That's wonderful~!~ Ever since I was around 3, 4 years old around 1957 or so,, I used to watch Highway Patrol~!~ I still have vivid recollections of scenes from some episodes~!~ We need shows like this again,, shows supporting real life, and the people who make life better ........... for everyone~!~
I watch these over and over..reminds me of the days when my single mom, brother grandma and grampa lived in poverty..but we got by, I remember waiting for mom to come home from work, while grandma cooked the best breaded porkchops you ever had. we raised pigs, so that came easy, when I was 10, mom met a wonderful man who didnt have to be the father that he was, brought us to a great town, great schools where we hunted fished with our new friends that i still hunt and fish with 50 years ago times were simple...miss my mom, dad, grama and grampa, and the respect young people had for their elders in those days! Broderick is an Icon!!
Ever since I was around 3, 4 years old around 1957 or so,, I used to watch Highway Patrol~!~ I still have vivid recollections of scenes from some episodes~!~ We need shows like this again,, shows supporting real life, and the people who make life better ........... for everyone~!~
I'm 12 years old and why can't everyone be like Dan Mathews. Friendly, Law abiding... Whoops! In real life Broderick Crawford was arrested several times for DUI. He couldn't even drive on public roads during filming of this show. Sad!
Great looking 57 dodges in the opening sequence, including the highway patrol cars themselves....great 50s cars depicted throughout the 55-59 run of this fabulous series!
Go to this videos site, go to the bottom of the page and start with video #1 and work your way to the top, you will see LOTS of Buicks! ua-cam.com/channels/l5vVAmla11Gs_z362laeUw.html
Love the cars, I was a kid in the 50’s and I can still pick out the make and even the year of a lot of these cars, can’t remember my user passwords but I still remember those cars.
One of the best episodes. The way they tied it all together with the horn signals, et cetera. Those crooks had no idea they were dealing with Mathews and company...always a losing proposition.
I'd like to give a shout out to William Boyette for his excellent portrayal of Sgt Ken Williams. I think he gives the most natural performance out of this cast. He also played reoccurring policeman roles in other top shows such as Adam-12, Dragnet, Perry Mason, and others (nearly 300 episodes portraying some type of Law Officer). I wish they had given him his own "Cop" show.
Sgt. Joe Friday would have kicked Dan Mathews azz.....Dragnet is the best police show ever and no one, but no one, is cooler and more bad ass than Joe Friday...just the facts !!! And in the Dragnet movie, Dan Aykroyd IS Joe Friday (his nephew)
We drove one to our Senior High School prom, in' "76, two couples, really, a limo before prom limos were cool. Plenty of room for relaxing, partying, and fun!!!
My first car was a 1959 Dodge Coronet four door like the one Dan is driving. $325 with $50 down and $25 a month. It was pretty old but a great car till I went off to Navy boot camp and left it with my sister who didnt know what oil was. When I got back from boot camp the engine was locked up and sold it for junk. Owned for years by the Bean family in Paragould Arkansas and Bean Chrysler, Dodge Plymouth dealer.
These story lines were so good and clever. Makes you wonder if any real crooks tried them. Always great drama and acting. Liked Dan’s soft suade shoes in this one.
@@djf750 Yeah, it's bad Foley. All the stories were fictitious, as well. But I still loved the show. Mostly filmed in Los Angeles County. This was what _real_ action drama was like in the 50s. Not that corny, sappy drama like "Emergency!", in the 70s...
@@gyrgrls I loved it too, but I watch it now as a comedy. I remember one show when Dan Mathews, all alone and holding a snub nose .38, bellowed out "get ouda da cahhh!! get ouda da cahhhh!" (get out of the car) at 4 heavily armed bank robbers, and they did, all 4 throwing down their guns down, scared by just his voice!! Great show
I love this show. This and my all time favorite Perry Mason. Wish someone would post some Perry Mason episodes. I love the ending words of wisdom, like 'If you care to drive, drive with care'. Too bad many people today don't heed Dan's words of wisdom at the end of each show.
Doncha just LOVE how Central Bullsh-t System STILL grabs bucks off a show that's 62 years old? They or their minions keep pulling those episodes off here when they get posted.
For a tough guy, Dan Matthews is very polite, real cops should take note of this portrayal of a police officer, a servant of the public, and a good example of the position he holds
Remember, if you give blood, leave it at the blood bank, not on the highway. Sorry, I can't say it with Matthews' trite smugness, but then I'm not a trigger-happy thug either.
