Oct 1955 - Apr 1958
4.7
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S3 Ep9
8.5
2nd Dec 1957
Mathews tries flushing out two gunmen who are holding a farmer and his wife hostage. Mathews: Broderick Crawford. Ruttman: Tom Holland. Collins: Robert Swan. Martin: Ted Lehman. Jane: Gail Gregg.
S2 Ep28
8.5
15th Apr 1957
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.
S2 Ep18
8.5
4th Feb 1957
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.
S2 Ep7
8.5
19th Nov 1956
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.
S1 Ep29
8.5
16th Apr 1956
An alert boy is able to give Dan Mathews information that provides a critical break in the pursuit of a recidivist thief.
S1 Ep21
8.5
20th Feb 1956
Car thieves purchase wrecked vehicles and transfer the VIN plates to stolen ones in order to escape detection.
S3 Ep30
8.0
28th Apr 1958
A mentally disturbed man murders women who seek husbands through "Lonely Hearts" clubs.
S2 Ep34
8.0
27th May 1957
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.
S2 Ep31
8.0
6th May 1957
Two convicts steal an airplane to escape from prison.
S2 Ep30
8.0
29th Apr 1957
An ex-con wants to return money stolen in an armed robbery, but his erstwhile partner has other ideas.
S2 Ep9
5.7
3rd Dec 1956
An Army bazooka is stolen by two men who use it to capture the payroll from an oil drilling company.
S3 Ep10
5.7
9th Dec 1957
Mathews investigates a businessman's accidental death. Mathews: Broderick Crawford. Foster: Joe Haworth. Tom: Pierre Watkins.
S1 Ep1
5.8
3rd Oct 1955
A hardened criminal, whose personality belies his viciousness, escapes from prison, killing a guard. Dan Mathews swings into action, and as the man commits one ruthless act after another to break through the trap closing in on him, it becomes apparent that there's almost a personal conflict between the two men - that ends only when they meet face to face in the final scene.
S1 Ep26
6.0
A patient parolee decides the time is finally right to attempt the recovery of $250,000 stolen in an armored car robbery.
S2 Ep4
6.0
29th Oct 1956
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.
S1 Ep27
6.5
2nd Apr 1956
Two bikers (Clint Eastwood as 'Joe Keeley', John Compton as 'Nick West') ride stripped-down Harleys into town and stop at a cafe. They are shocked when the cafe owner (Jack Edwards as 'Bernie Sills') confronts them with a shotgun and orders them to leave. As his wife calls the Highway Patrol her husband provokes the bikers, until Nick takes the gun from Sills and punches him. The bikers jump on their bikes and roar out of town. When Sills learns his wife has called the law, he hides the gun and lies to the responding motorcycle cop, telling him the cyclists started the trouble. The cop takes off after the bikers, only to be struck and killed by a trucker who runs a red light. Broderick Crawford’s ‘Chief Dan Mathews’ quickly sorts truth from fiction and arrests the café owner for assaulting the bikers. A nice (albeit unlikely) twist on the ‘bad guy bikers’ trope!
S1 Ep9
7.0
Dan Mathews has reason to suspect the worst when a courier with a criminal record disappears with $31,000 after an automobile accident.
S1 Ep33
7.0
14th May 1956
A Highway Patrol officer is murdered while pursuing a car stolen from a lonely bookstore owner.
S2 Ep1
7.0
8th Oct 1956
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.
S2 Ep2
7.0
15th Oct 1956
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.
S1 Ep1
5.8
3rd Oct 1955
A hardened criminal, whose personality belies his viciousness, escapes from prison, killing a guard. Dan Mathews swings into action, and as the man commits one ruthless act after another to break through the trap closing in on him, it becomes apparent that there's almost a personal conflict between the two men - that ends only when they meet face to face in the final scene.
S1 Ep2
7.3
10th Oct 1955
An expensive, giant computer, one of the twentieth century wonders, which does a tremendous amount of administrative work in just hours, is ingeniously 'kidnapped' from an electronics company by two men. The firm's owner is told to get $100,000 from his bank at two o'clock the next day and wait for instructions. A helicopter chase helps Dan stop the men from collecting the ransom or getting away.
S1 Ep3
7.2
17th Oct 1955
Systematic traffic checks and increased patrols begin on a high accident freeway. Hoping to determine causes and cures, Dan questions drivers who get too many citations there. One man refuses to accept Dan's safety philosophy. When his license is suspended, his wife drives him to an important business meeting. En route, her eyeglasses break and he takes over at the wheel. Encountering a traffic check, he panics and flees, resulting in a severe accident in which his wife is critically injured. He learns the hard way - and too late - what Dan had earlier tried to impress upon him.
S1 Ep4
7.4
24th Oct 1955
An uninvolved man happens to be in the company of two brothers who hold up a diner and kill its owner. Fearing the police and terrified of the vengeance he may expect from the criminals, he flees. As Dan searches for him, one man winds up dead, two critically wounded, and the man who a few short hours ago was an average law-abiding citizen is harried to the point where he is willing to shoot it cut with the police - until Dan manages to show the error of his ways.
S1 Ep5
7.8
31st Oct 1955
Dan Mathews and his officers assist a county sheriff in closing down a club that offers illicit gambling.
S1 Ep6
7.8
7th Nov 1955
A series of fraudulent insurance claims is discovered after Dan Mathews and his officers learn that the "accidental" death of a migrant worker was actually a homicide.
S1 Ep9
7.0
Dan Mathews has reason to suspect the worst when a courier with a criminal record disappears with $31,000 after an automobile accident.
S1 Ep21
8.5
20th Feb 1956
Car thieves purchase wrecked vehicles and transfer the VIN plates to stolen ones in order to escape detection.
S1 Ep26
6.0
A patient parolee decides the time is finally right to attempt the recovery of $250,000 stolen in an armored car robbery.
S1 Ep27
6.5
2nd Apr 1956
Two bikers (Clint Eastwood as 'Joe Keeley', John Compton as 'Nick West') ride stripped-down Harleys into town and stop at a cafe. They are shocked when the cafe owner (Jack Edwards as 'Bernie Sills') confronts them with a shotgun and orders them to leave. As his wife calls the Highway Patrol her husband provokes the bikers, until Nick takes the gun from Sills and punches him. The bikers jump on their bikes and roar out of town. When Sills learns his wife has called the law, he hides the gun and lies to the responding motorcycle cop, telling him the cyclists started the trouble. The cop takes off after the bikers, only to be struck and killed by a trucker who runs a red light. Broderick Crawford’s ‘Chief Dan Mathews’ quickly sorts truth from fiction and arrests the café owner for assaulting the bikers. A nice (albeit unlikely) twist on the ‘bad guy bikers’ trope!
S1 Ep29
8.5
16th Apr 1956
An alert boy is able to give Dan Mathews information that provides a critical break in the pursuit of a recidivist thief.
S1 Ep33
7.0
14th May 1956
A Highway Patrol officer is murdered while pursuing a car stolen from a lonely bookstore owner.
S1 Ep34
8.0
21st May 1956
Two thieves attempt to steal valuable paintings and demand ransom of $500,000. but they are forced to commit murder when the plan goes awry.
S1 Ep38
8.0
18th Jun 1956
A poor prospector arouses suspicion when he suddenly begins paying off long-standing debts from a large roll of new $100 bills.
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.
The first episode of Highway Patrol aired on October 03, 1955.
The last episode of Highway Patrol aired on April 28, 1958.
There are 156 episodes of Highway Patrol.
There are 5 seasons of Highway Patrol.
No.
Highway Patrol has ended.
