Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
TV ShowEnded

Highway Patrol

5.8 / 10
1955
5 seasons
156 episodes
Action & AdventureDrama

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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  • Ep 1

    1.Prison Break / Road Block

    03-10-195528m

    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 a...

  • Ep 2

    2.Machine Story Copter / Machine Napping Copter

    10-10-195528m

    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 electron...

  • Ep 3

    3.Reckless Driving

    17-10-195528m

    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...

  • Ep 4

    4.Lookout

    24-10-195528m

    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 crim...

  • Ep 5

    5.Gambling

    31-10-195528m

    Dan Mathews and his officers assist a county sheriff in closing down a club that offers illicit gambling.

  • Ep 6

    6.Hitchhiker

    07-11-195528m

    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.

  • Ep 7

    7.Desert Town

    14-11-195528m
  • Ep 8

    8.Radioactive

    21-11-195528m
  • Ep 9

    9.Reformed Criminal

    28-11-195528m

    Dan Mathews has reason to suspect the worst when a courier with a criminal record disappears with $31,000 after an automobile accident.

  • Ep 10

    10.Father Thief

    05-12-195528m
  • Ep 11

    11.Retired Gangster

    12-12-195528m
  • Ep 12

    12.Phony Insurance

    19-12-195528m
  • Ep 13

    13.Escort

    26-12-195528m
  • Ep 14

    14.Resort

    02-01-195628m
  • Ep 15

    15.Girl Bandit

    09-01-195628m
  • Ep 16

    16.Mountain Copter

    16-01-195628m
  • Ep 17

    17.Lie Detector

    23-01-195628m
  • Ep 18

    18.Scared Cop

    30-01-195628m
  • Ep 19

    19.Harbor Story

    06-02-195628m
  • Ep 20

    20.Hit And Run

    13-02-195628m

    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.

  • Ep 21

    21.Car Theft

    20-02-195628m

    Car thieves purchase wrecked vehicles and transfer the VIN plates to stolen ones in order to escape detection.

  • Ep 22

    22.Human Bomb

    27-02-195628m
  • Ep 23

    23.Plane Crash

    05-03-195628m
  • Ep 24

    24.Desert Copter

    12-03-195628m
  • Ep 25

    25.Plant Robbery

    19-03-195628m
  • Ep 26

    26.Released Convict

    26-03-195628m

    A patient parolee decides the time is finally right to attempt the recovery of $250,000 stolen in an armored car robbery.

  • Motorcycle A

    27.Motorcycle A

    02-04-195628m

    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...

  • Ep 28

    28.Mental Patient

    09-04-195628m
  • Ep 29

    29.License Plates

    16-04-195628m

    An alert boy is able to give Dan Mathews information that provides a critical break in the pursuit of a recidivist thief.

  • Ep 30

    30.Hitchhiker Dies

    23-04-195628m
  • Ep 31

    31.Blast Area Copter

    30-04-195628m
  • Ep 32

    32.Anti-toxin

    07-05-195628m
  • Ep 33

    33.Dead Patrolman

    14-05-195628m

    A Highway Patrol officer is murdered while pursuing a car stolen from a lonely bookstore owner.

  • Ep 34

    34.Art Robbery

    21-05-195628m

    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.

  • Ep 35

    35.Runaway Boy

    28-05-195628m
  • Ep 36

    36.Taxi

    04-06-195628m
  • Ep 37

    37.Missing Witness

    11-06-195628m
  • Ep 38

    38.Prospector

    18-06-195628m

    A poor prospector arouses suspicion when he suddenly begins paying off long-standing debts from a large roll of new $100 bills.

  • Ep 39

    39.Christmas Story

    25-06-195628m

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