Highway Patrol (1955)

Season 4

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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.
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39 Episodes
  • Frightened Witness
    E1
    Frightened WitnessNewlyweds Carl and Jennifer Stone find themselves pursued by the Highway Patrol and a would-be killer after they witness the murder of a diner counterman.
  • Hostage
    E2
    HostageDesperate to avoid capture and extradition on first-degree murder charges, a wounded fugitive takes a young woman and her paraplegic mother as hostages.
  • Family Affair
    E3
    Family AffairWith the help of her son, a woman plans and executes her husband's daring escape from police custody.
  • Transmitter Danger
    E4
    Transmitter DangerTwo men steal dynamite and blasting caps for use in future crimes, unaware that any radio transmission signal could trigger the caps and set off a devastating explosion.
  • Gamblng Story
    E5
    Gamblng Story
  • Train Copter
    E6
    Train CopterThe Highway Patrol helicopter is called into action to pursue a train carrying a bank robber and $35,000 in stolen money.
  • Portrait of Death
    E7
    Portrait of DeathWhen a reclusive artist is murdered, Dan Mathews and Sergeant Williams are dubious that robbery was actually the motive for the killing.
  • Train Robbery
    E8
    Train RobberyTwo men plan to cause a train wreck as part of a plot to steal $750,000 in government currency.
  • Deadly Diamonds
    E9
    Deadly DiamondsA man and his two accomplices use inside information to steal valuable gems from traveling jewelry salesmen.
  • Blood Money
    E10
    Blood MoneyA protection racket results in murder when a railroad yard worker refuses to continue making payments.
  • False Confession
    E11
    False ConfessionA desperate man confesses to a crime he did not commit in order to obtain a $5,000 reward for his family.
  • Confidence Game
    E12
    Confidence GameA con man assaults the elderly victim of a $5,000 swindle as a "warning", but his female partner becomes fearful of a murder charge when the old man dies of a heart attack immediately after the assault.
  • Split Robbery
    E13
    Split RobberyTwo men rob a series of supermarkets by taking the market managers' wives as hostages.
  • The Trap
    E14
    The TrapDan Mathews publicizes the Highway Patrol's plans for transporting a condemned crime boss to State Prison in an attempt to lure his henchmen into a trap. The condemned man's underlings are suspicious, but his wife insists that they proceed with a violent attempt to free her husband.
  • Expose
    E15
    ExposeA crusading newspaper reporter finds his life threatened when he becomes the target of a gang of ruthless extortionists.
  • Breath of a Child
    E16
    Breath of a ChildDan Mathews and Sergeant Williams race to find a sailor who was exposed to spinal meningitis while saving the life of an infant.
  • Narcotcs Racket
    E17
    Narcotcs Racket
  • Copter Cave-In
    E18
    Copter Cave-InThe Highway Patrol helicopter is used to pursue an escaped convict and rescue a prospector trapped in a cave-in caused by the escapee.
  • Gem Robbery
    E19
    Gem RobberyRita Hudson accepts delivery of $35,000 worth of imported diamonds on behalf of her employer, Mr. Van Dyce. She is immediately abducted by thieves Ernest Zober and Chuck Barton.
  • Mexican Chase
    E20
    Mexican ChaseDan Mathews solicits assistance from his Mexican counterpart to capture three thieves who are stealing cars in the U. S. and selling them in Mexico.
  • Framed Cop
    E21
    Framed CopA criminal attempts to avenge his younger brother's life sentence by executing a meticulously planned scheme that will make Sergeant Williams appear to be guilty of felony hit and run.
  • The Collector
    E22
    The CollectorA wounded and frightened ex-con flees after accidentally killing a blackmailer.
  • Revenge
    E23
    RevengeA bitter young man whose father was killed in an automobile accident is stubbornly determined to murder the man who was driving the other car.
  • Brave Boy
    E24
    Brave BoyA small boy is the only witness to a botched burglary that results in the death of his father and serious injury to his mother.
  • Diversion Robbery
    E25
    Diversion RobberyTwo men use explosions as a diversionary tactic to distract attention from the scenes of their holdups.
  • Cargo Hijack
    E26
    Cargo HijackAn "Import Company" warehouse is used as a front for storage of merchandise stolen in a series of truck hijackings.
  • Hitchhiker
    E27
    HitchhikerAn armed robber wearing actors' makeup is able to obtain rides in the cars of his victims, but an unplanned murder results when one man fights back.
  • llegal Entry
    E28
    llegal Entry
  • Killer on the Run
    E29
    Killer on the RunLes Curtis commits a murder to steal two counterfeit currency plates, then commits another while swindling the intended buyers out of $20,000. Appearing to be an innocuous insurance agent carrying a briefcase, he is able to hitch a ride with two women. The ladies are unaware that the "nice young man" is a double murderer who is being hotly pursued by the Highway Patrol AND by a vengeful victim of his swindle.
  • Prisoner Exchange Copter
    E30
    Prisoner Exchange CopterThe wife of a sheriff is abducted and held as a hostage in an attempt to secure the release of a crime boss.
  • Dan Hostage
    E31
    Dan HostageDan Mathews offers himself as a hostage after a nervous gunman botches a diner robbery and critically wounds the proprietor.
  • Woman Escapes
    E32
    Woman EscapesFollowing an unplanned prison escape, convicted killers Lita Morgan and Caroline Craig leave a trail of robbery and murder in their wake.
  • Auto Press
    E33
    Auto PressThe perpetrator of a robbery and murder attempts to dispose of the getaway car by convincing his brother to crush it beyond recognition in a large hydraulic press.
  • Express Delivery
    E34
    Express DeliveryA thief abducts a gem courier and uses his identification in an attempt to steal a jewel collection worth $200,000.
  • Desperate Men
    E35
    Desperate MenTwo fugitives get into the boiler room of a hospital and threaten to destroy the building by tying down the safety valve if they are not permitted to go free.
  • Confession
    E36
    ConfessionPaul Jordan is killed in broad daylight by his three accomplices in a bank robbery that resulted in the theft of $100,000.
  • Detour to Death
    E37
    Detour to DeathTwo men and a woman use phony police uniforms and a fake detour sign to lure potential victims into concealed areas.
  • Fire
    E38
    FirePyromaniac Judd Patterson sets a warehouse ablaze and gets away in a stolen car.
  • Bank Messenger
    E39
    Bank MessengerA husband and wife team rob couriers with large amounts of cash, then kill them so that there will be no witnesses.
Cast of Season 4
  • Broderick CrawfordChief Dan Mathews
  • Art GilmoreNarrator
 
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