@@henryhorner3182 I never had cable at all. Didn't want it, didn't regret not having it. Watched PBS and that outdoor show about places in Oregon. Can't think of the name. It'll come to me in the middle of the night when I'm trying to sleep. Steve Amen was the host for a long time until he retired. Then there was This Old House. A few gardening shows. Now there's TH-cam.
@@shirleyharrison2580 I haven't owned a TV for over 12 years. I could watch classic movies all day and shows like Highway Patrol. Broderick Crawford is an acclaimed actor and I love everything he has done. He really immortalized the Dan Matthews character famously. I enjoy seeing actors that have made it big in the business on this show. Too many to name. But when I saw Clint Eastwood riding a Harley that was fine. I saw Vic Morrow the other day. Just as a side note I ran into the John Payne series The Restless Gun. It is a great show to watch. John Payne is awesome.
Many thanks for these uncut shows, including the outros with Broderick Crawford talking to the audience. I also love the location photography of Southern California in the mid to late 1950s. Truly a classic program.
California was beginning to grow in population by the mid-fifties, about ten years after WWII, and the highways were growing as well. The series showed rural law enforcement with Broderick Crawford and an excellent cast of personnel supporting his actions to bring justice to the roads everyone travelled. Noticing all vehicles are authentic manufactured in the USA depicting Detroit's efforts to produce heavy units with no hint of gas shortages nor any compact cars.
Well that is a good fact! You hear Voice of authority in Robert Crawford voice everything Sally good on there even Adam 12 sergeant was good on that show!
most comments miss the point of Highway Patrol the episodes are no less than an true slice of American history:Eisenhower years low budgets ensured authenticity; no sets no special effects; we can see what highways, motels, banks, homes, supermarkets etc really used to look like and what about those magnificent cars: Buicks, Chryslers, Mercurys etc ? I wish some automotive expert could take the time to identify the makes and models in each episode some surprisingly sexy young women, yet never even a hint of hanky-panky! it was a touch of genius to get an Oscar winner like Broderick Crawford as star other police shows had forgettable second raters like Jack Webb or Roger Smith? half-hour format and little-known scriptwriters contributed to uncomplicated plots and down-to-earth emotional context
+Charles Kinbote Some one did identify all the cars, go to IMCDB and enter Highway Patrol. Everything's there. In this episode, Talbot's car was a '41 Oldsmobile, the cop cars were '55 Buicks and a '56 Mercury Medalist, the couple's car with trailer was a '56 Mercury Montclair 2dr hardtop.
One thing too, they don't make tv shows like they use too, Highway Patrol, Andy Griffith, I tell u what there is nothing like a black and white tv show staring u in the face,
Back when GM ,Ford and Chrysler made 2 door sedans , 2 door hardtop , 4 door sedans , 4 door hardtops and a station wagon . You could order it with all the options or order it plain . I remember my dad getting a 1966 Ford Fairlane 2 door sedan , 3 speed manual . 289 CI ,2 barrel carburetor. It cost $2400 .
What I like best of these old shows is the cars with there outrageous yet charming styling. Two lessons to be learned from this episode, listen to women's intuition and the real criminals are used car dealers.
This beats any 4k ultra HD tv show today , the cars the pretty girls and the fact that you never see any traffic jams or left hand turn signals is an amazingly sign of the simplicity of life when there wornt as many people driving.
Guess they don't want to stigmatize the brand...or give free advertising..ha. Noticed that the first time on the last episode I watched... obviously a Chevy, but never described.
I'm 69 years old and watched a lot of TV while growing up. Shows back then were much better. Plots were pretty much straight forward and not too complicated. They were great!
Mother didn't let us kids watch television. She didn't like the stuff on it, the kid's programing aimed at selling junk and junk food, the gibberish so called comedy shows and soap operas. She watched Perry Mason and Have Gun Will Travel. We didn't watch her shows because she said they were for adults. I'd never heard about Highway Patrol until TH-cam sent this to me. At 71, I'm viewing them for the first time. I like them.
