteriors, interior scenes shot in LA, and what wild clips they could steal with Lee on location. I was a grade schooler in Chicago in that period. That is the real city. Unlike ''Naked City'' which had the complete support of NYC City government and the NYPD. But Naked City had a different angle. It was about a humanist police who were trying to help the oppressed citizens, M Squad was about a homocide detective in a mob-dominated city. Just pure crime noir. Nothing to make Daley feel good about himself.

[@HootOwl513]

@@galeschool Thanks, I'll look it up. I thought the PR rift occured earlier, but Daley's Machine was a touchy bunch.

[@joselopezmoya9786]

First time I ever saw LEE MARVIN as a goid guy. It's beautiful, cars from the 50's, no internet, no cell phones, people decently dressed.

[@michaelhoffman5486]

woman on the run w ann sheridan old s.f. great great noir enjoy

[@remmymafia3889]

just Marvin chain smoking at a clip that might be the most for a half hour show in the history of television.

[@thack57]

Did you ever see 'The Dirty Dozen' or 'The Big Red One'? B/c he's 'Babyface' (to use an old ProWrestling term for 'Good Guy') in both of those films? You're probably forgetting b/c he was so iconic as a 'Heel' 🤭

[@michaelhorton1350]

Just landed on this gem - - Latimer production, with Basie theme song intro,…already soundtrack sounds like the band.

[@peaceandleisure3105]

Perhaps the best jazz soundtrack of any old TV show. Benny Carter, I believe.

[@davidhull1481]

People of a certain age will remember the actress who plays the sobbing widow as Mrs Olson, the Swedish lady who is always found in the kitchen of a newlywed woman. Said newlywed doesn’t know anything about making coffee, and good old Mrs Olson teaches her how to use “Mountain Grown” Folgers instant.

[@dmytryk7887]

That little bit of dialog at the beginning about the shotgun reminded me of something similar from "Dragnet". When someone got killed with a shotgun a character says "The first shot cut him in half, the second shot turned him into a crowd."

[@HootOwl513]

If you look at the dotted lines too closely, you will recognize this show as an homage to Dragnet. Better jazz. Chicago in the late '50/early '60s instead of LA. I like the clssic noir Republic Studios lighting style and camera work. Noir but TV. I lived on the Near North Side then.

[@thejerseyj5479]

​@HootOwl513 Chicago in the 50's must have been a real swinging place. The intro to Hugh Hefners original "Playboy after Dark" showed him driving his Mercedes convertible through Chicago. A very cool show as well.

[@None-zc5vg]

​@@thejerseyj5479Anywhere can be "cool" if you have the means to be able to keep a safe distance from the reality of it.

[@calanon534]

Adam-12: "I didn't want to get blown up by no _shotgun._ " .. "They blow you up with a shotgun, they bury you in a _sack._ "

[@stevelewis7263]

I love the fact in the opening credits, to return fire Lee Marvin takes a "two handed" position, instead of the usual Hollywood "snap shooting" blindly from the hip, I believe Lee was a Marine sniper in WW2.

[@danieluhl6131]

Love the "The Ham And Egger" neon sign @ 13:20.

[@Downecker]

I'm 74 and remember this and many other ! As a kid my favorite tough guys- Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson , John Wayne and Marlon Brando! There were more but these were my era. James Cagney, Edward G, Bogart, and George Raft were before my time as a kid 😂😂 !! I still saw the movies, thought 😂😂❤❤

[@aileen694]

Downecker, yes I recall all those "tough guys" from long ago! And I'm pleased you mentioned my favourite one: George Raft. He was versatile, a very colourful character in real life, a convincing gangster with incredible charisma. Not to mention that dance talent!

[@Downecker]

@@aileen694 HI! George Raft had a certain charisma that certain actors had. How about the movie " The Bowery" , I believe ? WOW! What a cast!

[@aileen694]

@@Downecker... Wallace Beery, a very young Jackie Cooper, Fay Wray! Wacky pranks, fancy dancing, fisticuffs...what a ride!

[@4ljc433]

Lee Marvin was a WW2 veteran and a true Hero. RESPECT!

[@GetMeThere1]

And it's well worth keeping in mind that MANY famous actors served then, as well -- from....Mel Brooks to Morgan Freeman; Dennis Weaver (Chester on Gunsmoke --and James Arness, the Marshal, too) to Jonathan Winters. The list is VERY long.

[@remmymafia3889]

[participated in 29 amphibious landing in the Pacific war with Japan. Atleast half were probably under withering fire from the 'fight until death' Japanese soldiers.

