The actor who portrayed Thornton did a good job making his character believable. You actually felt sorry for the guy, knowing that he was the victim of massive injustice. His bitterness and determination to seek revenge on the person who ruined his life was understandable. Highway Patrol episodes are _always_ entertaining, but this one was better than usual.
@@paulremmey8268 I don't know why, but I wanted and almost expected the cop who stayed behind after Mathews left to smack that weasel who was tied up in the chair in the head.
Fantastic episode,finally met someone who can go word for word with dan! "My salary was 50k why should I take a cut in pay.... the most righteous vic in the history of this program
This is a great series. An American classic. I've watched many movies starring Broderick Crawford and have never been disappointed. Love old series and movies. From Noir to musicals, thrillers, detective, crime, drama, comedy, the lot. Bless all those great men and women.
I'm with you. Once in a while I'll watch a newer film, usual a Christian based story, but I really like the old black and white. Watching color just isn't the same.
This is one of the best, in my opinion, but I'd be hard pressed to decide which one is actually the best. There are a few lame episodes. Still, those are better than most of the video produced now.
One hundred forty nine episodes? Oh, my, am I going binge watch supreme! When I told my sisters I've been watching Highway Patrol they both looked at me like "Why would you do that?" They both remember seeing it when we were kids in the 1950's. I don't. I wasn't old enough to watch television, and I was only interested in animal programs like Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, and marveling the stylized, multicolored peacock on NBC station breaks. Oh, and the little fairy Tinkerbell at the opening of Walt Disney. So, off to view another episode of my new favorite show, seventy ears later, Highway Patrol.
I don't know, don't care, and don't want to hear about it. I only look at the character an actor portrays. I don't want to know anything about his/her life other than their acting. That's all that really matters when watching shows, this one included.
Under California Penal Code section 29800, you commit a felony by merely owning a gun or by purchasing, receiving, or possessing one after having a felony conviction. You cannot even have a gun under your custody or control without breaking California law if you are a felon.
Wonderful line from DM to sawed-off perp with the gimp arm. I won’t give it away for the benefit of those who haven’t yet seen this and who, like myself, read the comments before watching the episodes. Much thanks to the uploader for sharing. This is my second go-round watching. But enough time has elapsed so I’ve forgotten the stories.
I, too, remember those days. We took care of patients who were there as a result of smoking and were allowed to smoke in their hospital bed putting the care givers in peril due to second hand smoke. We were very happy when smoking was banned. Now, smoking on the grounds is banned. No smoking in restaurants . YEAH!! All you still addicted to smoking learn what COPD.stands for and what it's like living with it and dying, like Leonard Nemoy ( Mr.Spock) did. Struggling to breathe, and attached to an oxygen tank. just keeping puffing on those little white sticks and I'll see you in ICU. 🎈🎈
David Maslow Today's cars are pussies. haha Like all these devices. I love the one that allows the car to drive itself. What those making these things are forgetting is the majority of people do not use their heads if they don't have to. So, if a car will brake and drive itself, when that electronic part goes out, what we will have on the roads are a bunch od morons who will have no idea what to do. So, we will have more accidents. Combine that with those idiots on cell phones, texting,and drinking or doing heavy drugs all driving and we will have massive pileups any where a car or truck can drive onto. All the cars today look like pods and one looks like the other. No personality. It used to be the driver's looks suited their vehicle. Not today. Take care and I'm sure we'll run into eachother again on here. Hope you have a wonderful week.
Technically, with the "murder victim" alive, Thornton was no felon because the crime he was sent up for has been invalidated. Also in his defense was the fact that he was under mental duress.
It would be invalidated later on but not on the spot. I've heard of people staying in prison awhile longer until the 'system' finally releases them. Seems pretty unfair but I suppose they have to be sure of things.
One of the goofs that they made on this show time and time again was with the use of their radios. At 12:32 when this officer calls Dan, he still has his radio keyed up when Dan answers him. Both of them kept their radio's keyed during their entire conversation. This is so noticeable, especially if you have used radios a lot like I have.
Good catch. They must have had "full duplex" capable radios. Just kidding. Even if they were running in full duplex mode, the feedback (sqealing) from the radios using a speaker would have been unbearable.
And I thought that I was the only one who noticed that happens a lot in these shows. Quite often they start speaking before the microphone is even up to their mouth too. Maybe it's just something that people who use radios would notice. Telephones too.. they say hello when the handset is barely lifted up from the cradle.
@@tralfazy You mentioned telephones in your comment. The most blatant one I ever saw was a film they made in the late 1930's about farming. The farmer had to make a call on the old crank phone. He picked up the reciever, turned the crank, gave the operator the number and in less than five seconds from the time he turned the crank, he was talking to his party. Now that is way overboard. I also have saw lots of TV shows where that happens especially on the old rotary phones. They dial the last number and almost before the dial stops spinning, they are talling to the person they called. That is soooo noticeable.