@fordsrule35 From what one can read everywhere in the web it becomes clearer every day that they are not only thinking that they hate each other. In favt, there is a full-fledged verbal civil war going on in the Disunited States of America.
@@ComputerLearning0 in the "HotRod" episode Mathews kept whining about the getaway car having a supercharger, therefore untouchable- it didnt, it just had 2 2 barrels -shows so silly its lovable
There are very few new shows that I'll even watch. I don't even have cable anymore everything I watch is om the internet somewhere. Most of it is pre-70's.
I was just a kid living in California in those days. It was a wonderful place to live then. Not too many people. Low crime and affordable to most people. Thanks to liberal voters and politicians it is now a crappy place to live. I loved it as a kid and adult up until about the mid 90's. After that it got much worse. I finally left in 2020 and moved to a nearby state. I Wish I could turn back the clock. These videos take me back. Thanks for providing them.
The credits for this and several other "Highway Patrol" episodes show Quinn Martin as Audio Supervisor. He later formed QM Productions, the company that produced "The Fugitive" and "The Streets of San Francisco," among other programs.
This is a classic episode. First, that old clunker of a car--it would look fantastic restored. Second, the way he hid in that trailer when things were looking grim. Dan Mathews to the rescue--go, Dan, go!
Yes, yes, definitely one of the very best episodes and one that has accumulated more comments than virtually any other episode. It’s HWP at its very best, except for a few technical flaws here and there which have been brought up and mentioned by other interested viewers.
The '41 isn't that bad looking. They are mechanically simple and not a lot to go wrong with them. The '56 Mercury is one of those beautiful machines made during that year. Love the street traffic in this one.
@@markmnorcal”The blonde” as you so disparagingly describe her was in fact a human being, a woman to be precise. Show some respect for your fellow humans, we no longer live in the nineteenth century, a time when women were treated as chattels. We live in a different world now, you should come and join it sometime.
Thanks for posting these. I'm really enjoying them. I hope it's the outdated naivety that endears you to Highway Patrol. If so, we're on the same lines.
Could you imagine today's cars pulling a trailer like this episode? haha That would be like roller skate pulling a tractor trailer. haha You can feel the strength of the cars from back then just by looking at them. I grew up in the 1960;s and I remember these cars well,but mainly the ones from 1956 and newer.
Very well executed show. Great camera work, sound, and editing. Love those 50s &40s cars. Made with class and great steel, not like today's tin foiled computers.
Kathy Marlowe played Mrs Talbot. She had a limited career until 1961. She married and raised 3 children in Newport Beach, Ca. Home worth more than a million dollars today depending upon location.
Dan was looking a little worn out in this one. Nose injury,needs a haircut.Once again the poor shop owner,store clerk gets cracked on the head with a pistol. Thanks for posting these,watched them on the old Sylvania 14" B+W along with Superman. Great fun.
I take it that you are referring to that '56 Buick which appears for about 1 second at 7:13 because that's the only Buick that I am aware of in this episode.
@@hurri7720 Wow! I missed that clip as all the other clips from the introduction were scenes taken from that same episode, and in that episode Dan Mathews and his partner pull up in a '56 Mercury. I would say that Buick is definitely a 1955 model and more than likely was lifted from a previous clip that had been filmed during the first season. Thanks for your reply and clarification.
This was a great episode. I remember those Mercury's. My dad had one when I was a kid. I didn't know they had electric windows like the one pulling the trailer did.
Normally they didn't, but The Montclair which is what the guy was driving was their top model and I guess came equipped with them. Back then only the so called "luxury" cars had electric or power windows. I once owned a two door '55 Mercury Monterey and it had handcrank windows.
Tonight at 9:00, 8:00 Central......Drag Patrol followed by I Dream Of Beaver! First, Detective Crossover must go undercover to investigate the Tool Box Club and finds no one is whom they appear to be!
Trick shot Dan Matthews. He has ALL the angles covered. Didn't even have to ask if the bad guy was dead. Never mess with Dan Matthews. Oh, and they lived happily ever after.