[@SallySallySallySally]

Now you know where the idea of the short-lived TV comedy "Police Squad" came from. "Lt. Frank Ballinger" (Lee Marvin) jumps out of his car shooting just like "Det. Frank Drebin" (Leslie Nielsen) does! ("Police Squad" is actually a parody of "M Squad.") Other trivia: "M Squad" was actually shot in its entirety on sound stages in Los Angeles. Every year or so, they would go to Chicago to film a year's worth of exteriors with Marvin walking down various streets and walking in and out of various businesses. Then they would insert these shots as needed in the episodes. "Hawaiian Eye" did the same thing with its exteriors filmed in Hawaii all at once then used in the editor's booth stateside.

[@AnitaMariaWhite]

wow

[@stevelonmo9495]

Not just M Squad - which was actually quite a good show for its day. Other 1/2 hour cop shows like Felony Squad, and N.Y.P.D. were targets too.

[@bmasters1981]

""Hawaiian Eye" did the same thing with its exteriors filmed in Hawaii all at once then used in the editor's booth stateside." And IIRC, Cagney & Lacey on CBS in the 80s was also made entirely in Hollywood (with New York exteriors filmed every year for the flavor of the Big Apple setting).

[@Kw1161]

Now I know where the theme to “Naked Gun” came from…😊! Have a great day!

[@jamesschwartz3837]

And so explains the opening music to Police Squad with Leslie Neilson.

[@rf3495]

Yes Police Squad was entirely styled after M Squad

[@greenfuzz13]

I'm already older (66) than Lee Marvin when he died age 63. Packed a lot of living into a short life.

[@None-zc5vg]

He wrecked his health and his looks with all that manly boozing and those smokes. He sort of lived himself to death (a la Errol Flynn). I'm 77 and my health was wrecked early-on by smoke-pollution back in the '50s, long before "M Squad" was filmed, and I was subsequently careful to keep my distance from the ciggies and the drink (and from the bad city air) that have claimed the lives of people I knew.

[@1e0s]

Just discovered this gem as a lifelong Lee Marvin fan I'll be busy watching every one of these. Love the music too, very stylish with a hint of sleaze! x

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Best opening promo in tv land and Chicagoland, Lloyd Pettit a shot, and a goal!

[@davidtaylor5204]

Lee Marvin rocks. The series is classic 1950's, charmingly cheesy, but Marvin just kicks it up to a timeless level.

[@steveharrison9901]

Hard to dive at night with a small spotlight on the floorboard. 😁 I’m still impressed with this show, it seems they didn’t shoot ‘day for night’ , but that makes us so darn dark on the screen. Thank you again for these rescues from obscurity, TooleMan. Actors really had something back in those days. Charisma, personality, acting chops, call it what you will. Even if the story is weak or overly formula one still watches because of the actors. I don’t think there is any VTTBOTS connection but I suggest for your personal entertainment look up a series called ‘Man with a Camera’ starring Charles Bronson. There ‘a some real good acting going on there. 👍

[@TooleManTV]

I've seen a few episodes of "Man with a Camera." Pretty good show, hard to find. M Squad films weren't preserved too well and the print quality varies from fair to fairly awful. They all tend to be very dark. Still good dramatic scripts, and Lee Marvin is in top form in this show from late in the series. No wonder he quit M Squad after three seasons and 117 episodes. He wanted to branch into film, which is exactly what he should have done!

[@mariakelly90210]

​@@TooleManTVCould you please download episodes of Twelve O'Clock High starring my man Robert Lansing?

[@Johnnycdrums]

"Man With A Camera" is an excellent series.

[@bmasters1981]

@@TooleManTV "M Squad films weren't preserved too well and the print quality varies from fair to fairly awful. They all tend to be very dark. Still good dramatic scripts, and Lee Marvin is in top form in this show from late in the series." That's how I see it: if the show's good, hang the picture quality-- I'll gravitate like a moth to a flame; Emergency! from the 70s (also originally on NBC) is the same way with me on DVD (picture quality varies, but the show is one of the best I've ever seen, so no complaints).

[@Classicrocker6119]

That’s the quickest I’ve ever seen anyone find a suspect from the mugshot photo albums! Good job by Mr. Kyoto!😀 I look forward to seeing additional episodes of “M Squad”

[@bmasters1981]

And a nurse in a fifth-and-final-season episode of The Streets of San Francisco ("Breakup," OAD Thursday, May 12, 1977 on ABC) found a mug at least as quickly-- the suspect was Harlan Betts (the late George Murdock), and the nurse said she saw him coming out of a hospital room dressed like an orderly. He ran into her, and she dropped her tray, and she asked for help, thinking he was an orderly; this faux-orderly gave a lame excuse of being busy with something else, and ran off and left her helpless to do anything but clean up. When Lt. Stone had her looking through the mugbooks at the station, she didn't take long to find Betts in the mugs; this helped Stone and Robbins really glom onto Betts and find Betts at a garage where he was working (not to leave out Robbins' thoroughness in his part of the investigation).