@@Sootaroot Will people please quit quoting that tired-ass line. I've been truning off the episode after the conclusion because I'm so sick of that line.
it's nice you guys recognize stores and places.i'm enjoying your comments. see how impecably and decent look all these people, even the bad guys. and the cars... and the beautiful women...
With those 57 or '58 Dodges or DeSoto's you could hear that big engine through the firewall! Dan Mathews had a '58 Buick dynaflow...the crooks didn't have a chance.....
The cars are the best parts of Perry Mason ans Highway Patrol. Those boats floated down the road and changed shapes almost every year. I owned a 62 Cadillac convertible and loved it!
Guns never represent justice, only harm. The Dan Matthews character is a perfect demonstration of the old adage that police are nothing but thugs in uniform, except that he was not in uniform, so just a thug.
l like them old 38 fake guns day use n them 1955cars wen Dan shoot one of the crimal s day all ways die but the bullets are fake like the gun is Dan carry's a 22 cowber if y'all did not no that
Damn, those cops were smooth-of course there's no chance the guy holding the wife would simply happen to glance out the front window and notice two guys, one a UNIFORMED cop, standing in the road and looking at the house (not to mention the police unit parked nearby). It's a flat out miracle those geniuses didn't get that poor woman killed.
JFTR, that was back when various types of criminals largely did NOT have 'various types' of military-issue assault weapons.... where nowadays, so many criminals often "out gun" Law Enforcement. SAD!!!
@@elmagodelmaryahoo HAHAHAHA "assault weapon" Like a paint brush? If someone "assaults" you with the paint brush, then _it_ becomes an "assault weapon". You Simp.
@@donkeyslayer4661 well THOSE COMMENTS STRUCK A CORD WHO THE FUCK DOSENT UNDERSTAND IT NOW ???? what idiots VOTED FOR BIDEN AND SEE WHY YOU NEEDED TRUMP NOW ??? THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IS DESTROYED ALL ON PURPOSE BY THE PAID OFF BIDEN OBLAMA COMMUNIST PARTY
Car companies loved this series as an avenue to show off their new iron. Buick did not make a police car in ‘58, too heavy and chromey, but the Buick was used in this show to gauge interest,’just in case’, and this show would never turn down free promo cars!
One of the best episodes, and I love the Dodge and Buick patrol cars, along with the Mercurys (The latter not in THIS episode except in the closing speech, but in others).
Perhaps she was five foot ten herself and looked him right in the eye. However, at 5:18 we see both crooks are the same height. At the arrest, we see one of them is 2 inches shorter than ~6 foot Mathews. Looks like someone took the care to advise the script writer! He was advised the actor was 5 foot 10 and a half, so that's what he wrote in the lines.
Great show but they went to the wrong house. At 14:45 the officer tells Mathews 414 Salem Place but when they nab the bad guy at 24:39 the house number is clearly 4242.
Having been born in the late 1940s these shows were all new to me as I watched them with my parents and siblings, and back then, it seemed that most couples were married! A man was always Mr. and a woman was either Miss or Mrs. I'm an elderly widow now and I still use Mrs.!
In the 1950's and decades before, cars were built solid with steel frames and all metal, no plastic, and the bodies were much heavier sheet metal, tough bumpers. Those "real" cars were rock solid and reliably built to last. Now cars have thin sheet metal, plastic and they all look the same like cakes of soap, no class and no artistic style. Oh how I miss the beautiful cars in those day.
Perhaps she was five foot ten herself and looked him right in the eye. However, at 5:18 we see both crooks are the same height. At the arrest, we see one of them is 2 inches shorter than ~6 foot Mathews. Looks like someone took the care to advise the script writer! He was advised the actor was 5 foot 10 and a half, so that's what he wrote in the lines.
Loved this TV show since my schoolboy days back in the later 1950s. As big a star as Broderick Crawford was, for UK based me those big Yankee V8s were the real stars. There's a Mustang 289 V8 in my Longbridge Birmingham UK built MG ZT 260 .. makes that lovely distinctive V8 sound.
Couple years newer, 1962 New Yorker, same year my wife was born and the year they shaved off the tail fins. 413 V8 which still purrs just like the day it was built. It was my grandfather's car as he bought it new. I still drive it a few times every year. It's like your living room but with wheels!
At 5:01 Matthews squeals his tires pulling out. In some states "breaking traction" is considered "reckless driving", lol. That said...this series was very accurate and was surely (along with Dragnet) the TV programs which inspired many police careers. They did for me...