It sure is. A beautiful looking ’51 Lincoln Cosmopolitan with visor and suicide doors can be seen at 0:55. Then a cool looking ’52 Hudson Hornet can be seen in the background at 5:22. And finally a circa ’48 Kaiser/Frazer car passes by Matthews cop car at 20:24. And many more I’m sure could be pointed out and named.
@@8176morgan The Lincoln Cosmopolitan is a '50 with its unique front grill and those thick side moldings curved, like half moons, at the top. I do agree with the Hudson Hornet being a '52. Last car is either a '49 or '50 Frazer Standard. There were cosmetic differences between Keisers and Frazers in those years although basically same car. Definitely not a Keiser as it has the Frazer's front grill that were identical in '49 and '50 but different from Keiser's front grill. Hope I am OK. Tell me if not.
@@JGLB2012 That my friend is a 1941 Oldsmobile Special and believe it or not it appeared in no less than six different episodes although it didn't always look the same. 😀
"Marriage is a wonderful thing...." said the fellow driving with the camper in the back. Then the adolescent hippies came along and said "...indiscriminate sex is a wonderful thing". This country has been going downhill ever since.
That was no lie at the end when Broderick Crawford told the woman that she was taking a bigger chance with him driving the car and trailer - his license had been revoked for too many DUI's, and he was often known to be soused when on camera. Still, I always enjoyed these simple half hour dramas.
"Marriage is a wonderful thing" -Jim Rogers Both of these married men were given good cautionary advice by their wives, and both men ignored that advice to their detriment.
Yes, that's very true. They definitely would have been better off if they had paid more attention to what their wives had to say; but then, again how often do men listen to their wives - and especially back in the mid '50's.
Mark H ...does matter if your gonna make an accurate picture...they said nothing about the glass....they said the safe had his prints....how could they possibly overlook that flub
Did you happen to notice at the road block, the patrolman was blocking the road with a Mercury, then on the second shot he had an Oldsmobile. They did that a lot. Trouble was back then, all cars did not look alike
You are so right! In fact I think the HWP car parked there changes four times from a Merc to an Olds,then back to a Merc, and then to an Olds again. I never noticed that before. I wonder why that occurred? I'm sure we'll never know. But I say "Good Eye", as no one else ever spotted that discrepancy.
@@8176morgan The producers were always on a tight shooting schedule. When they notice bloopers when viewing the dailies (or maybe right after the shots), their reasoning is likely "It would cost too much to do a retake for something that most people will not notice, or care about even if they did."
This was a simple case of transfer, You see, Talbert handed the jeweler the bag that had talbert's fingerprints on it. Then the jeweler touched the handle transfering the finger prints to his fingers then when he touched the safe , why naturally talberts prints being superimposed on top of the jewelers prints, he then -he then-he uuhhh ,O"yeah, he uuuhhh, what day is this ?????
What state is it that has no city law enforcement or County Sheriff? What in the heck is the dot on Crawford's nose? I also like the way the robber looks out the side window of the trailer to see what's behind.
Capt. Beak Rural places, like Vermont, have few sheriffs and no town police forces. State Troopers respond to all calls along with Border Patrol, if they're near the Canadian border.
I agree. That man made an awfully big mistake robbing that jewelry store for a measly few thousand bucks. But that's what crooks do. They get too greedy. That old jalopy of his though would never have made it as far down as Mexico. Definitely needed a better set of wheels in order to safely cross the Southern border. 😎
"It's not the car the kills it's the driver".... Why can't people apply the same logic to firearms and realize we need enforcement/penalties of existing laws rater than enacting yet more restrictions on our 2A rights?
"Logic"? What logic? 330 million Americans need cars to go and/or transport things from A to B. 330 million Americans need 300+ million firearms, including automatic weapons, to do what?