@@Eddie_Schantz Pretty unrealistic but it's to be expected I guess. Can't have too much dead time. Another silly TV thing that makes me laugh is the 'binocular view' where they show a view with two holes with points in the top and bottom centers. I laugh and say "it doesn't look like that at all when you look through binoculars!". Then they make it worse by having the image zoom! hahaha
I wonder why they didn't come up with something different for Crawford to say at the end of each episode, like they did with Rockford''s answering machine on The Rockford Files, another one of my favorite shows.
^^^@Wanda James .. And I bid a bid a bid a bid a bid bid a bid $1000 going, going .. Yes Dan talk's like real fast, he woulda made a Great Auctioneer Ha!!! :P] .v ..
He had a few 'issues with booze, even had a hard time with his lines in this show. This series was a big comedown from winning an Oscar a decade before, but he made out fine here because he owned part of the show. Made bank for him till the day he died.
+thesmkrscorner In the 50's the "Miranda Ruling" had not been settled. Cops could almost torture people without them even knowing their Constitutional Rights. Even though I've worked in Law Enforcement for almost 40 years I'm glad that people are told their rights. It makes cops do their jobs better so when (if?) a case comes to trial there is a better chance of a lawful conviction and far less likely to put an innocent person in Prison. Many people think the Miranda Ruling is anti-cop and anti-justice when actually it is quite the opposite. Remember, when an innocent person goes to jail the truly guilty person walks away free as a bird...
randy109 -I agree. I was a cop for 20 yrs. We have to do it right in order for the system to be fair and just. I said for years, if we do our jobs right, we do more on a daily basis to preserve freedom and individual liberty than the ACLU or any other misguided organization ever could. All they can do is squawk about sonething after it happens. If we do it right, we prevent the problem altogether, thus preserving freedom, liberty, and fairness. Everyone wins, hopefully
There were only ten or eleven in the whole country back then. Once the Supreme Court started sticking its legal nose where it didn't belong, lawyering spread like herpes in a brothel.
One episode, Dan demands to look in a backpack. They let him after they at first refused. No 4th Amendment rights. Very entertaining show for the era. But they played fast and loose with the Constitution.
You don't know how right on you are with that statement! When my wife called the police in L.A. after a complete "take over" robbery at the bank that she was a manager of, it took them 40 minutes to get there! She came home that day and said, "I think that we may have to find another place (state) to move to". Less than a year later, we vacated from California where we both had lived all of our past lives' to Arizona!
@@tomservo56954 incorrect.... Matthews had so many dui,s and driving under the influence and it was common knowledge they dropped out because those issues were very concerning to them and made them look terrible
One of the very best THP episodes, if not the best, but it would have had a better ending if the man who had been tied up had died of a heart attack or something. Also, when Dan Matthews said to the crook: “"I didn't come here to save you", wasn’t that exactly the reason why he tried to save him as he earlier said to detective Piersall at 10:12 that: “Were going to have to find Sylvester before Thornton really becomes a murderer.” After all, Thornton had already paid his dues in prison for killing that man and you can’t charge a person for the same crime twice.
*If the man was innocent of murder after all, why would Matthews tell him "it's illegal for you to carry a gun"? Just because he had been wrongly convicted? If so, no wonder so many of our laws are utterly flawed.*
@@PointyTailofSatan Right. And until it is overturned, he's still a parolee, unlawful for him to carry a gun, as is the law in most every state. What say you, Dan Matthews? "10-4"
@@grigorirasputin5020 It's enough that it was in his possession, no matter who the owner. Period . To use the radio code jargon: "The gun's 10-20 was 10-10 in his possession. 10-4? 10-4." "Book 'im Dano."
@18:25, house in back of sidewalk hydrant appears to be #3600 Amesbury Rd. in the Los Feliz section of LA. The lot Tom “Man Boobs” Thornton walks into matches up with #3614 Amesbury Rd, but @18:30, the momentary photo of that house appears to be located a little more uphill at #3660 Amesbury Rd.
I know the names of towns they used were fictitious But Amityville, Freeport & Hempstead ? all towns in NY on Long Island .I bet the writer of this episode was a Long Islander.
This episode reminds me of a case on "Law & Order" where Burt Young was special guest star. When Dan Mathews said, "Put a tail on HIM"! It reminded me of the constant tail Jack McCoy put on Burt Young's character! I wonder if Dan Mathews is a distant relative of Jack McCoy!!! 😆 😂😜
Typical government balony. He does a stretch for something he didn't do, then gets pinched for carrying a rod he didn't bring to the party and doesn't even own. All kinds of civil rights violations.
Clearly You've NEVER been screwed by the court system. Once you've been mistreated when you were ACTUALLY Innocent you'd take a different view of this episode! My Mother and I were screwed by the court system and the people that falsely accused us sat there in court and LET IT HAPPEN! Laugh that off!
Let's get technical. If the man he was convicted of murdering was alive, then the conviction gets overturned, and then he would be able to have the gun, so he shouldn't have been arrested.
