Highway Patrol

Powerful patrol cars, fast motorcycles, and superheterodyne two-way radios combine to fight crime on the rural highways of America's wide open spaces.

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Cast:Broderick Crawford , Art Gilmore , William Boyett , Vance Skarstedt , Ron Foster , Wayne Heffley , Terry Frost , Frank Warren , Stuart Whitman , Jay Douglas , Joe Patridge , Morgan Jones , Roy Bourgeois , Dean Cromer , Lorraine Dell Wood , Byron Keith , Troy Melton , LinnÃ© Ahlstrand

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Prison Break

Mon, Oct 3, 1955

A vicious, unpredictable prison escapee abandons his injured partner, ambushes a highway patrolman, and uses the patrolman's uniform and gun to hijack a school bus in a daring attempt to escape his pursuers.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Machine-Napping

Mon, Oct 10, 1955

Two thieves steal a $100,000 computer and demand that amount as ransom in exchange for its safe return.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Reckless Driving

Mon, Oct 17, 1955

Tragedy results when an impatient traveling salesman refuses to heed numerous warnings concerning his predilection for speeding and taking chances while driving.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Lookout

Mon, Oct 24, 1955

An innocent man who unknowingly accompanies two acquaintances on an armed robbery flees and finds himself pursued by the Highway Patrol and by one of the revenge-seeking felons.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Gambling

Mon, Oct 31, 1955

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

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Hitchhiker

Mon, Nov 7, 1955

A series of fraudulent insurance claims is discovered after Dan Mathews and his officers learn that the "accidental" death of a migrant worker was actually a homicide.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Desert Town

Mon, Nov 14, 1955

Dan Mathews is determined to find out why the residents of a small town are behaving suspiciously and anxious to see him leave.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Radioactive

Mon, Nov 21, 1955

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

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Reformed Criminal

Mon, Nov 28, 1955

Dan Mathews has reason to suspect the worst when a courier with a criminal record disappears with $31,000 after an automobile accident.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Father Thief

Mon, Dec 5, 1955

A young man is put in the uncomfortable position of trying to cover up his father's theft of automobile accessories.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ Retired Gangster

Mon, Dec 12, 1955

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

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ Phony Insurance

Mon, Dec 19, 1955

A "transportation maintenance service" provided to trucking companies by an apparently legitimate businessman proves to be little more than a protection racket.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ Escort

Mon, Jan 2, 1956

Dan Mathews escorts a crusading senator to the scene of his hearings after he receives information that a prominent racketeer plans to murder him.

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ Resort

Mon, Jan 2, 1956

A recovering addict gives Dan Mathews and a state narcotics agent information that helps them identify an exclusive resort as a front for the distribution of heroin.

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ Girl Bandit

Mon, Jan 9, 1956

A scheming woman takes advantage of her husband, her paramour, and a complete stranger in an attempt to flee the U. S. with $53,000 in stolen funds.

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ Mountain Copter

Mon, Jan 16, 1956

An injured felon discovered in a mountain cabin leads the Highway Patrol helicopter on a difficult chase in treacherous terrain.

17Season 1

S1.E17 ∙ Lie Detector

Mon, Jan 23, 1956

Dan Mathews utilizes polygraph testing to identify the individuals who are responsible for the violent robbery of an elderly motel owner.

18Season 1

S1.E18 ∙ Scared Cop

Wed, Feb 1, 1956

A highly regarded Highway Patrol officer tenders his resignation after he finds himself unable to subdue and arrest his brother (an escaped prisoner).

19Season 1

S1.E19 ∙ Harbor Story

Wed, Feb 8, 1956

Three men rob a series of banks in coastal towns, then pose as fishermen in order to escape in a boat piloted by their leader.

20Season 1

S1.E20 ∙ Hit and Run

Mon, Feb 13, 1956

Dan Mathews must cope with a family's effort to protect an emotionally fragile young woman who fled after striking a pedestrian with her car.

21Season 1

S1.E21 ∙ Car Theft

Mon, Feb 20, 1956

Car thieves purchase wrecked vehicles and transfer the VIN plates to stolen ones in order to escape detection.

22Season 1

S1.E22 ∙ Human Bomb

Sun, Feb 27, 1955

A distraught engineer sets out on a suicide mission to destroy the chemical plant at which he was formerly employed.

