Lew Landers
Director
Highway Patrol (1955)
Season 2
Highway Patrol was a syndicated, fictional police action series produced from 1955 to 1959, concerning the activities of the highway patrol and their leader, Dan Matthews (who held no rank). Although filmed in and around the Los Angeles area, the state setting for the stories was never identified, and city and street names were fictionalized.
Released Oct. 3, 1955
Episode 28 min
2+
Keywords: tmdb.police, tmdb.militia, tmdb.missing-person, tmdb.criminal-investigation, tmdb.1950s, tmdb.state-highway-patrol, tmdb.chief-of-patrol + 18 more, tmdb.children-in-danger, tmdb.highway-patrolmen, tmdb.police-women, imdb.squad-car, imdb.car, imdb.highway-patrol, imdb.radio, imdb.manhunt, imdb.rural-setting, imdb.traffic-policeman, imdb.american-police-officer, imdb.patrol-car, imdb.law-enforcement, imdb.road-traffic, imdb.man-in-uniform, imdb.car-phone, imdb.police-procedural-crime, imdb.cop-drama
Watch Providers: Philo
Production Companies: Ziv Television Programs
Network: Syndication
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S2E1 - The Search
After an elderly couple inadvertently help a murderous bank robber slip through a police road block, a restaurant manager spots the fugitive who uses the old folks to keep from getting caught.
Oct. 8, 1956, midnight
S2E2 - Kidnap Copter
Jerry Watts is the son of a millionaire and he's just been kidnapped and taken to an old shack high in the mountains. After a tip from a game warden brings the Highway Patrol, Jerry tries to escape to the officers, only to fall into a canyon severely injuring himself. The only way out is straight up.
Oct. 15, 1956, midnight
S2E3 - Trailer Story
Steve Talbot is a jewel thief who likes nice automobiles, and the Highway Patrol knows this. So Talbot flees capture after a job in an old junker. This gets him past the roadblocks but he soon is stranded on the side of the road. He hijacks a newly married couple pulling a trailer and Dan passes the trio through, not wanting harm to come to the civilians. But in passing the blockade, they unknowingly pick up a new rider.
Oct. 22, 1956, midnight
S2E4 - Fisherman's Luck
A car that was involved in an accident is stolen and later found again, and just happens to match the description of one used in a bank holdup. Putting two and two together, Dan speculates that this was the getaway car and it's occupants must have escaped on foot, which is near a posh resort.
Oct. 29, 1956, midnight
S2E5 - Magazine Writer
Reporter Sam Dalquist has gone missing. Dan has been looking for him because a two bit hood was found dead after getting a traffic citation driving Dalquist's car. The only lead Mathews has is that Dalquist was working on an exposé about a hood named Matlock and that may be where the writer will be found...dead or alive.
Nov. 5, 1956, midnight
S2E6 - Typhoid Carrier
Hank Dooley's daughter has just died from typhoid fever, and Dooley is now searching for his farm hand Len Frazier who is the one who infected her, complete with rifle in hand.
Nov. 12, 1956, midnight
S2E7 - Hot Rod
Dan enlists the help of the leader of a local hot rod car club to assist in finding two robbers who use a souped-up car to get away from the Highway Patrol after each job.
Nov. 19, 1956, midnight
S2E8 - Hot Cargo
Several criminals conspire to stage highway accidents prompting truck drivers to stop and help victims only to be assaulted and have their cargoes stolen. After discovering the hijackers are being tipped off by the owner of a roadside diner favored by truckers, Chief Mathews creates a ruse to force the crime ring into action with the hopes of capturing them.
Nov. 26, 1956, midnight
S2E9 - Oil Lease
An Army bazooka is stolen by two men who use it to capture the payroll from an oil drilling company.
Dec. 3, 1956, midnight
S2E10 - Ex Con
The life of an ex-con is never easy, especially when cellmates show up expecting favors. Al Baldwin is a reformed criminal but suddenly has unexpected guests who hide out at his house while plotting their next crime. When that holdup goes bad, the cons hold Al's wife hostage until Dan and the Highway Patrol come to the rescue.
Dec. 10, 1956, midnight
S2E11 - Motel Robbery
None
Dec. 17, 1956, midnight
S2E12 - Stolen Car Ring
None
Dec. 24, 1956, midnight
S2E13 - Escaped Mental Patient
None
Jan. 1, 1957, midnight
S2E14 - Armored Car
None
Jan. 7, 1957, midnight
S2E15 - Migrant Workers
None
Jan. 14, 1957, midnight
S2E16 - Ranch Copter
A woman suspects her husband is trying to kill her. Iris: Virginia Dale. George: Douglas Henderson. Mathews: Broderick Crawford. Ted: Robert Cavendish.
Jan. 21, 1957, midnight
S2E17 - Amnesia
None
Jan. 28, 1957, midnight
S2E18 - Statute of Limitations
Mathews tries to prove the guilt of three holdup men---before the statute of limitations runs out. Mathews: Broderick Crawford. Eddie: Bing Russell. Wyatt: Mike Regan.
Feb. 4, 1957, midnight
S2E19 - Resident Officer
None
Feb. 11, 1957, midnight
S2E20 - Psycho
None
Feb. 18, 1957, midnight
S2E21 - Counterfeit
Mathews and the Highway Patrol investigate a rash of forged payroll-check cashings affecting merchants in and around Los Angeles.
Feb. 25, 1957, midnight
S2E22 - Suspected Cop
None
March 5, 1957, midnight
S2E23 - Trojan Horse
None
March 12, 1957, midnight
S2E24 - Female Hitchhiker
None
March 18, 1957, midnight
S2E25 - Nitro
None
March 25, 1957, midnight
S2E26 - Motorcycle B
None
April 1, 1957, midnight
S2E27 - Officer's Wife
None
April 8, 1957, midnight
S2E28 - Stripped Cars
Two brothers hijack a new-car carrier, planning to sell the cars to get cash to purchase a farm. When the driver dies from injuries sustained in the hijacking, they make a panic-stricken attempt to dispose of the evidence.
April 15, 1957, midnight
S2E29 - Convict's Wife
None
April 22, 1957, midnight
S2E30 - Reformation
An ex-con wants to return money stolen in an armed robbery, but his erstwhile partner has other ideas.
April 29, 1957, midnight
S2E31 - Stolen Plane Copter
Two convicts steal an airplane to escape from prison.
May 6, 1957, midnight
S2E32 - Gem Robbery
None
May 13, 1957, midnight
S2E33 - Wounded
None
May 20, 1957, midnight
S2E34 - Fake Cop
One member of a three-person holdup team impersonates a Highway Patrol officer in order to deceive robbery victims into thinking that they need not notify the Patrol themselves.
May 27, 1957, midnight
S2E35 - Double Cross
None
June 3, 1957, midnight
S2E36 - Narcotics
None
June 10, 1957, midnight
S2E37 - Hired Killer
None
June 17, 1957, midnight
S2E38 - Hostage Copter
None
June 24, 1957, midnight
S2E39 - Rabies
None
July 1, 1957, midnight
Network: Syndication
Episode Runtime: 28 min.
Season Runtime: 4368 min.
Released: Oct. 3, 1955
Last Air Date: June 29, 1959, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-G / 2+
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