Filmed in and around Los Angeles. @ 17:40 The Cafe in the background was used in the episode 'Motorcycle Vengeance' that someone in the comment section pointed out was in the San Fernado Valley.
Tragic to see how its been destroyed by politicians and corporations and developers. They turned orange groves into a development with cookie cutter homes.
@@lilajagears8317 Chatsworth had a couple of movie ranches and was a very popular area for movie locations, especially westerns. When these shows were done much of the SFV was still very rural.
What a shame! Julie Bennett who played Mrs. Wright in this episode, just passed away earlier this week, March 31. She is one of the many casualties of the coronavirus pandemic. I read up on her; she was a voice-over actress in the Yogi Bear cartoons. May she and the other victims rest in peace!
@@coloradostrong as far as the coronavirus you can thank the Chinese for that it’s a fact that it was produced in the lab and unfortunately, the US government was paying the Chinese lab to develop this virus. This should make every American sick to their stomach. Why is United States paying for another country’s biological weapons?.
I found these episodes when I was looking for something else. Love the patrol cars because I can remember the Oregon State Police experimenting with several different makes of cars for patrol units. Dodge Darts, Mercury's, Studebaker Lark pickups for the Game Troopers and even an Edsel. This was before they settled on one make and model. I can remember 1955 through 60 Chevrolets. I could go on but I'll leave it at that for now.
@@leecoffman2594, No gas, no class! Notice how so many of them didn't start very quickly, and then they sounded like tractors when they took off. LMAO! The only thing I admired is the "cool" designs. Now they're all clones, even Cadillacs lack uniqueness or imagination. I'm only 64
I had four patrolmen in the office a couple of months ago reviewing video of a recent attempted strong arm robbery in mild debate with each other over the make & model of one of the suspect vehicles. That's the first time I've ever seen that... That showed me just how generic and unimaginative the design and "styling" is now.
I had a two-tone 56 Chev but was always envious of my friends '57 Chev nomad. The '57 was so much better looking than previous years but for some reason they went the other way with the '58 and '59 which were really ugly.
It all started on April 5, 1874, with a nighttime break-in. American District Telegraph (ADT) Founder Edward Callahan created a telegraph-based "call-box" to signal for assistance to a central office. He quickly connected 50 other homes in the neighborhood, creating the first residential security system network.
Thanks for uploading these great episodes. I used to watch them in the 1950's after Dad purchased a television set. I wonder if our lives have improved.
4:15, Owner of the safe: " Only my wife knows the combination but she doesn't have to steal it" Matthews: " I know what you mean" HaHaHaHa....So funny. Matthews. a real man from the 50's.
Part of this was filmed just across the Town & Country Cafe where "Motorcycle A" (the one with Cline Eastwood as a biker) was filmed. The thief's dark colored Chevy is a '42 which were rare. The '42s had the stainless trim strips on the sides (and a different grille) whereas the '46 to '48s did not.
This is all over Chatsworth! I think the bad guy’s house is on Farallone south of Devonshire. The Town & Country Cafe was on the corner of Topanga and Devonshire across from my elementary school!
I was thinking it may have been on the Parable that Jesus told about "fired" manager lowering the amounts owed to the one who was firing him, effectively "stealing" from him. Jesus praised the manager's "shrewdness".
Are you kidding? The women of the 1950s screen wore it packed on! Marilyn Monroe wore incredibly thick makeup as did Liz Taylor, they all did, its fantasyland remember?
Still haven’t figured out how HP officer just happens to show up at the exact mail box where the wife is posting the package. Hollywood in the 50’s, Psychic police work.
Today God has been kicked out of schools, sporting events and even some churches and now socialist/communist are running what's left into the ground. People want to blame God for their misfortunes instead of taking responsibility for their actions. Mankind was given free will and most have not chosen wisely.
ANNOUNCER VOICE: "The law enforcement officer's job is a difficult one. it is made even more difficult when the criminal is an intelligent craftsman, an expert at his brand of lawbreaking. Stanley Wright was such a man. His method of safe-cracking was thorough and sensational."
A restaurant that serves spaghetti. How rare. Today it would be pasta or risotto at exorbitant rates. A few years ago I drove through St. Louis and saw a few places that served Chop Suey. Not where I live.
@Juan Monge Bwaahaahaa! You got that right! I asked an elderly colleague (she was actually the "Matriarch" of our company) when was the last time she saw "Chop Suey" on a menu at a Chinese restaurant, and she said "I don't know, but it was a LONG time ago" Yeah, and the overused term "pasta" started around 1984-ish and still bothers me, because I'm not eating "pasta" I'm having spaghettini al forno or macaroni con salsa cuada.
Gone are the days of good old-fashioned “clean” criminal behavior. Nowadays everything is tainted with some form of mental, sociological, psychological or sexual perversion.