23Season 1

S1.E23 ∙ Plane Crash

Mon, Mar 5, 1956

When a ranger checks the woods where a plane disappeared, it results in his murder and in the discovery of a kidnapped woman.

24Season 1

S1.E24 ∙ Desert Copter

Mon, Mar 12, 1956

The Highway Patrol helicopter pursues a smooth-talking but ruthless murder suspect who is trying to escape with a hostage over little-used desert roads.

25Season 1

S1.E25 ∙ Plant Robbery

Mon, Mar 19, 1956

Three thieves use a counterfeit armored car and stolen uniforms to steal $29,000 from a supermarket. The leader of the group becomes increasingly unpredictable and prone to violence as Dan Mathews and his men close in.

26Season 1

S1.E26 ∙ Released Convict

1956

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

27Season 1

S1.E27 ∙ Motorcycle A

Mon, Apr 2, 1956

A café owner's grudge against motorcyclists leads to the accidental death of a Highway Patrol officer.

28Season 1

S1.E28 ∙ Mental Patient

Mon, Apr 9, 1956

An escapee from a mental hospital is the primary suspect in the violent death of a farmer.

29Season 1

S1.E29 ∙ License Plates

Mon, Apr 16, 1956

An alert boy is able to give Dan Mathews information that provides a critical break in the pursuit of a recidivist thief.

30Season 1

S1.E30 ∙ Hitchhiker Dies

Mon, Apr 23, 1956

A man who picks up a hitchhiker is accused of complicity in an armed robbery when coincidence and circumstantial evidence point strongly toward his guilt.

31Season 1

S1.E31 ∙ Blast Area Copter

Mon, Apr 30, 1956

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

32Season 1

S1.E32 ∙ Anti-Toxin

May 1956

Dan Mathews and his officers attempt to ensure the delivery of life-saving gas gangrene serum to a 10-year-old victim.

33Season 1

S1.E33 ∙ Dead Patrolman

Mon, May 14, 1956

A Highway Patrol officer is murdered while pursuing a car stolen from a lonely bookstore owner.

34Season 1

S1.E34 ∙ Art Robbery

Mon, May 21, 1956

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

35Season 1

S1.E35 ∙ Runaway Boy

Mon, May 28, 1956

Fearing an operation, a resourceful boy with damaged eyesight manages to stay just a step ahead of the Highway Patrol's efforts to return him safely to his parents.

36Season 1

S1.E36 ∙ Taxi

Mon, Jun 4, 1956

A botched gas station robbery results in the murder of a Highway Patrol officer and the abduction of a farmer and his wife.

37Season 1

S1.E37 ∙ Missing Witness

Mon, Jun 11, 1956

A woman's ill-advised attempt to save her former fiancé from a murder conviction results in the realization that the actual killer may still be at large.

38Season 1

S1.E38 ∙ Prospector

Mon, Jun 18, 1956

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

39Season 1

S1.E39 ∙ Christmas Story

Mon, Jun 25, 1956

Dan Mathews and Sergeant Corey spend Christmas Eve searching for a lost six-year-old girl.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ The Search

Mon, Oct 8, 1956

A fleeing murderer's charm enables him to enlist the unwitting aid of several law-abiding citizens in his efforts to elude the Highway Patrol.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Kidnap Copter

Mon, Oct 15, 1956

The Highway Patrol helicopter travels to a remote and mountainous area to airlift a critically injured kidnap victim and aid in the capture of the kidnappers.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Trailer Story

Mon, Oct 22, 1956

A murderous fugitive hitches a ride with a newlywed couple who are pulling a travel trailer, then takes them as hostages when they learn his identity from a radio broadcast.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Fisherman's Luck

1956

When two thieves who stole $50,000 are killed in an automobile accident, their other two partners scheme to recover the wreck and the stolen money.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Magazine Writer

Nov 1956

The Highway Patrol conducts an intensive search for an endangered crime reporter who may know the identity of a murderer.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Typhoid Carrier

Mon, Nov 12, 1956

A known carrier of typhoid fever attempts to flee the area when the daughter of his employer dies from the disease.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Hot Rod

Mon, Nov 19, 1956

A career felon and his mechanically-skilled younger brother stage a series of armed robberies using a supercharged roadster as their getaway car.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Hot Cargo

Mon, Nov 26, 1956

Hijackers feign roadside accidents, knowing that unsuspecting truck drivers will stop and attempt to help.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Oil Lease

