About this season
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.
Episodes (39)
1. Hypo Bandit
Aired 7 October 1957 • 28 min
2. Efficiency Secretary
Aired 14 October 1957 • 28 min
3. Temptation
Aired 21 October 1957 • 28 min
4. Safecracker
Aired 28 October 1957 • 28 min
5. Mistaken Identity
Aired 4 November 1957 • 28 min
6. Hostage Family Copter
Aired 11 November 1957 • 28 min
7. The Sniper
Aired 18 November 1957 • 28 min
8. Hot Dust
Aired 25 November 1957 • 28 min
Lab worker Harry Wells flees and aggressively avoids people, after being accidentally exposed to dangerous radioactive material.
9. Witness Wife
Aired 2 December 1957 • 28 min
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.
10. Dead Hunter
Aired 9 December 1957 • 28 min
Mathews investigates a businessman's accidental death. Mathews: Broderick Crawford. Foster: Joe Haworth. Tom: Pierre Watkins.
11. Convicted Innocent
Aired 16 December 1957 • 28 min
12. Chain Store
Aired 23 December 1957 • 28 min
13. Double Death
Aired 30 December 1957 • 28 min
14. Hideout
Aired 6 January 1958 • 28 min
15. Mother's March
Aired 13 January 1958 • 28 min
16. Slain Cabby
Aired 20 January 1958 • 28 min
17. Insulin
Aired 27 January 1958 • 28 min
18. The Seventh Green
Aired 3 February 1958 • 28 min
19. Foster Child
Aired 10 February 1958 • 28 min
20. Lady Bandits
Aired 17 February 1958 • 28 min
21. Revenge
Aired 24 February 1958 • 28 min
22. Tear Gas Copter
Aired 3 March 1958 • 28 min
23. Deaf Mute
Aired 10 March 1958 • 28 min
24. Hit and Run
Aired 17 March 1958 • 28 min
25. Fear
Aired 24 March 1958 • 28 min
26. Careless Cop
Aired 31 March 1958 • 28 min
27. Policewoman
Aired 7 April 1958 • 28 min
28. The Truckers
Aired 14 April 1958 • 28 min
29. Credit Card
Aired 21 April 1958 • 28 min
30. Psycho Killer
Aired 28 April 1958 • 28 min
A mentally disturbed man murders women who seek husbands through "Lonely Hearts" clubs.
31. Suicide
Aired 5 May 1958 • 28 min
32. Phoney Cop
Aired 12 May 1958 • 28 min
33. The Judge
Aired 19 May 1958 • 28 min
34. Dan's Vacation
Aired 26 May 1958 • 28 min
35. Explosives
Aired 2 June 1958 • 28 min
36. Hostage Officer
Aired 9 June 1958 • 28 min
37. Double Copter
Aired 16 June 1958 • 28 min
A stolen helicopter enables a dangerous lifer to escape from a prison work detail.
38. Dan Sick
Aired 23 June 1958 • 28 min
39. Reward
Aired 30 June 1958 • 28 min
Three farmers are stubbornly determined to risk their lives in order to collect a reward offered for the capture of a wounded fugitive.