+Don R. Mueller, Ph.D. Aw, doctor. You are very naive. Did you ever hear about Caryl Chessman? That kind of behavior has been going in for a long time. How about Truman Capote's book about that whole family killed in that farm house.
+ElCid48 No ma'am, it is not naivety, it is simply living sufficiently long and making transparent observations. Too bad that Truman Capote is no longer with us as he could have sold you the Truman Ca-Potty.
Actress Julie Bennett who played Mrs. Wright (or maybe Mrs. Wrong) in this episode, turned 86 on January 24, 2019. She was a voice actress in many cartoon shows.
@@blackfinjrblackfinjr3555 Bollocks. At 86, you can die of anything. And, a sobering datum in the midst of this ridiculous hysteria: overall, women in the US can expect to live 81.2 years. So, corona or not corona, this woman surpassed the mean life by five years!
What's remarkable is the states and cities shown here had such a good tax base at the time (this is prior to our present "world economy") that the cops get big Buicks or Oldsmobiles! With an occasional mercury to patrol in! Sorry, no turnpike cruzer rear windows...but anyway, just a look at small town California in the 50's is an amazing time capsule. .
Mr Draco, you were “ aware” of where the country was going- it all was planned- I would try to tell people and no one listened-- now it’s so much worse! I became pretty sick which stopped me from being able to do much but I do pray for this nation- all I can do
I feel the same frustration and pray as well. I have tried. Talked and talked but people ignore things as long as it doesn't effect them too. I thought COVID would wake people up but it hasn't made enough of dent.
A round table of all the TV detectives wouldn't have figured out the guy was getting them used to seeing him take a cab as quickly as Dan did. You give Dan two or three details about a crime and somehow he can tell you what the guy had for breakfast.
You could buy a Swedish straight-handle bolt-action Mauser from Monkey Wards (what we called it) for less than $10, in factory new condition. As a kid, I used to take my little .22 to a hill near my house that required I cross a major artery in the town. Seeing me cross that street with the rifle over my shoulder, bolt open, no one thought anything about it (this is in New England). Then I'd crack off 50 or 100 rounds at cans before going home to do homework. Relieved tension from sitting in school all day bored out of my mind (I eventually got a CAGS -Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies, not because of public schools, but because I liked to read....a lot.) Those times were simply safer, saner, and better.
@doctorwho0077 I suspect you too did your part to brighten those halcyon days. Courtesy and politeness were the keynotes of everyone's behavior in public. Wish we could somehow have frozen that era and preserved it for times like now.
@Johnny Draco Easy. The 60s intervened. There has been no more disastrous decade in human history, and that covers some pretty rough chronological territory. Everything fell apart, morals, music, entertainment, education, the arts, even religion. It all went to Hell in 10 short years.
Actually, mailing the package was smart. They probably had a safe place to mail it to they hoped. This would of gotten the evidence out of their hands. Well, as they say, crime doesn't pay. It might pay for awhile but eventually greed and stupidity get you busted. This applies to the lone crook, our financial institutions and even most if not ALL of our political leaders. This leaves us idiot taxpayers to foot the bills.
@@idovbnc Maybe they thought they could be obvious because everyone would be thinking that they wouldn't do something so obvious. I got away with this when I put my flag in the "Stratego" game out in the open....
+wb6162 how did she have the time to get their new car before getting to the meet @ the church. In less than 30 mins. Couldn't have taken the bus. Maybe she ran.
HP always seems to tease you with those endings where the crook gets about three seconds away from a getaway. I was actually sort of rooting for the "listener" on this. I like Dan and all, but I wish they'd at least give us *one*.
This would never have happened. The crooks were completely ahead, but they had to get caught in those days, after all crime doesn't pay, uh hu? As has been said, how would they know to look for a car they knew nothing about? The town was small, but not that small.
. . If it weren't for all the footage of people getting in & out of cars, driving cars, & parking cars, these episodes would be about five minutes long.
@Coogan haha, I know, huh. Everything was black and white back then and women were called dames or dolls, and pronouns were simpler. But it still makes me kind of chuckle to think that the HP was concerned with anything back then except people motoring their 7000lb, 24 foot long, cars at 80+ mph on America's brand new highway system!
@Coogan haha I'm 60... so I do know more than you might think. But not being a historian of law enforcement I confess I wasn't aware of the HP's scope of duties... but I would have bet a cold beer they weren't into regular cop/sheriff jurisdiction events.
I've noticed in most of these episodes that the police violates peoples rights all the time. Is it just the tv show or was it really like that in the 50's.
Back then if you were caught your hand in the cookie jar you were guilty, rights or no rights! Laws made it easy to have habitual criminals these days.
Yeah, it was. That is why we all felt safe leaving our doors unlocked at night, and why drugs were the specialty only of the dregs of society. Oh, and our women looked like....well, like women, not something out of the Barnum and Bailey Circus.