Mexican, True, but the court has to over turn the conviction first then the firearm charge would be dropped because at that point would be nul and void
@@bertgrau9246 even if the court did not overturn his conviction , the court would have convicted him twice. One time the court convicted an innocent man for murder , then convicted him again for carrying a gun. In both these convictions the law was wrong !
A court is going to have to determine that and get the conviction overturned. That will require legal action. He's still a convict in the eyes of the law until that legal action is completed. Also he IS guilty of hostage taking
This episode had a lot of legal questions and ramifications. One, he racked up a breaking n entering charge. But -- as far as assault with the deadly weapon, he assaulted the guy to prevent him from getting the gun, and could say, he held the gun on him and tied him up for his own safety. That is, if he'd kept his mouth shut about his intentions to kill the guy (LOL) Totally agree with your comment on the felon with a gun issue.
I wish they had a few more minutes to show Thornton was released and given compensation for those years in prison. Oh Well, we will just have to imagine it.
He doesn't handcuff the guy, and lets the guy sit in the front seat with him, some things in this show are way off. It's on at 5am, I enjoy watching it when I wake up early. I remember this as a little kid, you don't see older men who smoked heavy like Broderick, running after bad guys today. You notice there's more older guys in this show, and their tough bastards too. People don't like looking at wrinkle skin today, this world it turning into a strange place.
he didn't handcuff the guy at first when they brought him in for questioning, but they did handcuff him in the end when he had the guy who he supposedly killed but anyways the gun belonged to the criminal who faked his own death and had all the stolen goods so in reality the one who should be getting arrested and convicted is him, and the one who was falsely incarcerated for 13 years should be getting paid back for the years of his life he will never get back and I don't think he should be charged of nothing, he didn't harm the guy he just tied him up and scared him
Matthews was a real allrounder. Historical securities theft should be jurisdiction of another arm of law enforcement not highway patrol. Maps & road blocks don't feel like the best tool here lol
He was convicted in another state? Why was he allowed to leave the state while still on parole? Oh, wait, I know. He was sent to Dan Mathews' supervision.
negative. Unless it's police or DA misconduct would he be entitled to any money. He also would have been charged with breaking and entering on top of the gun violation.
@Black Buick According to my research the original MRSP price for a new 1957 Plymouth Plaza 4 door sedan was $2,155.00. www.nadaguides.com/Cars/1957/Plymouth/Plaza/4-Door-Sedan/Values
LOL Arrested him for carrying a gun. What’s the basis for that? Good thing they still practiced jury nullification. I think they’d have a hard time making that stick, especially since he was wrongfully convicted to begin with. Assaulting a police officer would have been more believable.
^^^@daniel lack .. The tail is Ron Foster, he appeared on a Bonanza episode "Invention of a Gunfighter" He got his ass all shot up by a guy he threatened in a saloon bar room at the start of the show Ha!!! :P] .v ..
I love how they use to be able to put so much into a short 30 minutes.... now it takes 30 minutes to just get started and end up with an hour to hour and a half program and they "always" never fails to have a sex scene they can't seem to know how to make a clean move nowadays.
12021 my foot. Wouldn't stand up once the murder conviction is overturned, obviously. But they can get him on 459, 245, and 236/237 easily. 3 new felonies because of the one he didn't do. Ironic. If he had killed him, i wonder if they could have upped it to murder one, premeditation, and given him a longer sentence with credit for the 13 years he did? There's a concept. Any attorneys out there know?
They can't bring a 2nd degree charge and then recharge him with 1st, but they can bring both charges together in the original trial, as it is the crime, not the charge that matters, in regard to double jeopardy. This is my understanding.
First these are two different crimes, the murder 13 years before will stand but the Defendant can petition the court to strike it as not supported by the evidence now known to exist. The killing of his former partner at the time of this show would be an entirely new charge for an entirely new crime. Also remember the show begins with the Defendant having served his time moved from his state to this one. Thus the murder of 13 years before would remain in the exclusive jurisdiction of that state, while the new murder would be in the exclusive jurisdiction of the state the Defendant killed his partner.
The actor who portrayed Thornton did a good job making his character believable. You actually felt sorry for the guy, knowing that he was the victim of massive injustice. His bitterness and determination to seek revenge on the person who ruined his life was understandable. Highway Patrol episodes are _always_ entertaining, but this one was better than usual.
That so true
They should have showed Mathews taking Thornton back to his garden and releasing the cuffs
@@paulremmey8268 I don't know why, but I wanted and almost expected the cop who stayed behind after Mathews left to smack that weasel who was tied up in the chair in the head.
April Flower 👍yes he was the true weasel of the week
Thanks , I’m watching episode again to see more good scenes
Great with coffee 😃🤣
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Back then every desk drawer had a revolver in it. It happens every episode. It was a law or something. Furniture came from the factory that way.
It's what gave the Winchester Furniture Company its start.