That '41 Olds Coupe was in another episode. That after market zany two bit paint job is very distinctive. In other episode (also featuring a crim' couple) the Olds hits a lamp post I think after taking out a pedestrian
That ’41 Oldsmobile Coupe was in no less than six different HWP episodes. The first two times was before it got its “zany two-bit paint job”. It was originally all black. You can see that car in the pilot episode “Prison Break”, and also in “Desert Town”. Both of them excellent episodes in my opinion and well worth watching.
But looks can be deceiving as the engine inside it couldn't handle long distance trips of the kind that he took. But if he had bought a "new, better car" that didn't break down on the way to the airport he would have been busted earlier at the HWP road block as they were looking for a man with a scar on his face.
The male suspect did not want his wife to go with him because it would be easier to I.D. them if they were together. Hey, not wanting to be Mr. Obvious but that full facial scar is a bit telling don't you think?
How many of these episodes were about a husband and wife team, who have already committed several crimes, with the wife practically begging the husband to reconsider committing what was to be their last?
Gotta love the fact that this was one of the few 50's shows produced almost all outside and not on a sound stage.
Damned hard to film a series based on police in vehicles on a sound stage.
457 channels, nothing on, came here and actually ENJOYED the story
This is why we drop-kicked cable years ago. Lots of choices but nothing worthwhile to watch.
@@henryhorner3182 I never had cable at all. Didn't want it, didn't regret not having it. Watched PBS and that outdoor show about places in Oregon. Can't think of the name. It'll come to me in the middle of the night when I'm trying to sleep. Steve Amen was the host for a long time until he retired. Then there was This Old House. A few gardening shows. Now there's TH-cam.
I get more out of these old shows than watching tv.
Especially with the comments. I always read them before viewing the episode. Gets me properly prepared.
Same here..I'm 67 years old & some of the shows on now I can't even watch.
Rather watch old reruns.
Markle that sounds like a bird call
@@shirleyharrison2580 I haven't owned a TV for over 12 years. I could watch classic movies all day and shows like Highway Patrol. Broderick Crawford is an acclaimed actor and I love everything he has done. He really immortalized the Dan Matthews character famously. I enjoy seeing actors that have made it big in the business on this show. Too many to name. But when I saw Clint Eastwood riding a Harley that was fine. I saw Vic Morrow the other day. Just as a side note I ran into the John Payne series The Restless Gun. It is a great show to watch. John Payne is awesome.
@@shirleyharrison2580 I'm 75 The older shows were better and I've seen most of them.Love to watch the reruns.
Just can't get enough of these classic cars !
Me neither!😊
Many thanks for these uncut shows, including the outros with Broderick Crawford talking to the audience. I also love the location photography of Southern California in the mid to late 1950s. Truly a classic program.
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California was beginning to grow in population by the mid-fifties, about ten years after WWII, and the highways were growing as well. The series showed rural law enforcement with Broderick Crawford and an excellent cast of personnel supporting his actions to bring justice to the roads everyone travelled. Noticing all vehicles are authentic manufactured in the USA depicting Detroit's efforts to produce heavy units with no hint of gas shortages nor any compact cars.
So? What’s your point?
@@garyfrancis6193 African Americans helped us out. Hehe
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There were absolutely U.S. made 'compact cars' during the 1950s.
UNFORTUNATELY look at it now, all i will say is SHAMEFUL!!!
Limited budget,good acting at 72 I still love watching these golden oldies
The announcer at the beginning is my wife’s uncle Art Gilmore. He died at age 99. His widow died at 106. A wonderful man.
Believe he was also in dragnet as the captain.small roll but he was good that's why I remember him.
Long life! God Bless him.Must of had a million stories.
I wouldn't know but it was said jack webb was tough to work for.
Much respect for the elderly couple. May God have them together in Heaven.
Well that is a good fact! You hear Voice of authority in Robert Crawford voice everything Sally good on there even Adam 12 sergeant was good on that show!
I love watching the highway patrol thank you for taking these old movies out it's all history please keep them coming 👍🇺🇸
most comments miss the point of Highway Patrol
the episodes are no less than an true slice of American history:Eisenhower years
low budgets ensured authenticity; no sets no special effects; we can see what highways, motels, banks, homes, supermarkets etc really used to look like
and what about those magnificent cars: Buicks, Chryslers, Mercurys etc ?
