Episode 1
The Search
1956-10-08 • 28 min
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.
TV season
1956-10-08
Episode 1
1956-10-08 • 28 min
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.
Episode 2
1956-10-15 • 28 min
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.
Episode 3
1956-10-22 • 28 min
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.
Episode 4
1956-10-29 • 28 min
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.
Episode 5
1956-11-05 • 28 min
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.
Episode 6
1956-11-12 • 28 min
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.
Episode 7
1956-11-19 • 28 min
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.
Episode 8
1956-11-26 • 28 min
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.
Episode 9
1956-12-03 • 28 min
An Army bazooka is stolen by two men who use it to capture the payroll from an oil drilling company.
Episode 10
1956-12-10 • 28 min
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.
Episode 11
1956-12-17 • 28 min
Episode 12
1956-12-24 • 28 min
Episode 13
1957-01-01 • 28 min
Episode 14
1957-01-07 • 28 min
Episode 15
1957-01-14 • 28 min
Episode 16
1957-01-21 • 28 min
A woman suspects her husband is trying to kill her. Iris: Virginia Dale. George: Douglas Henderson. Mathews: Broderick Crawford. Ted: Robert Cavendish.
Episode 17
1957-01-28 • 28 min
Episode 18
1957-02-04 • 28 min
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.
Episode 19
1957-02-11 • 28 min
Episode 20
1957-02-18 • 28 min
Episode 21
1957-02-25 • 28 min
Mathews and the Highway Patrol investigate a rash of forged payroll-check cashings affecting merchants in and around Los Angeles.
Episode 22
1957-03-05 • 28 min
Episode 23
1957-03-12 • 28 min
Episode 24
1957-03-18 • 28 min
Episode 25
1957-03-25 • 28 min
Episode 26
1957-04-01 • 28 min
Episode 27
1957-04-08 • 28 min
Episode 28
1957-04-15 • 28 min
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.
Episode 29
1957-04-22 • 28 min
Episode 30
1957-04-29 • 28 min
An ex-con wants to return money stolen in an armed robbery, but his erstwhile partner has other ideas.
Episode 31
1957-05-06 • 28 min
Two convicts steal an airplane to escape from prison.
Episode 32
1957-05-13 • 28 min
Episode 33
1957-05-20 • 28 min
Episode 34
1957-05-27 • 28 min
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.
Episode 35
1957-06-03 • 28 min
Episode 36
1957-06-10 • 28 min
Episode 37
1957-06-17 • 28 min
Episode 38
1957-06-24 • 28 min
Episode 39
1957-07-01 • 28 min