She hesitated instead of immediately putting package in mailbox and immediately get into car. She opened her mouth and talked in front of all law enforcement. One thing for certain, she is not one that law enforcement would ever use on their side.
There was an old building with a huge big heavy safe in it. The combo. was not known . Many locksmiths had tried to open it but nope People came in with all sort of listening devices to try nope. So I dont know if they ever got that safe out of the old store . It would have taken a crane to move. Saw a number of such safes in big houses when I worked for moving company . I was the driver and did not have to lift stuff . Young men would think they were so smart and try telling me my job. When we were at the houses with the big safes that I know were lifted into the basement when the house was being built me and the owners would have a laugh and tell the boys they had to take the safe with them . Some were so foolish as to try to lift the safes. Very funny stuff
Hey, The Town and Country Café in the background at 5:49 is the same joint that booted Clint Eastwood and his fellow biker out because the owner didn't like "sicle" bums.
Daniel you gave me quite a chuckle....but hey it's funny because it's true...my late father always wore a suit,or at least shirt and tie.or slacks and a shirt.He didn't own a pair of jeans.Dressed us kids accordingly.I wear jeans.....BUT I IRON THEM!!!!..Regards and thanks.
Worst part is the crook always gets caught, all that planning, and he stupidly involves the woman and mails a present, I would have ditched that jewelry in a pre-dug hole 2 min. from the scene, and waited a few months and retrieve it. But they only have 30 min. to catch him.
The safecrackers car is vedry interesting. It appears to have some mild period correct Southern California custom modifications done. Looks like it started out as a 41 or 46 Pontiac but has a custom(Olds?) grille, Cadillac hood peak and maybe 60 series Caddy door extensions. Definitely not stock and definitely very interesting
Of all the talents to have this one, "Safe Cracking" is by far the most odd one. Knob Knockers, Nitro, & Torch men were run of the mill. Even tunnel jobs were never as impressive to be able to tickle the tumbler. aka Boston Blackie
I looked up the purpose of Hiway Patrol and they're all about looking out for and enforcing traffic violations. The only other thing they do is ASSIST local police in rural areas and keeping an eye out for non traffic violations. So I would think if any crime were commited in the area, people would call the local authorities, like anywhere else. The Patrol would only HELP the police if they were needed, but not work on their own. So all these episodes are bogus.
@@axiomist1076, so why bother to watch a TV show from 60yrs. ago? You must lead a lonely life. There is a multitude of crap you can watch, do you just randomly choose something you can bitch about?
He tells the cabbie to wait 45 minutes for him? Right, because cabbies are really that gullible. Stan thinks of everything. Except for the traffic while he's crossing the street. Pow! 21:26 Greene Jewelers. Also giftware and appliances, because jewelry just doesn't have the profit margin. 24:20 Even in a parking lot, he puts the guy in on the driver's side and makes him slide over.
The Troopers encouraged me and that's what started my 43 year career as a law enforcement officer.
Lmfao 😂😂
Awesome. Thank you
Didn't realize how rural California used to be back in the 50s. Very nice. This was such a great show!👍🇺🇲🌾
Filmed in and around Los Angeles. @ 17:40 The Cafe in the background was used in the episode 'Motorcycle Vengeance' that someone in the comment section pointed out was in the San Fernado Valley.
@@ndogg20True, the episode you are referring to (featuring a very young Clint Eastwood) was filmed in the SFV community of chatsworth.
Tragic to see how its been destroyed by politicians and corporations and developers. They turned orange groves into a development with cookie cutter homes.
@@lilajagears8317q
@@lilajagears8317 Chatsworth had a couple of movie ranches and was a very popular area for movie locations, especially westerns. When these shows were done much of the SFV was still very rural.
I grew up on these shows. Loved Adam-12, Dragnet, Emergency! Maybe that’s why 2 sons are cops - and a firefighter/EMT!
Sounds like a good job raising your sons. We need more good parents like yourself.
Please thank your sons for their service.
What a shame! Julie Bennett who played Mrs. Wright in this episode, just passed away earlier this week, March 31. She is one of the many casualties of the coronavirus pandemic. I read up on her; she was a voice-over actress in the Yogi Bear cartoons. May she and the other victims rest in peace!
She caught a cold?
@@coloradostrong as far as the coronavirus you can thank the Chinese for that it’s a fact that it was produced in the lab and unfortunately, the US government was paying the Chinese lab to develop this virus. This should make every American sick to their stomach. Why is United States paying for another country’s biological weapons?.
@@coloradostrongyou sir, are a moron.
I found these episodes when I was looking for something else. Love the patrol cars because I can remember the Oregon State Police experimenting with several different makes of cars for patrol units. Dodge Darts, Mercury's, Studebaker Lark pickups for the Game Troopers and even an Edsel. This was before they settled on one make and model. I can remember 1955 through 60 Chevrolets. I could go on but I'll leave it at that for now.
