Highway Patrol
Season 1.

1. Prison Break / Road Block

Air date: 1955-10-05 · 30 min

2. Machine Napping

Air date: 1955-10-12 · 30 min

A pair of robbers steal a $100,000 computer and demand that amount as ransom in exchange for its safe return.

3. Reckless Driving

Air date: 1955-10-19 · 30 min

Disaster occurs when an impatient traveling salesman speeds recklessly.

4. Lookout

Air date: 1955-10-26 · 30 min

A guileless bystander is pursued by the Highway Patrol and felons when he unknowing helps a robber escape.

5. Gambling

Air date: 1955-11-02 · 30 min

Detective Mathews and his officers assist a county sheriff in closing down a club that offers illicit gambling.

6. Hitchhiker

Air date: 1955-11-09 · 30 min

Detective Matthews discovers insurance fraud and a murder made to look accidental.

7. Desert Town

Air date: 1955-11-16 · 30 min

Detective Matthews investigates when a small town wants him to leave.

8. Radioactive

Air date: 1955-11-23 · 30 min

Detective Mathews and his officers race against time to find a stolen oil indicator device that contains potentially lethal radioactive pellets.

9. Reformed Criminal

Air date: 1955-11-30 · 30 min

This time Dan Matthews investigates when a courier with a criminal record disappears with money.

10. Father Thief

Air date: 1955-12-07 · 30 min

A lad must cover up his father's theft.

11. Retired Gangster

Air date: 1955-12-14 · 30 min

Police officer Mathews personally takes on the task of protecting a former crime boss who is scheduled to testify before a grand jury.

12. Phony Insurance

Air date: 1955-12-21 · 30 min

This time Highway Patrol looks into a maintenance service that may have ulterior motives.

13. Escort

Air date: 1955-12-28 · 30 min

Detective Matthews follows a senator when word gets out that a racketeer plans to murder him.

14. Resort

Air date: 1956-01-04 · 30 min

Dan Mathews receives from a recovering addict a tip on a distribution center cover.

15. Girl Bandit

Air date: 1956-01-11 · 30 min

A crafty lady tries to flee the country but not before stealing her husband's money.

16. Mountain Copter

Air date: 1956-01-18 · 30 min

The Highway Patrol detectives chase an injured felon through dangerous mountain terrain.

17. Lie Detector

Air date: 1956-01-25 · 30 min

Officer Dan Mathews utilizes polygraph testing to identify those responsible for the violent robbery of a motel owner.

18. Scared Cop

Air date: 1956-02-01 · 30 min

One of Matthews' officers resigns when he's unable to subdue his own brother, an escaped prisoner.

19. Harbor Story

Air date: 1956-02-08 · 30 min

The Highway Patrol plainclothes track three robbers who pose as fishermen.

20. Hit and Run

Air date: 1956-02-15 · 30 min

Policeman Dan Matthews assists a family to cope after their daughter is involved with a hit-and-run.

21. Car Theft

Air date: 1956-02-22 · 30 min

Officer Dan Mathews investigates a wrecking yard linked to illegal car activity.

22. Human Bomb

Air date: 1956-02-29 · 30 min

Dan goes after an engineer who set out on a suicide mission against his former employer.

23. Plane Crash

Air date: 1956-03-07 · 30 min

Dan Matthews investigates when a crashed plane leads to a murder and a kidnapping.

24. Desert Copter

Air date: 1956-03-14 · 30 min

Matthews and his men pursue a ruthless murder suspect trying to escape using desert roads.

25. Plant Robbery

Air date: 1956-03-21 · 30 min

The Highway Patrol men close in on robbers who are led by an explosive and unpredictable leader.

26. Released Convict

Air date: 1956-03-28 · 30 min

A tolerant parolee decides the time is finally right to attempt the recovery of stolen money.

27. Motorcycle A

Air date: 1956-04-04 · 30 min

A grievance leads to the accidental death of a Highway Patrol officer

28. Mental Patient

Air date: 1956-04-11 · 30 min

A fugitive from a mental hospital is the primary suspect in the violent death of a farmer.

29. License Plates

Air date: 1956-04-18 · 30 min

Officer Matthews pursues a recidivist thief with a tip from a young boy.

30. Hitchhiker Dies

Air date: 1956-04-25 · 30 min

A malevolent hitchhiker implicates a man who gave him a ride.

31. Blast Area Copter

Air date: 1956-05-02 · 30 min

A pursued gunman and his female hostage unwittingly wander into a designated blasting area.

32. Anti-toxin

Air date: 1956-05-07 · 30 min

33. Dead Patrolman

Air date: 1956-05-14 · 30 min

34. Art Robbery

Air date: 1956-05-21 · 30 min

35. Runaway Boy

Air date: 1956-05-28 · 30 min

36. Taxi

Air date: 1956-06-04 · 30 min

37. Missing Witness

Air date: 1956-06-11 · 30 min

38. Prospector

Air date: 1956-06-18 · 30 min

39. Christmas Story

Air date: 1956-06-25 · 30 min