Mon, Dec 3, 1956

Two men find themselves unable to flee as planned after they use a stolen bazooka to rob a $33,000 oil field payroll.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Ex Con

Dec 1956

Three felons enlist the unwilling aid of a former cell-mate to steal a $12,000 cash shipment from a farmers' combine.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Motel Robbery

Mon, Dec 17, 1956

A man and two women who specialize in robbing roadside motels become increasingly confident and reckless.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Stolen Car Ring

Mon, Dec 24, 1956

A man and two female accomplices steal expensive cars, forge registration cards, and sell the cars upstate before their status as stolen cars can be disseminated.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Escaped Mental Patient

Jan 1957

Dan Mathews and his officers must work quickly to capture a delusional and unpredictable escapee from a mental hospital.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ Armored Car

Mon, Jan 7, 1957

A trio of thieves threatens to murder the wife of an armored car guard in order to force him to surrender a $25,000 payroll secured inside the vehicle.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ Migrant Workers

Mon, Jan 14, 1957

Inside information helps thieves rob a group of recently-paid itinerant fruit pickers, but murder results when one particularly desperate victim refuses to follow their orders.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ Ranch Copter

Mon, Jan 21, 1957

After an accidental shooting occurs on a ranch, the Highway Patrol helicopter is used to prevent a revenge killing by the supposed shooter's angry brother-in-law.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ Amnesia

Mon, Jan 28, 1957

Dan Mathews and his officers must rely upon an uncommunicative amnesiac to find a seriously injured camper.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ Statute of Limitations

Mon, Feb 4, 1957

A trio of thieves will be able to abscond with $500,000 in stolen money at midnight unless Dan and Officer Garvey can prove their guilt quickly.

19Season 2

S2.E19 ∙ Resident Officer

Mon, Feb 11, 1957

A Highway Patrol officer is murdered after he discovers a marijuana field while on a hunting trip.

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ Psycho

1957

A writer having a bad reaction to medication takes potshots at several targets, including Dan Mathews and his officers.

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ Counterfeit

1957

An apparently legitimate print shop is involved in the printing of counterfeit payroll checks used to bilk unsuspecting merchants.

22Season 2

S2.E22 ∙ Suspected Cop

Tue, Mar 5, 1957

The distraught daughter of a deceased gemologist accuses Officer Johnson of stealing valuable uncut jewels from her late father's car.

23Season 2

S2.E23 ∙ Trojan Horse

Tue, Mar 12, 1957

Two men conceal themselves in large crates on the back of a truck as part of a plan to get inside a manufacturing plant so they can steal a $27,000 payroll.

24Season 2

S2.E24 ∙ Female Hitchhiker

Mon, Mar 18, 1957

A man and two female accomplices who pose as hitchhikers rob several unsuspecting male motorists, but murder results when one victim tries to fight back.

25Season 2

S2.E25 ∙ Nitro

Mon, Mar 25, 1957

A murderous hoodlum attempts to steal counterfeit currency plates that have been packed in nitroglycerin tubes for safekeeping.

26Season 2

S2.E26 ∙ Motorcycle B

1957

Motorcycle-riding armed robbers elude Highway Patrol roadblocks by loading their two-wheelers into a closed truck driven by their leader.

27Season 2

S2.E27 ∙ Officer's Wife

Apr 1957

Because of his wife's fears, Patrolman Ed Wylie resigns from the force after fellow officer Jerry March is killed in the line of duty.

28Season 2

S2.E28 ∙ Stripped Cars

1957

Two brothers hijack a new-car carrier, planning to sell the cars to get cash to purchase a farm. When the driver dies from injuries sustained in the hijacking, they make a panic-stricken attempt to dispose of the evidence.

29Season 2

S2.E29 ∙ Convict's Wife

1957

An escaped convict abducts his estranged wife and forces her to help him elude the Highway Patrol.

30Season 2

S2.E30 ∙ Reformation

1957

An ex-con wants to return money stolen in an armed robbery, but his erstwhile partner has other ideas.

31Season 2

S2.E31 ∙ Stolen Plane Copter

Mon, May 6, 1957

Two convicts steal an airplane to escape from prison.

32Season 2

S2.E32 ∙ Gem Robbery

Mon, May 13, 1957

A gemologist and his accomplice steal $300,000 in rough-cut gems from a courier, then attempt to smuggle them out of the country in a dog's collar.