I'm so grateful to foxeema for posting all these! they're gems.
Me too’ I love these shows 👏🏽👏🏽❤️
Me too, what a treat!
@@naturalhairchickonabudgett849 Me three!
@@alphaomega8373 there’s nothing better than a good ole black and white to set a comfortable peace of mind lol
Before we leave town, I have to pull that ONE LAST JOB.
In most of the HP episodes, the bad guys wear suits and ties, and their women are dressed smartly in fashionable clothes. How times have changed!
now its hoodies, baggy pants and tattoos
@@hoss73ford Unless they're politicians.
Also, what's changed is the officer's gun belt. Just gun and handcuffs.
Not really; they are called politicians now.
Back in the day , when women looked like women .
Best part of these shows is the old cars.
YEP, I MISS THOSE OLD BEAUTIFUL CARS, I OWNED MANY OF THEM. TODAY MOST CARS LOOK LIKE BARS OF SOAP WITH WHEELS< NO CLASS !
One of the great things about those cars is they help place the year of the episode...the series ran from 1955 -1959 and it is fun to see the changes
Old cars and young women. Crooks always have good looking wives.
and the young babes!
@@leecoffman2594, No gas, no class! Notice how so many of them didn't start very quickly, and then they sounded like tractors when they took off. LMAO! The only thing I admired is the "cool" designs. Now they're all clones, even Cadillacs lack uniqueness or imagination. I'm only 64
I like these shows-----remembering when you could tell one car from all the others!
That was artistic and creative styling.
I had four patrolmen in the office a couple of months ago reviewing video of a recent attempted strong arm robbery in mild debate with each other over the make & model of one of the suspect vehicles.
That's the first time I've ever seen that...
That showed me just how generic and unimaginative the design and "styling" is now.
This shows brings back childhood memories, sitting with my dad when I was 5 years old in Ft BENNING Georgia
Beautiful two tone 57 Chevy, my all time favorite car.
I had a two-tone 56 Chev but was always envious of my friends '57 Chev nomad. The '57 was so much better looking than previous years but for some reason they went the other way with the '58 and '59 which were really ugly.
ADT that many years ago? Grew up on this, Dragnet and Adam-12. Thanks for the memories.
It all started on April 5, 1874, with a nighttime break-in. American District Telegraph (ADT) Founder Edward Callahan created a telegraph-based "call-box" to signal for assistance to a central office. He quickly connected 50 other homes in the neighborhood, creating the first residential security system network.
Mathews: Anybody else know the combination? Business owner: Only my wife, but she doesn't need to steal it. Mathews: I know what you mean. LOL
1mrstutt he's also gonna have the lab boys come around
@doctorwho0077 took me a second....that's funny!
I heard that too and I laughed!
Am I the only one who loves the sound of the gear whine when these oldies are accelerating??
Unlike later TV shows the sounds of the cars in HP were actually the real cars as they drove away.
@@4thstooge75 I love it! I'm a total classic car buff.
Straight cut gears.
I love the sound of tires squealing on gravel roads😆
Town and Country Cafe in background was a scene of episode called Motocycle Revenge.
Clint Eastwood was in that!
Thanks for uploading these great episodes. I used to watch them in the 1950's after Dad purchased
a television set.
I wonder if our lives have improved.
4:15, Owner of the safe: " Only my wife knows the combination but she doesn't have to steal it"
Matthews: " I know what you mean"
HaHaHaHa....So funny. Matthews. a real man from the 50's.
Yeah, a real man is at the financial mercy of a woman. Nice definition. Idiot.
yet another hot babe from the 50's...whoever did the casting I tip my hat...
These are some of the hotest girls i have ever seen
When men were men, and women were women.
@ I don't think you're gonna find any jewels or money in there.
When the chrome was thick and the women were straight
Part of this was filmed just across the Town & Country Cafe where "Motorcycle A" (the one with Cline Eastwood as a biker) was filmed.
The thief's dark colored Chevy is a '42 which were rare. The '42s had the stainless trim strips on the sides (and a different grille) whereas the '46 to '48s did not.
This is all over Chatsworth! I think the bad guy’s house is on Farallone south of Devonshire. The Town & Country Cafe was on the corner of Topanga and Devonshire across from my elementary school!
Today's sermon, "Thou Shalt Not Fool The Highway Patrol"
I was thinking it may have been on the Parable that Jesus told about "fired" manager lowering the amounts owed to the one who was firing him, effectively "stealing" from him. Jesus praised the manager's "shrewdness".
Cars and dames. The formula still working today.
Beautiful ladies, regardless of the era. AND they didn't need 20% of their body weight in make-up.
And decent looking men, not the sorry excuses we see today!
Now they are mostly overweight, so even heavy make up would only be 1% of their weight.
