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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!

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...

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  1. Background image for Prison Break / Road Block
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    #1 - Prison Break / Road Block

    S1:E1

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Machine Story Copter / Machine Napping Copter
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    #2 - Machine Story Copter / Machine Napping Copter

    S1:E2

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #3 - Reckless Driving

    S1:E3

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #4 - Lookout

    S1:E4

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #5 - Gambling

    S1:E5

    Dan Mathews and his officers assist a county sheriff in closing down a club that offers illicit gambling.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #6 - Hitchhiker

    S1:E6

    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.

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    Director:Lew Landers
    Writer:Unknown
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    #7 - Desert Town

    S1:E7

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #8 - Radioactive

    S1:E8

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #9 - Reformed Criminal

    S1:E9

    Dan Mathews has reason to suspect the worst when a courier with a criminal record disappears with $31,000 after an automobile accident.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #10 - Father Thief

    S1:E10

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #11 - Retired Gangster

    S1:E11

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #12 - Phony Insurance

    S1:E12

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #13 - Escort

    S1:E13

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #14 - Resort

    S1:E14

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #15 - Girl Bandit

    S1:E15

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #16 - Mountain Copter

    S1:E16

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #17 - Lie Detector

    S1:E17

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #18 - Scared Cop

    S1:E18

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #19 - Harbor Story

    S1:E19

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #20 - Hit And Run

    S1:E20

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #21 - Car Theft

    S1:E21

    Car thieves purchase wrecked vehicles and transfer the VIN plates to stolen ones in order to escape detection.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #22 - Human Bomb

    S1:E22

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #23 - Plane Crash

    S1:E23

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #24 - Desert Copter

    S1:E24

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #25 - Plant Robbery

    S1:E25

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Prison Break / Road Block" is the best rated episode of "Highway Patrol" season 1. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Herbert L. Strock and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/3/1955. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Machine Story Copter / Machine Napping Copter".