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Highway Patrol
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S4 E39 · Bank Messenger
About Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol is a action & adventure and drama TV series that premiered on Syndication on October 3, 1955. It has 5 seasons and 156 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 4 Episode 39 "Bank Messenger", aired on June 29, 1959.
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.
- Action & Adventure
- Drama
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Episodes
156 episodes · 5 seasons
Season 1
1955 · 39 episodes · Last episode: 70 years ago
- E38
38. Prospector
A poor prospector arouses suspicion when he suddenly begins paying off long-standing debts from a large roll of new $100 bills.
- E37
37. Missing Witness
- E36
36. Taxi
- E35
35. Runaway Boy
- E34
34. Art Robbery
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.
- E33
33. Dead Patrolman
A Highway Patrol officer is murdered while pursuing a car stolen from a lonely bookstore owner.
- E32
32. Anti-toxin
- E31
31. Blast Area Copter
- E30
30. Hitchhiker Dies
- E29
29. License Plates
An alert boy is able to give Dan Mathews information that provides a critical break in the pursuit of a recidivist thief.
- E28
28. Mental Patient
E27
27. Motorcycle A
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!
- E26
26. Released Convict
A patient parolee decides the time is finally right to attempt the recovery of $250,000 stolen in an armored car robbery.
- E25
25. Plant Robbery
- E24
24. Desert Copter
- E23
23. Plane Crash
- E22
22. Human Bomb
- E21
21. Car Theft
Car thieves purchase wrecked vehicles and transfer the VIN plates to stolen ones in order to escape detection.
- E20
20. Hit And Run
Dan Mathews must cope with a family's effort to protect an emotionally fragile young woman who fled after striking a pedestrian with her car.
- E19
19. Harbor Story
- E18
18. Scared Cop
- E17
17. Lie Detector
- E16
16. Mountain Copter
- E15
15. Girl Bandit
- E14
14. Resort
- E13
13. Escort
- E12
12. Phony Insurance
- E11
11. Retired Gangster
- E10
10. Father Thief
- E9
9. Reformed Criminal
Dan Mathews has reason to suspect the worst when a courier with a criminal record disappears with $31,000 after an automobile accident.
- E8
8. Radioactive
- E7
7. Desert Town
- E6
6. Hitchhiker
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.
- E5
5. Gambling
Dan Mathews and his officers assist a county sheriff in closing down a club that offers illicit gambling.
- E4
4. Lookout
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.
- E3
3. Reckless Driving
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.
- E2
2. Machine Story Copter / Machine Napping Copter
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.
- E1
1. Prison Break / Road Block
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.
Season 2
1956 · 39 episodes · Last episode: 69 years ago
- E39
39. Rabies
- E38
38. Hostage Copter
- E37
37. Hired Killer
- E36
36. Narcotics
- E35
35. Double Cross
- E34
34. 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.
- E33
33. Wounded
- E32
32. Gem Robbery
- E31
31. Stolen Plane Copter
Two convicts steal an airplane to escape from prison.
- E30
30. Reformation
An ex-con wants to return money stolen in an armed robbery, but his erstwhile partner has other ideas.
- E29
29. Convict's Wife
- E28
28. 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.
- E27
27. Officer's Wife
- E26
26. Motorcycle B
- E25
25. Nitro
- E24
24. Female Hitchhiker
- E23
23. Trojan Horse
- E22
22. Suspected Cop
- E21
21. Counterfeit
Mathews and the Highway Patrol investigate a rash of forged payroll-check cashings affecting merchants in and around Los Angeles.
- E20
20. Psycho
- E19
19. Resident Officer
- E18
18. 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.
- E17
17. Amnesia
- E16
16. Ranch Copter
A woman suspects her husband is trying to kill her. Iris: Virginia Dale. George: Douglas Henderson. Mathews: Broderick Crawford. Ted: Robert Cavendish.
- E15
15. Migrant Workers
- E14
14. Armored Car
- E13
13. Escaped Mental Patient
- E12
12. Stolen Car Ring
- E11
11. Motel Robbery
- E10
10. 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.
- E9
9. Oil Lease
An Army bazooka is stolen by two men who use it to capture the payroll from an oil drilling company.
- E8
8. 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.
- E7
7. 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.
- E6
6. 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.
- E5
5. 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.
- E4
4. 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.
- E3
3. 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.
- E2
2. 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.
- E1
1. 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.