[@countrycountry6729]

Just stumbled on to this. Yeah I have homework to do( I've never heard of it before). I love these old detective/police shows. It's fun to watch

[@johnl5316]

I saw Marvin speaking with Jason Robarts in an area of the lobby one day decades ago at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills

[@donallan6396]

I recognized S.John Launer immediately as he convincingly played the Judge on numerous Perry Mason episodes.All the original actors from the fifties and sixties who I grew up watching.

[@jmccracken1963]

S. John Launer and Kenneth MacDonald played the trial judge most often during the 9-year run of "Perry Mason" (1957-1966): 32 times each. Others who played the trial judge on "Perry Mason" a significant number of times include Willis Bouchey (23 times), Morris Ankrum (22 times), John Gallaudet (20 times), Grandon Rhodes (16 times), Richard Gaines (14 times), Charles Irving (11 times), and Douglas Evans (10 times).

[@spudspuddy]

the intro jazz is great

[@fallenleaflakes]

Crime Jazz at it's best; Count Basie

[@myriaddsystems]

I love the pace of this🤩

[@galeschool]

The original broadcast date of this episode was 1/1/1960.

[@tbay]

I love the opening when Lee comes out shootin, blam blam.

[@daleslover2771]

I'm watching for the beauty of these old cars.... but back then, that was brand new Detroit Steel. Love to hear those tires squeal, then watch the jounce when they brake to stop..😂.

[@Joeblow-ms3cv]

I'd have a cup of Folgers anytime with Mrs. Olson. 🙂

[@allenmurray7893]

I rememberr this growing up. Loved it.

[@james_t_kirk]

For some reason, I keep expecting actor Leslie Nielsen to show up.

[@LeeZeidel-s1h]

Im 68 and this is the first time I've ever watched this show .

[@yopage]

I remember how cars rocked and squeaked up and down over bumps like in the intro of the show. So funny now. Go Lee Marvin.

[@greenfuzz13]

Fords have long had a reputation for squeaking rubber bushings. Mostly upper and lower a-arm bushings. My folks had 49, 55, 63, and 69 Fords and they all squeaked.

[@bmasters1981]

Love that moment at 19:18 when Ballinger pulls the gun that felled his friend off the door of the empty house, and then gets a look that says to the audience, I know who did this, and I'm gonna get him (and her for helping him).

[@telebob5983]

It's the same sort of thing John Boorman recognized and put to such good use with Lee in Point Blank.

[@bmasters1981]

@@telebob5983 How did he do that?

[@WilliamHampton-m7y]

Great police detective series.

[@Joeblow-ms3cv]

Indubidubly 🙂

[@leelarson107]

I have the complete set on DVD. Lee Marvin is my all-time favorite actor, and 'M Squad' is my favorite TV series.

[@cliffordnewell2445]

M Squad is great. Lee Marvin is great.

[@chriswaring5565]

WAS THINKING ABOUT POLICE SQUAD WHEN I WATCHED THIS

[@StoneyRerootkit]

Police Squad!!!! In Color😊 And Funny AF🎉💗🆒🦅🤠🍄😅🌪🐸😱😈😎🐘

[@IlmaDaniel-c5s]

Lee Marvin was his best in military movies Rest in peace Lee

[@asullivan4047]

Currently @ war with Satan & surrogates. No time for rest-!!!😉

[@drbonesshow1]

Joanna Barnes would later do an episode of Mannix.

[@gregmiller9710]

thanks TooleMan! :)

[@RetiredSchoolCook]

😃Thank you 🥰

[@stephenclickard9428]

The band led by Stanley Wilson fantastic . You will find it on Spotify .

[@BeachsideHank]

Virginia Christine "Mrs. Jake Fassard" Later Mrs. Olsen, Folgers coffee lady.