LOL
^^^@Brian .. What every desk drawer from the furniture company had a revolver in it? You gotta be freaking kidding huh? Wtf Ha!!! :P] .v ..
It was the norm until the leftists starting destroying the 2nd Amendment.
And every bed came with a shotgun under it.....
Fantastic episode,finally met someone who can go word for word with dan! "My salary was 50k why should I take a cut in pay.... the most righteous vic in the history of this program
This is a great series. An American classic. I've watched many movies starring Broderick Crawford and have never been disappointed. Love old series and movies. From Noir to musicals, thrillers, detective, crime, drama, comedy, the lot. Bless all those great men and women.
Yes, Crawford carries every movie he’s in. That’s a mark of a great actor.
I'm with you. Once in a while I'll watch a newer film, usual a Christian based story, but I really like the old black and white. Watching color just isn't the same.
"Bless" all these.... Oh I get it. You're a dumb fundamentalist
I'm watching all 149 episodes. So far this was the BEST ONE!
I wished that was same methead were used today. In law enforcement??
This is one of the best, in my opinion, but I'd be hard pressed to decide which one is actually the best. There are a few lame episodes. Still, those are better than most of the video produced now.
One hundred forty nine episodes? Oh, my, am I going binge watch supreme! When I told my sisters I've been watching Highway Patrol they both looked at me like "Why would you do that?" They both remember seeing it when we were kids in the 1950's. I don't. I wasn't old enough to watch television, and I was only interested in animal programs like Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, and marveling the stylized, multicolored peacock on NBC station breaks. Oh, and the little fairy Tinkerbell at the opening of Walt Disney. So, off to view another episode of my new favorite show, seventy ears later, Highway Patrol.
I watch the programme at a speed of 125%. That way I get through them quicker. And I can still follow Crawford’s rapid speaking.
A real good episode...and please, stop talking about Crawfords problems, we all know it and have knowing it for at least 70 years
I don't know, don't care, and don't want to hear about it. I only look at the character an actor portrays. I don't want to know anything about his/her life other than their acting. That's all that really matters when watching shows, this one included.
When the conviction is vacated,then he's no longer on parole and can't be arrested for gun possession.
he hasn't been vacated yet. Detectives can't do that, only a judge.
Under California Penal Code section 29800, you commit a felony by merely owning a gun or by purchasing, receiving, or possessing one after having a felony conviction. You cannot even have a gun under your custody or control without breaking California law if you are a felon.
"I didn't come here to save you". That was a great reply to that jerks comment
I felt bad for the poor guy who was framed.
Great show ! Crawford was one of the best actors I ever saw !
You saved my life 😱
I didn't come here to save you 🧐
We don't get tv show like this in my country..good show thank you
Which country you're from.
@@jan22150 Australia have a great day
@@annebellette201 thank you mate ! Just being curious.
@@jan22150 it okay have a wonderful day
Wonderful line from DM to sawed-off perp with the gimp arm. I won’t give it away for the benefit of those who haven’t yet seen this and who, like myself, read the comments before watching the episodes. Much thanks to the uploader for sharing. This is my second go-round watching. But enough time has elapsed so I’ve forgotten the stories.
seems everybody smoked back then.... I remember when patients in the hospital could smoke in their rooms!...lol
+emma lane And it was impolite to smoke in front of someone without offering them one, too!
I, too, remember those days. We took care of patients who were there as a result of smoking and were allowed to smoke in their hospital bed putting the care givers in peril due to second hand smoke. We were very happy when smoking was banned. Now, smoking on the grounds is banned. No smoking in restaurants . YEAH!! All you still addicted to smoking learn what COPD.stands for and what it's like living with it and dying, like Leonard Nemoy ( Mr.Spock) did. Struggling to breathe, and attached to an oxygen tank. just keeping puffing on those little white sticks and I'll see you in ICU. 🎈🎈
@@janeiwasduncan8463 .. Yeah Yuck Ha!!! :P] .v ..
@Greg Hubbard .. Wtf? are you serious, SMOKING Suck's and so do you for commenting a stupid ass post Ha!!! :P] .v ..
^^^@emma lane .. "SMOKING is YUCK" Ha!!! :P] .v ..
I'm having a blast watching these old episodes! I remember watching these back in the 50's. Thanks for putting them on UA-cam
Gotta love those Buick police cars!
Those old Buicks kicked ass!
+The Tiny Chapel Cars today are wimps. You can't even hear them run. Listen next time someone pulls in the driveway. You can't hear the car running.
+Helen Kruse I like what you say about the old days!
David Maslow Today's cars are pussies. haha Like all these devices. I love the one that allows the car to drive itself. What those making these things are forgetting is the majority of people do not use their heads if they don't have to. So, if a car will brake and drive itself, when that electronic part goes out, what we will have on the roads are a bunch od morons who will have no idea what to do. So, we will have more accidents. Combine that with those idiots on cell phones, texting,and drinking or doing heavy drugs all driving and we will have massive pileups any where a car or truck can drive onto. All the cars today look like pods and one looks like the other. No personality. It used to be the driver's looks suited their vehicle. Not today. Take care and I'm sure we'll run into eachother again on here. Hope you have a wonderful week.