@@TJamesBellshe is awesome
Are you kidding? The women of the 1950s screen wore it packed on! Marilyn Monroe wore incredibly thick makeup as did Liz Taylor, they all did, its fantasyland remember?
I love the way those 6volt batteries and charge system sounded, like the starter just barely got it going 🤠
Im sure by 1953 all vehicles were 12 volt, still some of the cars were from the 30s and 40s
@Louis Edwards "You're" right. As in "you are". Not "your", as in "on your right".
Those old starters sounded like they were ready to burn out or tear some teeth out of the flywheel. I remember well.
@@bertgrau9246 No. I have a '55 and it's 6 volts.
@@claudreindl7275 and they too often did.
As a locksmith who has practiced the craft for over 40 years, there is no way any safecracker is that quick!
Only in Hollyweird
Bullshit ! You have not learned much in 40 years💣💥💩🖕
These safes are older than that.
They are if it's in the script.
Never watched _The LockPickingLawyer_ then have you?
Still haven’t figured out how HP officer just happens to show up at the exact mail box where the wife is posting the package. Hollywood in the 50’s, Psychic police work.
exactly. pure luck ?? impossible
Re Highway Patrol-Safecracker episode.Yes, church had alot of good and positive effects upon American society during the 1950's!.
Still does today. Many churches in my area and very well-attended. Ours has 3 services on Sunday morning. Gives me hope!
Today God has been kicked out of schools, sporting events and even some churches and now socialist/communist are running what's left into the ground. People want to blame God for their misfortunes instead of taking responsibility for their actions. Mankind was given free will and most have not chosen wisely.
I want that 1957 Chevy driven by the tailing officer so bad!!! That is THE car IMO!
One of my favorit cars, Chevy Belair 57❤❤
Another great episode. Love the era, nice suits and hats. I had to laugh on the tail however. Maybe they wanted to make it look obvious.
ANNOUNCER VOICE: "The law enforcement officer's job is a difficult one. it is made even more difficult when the criminal is an intelligent craftsman, an expert at his brand of lawbreaking. Stanley Wright was such a man. His method of safe-cracking was thorough and sensational."
....gotta love the writing
All they missed was adding “That is until Dan Matthews was assigned to the case…”
Narrator Art Gillmore:
Lt Moore on Dragnet and Adam-12
wait for me, I'll be about 45 minutes, how much was cab fare back in those days?
Not much if you get away with all the jewelry.
Broderick crawford was a underated actor great show
Not really. He won an Academy Award for "All the King's Men" .
@@bovnycccoperalover3579dang right. Also a great film noire actor. He once played a leading man which was against type. Gotta respect him.
A restaurant that serves spaghetti. How rare. Today it would be pasta or risotto at exorbitant rates. A few years ago I drove through St. Louis and saw a few places that served Chop Suey. Not where I live.
I'm Still looking for a Decent
Bowl of Pho' Soup!!
@Juan Monge
Bwaahaahaa!
You got that right!
I asked an elderly colleague (she was actually the "Matriarch" of our company) when was the last time she saw "Chop Suey" on a menu at a Chinese restaurant, and she said "I don't know, but it was a LONG time ago"
Yeah, and the overused term "pasta" started around 1984-ish and still bothers me, because I'm not eating "pasta" I'm having spaghettini al forno or macaroni con salsa cuada.
@WilNeal 801
Pho? I won't eat anything that has name that sounds like another word for athletes foot.
Gone are the days of good old-fashioned “clean” criminal behavior. Nowadays everything is tainted with some form of mental, sociological, psychological or sexual perversion.
+Don R. Mueller, Ph.D.
Aw, doctor. You are very naive. Did you ever hear about Caryl Chessman? That kind of behavior has been going in for a long time.
How about Truman Capote's book about that whole family killed in that farm house.
+ElCid48 No ma'am, it is not naivety, it is simply living sufficiently long and making transparent observations. Too bad that Truman Capote is no longer with us as he could have sold you the Truman Ca-Potty.
Don R. Mueller, Ph.D.
A doctor who can't recognize sexes. May be you are neutral?
ElCid48
I can recognize the distinct difference between "may be" and "maybe."
Give it a rest. Either that or change the dialogue. It's (yawn) tiresome.
Hilarious comedy ! Scripts must have been written by high school drop-outs ! But, the show brings me lotsa laughs ! Keep 'em comin', YT !!
Actress Julie Bennett who played Mrs. Wright (or maybe Mrs. Wrong) in this episode, turned 86 on January 24, 2019. She was a voice actress in many cartoon shows.
She died 2 months ago.
Of the Corona Virus.
You mean she's 24 here? Looks older, even considering people in general looked more mature in 1957 than today...
@@blackfinjrblackfinjr3555 Bollocks. At 86, you can die of anything. And, a sobering datum in the midst of this ridiculous hysteria: overall, women in the US can expect to live 81.2 years. So, corona or not corona, this woman surpassed the mean life by five years!
