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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...
Genres:Action & AdventureDrama
Network:Syndication

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Prison Break / Road Block" is the best rated episode of "Highway Patrol" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 154 votes. Directed by Herbert L. Strock and written by N/A, it aired on 10/3/1955. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Machine Story Copter / Machine Napping Copter".

  • Prison Break / Road Block
    7.7/10154 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

  • Machine Story Copter / Machine Napping Copter
    7.7/10107 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

  • Reckless Driving
    7.4/10110 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

  • Lookout
    7.4/1096 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

  • Gambling
    7.6/10102 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

  • Hitchhiker
    7.8/10104 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

  • Desert Town
    7.8/10123 votes

    #7 - Desert Town

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/1955

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Radioactive
    7.6/10109 votes

    #8 - Radioactive

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/1955

    No description available

    Director: Paul Guilfoyle

    Writer: N/A

  • Reformed Criminal
    7.8/1087 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

  • Father Thief
    7.7/1096 votes

    #10 - Father Thief

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: Herbert L. Strock

    Writer: N/A

  • Retired Gangster
    7.8/1097 votes

    #11 - Retired Gangster

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Phony Insurance
    7.3/1085 votes

    #12 - Phony Insurance

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: Leslie Goodwins

    Writer: N/A

  • Escort
    7.6/1076 votes

    #13 - Escort

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Resort
    7.5/1082 votes

    #14 - Resort

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: Paul Guilfoyle

    Writer: N/A

  • Girl Bandit
    7.9/1091 votes

    #15 - Girl Bandit

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: Lambert Hillyer

    Writer: N/A

  • Mountain Copter
    7.4/1088 votes

    #16 - Mountain Copter

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: Herbert L. Strock

    Writer: N/A

  • Lie Detector
    7.6/1094 votes

    #17 - Lie Detector

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Scared Cop
    7.7/1094 votes

    #18 - Scared Cop

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: Lambert Hillyer

    Writer: N/A

  • Harbor Story
    7.9/10102 votes

    #19 - Harbor Story

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: Paul Guilfoyle

    Writer: N/A

  • Hit And Run
    7.8/1091 votes

    #20 - Hit And Run

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Car Theft
    7.8/1086 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

  • Human Bomb
    8.2/1098 votes

    #22 - Human Bomb

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Plane Crash
    7.9/10103 votes

    #23 - Plane Crash

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Desert Copter
    7.5/1080 votes

    #24 - Desert Copter

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: Herbert L. Strock

    Writer: N/A

  • Plant Robbery
    7.8/1082 votes

    #25 - Plant Robbery

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A