M Squad
- Paul Newlan: Captain Grey
- Lee Marvin: Lieutenant Frank Ballinger
- DeForest Kelley: Sergeant Miller
Department M ( M Squad ) was an American crime drama series in black and white, which aired from 1957 to 1960 in three seasons and 117 episodes of 30 minutes each at the transmitter National Broadcasting Company ( NBC). In Germany, the consequences were shortened to 25 minutes. In German synchronization, the series aired from 20 April 1966, in the early evening of the ZDF.
The series made the movie star Lee Marvin ( dubbing voice: Arnold Marquis ) to television star. She also served as a template for the parody series The Naked Gun ( Original Title: Police Squad ) and the subsequent movies under the title The Naked Gun.
Content
In Illinois Police Department in Chicago Captain Grey and his men fight organized crime. The pretty ruthless Lieutenant Frank Ballinger is one of his men, who often makes single-handedly criminals is.
Among the actors of the detectives of the district was also in three episodes of DeForest Kelley, who achieved then another celebrity in the original Star Trek series ( Star Trek ) as Doctor " Bones" McCoy, as well as Leonard Nimoy ( Mr. Spock ), in two Follow starred.
Music
The theme music for the first season, wrote Stanley Wilson. In the second and third season, it was replaced by a composition by Count Basie. During the term of the series there was a soundtrack album to the Lee Marvin wrote the notes.
Among the composers of the background music was also "Johnny" Williams, the diminutive form of his first name as without John Williams wrote successful cinema music later and one of the top most distinguished composers in Hollywood was.