@@javiergilvidal1558 The reply of an uneducated man, Javier. "Stupid is a condition, ignorance is a choice".
What's remarkable is the states and cities shown here had such a good tax base at the time (this is prior to our present "world economy") that the cops get big Buicks or Oldsmobiles! With an occasional mercury to patrol in! Sorry, no turnpike cruzer rear windows...but anyway, just a look at small town California in the 50's is an amazing time capsule. .
Mr Draco, you were “ aware” of where the country was going- it all was planned- I would try to tell people and no one listened-- now it’s so much worse! I became pretty sick which stopped me from being able to do much but I do pray for this nation- all I can do
Cops have expensive SUVs with battering rams fitted on the grill, and they are overpaid in California, the richest US state. Times have changed.
So true. Much less politics at that time, plus people had more respect for the law and each other. Common sense was more common, too.
It's called "product placements", to get new cars for the films. Only in films, though - regular officers drove cheaper cars back then.
I feel the same frustration and pray as well. I have tried. Talked and talked but people ignore things as long as it doesn't effect them too. I thought COVID would wake people up but it hasn't made enough of dent.
A round table of all the TV detectives wouldn't have figured out the guy was getting them used to seeing him take a cab as quickly as Dan did. You give Dan two or three details about a crime and somehow he can tell you what the guy had for breakfast.
He has the script. You don't. Makes his job easier.
That tiny town couldn't support ANY cab company.
What a script.
The Organ Music is so beautiful. Good old days!
the 5Os were Great! I was a kid then.
You could buy a Swedish straight-handle bolt-action Mauser from Monkey Wards (what we called it) for less than $10, in factory new condition. As a kid, I used to take my little .22 to a hill near my house that required I cross a major artery in the town. Seeing me cross that street with the rifle over my shoulder, bolt open, no one thought anything about it (this is in New England). Then I'd crack off 50 or 100 rounds at cans before going home to do homework. Relieved tension from sitting in school all day bored out of my mind (I eventually got a CAGS -Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies, not because of public schools, but because I liked to read....a lot.) Those times were simply safer, saner, and better.
@doctorwho0077 I suspect you too did your part to brighten those halcyon days. Courtesy and politeness were the keynotes of everyone's behavior in public. Wish we could somehow have frozen that era and preserved it for times like now.
^^^@David Maslow .. I was a baby late 50's, I was a mid 60's onwards kid Ha!!! :P] .v ..
@Johnny Draco Easy. The 60s intervened. There has been no more disastrous decade in human history, and that covers some pretty rough chronological territory. Everything fell apart, morals, music, entertainment, education, the arts, even religion. It all went to Hell in 10 short years.
Wow! An era of slim women without tattoos and self entitlement. Must have been quite a time.
S James - Yup! Sure was a great time.
Not to mention no nose rings and purple hair.
Tattooed women are trashy looking. It’s like banging a dude.
Now mostly overweight, unfeminine, and unreliable.
Sure, swell era.
Wait let me get this straight, they pull a robbery and use a Convertible to escape as some kind of low profile vehicle? Brilliant....
Thats what I was thinking, if you want to try and slip away from someone you'd want a closed car.
Let's stuff this package in the mail box ,thay willl never find it there
Actually, mailing the package was smart. They probably had a safe place to mail it to they hoped. This would of gotten the evidence out of their hands. Well, as they say, crime doesn't pay. It might pay for awhile but eventually greed and stupidity get you busted. This applies to the lone crook, our financial institutions and even most if not ALL of our political leaders. This leaves us idiot taxpayers to foot the bills.
They were the Starsky and Hutch of the crime scene
@@idovbnc Maybe they thought they could be obvious because everyone would be thinking that they wouldn't do something so obvious. I got away with this when I put my flag in the "Stratego" game out in the open....
I remember when flashlights had magnets on them. You could stick them anywhere in your car.
Good Lord, who would risk going to prison and leaving a GORGEOUS BABE like that ?? 😮
Ridiculous they caught her in a car they didn't know they owned before she could mail the package. Kind of stupid.
+wb6162 how did she have the time to get their new car before getting to the meet @ the church. In less than 30 mins. Couldn't have taken the bus. Maybe she ran.
HP always seems to tease you with those endings where the crook gets about three seconds away from a getaway. I was actually sort of rooting for the "listener" on this. I like Dan and all, but I wish they'd at least give us *one*.
@@rahkinrah1963 I don't know about her running in those nice white high heel pumps.
This would never have happened. The crooks were completely ahead, but they had to get caught in those days, after all crime doesn't pay, uh hu? As has been said, how would they know to look for a car they knew nothing about? The town was small, but not that small.
Hollywoodland reality is similar to liberal reality.
Lot easier to see who's in an open top.