33Season 2

S2.E33 ∙ Wounded

Mon, May 20, 1957

Two holdup men abduct a physician and compel him to extricate a bullet in a wooded area.

34Season 2

S2.E34 ∙ Fake Cop

Mon, May 27, 1957

One member of a three-person holdup team impersonates a Highway Patrol officer in order to deceive robbery victims into thinking that they need not notify the Patrol themselves.

35Season 2

S2.E35 ∙ Double Cross

Mon, Jun 3, 1957

Treachery and murder result after a bonded bank messenger, his wife, and an accomplice steal a $20,000 payroll.

36Season 2

S2.E36 ∙ Narcotics

Mon, Jun 10, 1957

The owner of a centrally-located roadside diner is murdered so that heroin sellers can use his business as a "front" for distributing the drug to pushers.

37Season 2

S2.E37 ∙ Hired Killer

Mon, Jun 17, 1957

A professional killer from Chicago comes into Dan Mathews' jurisdiction to murder the Santell brothers before they can testify against a racketeer.

38Season 2

S2.E38 ∙ Hostage Copter

Mon, Jun 24, 1957

The Highway Patrol helicopter is ordered into action when the botched robbery of a roadside diner results in the shooting of the proprietor and the abduction of his daughter.

39Season 2

S2.E39 ∙ Rabies

Mon, Jul 1, 1957

Dan Mathews and a physician race against time to find an elusive little girl that was bitten on the cheek by a rabid dog.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Hypo Bandit

Mon, Oct 7, 1957

A former nursing home employee turns to robbing luxury stores and uses a potentially lethal stolen drug to disable his victims.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Efficiency Secretary

Mon, Oct 14, 1957

A secretary with an impeccable reputation for trustworthiness and reliability colludes with her boyfriend to steal $50,000 from her employer.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Temptation

Mon, Oct 21, 1957

A construction foreman steals $12,000 from his employer's open safe, then attempts to frame a subcontractor for the crime.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Safecracker

Mon, Oct 28, 1957

A meticulous safecracker is certain that he can pull off a lucrative jewel theft despite the Highway Patrol's constant surveillance.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Mistaken Identity

Mon, Nov 4, 1957

An unassuming cabinetmaker is abducted at gunpoint when coincidence causes a would-be thief to mistake him for a diamond merchant.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Hostage Family Copter

Mon, Nov 11, 1957

The Highway Patrol helicopter is ordered into action to follow a murderous fugitive that has taken three hostages.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ The Sniper

Mon, Nov 18, 1957

A series of apparently random potshots at moving cars turns out to be an attempt to conceal a carefully planned murder.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Hot Dust

Mon, Nov 25, 1957

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

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ Witness Wife

Mon, Dec 2, 1957

After a farmer witnesses the disposal of a murder victim's body, his wife unwittingly helps the perpetrators identify and locate her husband.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ Dead Hunter

Mon, Dec 9, 1957

An apparent hunting accident becomes increasingly suspicious when it is discovered that the shooter benefited in several ways from the victim's death.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ Convicted Innocent

Mon, Dec 16, 1957

A wrongly-convicted recent parolee is determined to kill the bus driver whose mistaken testimony was responsible for his incarceration.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ Chain Store

Mon, Dec 23, 1957

A delivery driver commits a series of armed robberies against individual stores that make up a small supermarket chain.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ Double Death

Mon, Dec 30, 1957

A wrongly-convicted parolee becomes coldly determined to murder the former business partner whose ruse was responsible for his conviction.

14Season 3

S3.E14 ∙ Hideout

Mon, Jan 6, 1958

A holdup man is murdered by the woman who planned his crime and sheltered him in the basement of her roadside diner.

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ Mother's March

Mon, Jan 13, 1958

A handyman robs a local businessman of $11,000 in charitable donations, then attempts to frame a local beautician for the crime.

16Season 3

S3.E16 ∙ Slain Cabby

Mon, Jan 20, 1958

Two men commit a series of armed robberies and escape by commandeering taxicabs for use as nondescript getaway cars.

17Season 3

S3.E17 ∙ Insulin

Mon, Jan 27, 1958

Two coldly calculating hoodlums attempt to murder their diabetic former cell-mate by depriving him of his insulin.

18Season 3

S3.E18 ∙ The Seventh Green

Mon, Feb 3, 1958

A country club grounds keeper who shelters notorious criminals comes under investigation after he is forced to kill one of his "clients".

