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- Season 1 overviewOct 3, 1955-May 28, 195635 episodesSeason 1 episodes1. Prison Break Oct 3, 1955
- A vicious prison escapee ambushes a highway officer and steals his gun and uniform.
- 2. Machine-Napping Oct 10, 1955
- Two men steal a giant computer and ask for $100,000 in ransom.
- 3. Reckless Driving Oct 17, 1955
- Tragedy strikes when impatient traveling salesman refuses to slow down.
- 4. Lookout Oct 24, 1955
- An innocent man unwittingly becomes the target of the Highway Patrol.
- 5. Gambling Oct 31, 1955
- A county sheriff needs help closing a club that allows illicit gambling.
- 6. Hitchhiker Nov 7, 1955
- Dan uncovers a killer who targets migrant workers, murdering them for their insurance payouts.
- 7. Desert Town Nov 14, 1955
- Dan's curiosity is piqued when residents of a small town seem anxious for him to leave.
- 8. Radioactive Nov 21, 1955
- Officers race to find a stolen oil indicator containing potentially lethal radioactive pellets.
- 9. Reformed Criminal Nov 28, 1955
- A courier with a criminal past disappears with more than $30,000 after a car accident.
- 10. Father Thief Dec 5, 1955
- A young man covering up for his guilty father becomes the target of Dan's investigation.
- 11. Retired Gangster Dec 12, 1955
- Mathews protects a crime boss who is scheduled to testify in court.
- 12. Phony Insurance Dec 19, 1955
- Officers bust up a protection racket disguised as a transportation maintenance service.
- 13. Escort Jan 1, 1956
- Mathews escorts an endangered senator to hearings after a mob boss makes threats.
- 14. Resort Jan 2, 1956
- Information from a recovering addict may help Mathews identify a source of heroin.
- 15. Girl Bandit Jan 9, 1956
- A woman dupes her husband, her lover and a stranger and absconds with cash.
- 16. Mountain Copter Jan 16, 1956
- Patrol members tackle tough terrain in the pursuit of an injured felon.
- 17. Lie Detector Jan 23, 1956
- Officers use polygraph tests to identify the perpetrators of a violent crime.
- 18. Scared Cop Feb 1, 1956
- An officer resigns rather than pursue his brother, an escaped prisoner.
- 19. Harbor Story Feb 8, 1956
- Bank robbers pose as fishermen to escape after committing robberies in coastal towns.
- 20. Hit and Run Feb 13, 1956
- A family rallies around a girl who fled the scene of an accident.
- 21. Car Theft Feb 20, 1956
- Car thieves swap out vehicle identification numbers to avoid detection.
- 22. Human Bomb Feb 27, 1956
- An engineer plans a suicide mission to destroy the chemical plant at which he'd worked.
- 23. Plane Crash Mar 5, 1956
- A plane crash and a murdered forest ranger lead officers to discover a kidnapped girl.
- 24. Desert Copter Mar 12, 1956
- Officers use a helicopter to pursue a ruthless killer who is on the run with a hostage.
- 25. Plant Robbery Mar 19, 1956
- Dan and his team spring into action when thieves pose as armored car guards to rob a supermarket.
- 26. Released Convict Mar 26, 1956
- When he's released from prison, a parolee decides to retrieve his loot from the robbery.
- 27. Motorcycle A Apr 2, 1956
- A cafe owner's attitude toward bikers contributes to the accidental death of an officer.
- 28. Mental Patient Apr 9, 1956
- A farmer's violent death appears to be the work of an escapee from a mental hospital.
- 29. License Plates Apr 16, 1956
- An alert witness provides information that gives officers a lead while pursuing a thief.
- 30. Hitchhiker Dies Apr 23, 1956
- A man who picks up a hitchhiker is accused of an armed robbery.
The Highway Patrol helicopter is ordered into action when the botched robbery of a roadside diner results in the shooting of the proprietor and the abduction of his daughter.
Highway Patrol is a 156-episode action crime drama series produced for syndication from 1955 to 1959. It was "one of the most popular syndicated series in television history", [ 1] and it was the first American series broadcast in West Germany on that country's commercial TV channel.
- Action / Police Crime Drama
Highway Patrol: With Broderick Crawford, Art Gilmore, William Boyett, Vance Skarstedt. Powerful patrol cars, fast motorcycles, and superheterodyne two-way radios combine to fight crime on the rural highways of America's wide open spaces.
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- 1955-09
- Action, Crime, Drama
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Season 1 Episode Guide. 39 Episodes 1955 - 1956. Episode 1. Prison Break. Mon, Oct 3, 1955 30 mins. An escaped murderer tries breaking through the Highway Patrol roadblocks. Mathews:...
A farmer is found beaten to death. Dan learns that a mental patient has escaped from the state hospital and has been seen in the area of the murder. The Highway Patrol feels it has an insane killer on the loose, and the man flees initial roadblocks as evidence builds against him.
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Season 3 Episode Guide. 39 Episodes 1957 - 1958. Episode 1. Hypo Bandit. Mon, Oct 7, 1957 30 mins. Mathews enlists the help of a doctor in finding a thief who injects his victims with a deadly...