You know that when Dan and his men take cover behind these cars, they're well protected; no cheap plastic between them and that crook's .38. Today, a BB would pass clear through most vehicles.
@@splash5150izy Amen to that one. What I love about these shows is that they always had a moral to the story. This was good TV. It was inspirational and taught lessons. Too bad we rarely see that today in western tele.
Broderick Crawford makes a big impression on anyone!!!! He doesn't act, he's just himself~!~ Best type of actor PERIOD~!~ The DUKE J.W., was that way too~!~
Not so sure about that. There have always been car clubs that collected, restored and maintained these beauties. That's almost like saying Oldies and Classic Rock would have been forgotten if stations didn't play the hell outta them.
Its her own home ... she can bannish a machine gun if you liked The smart Police work also shows what a well resources, trained and coordinated police service can achieve.
I remember the Hughes at Van Nuys and Burbank very well. At Magnolia and Kester was a Fox market (1950s - 60s) that changed to Food Fair (1960s), then Dale's Jr. (1970s - 80s) before it was replaced by a post office and USPS sorting center.
Ya gotta love the cars from that era. I had a '56 Buick when I was a teenager. It was like a tank. It looked great when I waxed it up, and the motor was easy to work on. I loved that car..
So the one guy that has the record for murder spends over an hour with the potential witness with no attempt at disguise. Has he not heard of mug shots and realize that the first thing the coppersp do is have the witnesses go through them?
@@kenlucas7025 Way less than that. Minimum wage was $1.00 and hour, even if you made more than the minimum, you did not make anywhere near $3.00 an hour. That would not come until several years later.
You made a lot less, but needed a lot less ..over 60 years the price of living has gone up MUCH more than wages have....oh and now you pay for water and air at the gas station !
Ventura Freeway intersection up ahead is the discontinued Old Rondell St. (now Agoura Rd.) ramp in Agoura Hills ½ mile northwest of the Liberty Canyon Rd. intersection. Better view of this intersection @15:56 of the Highway Patrol Prison Break episode. This off ramp intersection at Agoura Rd. was used when filming the 1963 movie, It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, when Phil Silvers waves down Don Knotts for a ride.
Art Gilmore narrates these shows. He is my wife’s uncle. The nicest guy I have ever known. He died at 99. His wife made it to 106.
Did he tell you stories of when he and Broderick Crawford went out drinking?
Loved him in Dragnet and Adam 12.
Look at those cars with big tail fins.
That's wonderful~!~ Ever since I was around 3, 4 years old around 1957 or so,, I used to watch Highway Patrol~!~ I still have vivid recollections of scenes from some episodes~!~ We need shows like this again,, shows supporting real life, and the people who make life better ........... for everyone~!~
Did they eat at burger king or McDonald's?
I watch these over and over..reminds me of the days when my single mom, brother grandma and grampa lived in poverty..but we got by, I remember waiting for mom to come home from work, while grandma cooked the best breaded porkchops you ever had. we raised pigs, so that came easy, when I was 10, mom met a wonderful man who didnt have to be the father that he was, brought us to a great town, great schools where we hunted fished with our new friends that i still hunt and fish with 50 years ago times were simple...miss my mom, dad, grama and grampa, and the respect young people had for their elders in those days! Broderick is an Icon!!
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Sounds like your Step Dad was a great man with high morals and a sense of personal responsibility that he passed on.
@@LesterMoore Brad Paisley song “The Dad He Didn’t Have To Be.”
God, what does your personal history have to do with this crap show?
@@sharpdressedvan are you always an asshole or you just learning?? looks like you jumped to the head of your class...
Ever since I was around 3, 4 years old around 1957 or so,, I used to watch Highway Patrol~!~ I still have vivid recollections of scenes from some episodes~!~ We need shows like this again,, shows supporting real life, and the people who make life better ........... for everyone~!~
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I'm 12 years old and why can't everyone be like Dan Mathews. Friendly, Law abiding... Whoops! In real life Broderick Crawford was arrested several times for DUI. He couldn't even drive on public roads during filming of this show. Sad!
Great looking 57 dodges in the opening sequence, including the highway patrol cars themselves....great 50s cars depicted throughout the 55-59 run of this fabulous series!
Why do I remember Buicks? Weird, I used to watch this show when I was a kid, distinctly remember portholes on a Buick.
