M Squad starring Lee Marvin (1959) "THE THIRD SHADOW"

M Squad
Season 2 Episode 16
"The Third Shadow"
First aired 9 January 1959, NBC-TV (US)
Cast: Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan
M Squad theme: Count Basie
Music score: Benny Carter
Synopsis: A thief confesses that a Chicago policeman stole a bag full of cash taken during an armed robbery.
Chapters
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00:02:30
00:12:25
00:24:32

[@michaelhorton1350]

That Basie soundtrack with B & W for that grainy, gritty, hard-boiled flavor makes this detective series best of era. Marvin gets some decent scripts in this, now, the second season.

[@spartandodge6034]

Gotta love this show. Thanks for posting this.

[@Mike-yg8ig]

Thanks for posting this Lee Marvin is my favorite actor of all time. He had tremendous screen presence.

[@thejerseyj5479]

The late 50's and early 60's was my favorite era.

[@Joeblow-ms3cv]

Indubidubly 🙂

[@a.leemorrisjr.9255]

Original music track, Count Basie & Orchestra.

[@gatorduran3288]

I love Lee Marvin!

[@dar5108]

Same ❤

[@Slimjim260]

I want that 57 Ford Lee’s driving

[@UberLummox]

That's all we ever see in this series is full size '57 Fords!

[@Jay-vr9ir]

Even after is stops , it keeps moving .

[@CaptainDevereaux]

Think I see the inspiration for the intro to "Police Squad."

[@b3bilco]

Yep.

[@Kevin_M_Hall]

Almost a direct copy! 🙂

[@Kevin_M_Hall]

Man The whole Police Squad episode was a direct ripoff of this one. Half the time I was hearing the narration in Leslie Nielson's voice in my head...

[@courtneyrandharper4571]

"Who are you? And how did you get in here?" Drebbin: "I'm a locksmith, and I'm a locksmith."

[@stutzbearcat5624]

Music by John Williams - Star Wars Jaws - Indiana Jones - etc etc etc etc etc etc etc ...

[@EricWhite-co8nu]

More action than Dragnet

[@BETTERWORLDSGT]

I like Dragnet, but I know every single episode, including the later one (1967-1970) as well as the radio Shows. M squad is newer to me, I've seen season one, but not the others.

[@drbonesshow1]

Dragnet was a snoozer hoping to instill learning in the public. That didn't work as we now have WOKE. Wake up America.

[@GetMeThere1]

Great show. Great star!

[@kathleenschreiber76]

13:00 wish there was a black and white channel of old shows on tv

[@glennstenbergkvist5971]

There are two or three where these kinds of shows are shown incessantly.

[@HeronCoyote1234]

Try Tubi and MeTV.

[@Finnador]

Listening to Lee Marvin and Broderick ('Highway Patrol') Crawford's voices; I'd say they were the inspiration for 'Officer McGruff'.

Lee Marvin was a war hero. He was a Marine , 1942-1945 , battle of Saipan.

[@michaelward9880]

He also fought in the Marshall Islands campaign. That's where he saw the majority of his combat. He was badly wounded on Saipan in the opening days of that campaign. RIP PFC Lee Marvin, USMC. You still have many, many fans.

[@Thelategreatjohnnybratton]

4th Marine Division

[@smilanesi98]

Great series!!

[@JimPack-jy3rr]

The opening credit music is very reminiscent to the opening music to Police Squad with Leslie Nielsen.

[@pathaley38]

Interesting. A 6 shot revolver,dozens shots fired and never see anyone reload.

[@martyhowell4043]

I was counting and I think Marvin only fired 4 or 5. Some S & Ws were only 5-shots.

[@markcoveryourassets]

Gotta love the double tire squeal/skids that are exactly the same in the opening. Efx guy must have been paid per effect.

[@kathleenschreiber76]

Bring this show back to tv Bruce 10:15

[@flapjackfae]

She has really luxe digs for a nightclub singer.

[@ricdintino9502]

The only thing missing from that loot bag was a big $ on the outside.