[@jmccracken1963]

American born and bred, too: born in Stanton, Iowa, maiden name Virginia Christine Kraft. Married only once, to actor Fritz Feld, from 10 November 1940 until his death on 18 November 1993 (FIFTY-THREE years!); two children. Among the movies in which she appeared over the years are: COUNTER-ATTACK (1945) MURDER IS MY BUSINESS (1946) THE INNER CIRCLE (1946) THE KILLERS (1946) WOMEN IN THE NIGHT (1948) COVER UP (1949) HIGH NOON (1952) WOMAN THEY ALMOST LYNCHED (1953) DRAGNET (1954) GOOD MORNING, MISS DOVE (1955) THE KILLER IS LOOSE (1956) NIGHTMARE (1956) FLAMING STAR (1960) JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (1961) A RAGE TO LIVE (1965)

[@michaelhorton1350]

EASILY hippest background and outro in all of private dick product - with Carter chart and Basie unit recording, nothing else in dickdom has chops like this. And,…and,…that’s just taste of overall series quality. Marvin has decent scripts, excellent voice-over.

[@nickmad887]

thanks

[@randyhutton9371]

That's a Modigliani on the actresses' living room wall.

[@steveprestegard5151]

23:02 I love a happy ending.

[@tiredlawdog]

The grieving widow is none other than Mrs. Olson from the coffee commercials.

[@jamessimon9164]

love lee marvin like when he does the joe friday lol

[@timoakes450]

Walker aka Parker -ccccccccccccooooool

[@ibeetellingya5683]

All three got the death sentence. No chance that would happen today.

[@bmasters1981]

How do you mean, all three got the death sentence?

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting/informative/entertaining. Enjoy the cars/police equipment/office furniture & the likes of that era. Remember Lee from an early Twilight Zone episode.

[@markbrodie2784]

love these old coppers shows

[@JohnW1711stock]

Most of these actors were also in episodes of Perry Mason.

[@13699111]

Excellent film

[@davidhimmelsbach557]

But the only killing that could be placed on the villain was the shooting of his girl -- witnessed by Lee Marvin. That one was open and shut.

[@jmccracken1963]

If you look more closely, you'll see that Tammy Worth wasn't shot to death by Sandy Malone; she was hit by a truck while running toward him.

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Directed by Marc Lawrence…you mean Cobby?😺

[@jmccracken1963]

And Ziggy, too. Also Joe Reed (CLUB HAVANA), and Joe DeRita (BLONDE ALIBI), and Pete (THE VIRGINIAN - the 1946 color re-make, with Joel McCrea), and Nick Palestro (I WALK ALONE), and Angelo Agostini (JIGSAW).

[@mickeybitsko1676]

@@jmccracken1963 Johnny Rocco let ziggy walk into a trap…a Chicago overcoat..yea, see😺

[@mickeybitsko1676]

@@jmccracken1963 and the Angel…jigsaw😺

[@remmymafia3889]

I knew these episodes had a lot of cigarette smoking, but the thug holding his cigarette from behind his chick, to her mouth for a drag off it (18:00 mark), is by far the most extreme situation ever in cinema history, of another individual offering their support to another, by this type of gesture.

[@Joeblow-ms3cv]

Angel Face. Cream Puff. Come on man, she's ALSO a Super Fox AND a Goddess of Love. 😃

[@lorenzobeckmann3736]

fender to fender, stainless side trim to stainless side trim the "S" curves of Lake Shore Drive

[@None-zc5vg]

Actor Marc Lawrence, who played the villain, had once acted under the alias "Fred Foss", which was also the 'alias' of the crook "Stauffer", played by William Bendix in the picture "The Dark Corner" (1946). (Not a lot of people know this)

[@jmccracken1963]

Marc Lawrence had also returned to the screen in the U.S. just 2 years before this episode was telecast (in 1958), after having been blacklisted on radio and TV and in the movies in the U.S. for 7 years because of his Communist Party USA membership and activities. This episode marked his debut as a director. He also directed Episode 31 of the final season of "M Squad," "Man With The Ice." And he played Vince Cronin in "Jeopardy by Fire," Episode 4 of the final season of "M Squad." "The Twisted Way" was also the first of 3 screenwriting credits for actor Adam Williams (WITHOUT WARNING!, VICE SQUAD, THE BIG HEAT, CRASHOUT, THE GARMENT JUNGLE, THE LONELY MAN, DARBY'S RANGERS, THE BADLANDERS, NORTH BY NORTHWEST). He would also write the teleplay for Episode 28 of the final season of "M Squad," "Diary of a Bomber," and the story and teleplay for "The Executioner, Episode 32 of Season 4 of "The Rifleman" (the episode aired in 1962). Williams also played Denny Sutton in "The Upset," Episode 12 of the final season of "M Squad."

[@luisreyes1963]

One of the best police shows of that era. M Squad used to be shown late nights on Chicago's MEtv back in the early 2Ks. Why this isn't on Tubi or Pluto TV, I'll never know. 😟

[@asullivan4047]

I can tell that detective Ballinger was an honest not on the take hard nosed detective. By the "Good Will" suits he wears-!!!😳

[@radicright]

The coolest cars, the coolest music, and the king of cool (not Mcqueen) Lee Marvin!!