I wish some automotive expert could take the time to identify the makes and models in each episode
some surprisingly sexy young women, yet never even a hint of hanky-panky!
it was a touch of genius to get an Oscar winner like Broderick Crawford as star
other police shows had forgettable second raters like Jack Webb or Roger Smith?
half-hour format and little-known scriptwriters contributed to uncomplicated plots and down-to-earth emotional context
+Charles Kinbote True History on film. I love looking at the 1950's.
+Charles Kinbote Some one did identify all the cars, go to IMCDB and enter Highway Patrol. Everything's there. In this episode, Talbot's car was a '41 Oldsmobile, the cop cars were '55 Buicks and a '56 Mercury Medalist, the couple's car with trailer was a '56 Mercury Montclair 2dr hardtop.
+Maindrian Pace thx for the info
The police car driven by Dan Mathews is a 1956 Mercury Montclair... he was standing behind a 1952 Plymouth Belvedere
One thing too, they don't make tv shows like they use too, Highway Patrol, Andy Griffith, I tell u what there is nothing like a black and white tv show staring u in the face,
Back when GM ,Ford and Chrysler made 2 door sedans , 2 door hardtop , 4 door sedans , 4 door hardtops and a station wagon . You could order it with all the options or order it plain . I remember my dad getting a 1966 Ford Fairlane 2 door sedan , 3 speed manual . 289 CI ,2 barrel carburetor. It cost $2400 .
What I like best of these old shows is the cars with there outrageous yet charming styling. Two lessons to be learned from this episode, listen to women's intuition and the real criminals are used car dealers.
This beats any 4k ultra HD tv show today , the cars the pretty girls and the fact that you never see any traffic jams or left hand turn signals is an amazingly sign of the simplicity of life when there wornt as many people driving.
... and no niggas in sight!
Weren't as many people on the planet. Now there's more cars - junked and running - on the earth as there are people.
Has anyone ever noticed they never say if those cars are Chevys, Fords, Dodges or Desotos? Always a year and color and how many doors it has.
Guess they don't want to stigmatize the brand...or give free advertising..ha. Noticed that the first time on the last episode I watched... obviously a Chevy, but never described.
Yes. Best guess is they had money related reasons.
Instablaster.
Fantastic police force...... uncovering a whole story just by knowing that "suspect is driving a black sedan"..... lol
@@antoniotrajano Not so many cars back then😉
This was great episode. Could you just imagine the complete terror in the minds of the kidnapped husband and wife?
I'm 69 years old and watched a lot of TV while growing up. Shows back then were much better. Plots were pretty much straight forward and not too complicated. They were great!
68 for me
They more mirrored reality, unlike today.
Mother didn't let us kids watch television. She didn't like the stuff on it, the kid's programing aimed at selling junk and junk food, the gibberish so called comedy shows and soap operas. She watched Perry Mason and Have Gun Will Travel. We didn't watch her shows because she said they were for adults. I'd never heard about Highway Patrol until TH-cam sent this to me. At 71, I'm viewing them for the first time. I like them.
I’m 58 years old.
I petty much watch nothing but the old shows to many. Leftist politics on the new shows .
Ronald Sims ...an right wing politics in real life taking this country down
@@jamesvickers9476 They're two sides of the same coin but keep thinking they really hate each other.
You probably scream at little kids also, has life been that hard on you or have you been unhappy your whole life
@andrew Herriges
*"Liberalism (´hippieism´) is just a whacky word meaning ´full of shit´"*
Gorrie Ozkarski
@fordsrule35 From what one can read everywhere in the web it becomes clearer every day that they are not only thinking that they hate each other. In favt, there is a full-fledged verbal civil war going on in the Disunited States of America.
I grew up in (Southern California ) watching these old (new, then) police fantasies. I still love them and the scenery from those days.
