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 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 2 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Highway Patrol" season 2 is "The Search", rated 8.2/10 from 96 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "The Search" aired on 1/1/1970 and is rated 0.5 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Kidnap Copter".
8.2/10 96 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
- 7.7/10 82 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
- 7.9/10 90 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
- 7.7/10 87 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
- 7.5/10 82 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
- 7.6/10 84 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
- 8.2/10 93 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
- 7.8/10 80 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
- 7.6/10 78 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
- 8.0/10 75 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
- 8.2/10 101 votes
#11 - Motel Robbery
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: Gilbert Kay
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/10 89 votes
#12 - Stolen Car Ring
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: Lew Landers
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10 78 votes
#13 - Escaped Mental Patient
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: Paul Guilfoyle
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10 97 votes
#14 - Armored Car
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: Gilbert Kay
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10 73 votes
#15 - Migrant Workers
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: Paul Guilfoyle
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10 78 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
- 7.4/10 86 votes
#17 - Amnesia
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: Herbert L. Strock
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10 80 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
- 8.0/10 79 votes
#19 - Resident Officer
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/10 59 votes
#20 - Psycho
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10 72 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
- 8.2/10 85 votes
#22 - Suspected Cop
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10 83 votes
#23 - Trojan Horse
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/10 84 votes
#24 - Female Hitchhiker
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10 72 votes
#25 - Nitro
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A