Great old show.
Excellent show !
Self Snitching
as Attorney
Bruce Rivers says.
Excellent Episode, Acting, and Ending.
Pretty full church for such an empty parking lot
They took the bus. ;)
+Jay Jay more like a couple buses!
Might be like that ballroom from The Shining.
Craig Bass Miracle of the Loaves & Fishes 😁
HAHAHAHAHA! YEAH! You noticed that huh!
Love the series
Like how all the bad guys in these episodes have attractive wives or girlfriends.
Wish they had done what Jack Webb had done at the end of Dragnet by showing the punishment and sentencing
Not true stories
Highway Patrol: Special 13 of 41.
Season 3. Episode 4. "Safecracker".
Gold Episode 10.
Bad Woman: Julie Bennett.
Tuesday - December 13 - 2022.
That Town and Country Cafe (18:06) was also featured in the Highway Patrol episode ‘Motorcycle A’ with Clint Eastwood. A lot of crime in that town.
Nothing like getting driving advice from Rodrick! not who's right, who's left!!!!
Broaderick not Rodrick !
@@4thstooge75 thank you for the correction.
I love the way dan puts his vocals on speed dial
(:>o).....California has been ruined by the politicians! People look like freaks!
Reps. and Dems. made it happen. The Ca. police is the best paid in all the USA.
You left out the real estate promoters. You need to read up n California history. It wasn't as wonderful as you think.
I like the idea of leaving a taxi sat outside for 45 minutes, wonder what that would cost today?
One can Not just flag down a Cab on the Street any longer, Ya Gotta call 4 an
Uber/Lyft!!! and bring yer Credit Card!
I love highway patrol
Did I miss something here?How did the cops find her that quickly?
+Tom Dockery Have to check the cutting room floor for that scene.
at 18:00 Listen to the Birds
+R Wildermuth always...
This was a time where the suspects were allowed to be in the front seats of police cars.
I like the 'rocket bra' the wife is wearing....;-)
Matches the Front bumper of the 57 Chevy.
You'd have to be careful, she could take your eye out with one of those things lol
Sometimes called a bullet bra.
Pointy bras were the thing back then.
Dixie cups.....
Even the criminals where classy and wore ties while in the process of committing a crime.
Sure, but now, even office workers are dressed like hobos.
Which must mean that the jeans and tee shirt crowd are the honest ones.
Euro 107 Saved.
Saturday, December 2 - 2023.
. . If it weren't for all the footage of people getting in & out of cars, driving cars, & parking cars, these episodes would be about five minutes long.
That what makes them interesting, as they show how life was like in the 50's.
The car tailing him also blocked the driveway.
At least no one died in this episode
Why does the Herbert Jewelry Store have a sign that says "Greene Jewelers"?
Did those old cars have dampers, as the bodies keep moving long after the wheels have stopped. :-)
funny that the tail guy pulled right up outside their house
Seriously... why is the HP investigating safecracking cases?
Seems no city or county cops in that area.
It's the city/town cops" job or may be the Sheriff's. Not the CHP's.
@Coogan haha, I know, huh. Everything was black and white back then and women were called dames or dolls, and pronouns were simpler. But it still makes me kind of chuckle to think that the HP was concerned with anything back then except people motoring their 7000lb, 24 foot long, cars at 80+ mph on America's brand new highway system!
@Coogan haha I'm 60... so I do know more than you might think. But not being a historian of law enforcement I confess I wasn't aware of the HP's scope of duties... but I would have bet a cold beer they weren't into regular cop/sheriff jurisdiction events.
Great tale put on the safe breaker, right outside his house, Windows open and talking on the radio
I've noticed in most of these episodes that the police violates peoples rights all the time.
Is it just the tv show or was it really like that in the 50's.
+Jay Jay yes, that's how it was. Civil rights were just established, but the people as yet were not fully aware of their Constitutional rights.
This was before Miranda. Haven't you ever watched old shows and movies to see how they treated a "suspect"?
I've always heard some departments had so called "hat squads" to slug a confession out of someone back then.
Back then if you were caught your hand in the cookie jar you were guilty, rights or no rights! Laws made it easy to have habitual criminals these days.
Yeah, it was. That is why we all felt safe leaving our doors unlocked at night, and why drugs were the specialty only of the dregs of society. Oh, and our women looked like....well, like women, not something out of the Barnum and Bailey Circus.
Why would she marry a safecracker?--she wasn't that hard up.
She figured it was a safe bet! She wanted security! It was the only safe way to keep him from cheating on her (so she thought - wrong!)!
I was love and she was only 20.
Theymentioned that ADT had a wire to the phone company. ADT has been around a long time!
1874!
She hesitated instead of immediately putting package in mailbox and immediately get into car.
She opened her mouth and talked in front of all law enforcement.
One thing for certain, she is not one that law enforcement would ever use on their side.
