Frank just loves to go undercover. He must have a death wish. In every instance, his cover is blown at some point and it always looks like he's dead meat....but "Det. Lt. Frank Ballinger" (Lee Marvin) always gets out of it, even if just by the skin of his teeth.
In this story, bank robbers can't escape too far because a cop fired a bullet into their gas tank and the getaway car is on its last legs. They make it to a garage and suburban home just ahead of the pursuing cops, who don't see the car. Why the bandits didn't fully shut the garage door is beyond me because a few hours later Frank spots the license plate.
The men have a mother and small girl holed up in the house as they wait for a third member of their group to come and pick up them and the stolen loot. The little girl turns out to be a key part of the story and in a way that is unexpected. It that's kind of thing that makes M Squad a very good show - the unexpected, and the fact that our hero doesn't always succeed.
Two familiar actors played the bank robbers: Jack Elam and Dick Miller. A couple of years after this television show was filmed, Miller became known (at least in later years) as the flower-eating wacko in the 1960 cult favorite, "Little Shop of Horrors." Elam, meanwhile, is well-known to all film buffs.
In this story, bank robbers can't escape too far because a cop fired a bullet into their gas tank and the getaway car is on its last legs. They make it to a garage and suburban home just ahead of the pursuing cops, who don't see the car. Why the bandits didn't fully shut the garage door is beyond me because a few hours later Frank spots the license plate.
The men have a mother and small girl holed up in the house as they wait for a third member of their group to come and pick up them and the stolen loot. The little girl turns out to be a key part of the story and in a way that is unexpected. It that's kind of thing that makes M Squad a very good show - the unexpected, and the fact that our hero doesn't always succeed.
Two familiar actors played the bank robbers: Jack Elam and Dick Miller. A couple of years after this television show was filmed, Miller became known (at least in later years) as the flower-eating wacko in the 1960 cult favorite, "Little Shop of Horrors." Elam, meanwhile, is well-known to all film buffs.