M-SQUAD – Street of Fear - 1957
This is the sixth episode of the 1957 to 1960 Crime series, M-SQUAD. The series ran for 117 episodes and features Lee Marvin as the headliner. Marvin is a Lt with the elite M-Squad unit of the Chicago Police.
The Detectives of M-Squad are trying to bust a crook, Lawrence Dobkin, who is moving stolen gems cross country. Dobkin uses a front of being a costume jewelry manufacturer. Every time the Police check out his business, he comes up clean.
The squad hatches a plan for Marvin to go undercover. They stage a fake robbery of one of Dobkin's employees, Barbara Turner. Marvin foils the fake purse snatching and is Turner's hero. She agrees to go out on a date with the "out of town salesman" Marvin.
Once in with Turner, Marvin soon charms his way into meeting Dobkin. Dobkin of course being the suspicious type, soon tumbles to Marvin being a cop. Needless to say, Dobkin is not amused and comes a gunning for Marvin. The finale features a nicely done rooftop fist fight.
Barbara Turner was the ex of Vic Morrow, and is the mother of Jennifer Jason Leigh. Dobkin would move to directing television where he racked up several hundred credits as a director.
This is a pretty good episode of a great Police series. (b/w)
This is the sixth episode of the 1957 to 1960 Crime series, M-SQUAD. The series ran for 117 episodes and features Lee Marvin as the headliner. Marvin is a Lt with the elite M-Squad unit of the Chicago Police.
The Detectives of M-Squad are trying to bust a crook, Lawrence Dobkin, who is moving stolen gems cross country. Dobkin uses a front of being a costume jewelry manufacturer. Every time the Police check out his business, he comes up clean.
The squad hatches a plan for Marvin to go undercover. They stage a fake robbery of one of Dobkin's employees, Barbara Turner. Marvin foils the fake purse snatching and is Turner's hero. She agrees to go out on a date with the "out of town salesman" Marvin.
Once in with Turner, Marvin soon charms his way into meeting Dobkin. Dobkin of course being the suspicious type, soon tumbles to Marvin being a cop. Needless to say, Dobkin is not amused and comes a gunning for Marvin. The finale features a nicely done rooftop fist fight.
Barbara Turner was the ex of Vic Morrow, and is the mother of Jennifer Jason Leigh. Dobkin would move to directing television where he racked up several hundred credits as a director.
This is a pretty good episode of a great Police series. (b/w)