Go to this videos site, go to the bottom of the page and start with video #1 and work your way to the top, you will see LOTS of Buicks! ua-cam.com/channels/l5vVAmla11Gs_z362laeUw.html
@@tooties545 Portholes on 1956 & 1957 Thunderbird's optional Hard Tops. 1955's did not have portholes. We have Ventiports on front fenders for Buicks.
Love the cars, I was a kid in the 50’s and I can still pick out the make and even the year of a lot of these cars, can’t remember my user passwords but I still remember those cars.
Buicks you dildo! They were Buicks! I see Broderick Crawford wasn't the only drunk here!
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@nnyarmstrong2013 BR-549 is Junior Samples plate number from HEE-HAAAAW.
One of the best episodes. The way they tied it all together with the horn signals, et cetera. Those crooks had no idea they were dealing with Mathews and company...always a losing proposition.
John A. Im gonna try that MO and do me some robberies.
Tim Weaser If you keep writing stuff like that you will have a Dan Matthews knocking on your door.lol
I SURELY AGREE, THE WAY THEY TIED~UP THE OPERATION IS ENTERTAINING...AS WELL AS THE DIALOGUE OF THE GOOD @ BAD!!!
If the crooks listened to a police scanner on that one, she probably wouldn't live
@@timweaser3804 Nice shot Dan!
I'd like to give a shout out to William Boyette for his excellent portrayal of Sgt Ken Williams. I think he gives the most natural performance out of this cast. He also played reoccurring policeman roles in other top shows such as Adam-12, Dragnet, Perry Mason, and others (nearly 300 episodes portraying some type of Law Officer).
I wish they had given him his own "Cop" show.
My late Father's favorite Police show, especially with Broderick Crawford in the lead role.
Same here !
Vy
The ladies looked great. They were slim and dressed to emphasize their figures.
Sgt. Joe Friday would have kicked Dan Mathews azz.....Dragnet is the best police show ever and no one, but no one, is cooler and more bad ass than Joe Friday...just the facts !!! And in the Dragnet movie, Dan Aykroyd IS Joe Friday (his nephew)
I'd love to drink beer with broderick crawford. Apparently he could really tilt back the drinks.
I really like this show! It's been years since I watched it...thank you!
That 58 Buick....Wow. One of my favorite 50s cars.
I loved the 58 Pontiac Bonneville or the Chieftain.
They had real chrome back then and plenty of it. Not afraid to show it off and spread it around.
Awesome cars❤❤
We drove one to our Senior High School prom, in' "76, two couples, really, a limo before prom limos were cool. Plenty of room for relaxing, partying, and fun!!!
My first car was a 1959 Dodge Coronet four door like the one Dan is driving. $325 with $50 down and $25 a month. It was pretty old but a great car till I went off to Navy boot camp and left it with my sister who didnt know what oil was. When I got back from boot camp the engine was locked up and sold it for junk. Owned for years by the Bean family in Paragould Arkansas and Bean Chrysler, Dodge Plymouth dealer.
CHP used Dodge for many years. The ones with the big V-8
Love those 59 Coronets! interesting tho, that the CHP cruisers are 2 doors
Thank you. Enjoy seeing older vehicles and the way men dressed.
These story lines were so good and clever. Makes you wonder if any real crooks tried them.
Always great drama and acting. Liked Dan’s soft suade shoes in this one.
Love the squealing of the Police car tires!😀 Dan Matthews rocks!👍
they even squeal when they are on unpaved dirt roads, I love this show
@@djf750 Yeah, it's bad Foley. All the stories were fictitious, as well. But I still loved the show. Mostly filmed in Los Angeles County. This was what _real_ action drama was like in the 50s. Not that corny, sappy drama like "Emergency!", in the 70s...
@@gyrgrls I loved it too, but I watch it now as a comedy.
I remember one show when Dan Mathews, all alone and holding a snub nose .38, bellowed out "get ouda da cahhh!! get ouda da cahhhh!" (get out of the car) at 4 heavily armed bank robbers, and they did, all 4 throwing down their guns down, scared by just his voice!!
Great show
I love this show. This and my all time favorite Perry Mason. Wish someone would
post some Perry Mason episodes. I love the ending words of wisdom, like
'If you care to drive, drive with care'. Too bad many people today don't heed
Dan's words of wisdom at the end of each show.
Doncha just LOVE how Central Bullsh-t System STILL grabs bucks off a show that's 62 years old? They or their minions keep pulling those episodes off here when they get posted.
Including Dan himself!