There was an old building with a huge big heavy safe in it. The combo. was not known . Many locksmiths had tried to open it but nope People came in with all sort of listening devices to try nope. So I dont know if they ever got that safe out of the old store . It would have taken a crane to move. Saw a number of such safes in big houses when I worked for moving company . I was the driver and did not have to lift stuff . Young men would think they were so smart and try telling me my job. When we were at the houses with the big safes that I know were lifted into the basement when the house was being built me and the owners would have a laugh and tell the boys they had to take the safe with them . Some were so foolish as to try to lift the safes. Very funny stuff
"You should have stayed and listened to the sermon" -Dan "Get's His Man" Matthews!
Hey, The Town and Country Café in the background at 5:49 is the same joint that booted Clint Eastwood and his fellow biker out because the owner didn't like "sicle" bums.
He was already 26 and his fellow biker, 33 ! Not really ages at which to be booted.
I miss the 50’s, when even crooks dressed up for their jobs. Wearing a suit to rob a place is classy.
Daniel you gave me quite a chuckle....but hey it's funny because it's true...my late father always wore a suit,or at least shirt and tie.or slacks and a shirt.He didn't own a pair of jeans.Dressed us kids accordingly.I wear jeans.....BUT I IRON THEM!!!!..Regards and thanks.
Ladies were beautiful , and big breasts weren't in vogue then. They were smartly dressed and not a ton of makeup..
Big sow-udder like breasts were in vogue too, and Marilyn was one of them.
Worst part is the crook always gets caught, all that planning, and he stupidly involves the woman and mails a present, I would have ditched that jewelry in a pre-dug hole 2 min. from the scene, and waited a few months and retrieve it. But they only have 30 min. to catch him.
he shoulda just handed it to someone he had waiting in the church.
Actually mailing it was quite safe and smart.
I was kind of rooting for the bad guy in this one.
Good show! 10-4! 🔫👍,😎.
In real life he would have been using a stethoscope to crack those safes
You are being detained for our safety, but no handcuffs and you get to sit in the front seat sir. Just Like "livePD"
How did they live without airconditioning?
They put the top down. That's why every convertible in this series is "top down".
The safecrackers car is vedry interesting. It appears to have some mild period correct Southern California custom modifications done. Looks like it started out as a 41 or 46 Pontiac but has a custom(Olds?) grille, Cadillac hood peak and maybe 60 series Caddy door extensions. Definitely not stock and definitely very interesting
It is a Cadillac 100%
It looks like a pretty stock 1946 Chevrolet to me.
@@stevenj8628 It is a 1946 Chevy Fleetline. Very stock.
Of all the talents to have this one, "Safe Cracking" is by far the most odd one. Knob Knockers, Nitro, & Torch men were run of the mill. Even tunnel jobs were never as impressive to be able to tickle the tumbler. aka Boston Blackie
DOESN'T ANYBODY HAVE CARS AT CHURCH?
Right? Only the cab and the '57 Chevy cop tail cars were seen, yet the sanctuary was packed!
They lived nearby, within walking distance.
Please explain...why is the Highway Patrol investigating safe cracking? Aren't they too busy writing
bogus traffic tickets ?
I looked up the purpose of Hiway Patrol and they're all about looking out for and enforcing traffic violations. The only other thing they do is ASSIST local police in rural areas and keeping an eye out for non traffic violations. So I would think if any crime were commited in the area, people would call the local authorities, like anywhere else. The Patrol would only HELP the police if they were needed, but not work on their own. So all these episodes are bogus.
@@axiomist1076, so why bother to watch a TV show from 60yrs. ago? You must lead a lonely life. There is a multitude of crap you can watch, do you just randomly choose something you can bitch about?
It’s a tv show. Accept it for what it is and enjoy it.
@@axiomist1076 HP are entitled to arrest suspects in cars and engage them in gun battles, if need be.
@@michaelwertzy9808 He made the right remarks, and you must be living a miserable life to make such an aggressive comment.
Who stops a mile form the mail box and then when they hear a siren stops again before going to the mail box?
And leaves the ass end of the car out in the driving lane?
15:21 ... cab meter ticking away on wait for 45 minutes!? Would have come to around $30 (now around $330).
Shoulda listened to the dame
If they knew the jewelry store was a possible target, why didn't Matthews post a watcher there?
Who puts a package in a mailbox?! Lol so obvious!
Scrip was a little wonki but believable when I was 6 yrs old! Cheers 🇨🇦
Fantastic!.
He tells the cabbie to wait 45 minutes for him? Right, because cabbies are really that gullible.
Stan thinks of everything. Except for the traffic while he's crossing the street. Pow!
21:26 Greene Jewelers. Also giftware and appliances, because jewelry just doesn't have the profit margin.
24:20 Even in a parking lot, he puts the guy in on the driver's side and makes him slide over.