Also I have become hooked watching these. I wasn't even born when these were on TV I wish there were other TV shows you had thank you
HOLD UP! I don't recall Talbert ever touching the safe. In FACT I'm SURE he didn't
lol that's what I thought
@@rebeccanorton2892 he didnt touch it.
I think they expect viewers to just roll with it... it's just a TV show.
@@ComputerLearning0 in the "HotRod" episode Mathews kept whining about the getaway car having a supercharger, therefore untouchable- it didnt, it just had 2 2 barrels -shows so silly its lovable
Lol...glad someone else was paying attention to that, that's the 1st thought I had when I heard that! Haha
There are very few new shows that I'll even watch. I don't even have cable anymore everything I watch is om the internet somewhere. Most of it is pre-70's.
I was just a kid living in California in those days. It was a wonderful place to live then. Not too many people. Low crime and affordable to most people. Thanks to liberal voters and politicians it is now a crappy place to live. I loved it as a kid and adult up until about the mid 90's. After that it got much worse. I finally left in 2020 and moved to a nearby state. I Wish I could turn back the clock. These videos take me back. Thanks for providing them.
At least you had common sense. Good for you !
Don’t blame the liberals, blame the sorry conservatives republicans they not any better.
The credits for this and several other "Highway Patrol" episodes show Quinn Martin as Audio Supervisor. He later formed QM Productions, the company that produced "The Fugitive" and "The Streets of San Francisco," among other programs.
This is a classic episode. First, that old clunker of a car--it would look fantastic restored. Second, the way he hid in that trailer when things were looking grim. Dan Mathews to the rescue--go, Dan, go!
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Michele Eimer Yes, Trailer Story is cool.
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Yes, yes, definitely one of the very best episodes and one that has accumulated more comments than virtually any other episode. It’s HWP at its very best, except for a few technical flaws here and there which have been brought up and mentioned by other interested viewers.
The '41 isn't that bad looking. They are mechanically simple and not a lot to go wrong with them. The '56 Mercury is one of those beautiful machines made during that year. Love the street traffic in this one.
The blonde is ok to.
@@markmnorcal”The blonde” as you so disparagingly describe her was in fact a human being, a woman to be precise. Show some respect for your fellow humans, we no longer live in the nineteenth century, a time when women were treated as chattels. We live in a different world now, you should come and join it sometime.
These back roads look nice and peaceful. Every time i was in California i was always on freeways. Was all stress.
I live in San Diego. None of the vacant roads that we see in the 50's.
These empty roads and highways were all gone by the 70th. So sad.
Thanks for posting these. I'm really enjoying them. I hope it's the outdated naivety that endears you to Highway Patrol. If so, we're on the same lines.
If by "outdated naivety" you mean "not corrupted and hardened to filth" then you can count me in too.
Actor George Cisar who played used car salesman Al Bishop, was probably best known as policeman Sergeant Mooney in the tv show "Dennis the Menace."
Could you imagine today's cars pulling a trailer like this episode? haha That would be like roller skate pulling a tractor trailer. haha You can feel the strength of the cars from back then just by looking at them. I grew up in the 1960;s and I remember these cars well,but mainly the ones from 1956 and newer.
At least the trailer wasn't a dual axle long job. Even a Model A Ford can pull one of those shorties.
Desi and Lucy pulled "The Long, Long, Trailer" with a Merc a couple years older than this '56.
Rob Mackenzie That is a good movie.
That's true but the engine would be basically the same, possibly just bored out a little more for "56.
Single axle trailers weren't really that heavy so many cars could tow them. Used to see that in my younger day.
Very well executed show. Great camera work, sound, and editing. Love those 50s &40s cars. Made with class and great steel, not like today's tin foiled computers.
Kathy Marlowe played Mrs Talbot. She had a limited career until 1961. She married and raised 3 children in Newport Beach, Ca. Home worth more than a million dollars today depending upon location.
@socal rocks Yep California is very over priced today.
Dan was looking a little worn out in this one. Nose injury,needs a haircut.Once again the poor shop owner,store clerk gets cracked on the head with a pistol. Thanks for posting these,watched them on the old Sylvania 14" B+W along with Superman. Great fun.