@@JackGordone Is it irony or hypocrisy ?
Such a hit series plot lines as good as Dragnet and more guns blazing than Gangbusters. I am Loving this Series.TY
For a tough guy, Dan Matthews is very polite, real cops should take note of this portrayal of a police officer, a servant of the public, and a good example of the position he holds
walk a mile in a cops shoes jerk-o!
@@docsavage6024 FU
@@docsavage6024 more like Cock savage
The cops👮♂️ nowadays could learn a LOT from Dan!
HP should be required viewing for every police academy recruit.
@@straybullitt Larriby at the office was quite efficient as well.
I really like this show! Good episodes! Love Broderick Crawford in the lead role!
nice to see the old cars as daily drivers
thank you for this tv series love it brings back memories
Classy tense filled episode - loved it! Thanks as always, from a whole lot of grateful blood donating viewers for uploading these.
Remember, if you give blood, leave it at the blood bank, not on the highway. Sorry, I can't say it with Matthews' trite smugness, but then I'm not a trigger-happy thug either.
And NO swearing..... Wow !!
@@Sootaroot Will people please quit quoting that tired-ass line. I've been truning off the episode after the conclusion because I'm so sick of that line.
@@dennisandry1632 Start a revolution and don't swear..... It could catch on.....
it's nice you guys recognize stores and places.i'm enjoying your comments. see how impecably and decent look all these people, even the bad guys. and the cars... and the beautiful women...
Yes! People used to always want to look nice now matter when, or where they went! Sadly today so many people look like death warmed over!!! LOL!!!
Hughes market was on corner of Coldwater ave Ventura blvd. now its a Ralphs , old building long gone.
i remember it well, was still there till mid eighties, thanks for the reminder
love these shows😘
With those 57 or '58 Dodges or DeSoto's you could hear that big engine through the firewall! Dan Mathews had a '58 Buick dynaflow...the crooks didn't have a chance.....
Lol
I was trying to remember what model of Buick that was. Thanks
@@mr.wizard2974 Those 58' Buicks' transmissions sucked.I owned one of those cars for three weeks in 1969 before the transmission locked.
The cars are the best parts of Perry Mason ans Highway Patrol. Those boats floated down the road and changed shapes almost every year. I owned a 62 Cadillac convertible and loved it!
Been looking at 0 to 60 times for those cars they were no sluggards .
No peep hole at the doors, no dogs, no security alarms,no household cameras, no household guns?
Not even one of the above?
Wow!
How make believe.
Miss Harvey Lewis gave the description of one bandit: 5 foot, 10 inches and half. AND HALF! . Wow, I love it.
Once again the barking .38 snubby metes out justice in 26 minutes.Always accurate,fedoras all around.
Just about every man and his brother wore fedoras back in the 50s. That was the era before baseball style hats became acceptable.
@@harrisonmantooth3647 Stetsons were great hats..There is a university in DeLand, Florida called Stetson. Their mascot...The Hatter's ! ! 🎈🎈
Stetson very good university i love to watch high way patrole
Guns never represent justice, only harm. The Dan Matthews character is a perfect demonstration of the old adage that police are nothing but thugs in uniform, except that he was not in uniform, so just a thug.
Sootaroot it must suck for you to live in your little bubble, devoid of reality.
Really good show!
l like them old 38 fake guns day use n them 1955cars wen Dan shoot one of the crimal s day all ways die but the bullets are fake like the gun is Dan carry's a 22 cowber if y'all did not no that
Huges supermarket was a popular market chain when I was a kid. Like many other chains, they have disappeared
Damn, those cops were smooth-of course there's no chance the guy holding the wife would simply happen to glance out the front window and notice two guys, one a UNIFORMED cop, standing in the road and looking at the house (not to mention the police unit parked nearby). It's a flat out miracle those geniuses didn't get that poor woman killed.
Good ! And the black Chrysler is gorgeous.
All those cars of the 50s, it 's like a dream !
A lot of "heavy metal" in those old cars!
Cars then were wonderful!
@@uglyturnips2813 But they had thin tyres and the engine sounded not so smooth.
This is back when even Budweiser cans were made of metal and you had to have tools in order to get into em...church keys!
Real Steel.
@@charliemorris2338 I think the cans came a few years later. Everything was in bottles with that caddy for six.
Now that's a perfect witness. She allegedly described the man as Five feet ten and a half inches. Wow.
lol...yeah that's pretty funny...
Could be she realized he was as tall as her husband...
She was obviously a good judge of size.