+Helen Kruse Helen, were you around when these were on TV in the 5Os?
The same woman in Matthews office is in the Center City office...same dress, hair style, color and look.
Every guy wore a hat , even indoors.
Nobody worried about male pattern baldness back then.
Hats don't cause baldness, careless driving does.
My father did.
Technically, with the "murder victim" alive, Thornton was no felon because the crime he was sent up for has been invalidated.
Also in his defense was the fact that he was under mental duress.
I wonder if he could sue the police for false imprisonment or did he get a $10 million compensation.
You could see that the seeds were sown, even in the 1950's, for California's ever increasing more restrictive gun laws, back then!
Saw that in an episode of Dragnet. It was upsetting. I think it was called "The Big Girl".
...and, it wasn't his gun. He took it from the real crook in self-defense.
It would be invalidated later on but not on the spot. I've heard of people staying in prison awhile longer until the 'system' finally releases them. Seems pretty unfair but I suppose they have to be sure of things.
Late 50’s, “Years of The Fins” on cars! 👍👍👍 Plymouth was “feind of the fins”.
Until Cadillac tried to eclipse all that with their '59 and '60 models....
My favorite car, from this show, is the 1959 Plymouth station wagon.
One of the goofs that they made on this show time and time again was with the use of their radios. At 12:32 when this officer
calls Dan, he still has his radio keyed up when Dan answers him. Both of them kept their radio's keyed during their entire
conversation. This is so noticeable, especially if you have used radios a lot like I have.
Good catch. They must have had "full duplex" capable radios. Just kidding. Even if they were running in full duplex mode, the feedback (sqealing) from the radios using a speaker would have been unbearable.
And I thought that I was the only one who noticed that happens a lot in these shows. Quite often they start speaking before the microphone is even up to their mouth too. Maybe it's just something that people who use radios would notice.
Telephones too.. they say hello when the handset is barely lifted up from the cradle.
I don't notice details like that, I see other issues. To each, his own.
@@tralfazy You mentioned telephones in your comment. The most blatant one I ever saw was a film they made in
the late 1930's about farming. The farmer had to make a call on the old crank phone. He picked up the reciever,
turned the crank, gave the operator the number and in less than five seconds from the time he turned the crank,
he was talking to his party. Now that is way overboard. I also have saw lots of TV shows where that happens
especially on the old rotary phones. They dial the last number and almost before the dial stops spinning, they are
talling to the person they called. That is soooo noticeable.
@@Eddie_Schantz Pretty unrealistic but it's to be expected I guess. Can't have too much dead time.
Another silly TV thing that makes me laugh is the 'binocular view' where they show a view with two holes with points in the top and bottom centers. I laugh and say "it doesn't look like that at all when you look through binoculars!". Then they make it worse by having the image zoom! hahaha
I wonder why they didn't come up with something different for Crawford to say at the end of each episode, like they did with Rockford''s answering machine on The Rockford Files, another one of my favorite shows.
This one's a good one!
Really excellent episode, one of the best!👍
Crew visible @19:55 - 20:00 in reflection of car door. Not busting on the show, love Highway Patrol !
Crawford would have made a good auctioneer
^^^@Wanda James .. And I bid a bid a bid a bid a bid bid a bid $1000 going, going .. Yes Dan talk's like real fast, he woulda made a Great Auctioneer Ha!!! :P] .v ..
He had a few 'issues with booze, even had a hard time with his lines in this show. This series was a big comedown from winning an Oscar a decade before, but he made out fine here because he owned part of the show. Made bank for him till the day he died.
This Sylvester guy couldn’t be trusted like a week old potato salad left simmering in a 55 Buick’s trunk! That two timing chiseler!
That black '57 Plymouth Plaza sure got lots of use in HP .... usually driven by perps tho!
Thorton should have collected a reward for the recovery of the bonds
Outstanding!
none of these shows ever had a lawyer present when being questioned
+thesmkrscorner In the 50's the "Miranda Ruling" had not been settled. Cops could almost torture people without them even knowing their Constitutional Rights. Even though I've worked in Law Enforcement for almost 40 years I'm glad that people are told their rights. It makes cops do their jobs better so when (if?) a case comes to trial there is a better chance of a lawful conviction and far less likely to put an innocent person in Prison. Many people think the Miranda Ruling is anti-cop and anti-justice when actually it is quite the opposite. Remember, when an innocent person goes to jail the truly guilty person walks away free as a bird...
randy109 -I agree. I was a cop for 20 yrs. We have to do it right in order for the system to be fair and just. I said for years, if we do our jobs right, we do more on a daily basis to preserve freedom and individual liberty than the ACLU or any other misguided organization ever could. All they can do is squawk about sonething after it happens. If we do it right, we prevent the problem altogether, thus preserving freedom, liberty, and fairness. Everyone wins, hopefully
There were only ten or eleven in the whole country back then. Once the Supreme Court started sticking its legal nose where it didn't belong, lawyering spread like herpes in a brothel.