Season 3
1957 · 39 episodes · Last episode: 68 years ago
- E39
39. Reward
Three farmers are stubbornly determined to risk their lives in order to collect a reward offered for the capture of a wounded fugitive.
- E38
38. Dan Sick
- E37
37. Double Copter
A stolen helicopter enables a dangerous lifer to escape from a prison work detail.
- E36
36. Hostage Officer
- E35
35. Explosives
- E34
34. Dan's Vacation
- E33
33. The Judge
- E32
32. Phoney Cop
- E31
31. Suicide
- E30
30. Psycho Killer
A mentally disturbed man murders women who seek husbands through "Lonely Hearts" clubs.
- E29
29. Credit Card
- E28
28. The Truckers
- E27
27. Policewoman
- E26
26. Careless Cop
- E25
25. Fear
- E24
24. Hit and Run
- E23
23. Deaf Mute
- E22
22. Tear Gas Copter
- E21
21. Revenge
- E20
20. Lady Bandits
- E19
19. Foster Child
- E18
18. The Seventh Green
- E17
17. Insulin
- E16
16. Slain Cabby
- E15
15. Mother's March
- E14
14. Hideout
- E13
13. Double Death
- E12
12. Chain Store
- E11
11. Convicted Innocent
- E10
10. Dead Hunter
Mathews investigates a businessman's accidental death. Mathews: Broderick Crawford. Foster: Joe Haworth. Tom: Pierre Watkins.
- E9
9. Witness Wife
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.
- E8
8. Hot Dust
Lab worker Harry Wells flees and aggressively avoids people, after being accidentally exposed to dangerous radioactive material.
- E7
7. The Sniper
- E6
6. Hostage Family Copter
- E5
5. Mistaken Identity
- E4
4. Safecracker
- E3
3. Temptation
- E2
2. Efficiency Secretary
- E1
1. Hypo Bandit
Season 4
1958 · 39 episodes · Last episode: 67 years ago
- E39
39. Bank Messenger
A husband and wife team rob couriers with large amounts of cash, then kill them so that there will be no witnesses.
- E38
38. Fire
- E37
37. Detour to Death
- E36
36. Confession
- E35
35. Desperate Men
- E34
34. Express Delivery
- E33
33. Auto Press
- E32
32. Women Escapees
- E31
31. Dan Hostage
- E30
30. Prisoner Exchange Copter
- E29
29. Killer on the Run
- E28
28. llegal Entry
- E27
27. Hitchhiker
- E26
26. Cargo Hijack
- E25
25. Diversion Robbery
- E24
24. Brave Boy
- E23
23. Revenge
- E22
22. The Collector
- E21
21. Framed Cop
- E20
20. Mexican Chase
- E19
19. Gem Robbery
- E18
18. Copter Cave-In
- E17
17. Narcotics Racket
- E16
16. Breath of a Child
- E15
15. Exposé
- E14
14. The Trap
- E13
13. Split Robbery
- E12
12. Confidence Game
- E11
11. False Confession
- E10
10. Blood Money
A protection racket results in murder when a railroad yard worker refuses to continue making payments.
- E9
9. Deadly Diamonds
- E8
8. Train Robbery
- E7
7. Portrait of Death
- E6
6. Train Copter
- E5
5. Gamblng Story
- E4
4. Transmitter Danger
- E3
3. Family Affair
- E2
2. Hostage
- E1
1. Frightened Witness
Highway Patrol Season 5 release dates →
Episodes for this season haven't been announced yet.
Cast & crew
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Clint Eastwood
Joe Keeley
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Barbara Eden
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Dan White
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Pierre Watkin
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Mason Curry
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William Allyn
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William Boyett
Officer Johnson
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Pamela Duncan
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Richard Bull
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Diane Brewster
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Mimi Gibson
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Pat O'Malley
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Rhodes Reason
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Jack Ingram
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Joyce Meadows
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Kaye Elhardt
Highway Patrol FAQ
Will there be new episodes of Highway Patrol?
Highway Patrol has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on June 29, 1959.
When did the latest episode of Highway Patrol come out?
The most recent episode of Highway Patrol, Season 4 Episode 39 "Bank Messenger", aired on June 29, 1959.
How many seasons of Highway Patrol are there?
Highway Patrol has 5 seasons with 156 episodes in total.
When did Highway Patrol first air?
Highway Patrol first aired on Syndication on October 3, 1955.
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