"Dark complexion" probably meant "off-white", because we don't see any real dark-skinned people in the series.
Today she could also do it in centimeters.
Dan taking down crooks in his bedroom slippers , you have to be comfortable fighting crime lmao
The good ol' days when the bad guys wore a suit and tie.
That was only on TV. June Cleaver wore heels and pearls to do the house work !
Lol...White collar crimes...
They still do, they just don't go around w/guns shooting people, they use the pen! 😀...
Steven Holladay I thought the same thing. Even our gangsters have gone down hill.
@Carol Young Plus no butt hanging out
I love how fast things get done no games just done
Dedication, perseverance and timeliness. Characteristics badly needed today.
Amazing these stores had any cash because they have no customers! Great productions from life in the 1950s. Thank you.
Excellent show.
Good solid police work...no need for SWAT or helicopters or military vehicles...the way it used to be done.
Well, that was the real America back then.....
Or negotiator.
JFTR, that was back when various types of criminals largely did NOT have 'various types' of military-issue assault weapons.... where nowadays, so many criminals often "out gun" Law Enforcement. SAD!!!
@@axiomist1076 Or left leaning lawyers and bleeding heart judges!
@@elmagodelmaryahoo HAHAHAHA "assault weapon" Like a paint brush? If someone "assaults" you with the paint brush, then _it_ becomes an "assault weapon". You Simp.
Dan, to the crook "We don't make deals".
china to trump.. "we dont make deals"
China to Biden: You are going take our deal on our terms.
Biden to China: I know, after all, I'm on your side.
@@donkeyslayer4661 well THOSE COMMENTS STRUCK A CORD
WHO THE FUCK DOSENT UNDERSTAND IT NOW ????
what idiots VOTED FOR BIDEN AND SEE WHY YOU NEEDED TRUMP NOW ???
THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IS DESTROYED ALL ON PURPOSE BY THE PAID OFF BIDEN OBLAMA COMMUNIST PARTY
@@paulremmey8268 Get some help!!
sick n tired of some of the replies being omitted by the "Top Chat" setting! "4 replies" does not mean 3.
The cars in THIS episode WOW!
And easy to steal
Great program.
Car companies loved this series as an avenue to show off their new iron. Buick did not make a police car in ‘58, too heavy and chromey, but the Buick was used in this show to gauge interest,’just in case’, and this show would never turn down free promo cars!
Another classic episode
One of the best episodes, and I love the Dodge and Buick patrol cars, along with the Mercurys (The latter not in THIS episode except in the closing speech, but in others).
Look at those awesome tailfins on those land yachts!
Great episode for car spotting. 1950's Plymouth's, Dodge's DeSoto's, Chrysler's, Buick's, and more.
@Chris Neilson massive bumpers of chrome plate- same insurance as today ?
I love seeing all these now classic cars in these older shows.
Wow... that lady is a wonderful observer. She said one of the men was five feet, one and a half inches tall.
maybe danny devito
Yet she missed the baddies' car licence plate....
@@walkergillette3918 🤣
Perhaps she was five foot ten herself and looked him right in the eye. However, at 5:18 we see both crooks are the same height. At the arrest, we see one of them is 2 inches shorter than ~6 foot Mathews. Looks like someone took the care to advise the script writer! He was advised the actor was 5 foot 10 and a half, so that's what he wrote in the lines.
Great show but they went to the wrong house. At 14:45 the officer tells Mathews 414 Salem Place but when they nab the bad guy at 24:39 the house number is clearly 4242.
good catch didn't notice that
So Matthews killed an innocent man ? Oh well, old Dan would not worry about such minor details.
Having been born in the late 1940s these shows were all new to me as I watched them with my parents and siblings, and back then, it seemed that most couples were married! A man was always Mr. and a woman was either Miss or Mrs. I'm an
elderly widow now and I still use Mrs.!
One of my favorites along with the '50s version of Dragnet. The 1954 Dragnet movie was also excellent.
I think that Hughes market was on Ventura blvd maybe near laurel canyon
Those big fins made the cars go faster.
Even standing still!
😂
But they couldn't make the cars float in water.
Fantastic Episode.
cars were a little more solid back then no plastic part or computers to wear out prematurely
In the 1950's and decades before, cars were built solid with steel frames and all metal, no plastic, and the bodies were much heavier sheet metal, tough bumpers. Those "real" cars were rock solid and reliably built to last. Now cars have thin sheet metal, plastic and they all look the same like cakes of soap, no class and no artistic style. Oh how I miss the beautiful cars in those day.
