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The Best Episodes of Highway Patrol Season 2

Every episode of Highway Patrol Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Highway Patrol Season 2!

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 2 Ratings Summary

"The Search" is the best rated episode of "Highway Patrol" season 2. It scored 8.2/10 based on 98 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/1/1970. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Kidnap Copter".

  • The Search
    8.2/1098 votes

    #1 - The Search

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired Unknown

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Kidnap Copter
    7.7/1083 votes

    #2 - Kidnap Copter

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired Unknown

    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.

    Director: Lew Landers

    Writer: N/A

  • Trailer Story
    7.9/1092 votes

    #3 - Trailer Story

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired Unknown

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fisherman's Luck
    7.7/1089 votes

    #4 - Fisherman's Luck

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired Unknown

    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.

    Director: Harry Gerstad

    Writer: N/A

  • Magazine Writer
    7.5/1086 votes

    #5 - Magazine Writer

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired Unknown

    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.

    Director: Herbert L. Strock

    Writer: N/A

  • Typhoid Carrier
    7.6/1087 votes

    #6 - Typhoid Carrier

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired Unknown

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hot Rod
    8.1/1096 votes

    #7 - Hot Rod

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired Unknown

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hot Cargo
    7.8/1082 votes

    #8 - Hot Cargo

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired Unknown

    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.

    Director: Herbert L. Strock

    Writer: N/A

  • Oil Lease
    7.6/1080 votes

    #9 - Oil Lease

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 10/1/1956

    An Army bazooka is stolen by two men who use it to capture the payroll from an oil drilling company.

    Director: Lambert Hillyer

    Writer: N/A

  • Ex Con
    8.0/1077 votes

    #10 - Ex Con

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired Unknown

    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.

    Director: Lambert Hillyer

    Writer: N/A

  • Motel Robbery
    8.1/10105 votes

    #11 - Motel Robbery

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: Gilbert Kay

    Writer: N/A

  • Stolen Car Ring
    7.9/1091 votes

    #12 - Stolen Car Ring

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: Lew Landers

    Writer: N/A

  • Escaped Mental Patient
    7.8/1079 votes

    #13 - Escaped Mental Patient

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: Paul Guilfoyle

    Writer: N/A

  • Armored Car
    8.0/10100 votes

    #14 - Armored Car

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: Gilbert Kay

    Writer: N/A

  • Migrant Workers
    7.4/1074 votes

    #15 - Migrant Workers

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: Paul Guilfoyle

    Writer: N/A

  • Ranch Copter
    7.5/1079 votes

    #16 - Ranch Copter

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/21/1957

    A woman suspects her husband is trying to kill her. Iris: Virginia Dale. George: Douglas Henderson. Mathews: Broderick Crawford. Ted: Robert Cavendish.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Amnesia
    7.3/1089 votes

    #17 - Amnesia

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: Herbert L. Strock

    Writer: N/A

  • Statute of Limitations
    7.7/1081 votes

    #18 - Statute of Limitations

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/4/1957

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Resident Officer
    8.0/1082 votes

    #19 - Resident Officer

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Psycho
    6.8/1060 votes

    #20 - Psycho

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Counterfeit
    7.5/1073 votes

    #21 - Counterfeit

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired Unknown

    Mathews and the Highway Patrol investigate a rash of forged payroll-check cashings affecting merchants in and around Los Angeles.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Suspected Cop
    8.1/1087 votes

    #22 - Suspected Cop

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Trojan Horse
    7.8/1085 votes

    #23 - Trojan Horse

    Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Female Hitchhiker
    8.2/1084 votes

    #24 - Female Hitchhiker

    Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Nitro
    7.6/1074 votes

    #25 - Nitro

    Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A