[@BrianGValentine]

Crime show in competition with Peter Gunn at the time. Both shows had music interludes, but in this show the combo music was faked. In Peter Gunn, the musicians actually played live.

[@UberLummox]

Interesting for sure!

[@RetiredSchoolCook]

😃Thank you 👍

[@frankchary9717]

Music, performing arts and most other things MUCH better in those days than the 21st. Century crap we have now!!😮😢

[@kelvintorrence5994]

you can hear that police squd theme music in the end credits

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Me tinks mayor Johnson could use M squid on the south side streets nowadays, like Troy st , home of the fabulous Weber brothers 😺

[@briankleinschmidt3664]

See that thumbnail? That's how you fire a handgun, my brothers.

[@ricdintino9502]

Can't be easy to go down that ladder with a suitcase in one hand...

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Last words could be more profound than get outta heres😺

[@bergy-62]

Typical move move by Mayor Daley. He and his crew were as crooked as they come..BTW, ex Rat Packer from Oceans Eleven, Richard Benedict, had a small part in this episode.

[@susanfaulkner2304]

When the one guy was talking, he blows smoke in his face! My parents, relatives, ALL adults blew smoke in my face. Made me sick!🤢

[@raymondcaple9543]

Is this Emmy nominated series out on DVD?

[@BigBishop1]

57 nomad turning left

[@drbonesshow1]

Marvin and his partner a trusty cigarette.

[@Slimjim260]

Wonder how much Lee was paid per episode???

[@charleybarley939]

he was co-owner of the show. In a 1958 interview, he said he was looking forward to the residuals. I'm not sure how much rerun action this series got, but at least he was thinking like a businessman.

[@kathleenschreiber76]

8:47

[@smithwilliam6837]

2 more every day

[@fredglaeser9199]

Did Lee just shot an unarmed man in the back?

[@hertzair1186]

12:27 perhaps the most horrific song ever composed…

[@r4rifle]

Grow up!

[@hertzair1186]

@@r4rifle if you found that song palatable….oh dear.

[@HowardShreve]

She deserves a Grammy!

[@myriaddsystems]

Poor quality- impossible to make out what's going on

[@ericastier1646]

That was a pretty good express elevator serie. You can watch it between two floors (well almost). The ending was too dry and boring.

[@VictoriaAlfredSmythe]

hillsdale edu is a sham

[@AdHater]

Geez. Lose the horrible subtitles.

[@UberLummox]

You can turn off your subtitles. Not this guys fault.

[@kathleenschreiber76]

Good show wish it was on now to watch Bruce 7:59

[@bobtis]

I loved Lee Marvin. Passed away young but 3 packs a day will do that to you.

[@fromthesidelines]

ERNEST CHAPPELL: "PALL MALL FAMOUS CIGARETTES present....."

[@petervitti9]

Life was much better back then.

[@martyhowell4043]

@@petervitti9 Except for the deadly chain-smoking⚰😂

[@victorfinberg8595]

one of the better episodes. it's difficult to get a show like this to work in a half hour format.

[@13dma1rz]

Interesting. Not a lot of cops in the fifties took a shooting stance with both hands on the gun, or at least used both hands to control it. Lee Marvin was ex-military but I don't know if that's where he picked it up. I've seen WWII training videos of soldiers shooting the 1911 pistol one handed so maybe not.

[@martyhowell4043]

Police revolvers were notoriously inaccurate even with two hands.

[@Bitshitter]

23:59 - this is the moment that was captured as the thumbnail image for the video. He has a very unorthodox way of looking down the sight of his pistol when he shoots. He shoots right-handed, and uses his right eye to look down the gun, which is proper. But he turns his head to the right so that his right eye is off to the side, and his squinted left eye has the predominant position, which is weird. Turning his head to the right like this pushes the bridge of his nose, and his furrowed brow due to squinting, into the line of sight he needs for his right eye, to line up the sights on his gun and aim. Seems like that would intrude onto his scope of vision......

[@jameswilliams3241]

Lee Marvin always had an unorthodox way of holding a weapon.