Miranda wasn't ruled until 1966 .
One episode, Dan demands to look in a backpack. They let him after they at first refused. No 4th Amendment rights. Very entertaining show for the era. But they played fast and loose with the Constitution.
What some Police departments takes month to do Dan Mathews can do in 26 minutes
You don't know how right on you are with that statement! When my wife called the police in L.A. after a complete "take over" robbery at the bank that she was a manager of, it took them 40 minutes to get there! She came home that day and said, "I think that we may have to find another place (state) to move to". Less than a year later, we vacated from California where we both had lived all of our past lives' to Arizona!
@@carlc5748 So it would have had,, To be a 2 parter,, The 1st, episode,, And part of the next episode,, Just waiting for the police, to get there,,
@@tomcarpenter700 Who knows, maybe we are relatives, do you know your family history?
@@carlc5748 Yes most of my relatives,, Where from over in Clay County,,, West virginia,,,,, What is your last name,?
@@tomcarpenter700 Carpenter, named after the Town of Carpenter, in northern Minnesota, which my great grandfather founded!
When tv was good.
One of the things this show was, was entertainment. The Highway Patrol consulted on this show, so accuracy was an issue.
The California Highway Patrol had its name removed from the credits, as it felt the violence of the show was not good for its image.
@@tomservo56954 incorrect.... Matthews had so many dui,s and driving under the influence and it was common knowledge they dropped out because those issues were very concerning to them and made them look terrible
Highway patrol just fed out disinformation so they could confuse people.
One of the very best THP episodes, if not the best, but it would have had a better ending if the man who had been tied up had died of a heart attack or something. Also, when Dan Matthews said to the crook: “"I didn't come here to save you", wasn’t that exactly the reason why he tried to save him as he earlier said to detective Piersall at 10:12 that: “Were going to have to find Sylvester before Thornton really becomes a murderer.” After all, Thornton had already paid his dues in prison for killing that man and you can’t charge a person for the same crime twice.
They have convicted people of the same crime twice. The guy government mob changes the rules to suit them.
@@jeffcampbell2710
Sadly, you are right. They do it all the time. Double Jeopardy is a farce, anymore.
*If the man was innocent of murder after all, why would Matthews tell him "it's illegal for you to carry a gun"? Just because he had been wrongly convicted? If so, no wonder so many of our laws are utterly flawed.*
Laws in TV shows are often different than laws in a courtroom.
His crime and sentence have to be overturned by a court.
@@PointyTailofSatan Right. And until it is overturned, he's still a parolee, unlawful for him to carry a gun, as is the law in most every state.
What say you, Dan Matthews? "10-4"
@@tablature6121
Yeah, but he wasn't carrying the gun around. He took it from the real crook in self defense.
@@grigorirasputin5020 It's enough that it was in his possession, no matter who the owner. Period .
To use the radio code jargon: "The gun's 10-20 was 10-10 in his possession. 10-4? 10-4."
"Book 'im Dano."
I kinda felt bad for Thornton.
@18:25, house in back of sidewalk hydrant appears to be #3600 Amesbury Rd. in the Los Feliz section of LA. The lot Tom “Man Boobs” Thornton walks into matches up with #3614 Amesbury Rd, but @18:30, the momentary photo of that house appears to be located a little more uphill at #3660 Amesbury Rd.
Thanks it was bugging me. I'm always looking up places when I watch old shows
I think that you are right on! I used to do a lot of work in the Hollywood Hills.
Surprise if , what use to take 30 minutes now take all season
You really cant blame the guy after serving 13 years for a crime he did not commit.
I know the names of towns they used were fictitious But Amityville, Freeport & Hempstead ? all towns in NY on Long Island .I bet the writer of this episode was a Long Islander.
Mineola native here.
That's exactly what I thought with a country home in Glen Falls ... I'm from Garden City!
Commack
Woodside / Flushing. Cousins lived in Freeport. 70 later We have MS-13 killing high school kids.
North Babylon here.Amityville is about 6miles from here
The woman walking through the restaurant at 11:18 is the same woman at the desk at 13:07.
And music sounds a little like The Honeymooners theme..
Double jeopardy.
Interesting episode. Thank you for uploading.
When Matthews arrested the innocent guy, he was actually there to save him from killing the guilty man tied up on the chair.
Very true.
You saved my life!!! I didn't come here to save YOU.
I love the smog filled Los Angeles basin in the 50th.
I read somewhere that it takes 25 new cars to put out the same amount of smog as 1 old car. That's why LA rarely has smog alerts anymore.
Great episode, again!
This episode reminds me of a case on "Law & Order" where Burt Young was special guest star.
