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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 Worst Episode
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    Highway Patrol Season 2 Episode 20 - Psycho
    6.9/10(70 votes)

    #1 - Psycho

    S2:E20

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Highway Patrol Season 2 Episode 31 - Stolen Plane Copter
    7.1/10(79 votes)

    #2 - Stolen Plane Copter

    S2:E31

    Two convicts steal an airplane to escape from prison.

    Director:Unknown
    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 3 Episode 10 - Dead Hunter
    7.3/10(84 votes)

    #4 - Dead Hunter

    S3:E10

    Mathews investigates a businessman's accidental death. Mathews: Broderick Crawford. Foster: Joe Haworth. Tom: Pierre Watkins.

    Director:Herbert L. Strock
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #5 - Radioactive

    S1:E8

    No description available

    Director:Paul Guilfoyle
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #6 - Phony Insurance

    S1:E12

    No description available

    Director:Leslie Goodwins
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 38 - Prospector
    7.4/10(88 votes)

    #7 - Prospector

    S1:E38

    A poor prospector arouses suspicion when he suddenly begins paying off long-standing debts from a large roll of new $100 bills.

    Director:Lew Landers
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Highway Patrol Season 2 Episode 17 - Amnesia
    7.4/10(93 votes)

    #8 - Amnesia

    S2:E17

    No description available

    Director:Herbert L. Strock
    Writer:Unknown

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

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

    #10 - Mountain Copter

    S1:E16

    No description available

    Director:Herbert L. Strock
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #11 - Desert Copter

    S1:E24

    No description available

    Director:Herbert L. Strock
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 26 - Released Convict
    7.5/10(95 votes)

    #12 - Released Convict

    S1:E26

    A patient parolee decides the time is finally right to attempt the recovery of $250,000 stolen in an armored car robbery.

    Director:Paul Guilfoyle
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 35 - Runaway Boy
    7.5/10(90 votes)

    #13 - Runaway Boy

    S1:E35

    No description available

    Director:Harry Gerstad
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Highway Patrol Season 2 Episode 5 - Magazine Writer
    7.5/10(92 votes)

    #14 - Magazine Writer

    S2:E5

    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:Unknown

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  15. Highway Patrol Season 2 Episode 15 - Migrant Workers
    7.5/10(82 votes)

    #15 - Migrant Workers

    S2:E15

    No description available

    Director:Paul Guilfoyle
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Highway Patrol Season 2 Episode 16 - Ranch Copter
    7.5/10(86 votes)

    #16 - Ranch Copter

    S2:E16

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Highway Patrol Season 3 Episode 8 - Hot Dust
    7.5/10(107 votes)

    #17 - Hot Dust

    S3:E8

    Lab worker Harry Wells flees and aggressively avoids people, after being accidentally exposed to dangerous radioactive material.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Highway Patrol Season 3 Episode 12 - Chain Store
    7.5/10(86 votes)

    #18 - Chain Store

    S3:E12

    No description available

    Director:Herbert L. Strock
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Highway Patrol Season 3 Episode 15 - Mother's March
    7.5/10(80 votes)

    #19 - Mother's March

    S3:E15

    No description available

    Director:Herbert L. Strock
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Highway Patrol Season 3 Episode 31 - Suicide
    7.5/10(80 votes)

    #20 - Suicide

    S3:E31

    No description available

    Director:Barry Sullivan
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Highway Patrol Season 4 Episode 16 - Breath of a Child
    7.5/10(79 votes)

    #21 - Breath of a Child

    S4:E16

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Highway Patrol Season 4 Episode 27 - Hitchhiker
    7.5/10(71 votes)

    #22 - Hitchhiker

    S4:E27

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

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

    #24 - Resort

    S1:E14

    No description available

    Director:Paul Guilfoyle
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Highway Patrol Season 1 Episode 34 - Art Robbery
    7.6/10(91 votes)

    #25 - Art Robbery

    S1:E34

    Two thieves attempt to steal valuable paintings and demand ransom of $500,000. but they are forced to commit murder when the plan goes awry.

    Director:Don Brinkley
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Psycho" is the worst rated episode of "Highway Patrol". It scored 6.9/10 based on 70 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/18/1957. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Stolen Plane Copter".