+Robert Walton I sprung for the superman DVD set and have worn them out already. Just found this a month ago and can't stop watching.
Just remember it isn't the bulitt that kills it's the butt
I like watching this old show. Thanks for posting...
This series is so binge-worthy. I can’t stop.
™Honey just one more job™ seems like I`ve heard that line before,
I love it when they 'off' the bad guy.Law enforcement at it's best!!
They flashed his picture on the television and radio stations.....gotta love see through radios
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Guy’s Sporting Goods in the foothills. Bought my first baseball glove there
"Honey, get your makeup & see if you can cover this scar"...what I would have done.
how clever 👀
Then they could have gone to a used scar dealer.
@@randyhutton9371 BOOOO! 😁
@@Brotherken1234 Best to just ignore me, any reaction at all only encourages me.
Good episode. Thank you for uploading.
It's always: "Just one more job". Greed will get you every time!
Greed - just like our gov't.
Reading alll the coments. They are all funny.
Broderick Crawford always gets his man. Good show.
I really do like watching these old TV series.
Thanks for posting 👍
Love the old shows😀
Oh dear, how I loved that Buick with the four holes, the most beutiful car in the world for a kid of then.
I take it that you are referring to that '56 Buick which appears for about 1 second at 7:13 because that's the only Buick that I am aware of in this episode.
@@8176morgan , at 0:32 I would say.
And I would say that the one on the street I fell in love with must have been 54 or even earlier.
@@hurri7720 Wow! I missed that clip as all the other clips from the introduction were scenes taken from that same episode, and in that episode Dan Mathews and his partner pull up in a '56 Mercury. I would say that Buick is definitely a 1955 model and more than likely was lifted from a previous clip that had been filmed during the first season. Thanks for your reply and clarification.
This was a great episode. I remember those Mercury's. My dad had one when I was a kid. I didn't know they had electric windows like the one pulling the trailer did.
Normally they didn't, but The Montclair which is what the guy was driving was their top model and I guess came equipped with them. Back then only the so called "luxury" cars had electric or power windows. I once owned a two door '55 Mercury Monterey and it had handcrank windows.
With the crossover episodes so popular today Joe Friday and Mathews would have done an episode together
Tonight at 9:00, 8:00 Central......Drag Patrol followed by I Dream Of Beaver! First, Detective Crossover must go undercover to investigate the Tool Box Club and finds no one is whom they appear to be!
How about Dan Matthews working with Harry Callahan? That would be a pair.
@@zigzagwanderer9531 I dream of beaver every night.
Anyone out there who enjoys police shows, remember San Francisco Beat? aka The Lineup? There was a great classic show!.
I love all old cop shows. Did you ever watch New Breed? Only ran one season. Early 60's. I liked all Quinn Martin productions.
"wait for you ...the last time I waited nearly 2 years "
she says it all right there
Trick shot Dan Matthews. He has ALL the angles covered. Didn't even have to ask if the bad guy was dead. Never mess with Dan Matthews. Oh, and they lived happily ever after.
Dan didn't have to be a pc girly man back then, he was free to do his job as he saw fit.
And that is the way things should be.
Snub nose justice prevailed before "book 'em, Dano."
Great place to see some very nice old cars .
It sure is. A beautiful looking ’51 Lincoln Cosmopolitan with visor and suicide doors can be seen at 0:55. Then a cool looking ’52 Hudson Hornet can be seen in the background at 5:22. And finally a circa ’48 Kaiser/Frazer car passes by Matthews cop car at 20:24. And many more I’m sure could be pointed out and named.
@@8176morgan The Lincoln Cosmopolitan is a '50 with its unique front grill and those thick side moldings curved, like half moons, at the top. I do agree with the Hudson Hornet being a '52. Last car is either a '49 or '50 Frazer Standard. There were cosmetic differences between Keisers and Frazers in those years although basically same car. Definitely not a Keiser as it has the Frazer's front grill that were identical in '49 and '50 but different from Keiser's front grill. Hope I am OK. Tell me if not.