When Dan Mathews said, "Put a tail on HIM"! It reminded me of the constant tail Jack McCoy put on Burt Young's character!
I wonder if Dan Mathews is a distant relative of Jack McCoy!!! 😆 😂😜
The plot certainly is.
Typical government balony. He does a stretch for something he didn't do, then gets pinched for carrying a rod he didn't bring to the party and doesn't even own. All kinds of civil rights violations.
He racked up.new crimes - kidnapping for one.
It is a fictional movie, genius. It is not reality.
@@larrywhited3070Right, really unrealistic
I agree with you, corrupt government balony.
Well, at least the old boy wasn't bitter about the 13 years....haha
Clearly You've NEVER been screwed by the court system. Once you've been mistreated when you were ACTUALLY Innocent you'd take a different view of this episode! My Mother and I were screwed by the court system and the people that falsely accused us sat there in court and LET IT HAPPEN! Laugh that off!
Sorry to hear that. The system should fight for the innocent as well as the guilty. @@63bplumb
@@63bplumb
Been there before myself, you have a choice, be cold and bitter, or let it go and get on with your life.
Personally I chose the latter.
Lots of bad overacting in this episode. I love it!
And I love how Crawford delivers his lines! So authoritative and fast!
Bus driver been drinking. All over the yellow line in 12:45. I wonder is Matthew Broderick was driving to film that scene. "-)
Let's get technical. If the man he was convicted of murdering was alive, then the conviction gets overturned, and then he would be able to have the gun, so he shouldn't have been arrested.
Mexican,
True, but the court has to over turn the conviction first then the firearm charge would be dropped because at that point would be nul and void
@@bertgrau9246 even if the court did not overturn his conviction , the court would have convicted him twice. One time the court convicted an innocent man for murder , then convicted him again for carrying a gun.
In both these convictions the law was wrong !
@@jan22150 3rd and 4th convictons... breaking and entering and assault.
24:24. How can be 'illegal' to carry a gun if he is an ex-con who was falsely convicted???
no ex con can carry any type of weapon.
A court is going to have to determine that and get the conviction overturned. That will require legal action. He's still a convict in the eyes of the law until that legal action is completed. Also he IS guilty of hostage taking
yes and the laws of 1957 are to be strictly enforced or Broderick Crawford will kick your ass
This episode had a lot of legal questions and ramifications. One, he racked up a breaking n entering charge. But -- as far as assault with the deadly weapon, he assaulted the guy to prevent him from getting the gun, and could say, he held the gun on him and tied him up for his own safety. That is, if he'd kept his mouth shut about his intentions to kill the guy (LOL) Totally agree with your comment on the felon with a gun issue.
He would have his murder conviction overturned and thrown out, so why couldn't he own a firearm the rest of his life?
I wish they had a few more minutes to show Thornton was released and given compensation for those years in prison.
Oh Well, we will just have to imagine it.
He owes $6, 000,000 in income taxes with penalties and interest.
@MDS
Maybe they didn't have that stuff in those days, or it wasn't admissible as evidence.
@MDS DNA evidence in 1959??
Then he got a felony for possesing a firearm
@@bertgrau9246 Are you serious?
I don't understand why they don't tell you what happened to the criminal. It's as if they leave off the last few pages of a book.
so you want every episode to include the trial of a fictional criminal that could not possibly be squeezed into this 26 minute show?
Double Jeopardy?? Can't be tried and convicted for the same crime?
Good, positive stuff by brave police
Astepahead, hahaha! I was thinking OMG, at least an undershirt! I know some women who'd be envious lmao
that was NEATO
Me like da show with fatso as head piggy
men wore hats!!
He doesn't handcuff the guy, and lets the guy sit in the front seat with him, some things in this show are way off. It's on at 5am, I enjoy watching it when I wake up early. I remember this as a little kid, you don't see older men who smoked heavy like Broderick, running after bad guys today. You notice there's more older guys in this show, and their tough bastards too. People don't like looking at wrinkle skin today, this world it turning into a strange place.
I prefer the 5Os in many ways to the country today!
he did cuff the guy ! watch it again
Here's smoke in your face.
Yep, I like tough guy actors, Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, Edward G. Robinson, Marlon Brando, etal. Many of the actors now look like pussies.
he didn't handcuff the guy at first when they brought him in for questioning, but they did handcuff him in the end when he had the guy who he supposedly killed but anyways the gun belonged to the criminal who faked his own death and had all the stolen goods so in reality the one who should be getting arrested and convicted is him, and the one who was falsely incarcerated for 13 years should be getting paid back for the years of his life he will never get back and I don't think he should be charged of nothing, he didn't harm the guy he just tied him up and scared him
Hempstead, Freeport and Amityville all well known towns on Long Island, NY...l guess the writer of the script was a NY guy!
Thornton could pass for British comedian Terry Thomas.
Carry On, HP.