And then there is the "NEW" Dodge Dart
It's so good to see those old cars, brings me back to my youth. My first car in 1969, was a 1960 Pontiac Bonneville.
Turbo Shaft .,They were also made in America!
@@leecoffman2594 And, they had a smooooth ride. You felt like you were flying.
trumpets, tympany rolls, snare drum, a strong theme song - like the old movies.
Five foot ten and a half. That's an amazing description. She probably had his weight within 6 ounces.
And his horoscope...
Perhaps she was five foot ten herself and looked him right in the eye. However, at 5:18 we see both crooks are the same height. At the arrest, we see one of them is 2 inches shorter than ~6 foot Mathews. Looks like someone took the care to advise the script writer! He was advised the actor was 5 foot 10 and a half, so that's what he wrote in the lines.
Any guesses on the year, make and model of the 2-door convertible in the opening helicopter shot? Maybe a Nash?
Loved this TV show since my schoolboy days back in the later 1950s. As big a star as Broderick Crawford was, for UK based me those big Yankee V8s were the real stars. There's a Mustang 289 V8 in my Longbridge Birmingham UK built MG ZT 260 .. makes that lovely distinctive V8 sound.
Couple years newer, 1962 New Yorker, same year my wife was born and the year they shaved off the tail fins. 413 V8 which still purrs just like the day it was built. It was my grandfather's car as he bought it new. I still drive it a few times every year. It's like your living room but with wheels!
Mom, Dad, can we eat dinner in the living room while we watch TV?
Yeah, just open up the TV trays and plunk ourselves down in front of the show.
@Brian Salomon Trust Swanson's!
You sure can. Old black and white movies were super.
I loved those frozen tv dinners in the metal tray!
Dad says don't you think about going to the other two channels, leave that clicker alone.
What a man. What a man.
I liked the mouldings on the 1958 Plymouth, straight.
At 5:01 Matthews squeals his tires pulling out. In some states "breaking traction" is considered "reckless driving", lol.
That said...this series was very accurate and was surely (along with Dragnet) the TV programs which inspired many police careers.
They did for me...
well except the the highway patrol didnt do general police enforcement work.
So you decided you wanted to be a trigger-happy thug ?
He also got a DUI.
Yes but no rubber on the pavement.Sound was added.
That''s how they robbed the store in the movie,
Crazy Larry and dirty Mary.
Thats exactly what it made me think of. =)
Thought the same thing.RIP Peter Fonda
Dirty Mary was clean where it mattered.
@24:46 Mathews shoots 4 shots like a badass to ensure the job gets done. Very nice. Imagine Matthews and Callahan working together.
They worked together in season 1 episode 27.
Good program. Love how highway patrol does everything but patrol highways.
Broderick Crawford pretty good with that snubbie S&W Model 36 .38 Special.
James Bond took out a lot of bad guys with a small handgun also I believe it was 380 caliber
@@lorenjohnson7488 .. You know your guns girl Ha!!! :P] .v ..
There is never anything good about guns. They represent evil, and so do those who use them.
Did ALL cars have fins back then?
You know that when Dan and his men take cover behind these cars, they're well protected; no cheap plastic between them and that crook's .38. Today, a BB would pass clear through most vehicles.
I’m glad they lived and the baddies got caught
leave your blood at the red cross, and not on the highway.
And, 'If you care to drive, drive with care'.
@@archangele1 .. "And just remember cars don't kill people, people kill people" Ha!!! :P] .v ..
@@splash5150izy Amen to that one. What I love about these shows is that they always had a moral to the story. This was good TV.
It was inspirational and taught lessons.
Too bad we rarely see that today in
western tele.
Leave your blood with the pubic lice. Not on the highway!!
Don't they mean leave some of your blood at the Red Cross
Although these episodes are obviously low budget, the plot and the acting are superb. Even the actors that portray the criminals are realistic.
Broderick Crawford makes a big impression on anyone!!!! He doesn't act, he's just himself~!~ Best type of actor PERIOD~!~ The DUKE J.W., was that way too~!~
THAT is who I was trying to compare him with,.... the DUKE !
One robber gets the pen, the other the graveyard.
If it wasn't for this show all of these old cars would be forgotten! I even owned some of them myself.
Not so sure about that. There have always been car clubs that collected, restored and maintained these beauties. That's almost like saying Oldies and Classic Rock would have been forgotten if stations didn't play the hell outta them.
