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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!

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 1 - Prison Break / Road Block
    7.8/10(164 votes)

    #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.

    Director:Herbert L. Strock
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 2 - Machine Story Copter / Machine Napping Copter
    7.8/10(116 votes)

    #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.

    Director:Herbert L. Strock
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 3 - Reckless Driving
    7.3/10(123 votes)

    #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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 4 - Lookout
    7.5/10(106 votes)

    #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.

    Director:Herbert L. Strock
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 5 - Gambling
    7.6/10(111 votes)

    #5 - Gambling

    S1:E5

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

    Director:Leslie Goodwins
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 6 - Hitchhiker
    7.8/10(113 votes)

    #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.

    Director:Lew Landers
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 7 - Desert Town
    7.9/10(134 votes)

    #7 - Desert Town

    S1:E7

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 8 - Radioactive
    7.4/10(119 votes)

    #8 - Radioactive

    S1:E8

    No description available

    Director:Paul Guilfoyle
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 9 - Reformed Criminal
    7.9/10(100 votes)

    #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.

    Director:Lambert Hillyer
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 10 - Father Thief
    7.8/10(106 votes)

    #10 - Father Thief

    S1:E10

    No description available

    Director:Herbert L. Strock
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 11 - Retired Gangster
    7.8/10(109 votes)

    #11 - Retired Gangster

    S1:E11

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 12 - Phony Insurance
    7.4/10(93 votes)

    #12 - Phony Insurance

    S1:E12

    No description available

    Director:Leslie Goodwins
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 13 - Escort
    7.7/10(86 votes)

    #13 - Escort

    S1:E13

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 14 - Resort
    7.6/10(92 votes)

    #14 - Resort

    S1:E14

    No description available

    Director:Paul Guilfoyle
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 15 - Girl Bandit
    8.0/10(102 votes)

    #15 - Girl Bandit

    S1:E15

    No description available

    Director:Lambert Hillyer
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 16 - Mountain Copter
    7.5/10(97 votes)

    #16 - Mountain Copter

    S1:E16

    No description available

    Director:Herbert L. Strock
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 17 - Lie Detector
    7.7/10(103 votes)

    #17 - Lie Detector

    S1:E17

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 18 - Scared Cop
    7.7/10(101 votes)

    #18 - Scared Cop

    S1:E18

    No description available

    Director:Lambert Hillyer
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 19 - Harbor Story
    7.9/10(112 votes)

    #19 - Harbor Story

    S1:E19

    No description available

    Director:Paul Guilfoyle
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 20 - Hit And Run
    7.9/10(98 votes)

    #20 - Hit And Run

    S1:E20

    Dan Mathews must cope with a family's effort to protect an emotionally fragile young woman who fled after striking a pedestrian with her car.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 21 - Car Theft
    7.8/10(96 votes)

    #21 - Car Theft

    S1:E21

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

    Director:Herbert L. Strock
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 22 - Human Bomb
    8.1/10(110 votes)

    #22 - Human Bomb

    S1:E22

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 23 - Plane Crash
    8.0/10(115 votes)

    #23 - Plane Crash

    S1:E23

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 24 - Desert Copter
    7.5/10(88 votes)

    #24 - Desert Copter

    S1:E24

    No description available

    Director:Herbert L. Strock
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 25 - Plant Robbery
    7.8/10(90 votes)

    #25 - Plant Robbery

    S1:E25

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Prison Break / Road Block" is the best rated episode of "Highway Patrol" season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 164 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".