Highway Patrol (Season 2)

The Search (Episode 1)

Air date: 1956-10-08

Runtime: 28 min

Overview: 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.

Kidnap Copter (Episode 2)

Air date: 1956-10-15

Runtime: 28 min

Overview: 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.

Trailer Story (Episode 3)

Air date: 1956-10-22

Runtime: 28 min

Overview: 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.

Fisherman's Luck (Episode 4)

Air date: 1956-10-29

Runtime: 28 min

Overview: 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.

Magazine Writer (Episode 5)

Air date: 1956-11-05

Runtime: 28 min

Overview: 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.

Typhoid Carrier (Episode 6)

Air date: 1956-11-12

Runtime: 28 min

Overview: 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.

Hot Rod (Episode 7)

Air date: 1956-11-19

Runtime: 28 min

Overview: 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.

Hot Cargo (Episode 8)

Air date: 1956-11-26

Runtime: 28 min

Overview: 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.

Oil Lease (Episode 9)

Air date: 1956-12-03

Runtime: 28 min

Overview: An Army bazooka is stolen by two men who use it to capture the payroll from an oil drilling company.

Ex Con (Episode 10)

Air date: 1956-12-10

Runtime: 28 min

Overview: 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.

Motel Robbery (Episode 11)

Air date: 1956-12-17

Runtime: 28 min

Stolen Car Ring (Episode 12)

Air date: 1956-12-24

Runtime: 28 min

Escaped Mental Patient (Episode 13)

Air date: 1957-01-01

Runtime: 28 min

Armored Car (Episode 14)

Air date: 1957-01-07

Runtime: 28 min

Migrant Workers (Episode 15)

Air date: 1957-01-14

Runtime: 28 min

Ranch Copter (Episode 16)

Air date: 1957-01-21

Runtime: 28 min

Overview: A woman suspects her husband is trying to kill her. Iris: Virginia Dale. George: Douglas Henderson. Mathews: Broderick Crawford. Ted: Robert Cavendish.

Amnesia (Episode 17)

Air date: 1957-01-28

Runtime: 28 min

Statute of Limitations (Episode 18)

Air date: 1957-02-04

Runtime: 28 min

Overview: 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.

Resident Officer (Episode 19)

Air date: 1957-02-11

Runtime: 28 min

Psycho (Episode 20)

Air date: 1957-02-18

Runtime: 28 min

Counterfeit (Episode 21)

Air date: 1957-02-25

Runtime: 28 min

Overview: Mathews and the Highway Patrol investigate a rash of forged payroll-check cashings affecting merchants in and around Los Angeles.

Suspected Cop (Episode 22)

Air date: 1957-03-05

Runtime: 28 min

Trojan Horse (Episode 23)

Air date: 1957-03-12

Runtime: 28 min

Female Hitchhiker (Episode 24)

Air date: 1957-03-18

Runtime: 28 min

Nitro (Episode 25)

Air date: 1957-03-25

Runtime: 28 min

Motorcycle B (Episode 26)

Air date: 1957-04-01

Runtime: 28 min

Officer's Wife (Episode 27)

Air date: 1957-04-08

Runtime: 28 min

Stripped Cars (Episode 28)

Air date: 1957-04-15

Runtime: 28 min

Overview: 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.

Convict's Wife (Episode 29)

Air date: 1957-04-22

Runtime: 28 min

Reformation (Episode 30)

Air date: 1957-04-29

Runtime: 28 min

Overview: An ex-con wants to return money stolen in an armed robbery, but his erstwhile partner has other ideas.

Stolen Plane Copter (Episode 31)

Air date: 1957-05-06

Runtime: 28 min

Overview: Two convicts steal an airplane to escape from prison.

Gem Robbery (Episode 32)

Air date: 1957-05-13

Runtime: 28 min

Wounded (Episode 33)

Air date: 1957-05-20

Runtime: 28 min

Fake Cop (Episode 34)

Air date: 1957-05-27

Runtime: 28 min

Overview: 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.

Double Cross (Episode 35)

Air date: 1957-06-03

Runtime: 28 min

Narcotics (Episode 36)

Air date: 1957-06-10

Runtime: 28 min

Hired Killer (Episode 37)

Air date: 1957-06-17

Runtime: 28 min

Hostage Copter (Episode 38)

Air date: 1957-06-24

Runtime: 28 min

Rabies (Episode 39)

Air date: 1957-07-01

Runtime: 28 min