Highway Patrol (1955)

Season 3

TV-G

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.

Where to Watch Season 3

39 Episodes

Hypo Bandit
E1
Hypo BanditA former nursing home employee turns to robbing luxury stores and uses a potentially lethal stolen drug to disable his victims.
Efficiency Secretary
E2
Efficiency SecretaryA secretary with an impeccable reputation for trustworthiness and reliability colludes with her boyfriend to steal $50,000 from her employer.
Temptation
E3
TemptationA construction foreman steals $12,000 from his employer's open safe, then attempts to frame a subcontractor for the crime.
Safecracker
E4
SafecrackerA meticulous safecracker is certain that he can pull off a lucrative jewel theft despite the Highway Patrol's constant surveillance.
Mistaken Identity
E5
Mistaken IdentityAn unassuming cabinetmaker is abducted at gunpoint when coincidence causes a would-be thief to mistake him for a diamond merchant.
Hostage Family Copter
E6
Hostage Family CopterThe Highway Patrol helicopter is ordered into action to follow a murderous fugitive that has taken three hostages.
The Sniper
E7
The SniperA series of apparently random potshots at moving cars turns out to be an attempt to conceal a carefully planned murder.
Hot Dust
E8
Hot DustLab worker Harry Wells flees and aggressively avoids people, after being accidentally exposed to dangerous radioactive material.
Witness Wife
E9
Witness WifeMathews 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.
Dead Hunter
E10
Dead HunterMathews investigates a businessman's accidental death. Mathews: Broderick Crawford. Foster: Joe Haworth. Tom: Pierre Watkins.
Convicted Innocent
E11
Convicted InnocentA wrongly-convicted recent parolee is determined to kill the bus driver whose mistaken testimony was responsible for his incarceration.
Chain Store
E12
Chain StoreA delivery driver commits a series of armed robberies against individual stores that make up a small supermarket chain.
Double Death
E13
Double DeathA wrongly-convicted parolee becomes coldly determined to murder the former business partner whose ruse was responsible for his conviction.
Hideout
E14
HideoutA holdup man is murdered by the woman who planned his crime and sheltered him in the basement of her roadside diner.
Mother's March
E15
Mother's MarchA handyman robs a local businessman of $11,000 in charitable donations, then attempts to frame a local beautician for the crime.
Slain Cabby
E16
Slain CabbyTwo men commit a series of armed robberies and escape by commandeering taxicabs for use as nondescript getaway cars.
Insulin
E17
InsulinTwo coldly calculating hoodlums attempt to murder their diabetic former cell-mate by depriving him of his insulin.
The Seventh Green
E18
The Seventh GreenA country club grounds keeper who shelters notorious criminals comes under investigation after he is forced to kill one of his "clients".
Foster Child
E19
Foster ChildAn angry father pursues an orphan boy that he believes is responsible for the accidental shooting of his son.
Lady Bandts
E20
Lady BandtsTwo women disguised as men commit a series of armed robberies, two of which result in murder.
Revenge
E21
RevengeFelon Gerald Gray, who bears a personal grudge against Dan Mathews, is released from prison and uses everyone around him in his efforts to extract revenge.
Tear Gas Copter
E22
Tear Gas CopterDan Mathews uses the Highway Patrol helicopter and tear gas in an effort to flush out two wanted fugitives who have taken a woman hostage inside her own house.
Deaf Mute
E23
Deaf MuteA botched robbery results in the abduction of the only witness - a 10-year-old girl who can neither hear nor speak.
Hit and Run
E24
Hit and RunA woman panics and flees after striking a "pedestrian" who was actually involved in an attempt to steal $70,000 from an industrial plant's safe.
Fear
E25
FearA family man is forced to commit murder when a would-be blackmailer discovers that he is actually the "Polka Dot Bandit".
Careless Cop
E26
Careless CopA Highway Patrol officer is critically wounded after failing to properly frisk and handcuff a suspect during a routine traffic stop.
Policewoman
E27
PolicewomanAn out-of-state policewoman who has infiltrated a gambling syndicate finds herself in grave danger when her identity is discovered.
The Truckers
E28
The TruckersA husband and wife team rob pharmaceutical trucks after slipping the drivers pills that render them temporarily unconscious.
Cedit Card
E29
Cedit Card
Psycho Killer
E30
Psycho KillerA mentally disturbed man murders women who seek husbands through "Lonely Hearts" clubs.
Suicide
E31
SuicideA syndicate hit man kills his own brother, then is himself murdered in a manner that makes the killing appear to be a suicide.
Phoney Cop
E32
Phoney Cop
The Judge
E33
The JudgeA prison escapee is determined to murder the judge who gave him the maximum sentence.
Dan's Vacation
E34
Dan's VacationDan Mathews' vacation takes an unexpected turn when he finds that his favorite fishing lodge has become a front for a heroin distribution ring.
Explosives
E35
ExplosivesA disgruntled truck driver abducts his estranged wife and threatens to detonate a truckload of unstable pure potassium while she remains trapped inside it.
Hostage Officer
E36
Hostage OfficerA motorcycle accident enables two wanted felons to take a Highway Patrol officer as a hostage, but his radio's signal helps pinpoint their location.
Double Copter
E37
Double CopterA stolen helicopter enables a dangerous lifer to escape from a prison work detail.
Dan Sick
E38
Dan SickDan Mathews arrives at work feeling sick and weak from apparent food poisoning, and there is concern that a panic may break out if the mysterious cause of his illness is not found quickly.
Reward
E39
RewardThree farmers are stubbornly determined to risk their lives in order to collect a reward offered for the capture of a wounded fugitive.