****SPOILERS**** The long awaited debut by, few as they were at the time, Lee Marvin fans of the TV series "M-Squad has tough cop Lt. Frank Ballinger, Lee Marvin, get involved in a murder and accident spree in the streets of Chicago started by these two hoods Bert Fallon & Ken Lynch, Henry Brandon & Lou Carney, who attempted to rob a check cashing office. All that Lt. Ballinger and his partner Det. Peter Garuman, Bruce Gordon, had to go on was the description of the surviving hood, his partner was killed in a car crash, Brent Fallon's set of gold teeth that was the only thing witnesses to the robbery could remember of him. The toothy hood had disguised his mug by wrapping gold cellophane around his choppers or teeth to escape detection!
In his dealing with all kinds of horrendous crimes as a Chicago cop detective and member of M-Squad this case really got to Lt. Ballinger in just how ruthless it was in not only having five persons killed including an eight year old boy but the boy's mom being so traumatized by it that she attempting to commit suicide. Determined more then ever to solve this crime an bring the person who committed it to justice Let.Ballinger left no stone unturned in him getting to the bottom of it. Even in him beating a confession , there was no Miranda Rule on the books at the time, out of the person-Bert Fallon-who committed it.
The TV police series M-Squde brought the at the time bit part and somewhat unknown actor Lee Marvin into prominence not just as a tough guy who take no BS from anyone not even his boss Chicago Police Inspector Dean played by the Eternal Colonel Morris Akrum as well as the hoodlums that he deals with. Marvin was also to become a both ladies man, despite his pug face and not so glamorous beat up looks, on and off the screen as well as fine comedic actor winning the Aacademy Award as best actor in 1965 in his double role, as a gunfighter and hapless drunk, in the movie "Cat Ballou"
In his dealing with all kinds of horrendous crimes as a Chicago cop detective and member of M-Squad this case really got to Lt. Ballinger in just how ruthless it was in not only having five persons killed including an eight year old boy but the boy's mom being so traumatized by it that she attempting to commit suicide. Determined more then ever to solve this crime an bring the person who committed it to justice Let.Ballinger left no stone unturned in him getting to the bottom of it. Even in him beating a confession , there was no Miranda Rule on the books at the time, out of the person-Bert Fallon-who committed it.
The TV police series M-Squde brought the at the time bit part and somewhat unknown actor Lee Marvin into prominence not just as a tough guy who take no BS from anyone not even his boss Chicago Police Inspector Dean played by the Eternal Colonel Morris Akrum as well as the hoodlums that he deals with. Marvin was also to become a both ladies man, despite his pug face and not so glamorous beat up looks, on and off the screen as well as fine comedic actor winning the Aacademy Award as best actor in 1965 in his double role, as a gunfighter and hapless drunk, in the movie "Cat Ballou"