[@Joeblow-ms3cv]

FINALLY, a hit series after 12 prior attempts ("A" Squad, "B" Squad, ...) 🙂

[@moodydon1]

These old shows with people in the car-always sitting next to each other, as if the car was only half as wide... or all 3 in the front seat, even though there is a back seat. Highway Patrol-all the patrol cars were 2-doors. Adam-12 Pete & Reed sat where most people sit.

[@jameswoodend6029]

Got to see a couple episodes sure it was a derivative of naked city / but some really nice film noir here

[@jimcollins3255]

this was a great show but it's hard to watch it without thinking of Leslie Neilson in Police Squad.

[@hertzair1186]

You can see how Police Squad (In Color) came right from this….

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Frank musta been on the CHP…got the fast talking habit from Crawford 😺

[@sawmill123456]

I can see where police squad got their entrance!!!

[@stephenclickard9428]

The actor crying in the begging was on every show ,dragnet, etc. even coffee commercials for ever.

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Top 10 tv openings 😺

[@davidhimmelsbach557]

Joanna Barnes was in no end of TV.

[@stephenclickard9428]

Driving with a light in your face ,not so hard when you’re not driving.

[@JohnMinehan-lx9ts]

How did shooting Ray Gargen help Malone?

[@jmccracken1963]

It didn't - but the intended target for the rigged shotgun was Lt. Frank Ballinger. Even there, the old maxim is "You shoot a cop, you bring the full force of the police department down upon you."

[@bmasters1981]

@@jmccracken1963 Indeed-- once Ballinger discovered where the gun was that felled his friend, as he said, he waited long enough for a police car to get there, then went back and really crucified Tammy Worth and laid the wood to her, as they say.

[@ardeladimwit]

When Real Cops drove Ford Fairlanes

[@2ndchance431]

@ardel..who drove the Edsels?

[@irish89055]

I can see how this could be parodied later

[@richardblayneamerican8149]

Will somebody PLEASE get Mrs. Olsen a cup of decaf Folger's so she can calm down?!?

[@donallan6396]

Great and versatile actress .I believe Sgt.Friday said to her, " Just the facts, Ma'am " on Dragnet . I was hooked on police shows as a kid.

[@davidhull1481]

I’m a little unclear here- was any motive given about why she was helping the murderer?

[@drbonesshow1]

M for Marvin?

[@tectorgorch8698]

Man, that's a helluva body count for 23 minutes.

[@redtobertshateshandles]

These plots. 😂😂 They hired hitmen. For the cost of legal fees.

[@mikenixon2401]

One of my favorite parts of these old TV shows and films (of course didn't know better at the time) is the storyline keeps moving. Plus, no concern about political correctness.

[@bmasters1981]

Which is why I'll probably see this one through again, before I even touch HBO's True Detective (there, it's one story to cover the season; here, you get it done in 25 minutes, and no 2-parters either).

[@ITS_DEMONA]

Too bad of scenes shouldn't be shown

[@JimPack-jy3rr]

Crying women are impossible to comprehend.

[@gerardwalleyn6439]

Good Ep. as usual but the plot made no sense because what big shot kills another big shot himself answer none they hire a 2 bit hit man preferably from out of town. If that happened here there is no drama or story.

[@death2pc]

Look....... It's Mrs. Olson.

[@stephenclickard9428]

Two guys fighting on an island ,ww2 Lee and hyacowa sorry about the spelling.

[@dmytryk7887]

I think it was Toshiro Mifune, "Hell in the Pacific"

[@aubreypolgreen9980]

How u don't have a picture of ur daughter

[@gringagrandma]

Sexy Lee Marvin. Always loved that man.

[@neilangus4401]

Does M squad stand for Marvin squad ha ha

[@fallenleaflakes]

Yeah, but could be Murder Squad.

[@mikeflynn1629]

Just leave it there please

[@stephenclickard9428]

Police squad? Not even close.

[@ericastier1646]

This serie is minimalist, it's kind of superficial. Like this woman her background and motivation are never clearly defined. She dies and we still don't know what it's all about for her ? maybe just sex and money.

[@CaptainNavman]

I liked seeing Marvin NOT a baddie

[@plasticweapon]

he played a good guy plenty of times.

[@HowardShreve]

The actress was the gold digger from The Parent Trap

[@jmccracken1963]

Was she? I thought that Elaine Hendrix played Meredith Blake (the gold-digger) in the 1998 re-make of "The Parent Trap." Joanna Barnes played Vicki Blake, her mother.