Notice he has to lean on cars and desks to keep from falling over.
Wonder why they never mention make and model on the BOLO radio transmissions?
Mrs. Lewis makes a good case for Concealled Carry!
Its her own home ... she can bannish a machine gun if you liked
The smart Police work also shows what a well resources, trained and coordinated police service can achieve.
It may not have done her any good if she didn't have the gun on her since she was at home.
The tough guy holding the woman hostage didn't look so tough after he got ventilated.
Like the old Dragnets, I think I've seen every episode at least twice,
Awesome show.
What made this show along with naked city so sweet was the cars and it was always on location
Hughes market was a Los Angeles base grocery store chain ... went out of business in the late ( 1950s- 1990's), purchase by Ralph's Grocery.
thanks never heard of them, Alpha Beta yes
Comprable to Vons grocery store
I remember the Hughes at Van Nuys and Burbank very well.
At Magnolia and Kester was a Fox market (1950s - 60s) that changed to Food Fair (1960s), then Dale's Jr. (1970s - 80s) before it was replaced by a post office and USPS sorting center.
As a sales manager for Procter & Gamble, I called on Hughes in 1985-86. Great store. Their EVP made the 3 Martini Lunch a thing.
Ya gotta love the cars from that era. I had a '56 Buick when I was a teenager. It was like a tank. It looked great when I waxed it up, and the motor was easy to work on. I loved that car..
I loved this series as a kid. Now, I kinda chuckle at every HP radio transmission taking place while standing outside the patrol car.
So the one guy that has the record for murder spends over an hour with the potential witness with no attempt at disguise.
Has he not heard of mug shots and realize that the first thing the coppersp do is have the witnesses go through them?
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Where are these beautiful cars today ? Are any of them still around today anywhere?
"If ANYTHING happens to MY wife/children" How many times THIS line has been used when the odds were TOTALLY against him hahaha!
I know what can they do trying to be bad
@@douglasharvey8331 It sounded more emotional driven then someone trying to be "bad".
ANYONE check out the prices in the supermarket(smile)
Yeah but the average American made $3.00 an hour in 1959. Same difference.
@@kenlucas7025 Way less than that. Minimum wage was $1.00 and hour, even if you made more than the minimum, you did not make anywhere near $3.00 an hour. That would not come until several years later.
@@tommytruth7595 I made $2.65 an hour +tips as a waitress in my first job back in the mid-1980's.
You made a lot less, but needed a lot less ..over 60 years the price of living has gone up MUCH more than wages have....oh and now you pay for water and air at the gas station !
Oh boy would like to have that Dodge and Pontiac today in mint stock condition. nice TV show Thanks.
Awesome viewing.
Dig those crazy shoes that Dan's wearing! Hush Puppies?
Yeah, hes a stickler for style, tan Hush Puppies with a dark suit. The old Prince of Wales had nothing on Dan, Ha, ha, ha !
This is the second time I've seen him wearing sneakers due to his chronic foot problems.
the shoes looked a little like night slippers, no socks. Bet he had gout, or other foot issues.
Not exactly color coordinated.
@@Back2Analog I was going to say, maybe he had gout?
thats when detroit knew how to build cars. 3tons of detroit steel at 70 mph. 1/2 the bolts under the floor mat. what a time to remember
Three tons of gas guzzling monster. Lucky that gas back then was 10 cents a gallon!
The survival rate from collisions was better too! Today's foreign cars not so tough!!!
How much were those Cadillac back in those days?
That hostage lady looked like Joanie from Happy Days.
Bad Axident: Susan Dorn the actress played in 3 of these Highway Patrol episodes. She was a familiar face on 1950’s television.
She looks alot like Alfred Hitchcock's daughter too.
Nope. She looked more like Darla Hood from the little rascals.
Looked alittle like the young daughter on Father knows Best around the eyes.
Love those cars of the fifties.
I wonder what that intersection at the start of the show looks like today .. I know it’s still not vacant 🤔
Ventura Freeway intersection up ahead is the discontinued Old Rondell St. (now Agoura Rd.) ramp in Agoura Hills ½ mile northwest of the Liberty Canyon Rd. intersection. Better view of this intersection @15:56 of the Highway Patrol Prison Break episode. This off ramp intersection at Agoura Rd. was used when filming the 1963 movie, It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, when Phil Silvers waves down Don Knotts for a ride.
Anybody else catch the similarities between this episode and the movie "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry?"