19Season 3

S3.E19 ∙ Foster Child

Mon, Feb 10, 1958

An angry father pursues an orphan boy that he believes is responsible for the accidental shooting of his son.

20Season 3

S3.E20 ∙ Lady Bandits

Mon, Feb 17, 1958

Two women disguised as men commit a series of armed robberies, two of which result in murder.

21Season 3

S3.E21 ∙ Revenge

Mon, Feb 24, 1958

Felon Gerald Gray, who bears a personal grudge against Dan Mathews, is released from prison and uses everyone around him in his efforts to extract revenge.

22Season 3

S3.E22 ∙ Tear Gas Copter

Mon, Mar 3, 1958

Dan Mathews uses the Highway Patrol helicopter and tear gas in an effort to flush out two wanted fugitives who have taken a woman hostage inside her own house.

23Season 3

S3.E23 ∙ Deaf Mute

Mon, Mar 10, 1958

A botched robbery results in the abduction of the only witness - a 10-year-old girl who can neither hear nor speak.

24Season 3

S3.E24 ∙ Hit and Run

Mon, Mar 17, 1958

A woman panics and flees after striking a "pedestrian" who was actually involved in an attempt to steal $70,000 from an industrial plant's safe.

25Season 3

S3.E25 ∙ Fear

Mon, Mar 24, 1958

A family man is forced to commit murder when a would-be blackmailer discovers that he is actually the "Polka Dot Bandit".

26Season 3

S3.E26 ∙ Careless Cop

Mon, Mar 31, 1958

A Highway Patrol officer is critically wounded after failing to properly frisk and handcuff a suspect during a routine traffic stop.

27Season 3

S3.E27 ∙ Policewoman

Mon, Apr 7, 1958

An out-of-state policewoman who has infiltrated a gambling syndicate finds herself in grave danger when her identity is discovered.

28Season 3

S3.E28 ∙ The Truckers

Apr 1958

A husband and wife team rob pharmaceutical trucks after slipping the drivers pills that render them temporarily unconscious.

29Season 3

S3.E29 ∙ Credit Card

Mon, Apr 21, 1958

Two thieves target unsuspecting motorists for credit card theft, but they become targets themselves when a determined female victim manages to notify the Highway Patrol.

30Season 3

S3.E30 ∙ Psycho Killer

Mon, Apr 28, 1958

A mentally disturbed man murders women who seek husbands through "Lonely Hearts" clubs.

31Season 3

S3.E31 ∙ Suicide

May 1958

A syndicate hit man kills his own brother, then is himself murdered in a manner that makes the killing appear to be a suicide.

32Season 3

S3.E32 ∙ Phony Cop

Mon, May 12, 1958

A woman makes diversionary false crime reports so that her husband can rob businesses while wearing a Highway Patrolman's uniform.

33Season 3

S3.E33 ∙ The Judge

Mon, May 19, 1958

A prison escapee is determined to murder the judge who gave him the maximum sentence.

34Season 3

S3.E34 ∙ Dan's Vacation

1958

Dan Mathews' vacation takes an unexpected turn when he finds that his favorite fishing lodge has become a front for a heroin distribution ring.

35Season 3

S3.E35 ∙ Explosives

Mon, Jun 2, 1958

A disgruntled truck driver abducts his estranged wife and threatens to detonate a truckload of unstable pure potassium while she remains trapped inside it.

36Season 3

S3.E36 ∙ Hostage Officer

Mon, Jun 9, 1958

A motorcycle accident enables two wanted felons to take a Highway Patrol officer as a hostage, but his radio's signal helps pinpoint their location.

37Season 3

S3.E37 ∙ Double Copter

Mon, Jun 16, 1958

A stolen helicopter enables a dangerous lifer to escape from a prison work detail.

38Season 3

S3.E38 ∙ Dan Sick

Mon, Jun 23, 1958

Dan Mathews arrives at work feeling sick and weak from apparent food poisoning, and there is concern that a panic may break out if the mysterious cause of his illness is not found quickly.

