The Best Episodes of Highway Patrol Season 1
Every episode of Highway Patrol Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Highway Patrol Season 1!
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.
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Highway Patrol" season 1 is "Prison Break / Road Block", rated 7.7/10 from 151 user votes. It was directed by Herbert L. Strock and written by N/A. "Prison Break / Road Block" aired on 10/3/1955 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Machine Story Copter / Machine Napping Copter".
7.7/10 151 votes#1 - Prison Break / Road Block
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/1955
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.
Director: Herbert L. Strock
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10 107 votes
#2 - Machine Story Copter / Machine Napping Copter
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/1955
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.
Director: Herbert L. Strock
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10 108 votes
#3 - Reckless Driving
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/1955
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10 95 votes
#4 - Lookout
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/1955
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.
Director: Herbert L. Strock
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10 101 votes
#5 - Gambling
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/1955
Dan Mathews and his officers assist a county sheriff in closing down a club that offers illicit gambling.
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10 103 votes
#6 - Hitchhiker
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/1955
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.
Director: Lew Landers
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/10 121 votes
#7 - Desert Town
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/1955
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10 108 votes
#8 - Radioactive
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/1955
No description available
Director: Paul Guilfoyle
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10 87 votes
#9 - Reformed Criminal
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired Unknown
Dan Mathews has reason to suspect the worst when a courier with a criminal record disappears with $31,000 after an automobile accident.
Director: Lambert Hillyer
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10 96 votes
#10 - Father Thief
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: Herbert L. Strock
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10 95 votes
#11 - Retired Gangster
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10 83 votes
#12 - Phony Insurance
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10 75 votes
#13 - Escort
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10 79 votes
#14 - Resort
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: Paul Guilfoyle
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/10 89 votes
#15 - Girl Bandit
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: Lambert Hillyer
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10 85 votes
#16 - Mountain Copter
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: Herbert L. Strock
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10 92 votes
#17 - Lie Detector
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10 93 votes
#18 - Scared Cop
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: Lambert Hillyer
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/10 99 votes
#19 - Harbor Story
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: Paul Guilfoyle
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10 91 votes
#20 - Hit And Run
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10 86 votes
#21 - Car Theft
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/20/1956
Car thieves purchase wrecked vehicles and transfer the VIN plates to stolen ones in order to escape detection.
Director: Herbert L. Strock
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/10 95 votes
#22 - Human Bomb
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/10 101 votes
#23 - Plane Crash
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10 79 votes
#24 - Desert Copter
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: Herbert L. Strock
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/10 80 votes
#25 - Plant Robbery
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A