Can’t try him twice for killing Oscar
Are those moobs b or c cup??
b, but unattractive; would have been the same, them boobs on an older female of his age.
Matthews was a real allrounder. Historical securities theft should be jurisdiction of another arm of law enforcement not highway patrol. Maps & road blocks don't feel like the best tool here lol
It’s a television series . . . hello !
He was convicted in another state? Why was he allowed to leave the state while still on parole? Oh, wait, I know. He was sent to Dan Mathews' supervision.
This man would in these days be the recipient of 1.3 million dollars... as a pay off for the 13 years he served in prison...
negative. Unless it's police or DA misconduct would he be entitled to any money. He also would have been charged with breaking and entering on top of the gun violation.
How did they get that first scene past the censors without that guy wearing a bra?
Freeport, Hempstead, Amityville. The writer had certainly lived on Long Island
Crawford was a fast talker .
I love the '57 Plymouth plaza
@Black Buick The Plaza was a favorite with law enforcement agencies.
@Black Buick According to my research the original MRSP price for a new 1957 Plymouth Plaza 4 door sedan was $2,155.00. www.nadaguides.com/Cars/1957/Plymouth/Plaza/4-Door-Sedan/Values
Mopar was just getting started in the police car business in 1957. Ford was the most popular police car through much of the 50s.
I'm surprised Crawford was able to stay sober enough to make this many episodes...
You're being mean.
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Judging from the title to this episode, I thought for sure both men were going to be killed.
guy needs a bra and shirt on
A Manzere...or perhaps a Breaux.
D. That's the biggest.
"You ask me to get a pair of underwear, I'm back in two seconds."
1:05 Moobs!
love watching
The man's "boobs"?
No MATTER HOW NEW, the SAFEST DEVICE in your CAR 🚗 is YOU ! #MGMlion #roar
In those days, a town of 4,000 was considered large.
Lynwood...Freeport .Amityville And Hempstead. How in the hell did Dan end up in Long Island. LOL !!
How about Mineola ?? That's where the courts are.
The town on Long Island is Lynbrook, not Lynwood. Lynbrook is often referred to as Brooklyn backwards.
@@frdjr2527 My bad...It's been 50 yrs since I lived in Mineola.
They couldn't have it be 2150 who sent the wrong man away for a murder he didn't commit.
LOL Arrested him for carrying a gun. What’s the basis for that? Good thing they still practiced jury nullification. I think they’d have a hard time making that stick, especially since he was wrongfully convicted to begin with. Assaulting a police officer would have been more believable.
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Back in the days.of the Dick Tracy hat.
I'll get Sylvester, that bad puddy cat!!.
The plainclothes guy following looks a bit like a young bobby darrin
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Anyone remember the catalogs that carried guns as well as everything else for the home? I remember those with pages upon pages of guns.
a 1958/59 episode Broderick driving a 57 buick
One of the more interesting episodes; however, why didn't the criminal stay in the same area where he could have moved anywhere in the world.
Season 3, Episode 13
Double Death (30 Dec. 1957)
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All the towns mentioned are actually on Long Island. Funny to see a landlocked town called Freeport.
They writers didn’t think that one out very well.
Faster than fast at the speed of sound - Mathews
'57 Buick hero car is 'dressed for old style film, chrome dulled out or sprayed silver. No sun flashes that way...
Second hand smoking back then
12:30 even the show recognizes that double jeopardy allows the murder to happen legally
that would be interesting if it is a true thing... Wonder if there is a legal ruling about such a thing happening?
I like the hats those guys wore! I want a hat like that!! Like Sanatra, what are those hats called?
david carroll I think those are Fedoras
Small-brimmed ones are trilbies. Fedora and Trilby were both names of women in plays.
All those town names are places on Long Island!
I love how they use to be able to put so much into a short 30 minutes.... now it takes 30 minutes to just get started and end up with an hour to hour and a half program and they "always" never fails to have a sex scene they can't seem to know how to make a clean move nowadays.
12021 my foot. Wouldn't stand up once the murder conviction is overturned, obviously. But they can get him on 459, 245, and 236/237 easily. 3 new felonies because of the one he didn't do. Ironic. If he had killed him, i wonder if they could have upped it to murder one, premeditation, and given him a longer sentence with credit for the 13 years he did? There's a concept. Any attorneys out there know?
They can't bring a 2nd degree charge and then recharge him with 1st, but they can bring both charges together in the original trial, as it is the crime, not the charge that matters, in regard to double jeopardy. This is my understanding.
First these are two different crimes, the murder 13 years before will stand but the Defendant can petition the court to strike it as not supported by the evidence now known to exist.
The killing of his former partner at the time of this show would be an entirely new charge for an entirely new crime.
Also remember the show begins with the Defendant having served his time moved from his state to this one. Thus the murder of 13 years before would remain in the exclusive jurisdiction of that state, while the new murder would be in the exclusive jurisdiction of the state the Defendant killed his partner.
Thorton better call PERRY MASON