39Season 3

S3.E39 ∙ Reward

Mon, Jun 30, 1958

Three farmers are stubbornly determined to risk their lives in order to collect a reward offered for the capture of a wounded fugitive.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ Frightened Witness

Mon, Oct 6, 1958

Newlyweds Carl and Jennifer Stone find themselves pursued by the Highway Patrol and a would-be killer after they witness the murder of a diner counterman.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Hostage

Mon, Oct 13, 1958

Desperate to avoid capture and extradition on first-degree murder charges, a wounded fugitive takes a young woman and her paraplegic mother as hostages.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Family Affair

Mon, Oct 20, 1958

With the help of her son, a woman plans and executes her husband's daring escape from police custody.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Transmitter Danger

Mon, Oct 27, 1958

Two men steal dynamite and blasting caps for use in future crimes, unaware that any radio transmission signal could trigger the caps and set off a devastating explosion.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ Gambling Story

Nov 1958

A racketeer's attempt to take over an illicit gambling house in a small town leads to murder.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Train Copter

Nov 1958

The Highway Patrol helicopter is called into action to pursue a train carrying a bank robber and $35,000 in stolen money.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ Portrait of Death

Nov 1958

When a reclusive artist is murdered, Dan Mathews and Sergeant Williams are dubious that robbery was actually the motive for the killing.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ Train Robbery

Mon, Nov 24, 1958

Two men plan to cause a train wreck as part of a plot to steal $750,000 in government currency.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ Deadly Diamonds

Dec 1958

A man and his two accomplices use inside information to steal valuable gems from traveling jewelry salesmen.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ Blood Money

1958

A protection racket results in murder when a railroad yard worker refuses to continue making payments.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ False Confession

Mon, Dec 15, 1958

A desperate man confesses to a crime he did not commit in order to obtain a $5,000 reward for his family.

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ Confidence Game

Mon, Dec 22, 1958

A con man assaults the elderly victim of a $5,000 swindle as a "warning", but his female partner becomes fearful of a murder charge when the old man dies of a heart attack immediately after the assault.

13Season 4

S4.E13 ∙ Split Robbery

Jan 1959

Two men rob a series of supermarkets by taking the market managers' wives as hostages.

14Season 4

S4.E14 ∙ The Trap

Jan 1959

The Highway Patrol sets a trap by transporting a crime boss to death row in hopes of enticing his henchmen to risk capture by trying to rescue him, but the henchmen may try to kill him instead.

15Season 4

S4.E15 ∙ Exposé

Jan 1959

A crusading newspaper reporter finds his life threatened when he becomes the target of a gang of ruthless extortionists.

16Season 4

S4.E16 ∙ Breath of a Child

Mon, Dec 29, 1958

Dan Mathews and Sergeant Williams race to find a sailor who was exposed to spinal meningitis while saving the life of an infant.

17Season 4

S4.E17 ∙ Narcotics Racket

Mon, Jan 26, 1959

Dan Mathews and Sergeant Williams pursue two swindlers who pose as a corrupt narcotics agent and a heroin pusher in order to extort bribe money from their victims.

18Season 4

S4.E18 ∙ Copter Cave-In

Feb 1959

The Highway Patrol helicopter is used to pursue an escaped convict and rescue a prospector trapped in a cave-in caused by the escapee.

19Season 4

S4.E19 ∙ Gem Robbery

1959

Rita Hudson accepts delivery of $35,000 worth of imported diamonds on behalf of her employer, Mr. Van Dyce. She is immediately abducted by thieves Ernest Zober and Chuck Barton, who received information concerning her movements from Lydia Stevens (Mr. Van Dyce's executive assistant). Dan Mathews and Sergeant Williams investigate and deduce that Rita was a victim rather than a perpetrator. They suspect that Lydia may be involved and Dan drops hints that that the Highway Patrol has a detailed description of Zober and Barton and their car. When Lydia panics, Zober and Barton decide to abandon her and go meet "Mr. Darrell", the prospective buyer of the gems. When Lydia realizes she has been duped and abandoned, she tells Dan all she knows. The information enables Dan and his officers to trap "Mr. Darrell" at a roadblock. They quickly locate Zober and Barton as well, and an armed confrontation ensues with Rita perilously near the line of fire.

20Season 4

S4.E20 ∙ Mexican Chase

Mon, Feb 16, 1959

Dan Mathews solicits assistance from his Mexican counterpart to capture three thieves who are stealing cars in the U. S. and selling them in Mexico.

21Season 4

S4.E21 ∙ Framed Cop

Mon, Feb 23, 1959

A criminal attempts to avenge his younger brother's life sentence by executing a meticulously planned scheme that will make Sergeant Williams appear to be guilty of felony hit and run.

22Season 4

S4.E22 ∙ The Collector

Mon, Mar 2, 1959

A wounded and frightened ex-con flees after accidentally killing a blackmailer.

23Season 4

S4.E23 ∙ Revenge

Mon, Mar 9, 1959

A bitter young man whose father was killed in an automobile accident is stubbornly determined to murder the man who was driving the other car.

24Season 4

S4.E24 ∙ Brave Boy

1959

A small boy is the only witness to a botched burglary that results in the death of his father and serious injury to his mother.

25Season 4

S4.E25 ∙ Diversion Robbery

1959

Two men use explosions as a diversionary tactic to distract attention from the scenes of their holdups.

26Season 4

S4.E26 ∙ Cargo Hijack

1959

An "Import Company" warehouse is used as a front for storage of merchandise stolen in a series of truck hijackings.

27Season 4

S4.E27 ∙ Hitchhiker

Mon, Apr 6, 1959

An armed robber wearing actors' makeup is able to obtain rides in the cars of his victims, but an unplanned murder results when one man fights back.

28Season 4

S4.E28 ∙ Illegal Entry

Sun, Apr 12, 1959

An extortionist smuggles Mexican workers into the U.S. illegally, then threatens them with exposure (and lengthy jail sentences) if they do not give him half their wages.

29Season 4

S4.E29 ∙ Killer on the Run

Sun, Apr 19, 1959

An old lady and her younger woman friend are endangered when they offer a ride to a fugitive thief who committed two murders in order to steal counterfeit currency plates.

30Season 4

S4.E30 ∙ Prisoner Exchange Copter

Mon, Apr 27, 1959

The wife of a sheriff is abducted and held as a hostage in an attempt to secure the release of a crime boss.

31Season 4

S4.E31 ∙ Dan Hostage

Mon, May 4, 1959

Dan Mathews offers himself as a hostage after a nervous gunman botches a diner robbery and critically wounds the proprietor.

32Season 4

S4.E32 ∙ Women Escapees

Mon, May 11, 1959

Following an unplanned prison escape, convicted killers Lita Morgan and Caroline Craig leave a trail of robbery and murder in their wake.

33Season 4

S4.E33 ∙ Auto Press

Mon, May 18, 1959

The perpetrator of a robbery and murder attempts to dispose of the getaway car by convincing his brother to crush it beyond recognition in a large hydraulic press.

34Season 4

S4.E34 ∙ Express Delivery

1959

A thief abducts a gem courier and uses his identification in an attempt to steal a jewel collection worth $200,000.

35Season 4

S4.E35 ∙ Desperate Men

Mon, Jun 1, 1959

Two fugitives get into the boiler room of a hospital and threaten to destroy the building by tying down the safety valve if they are not permitted to go free.

36Season 4

S4.E36 ∙ Confession

1959

Paul Jordan is killed in broad daylight by his three accomplices in a bank robbery that resulted in the theft of $100,000. Jordan manages to kill one of the attackers, but the two survivors of the gun battle (Joe and Blake) deduce that his widow Gloria will know the money's whereabouts. Dan Mathews and Sergeant Williams come to the same conclusion and stake out Gloria Jordan's farm. Gloria attempts to flee to Chicago after mailing the money to her destination, but Joe intercepts her. She is treated roughly until Dan Mathews and Sergeant Williams utilize the element of surprise to capture the three and confirm that the package they recovered from Gloria's mailbox contains the stolen money.

37Season 4

S4.E37 ∙ Detour to Death

Mon, Jun 15, 1959

Two men and a woman use phony police uniforms and a fake detour sign to lure potential victims into concealed areas.

38Season 4

S4.E38 ∙ Fire

1959

Pyromaniac Judd Patterson sets a warehouse ablaze and gets away in a stolen car. He abandons the car and hitches a ride with farmer Claude Norpel, who offers him temporary employment as a hired hand. An arson investigator gives Patterson's name as a possible suspect, and Dan Mathews and Sergeant Williams trace him to Norpel's farm. However, they arrive after he has already assaulted Norpel, knocked him unconscious, and is about to set the barn ablaze with Norpel still in it. Sergeant Williams distracts Patterson while Dan Mathews overpowers him, but the barn is set afire in the scuffle. The two Highway Patrol officers have only seconds to rescue Norpel and extinguish the blaze.

39Season 4

S4.E39 ∙ Bank Messenger

Mon, Jun 29, 1959

A husband and wife team rob couriers with large amounts of cash, then kill them so that there will be no witnesses.