@@8176morgan what is the "old" car that the bad guy is driving, that the unscrupulous car dealer sold to him?
@@JGLB2012 That my friend is a 1941 Oldsmobile Special and believe it or not it appeared in no less than six different episodes although it didn't always look the same. 😀
@@8176morgan thank you very much for reply!
"Marriage is a wonderful thing...." said the fellow driving with the camper in the back. Then the adolescent hippies came along and said "...indiscriminate sex is a wonderful thing". This country has been going downhill ever since.
Indeed!
The screen writers of yesterday knock spots off the amateurs of today
You can tell he's a bad guy. He's got a scar on his cheek.
Broderick Crawford was the MAN
when he walks fast i always picture him with a purse, wig and high heels.
@@sharksport01
Haha so true!
Did California need a smog test back then. I grew up in N.Y. These are great my Dad and I watched it every Sunday
No, not until 1966.
TY 50 Years.
'It's a CHINCH, It always is......until that last job, of course!
Always listen to the missus?!
That was an awful chance you took
Your taking a bigger one
I’ve never pulled a trailer before
lol
As Matthews proceeds to drag the trailer over the perp's feet.
@@-oiiio-3993 he's dead what did it matter. Lol
@@scottreal7787 Messy procedure.
The license on Dan Matthew’s car is KHE456. The license on the car pulling he trailer is KHE459.
And they're both '56 Mercury's on top of that. Quite a coincidence I'd say!
Anyone else notice that Crawford, very often in the series, has cuts or bruises on his face? He was a heavy drinker, I hope that’s not why…
That was no lie at the end when Broderick Crawford told the woman that she was taking a bigger chance with him driving the car and trailer - his license had been revoked for too many DUI's, and he was often known to be soused when on camera. Still, I always enjoyed these simple half hour dramas.
Little did she know!
"Marriage is a wonderful thing" -Jim Rogers
Both of these married men were given good cautionary advice by their wives, and both men ignored that advice to their detriment.
Remind me to get married in case I forget.
Meddler!
Yes, that's very true. They definitely would have been better off if they had paid more attention to what their wives had to say; but then, again how often do men listen to their wives - and especially back in the mid '50's.
Dan Matthews is all business, but with a heart also. Today, he would be fired for insensitivity.
Did Talbot touch the safe? The store owner opened it and handed him the bag
Brian Salomon was2
No he didn’t touch the safe at all.
doesnt matter, maybe he touched the glass showcase
I noticed that to.
Mark H ...does matter if your gonna make an accurate picture...they said nothing about the glass....they said the safe had his prints....how could they possibly overlook that flub
I thought Peter Gunn was cool (STILL DO). But this is great!
Did you happen to notice at the road block, the patrolman was blocking the road with a Mercury, then on the second shot he had an Oldsmobile. They did that a lot. Trouble was back then, all cars did not look alike
I didn't catch that....but you're right! ;-)
tiredlawdog Thanks,I missed it too.
You are so right! In fact I think the HWP car parked there changes four times from a Merc to an Olds,then back to a Merc, and then to an Olds again. I never noticed that before. I wonder why that occurred? I'm sure we'll never know. But I say "Good Eye", as no one else ever spotted that discrepancy.
@@8176morgan
The producers were always on a tight shooting schedule. When they notice bloopers when viewing the dailies (or maybe right after the shots), their reasoning is likely "It would cost too much to do a retake for something that most people will not notice, or care about even if they did."
I bet they used the same road block in several shows
Dans the Man now trailer approved...
I have learned from these to _never_ do "one more job". And these would look cool colorized too.
No thanks
I love watching 👀 these old episodes of Highway Patrol! This was a good 👍one 👌!
Back then law enforcement had a lot more common sense
Sounds like the fan belt broke on that clunker
Prints on the safe? The crook never touched the safe.
But he did leave his prints all over the freshly-cleaned glass case...
Back then prints took weeks to get a return. Pre NCIC crimes took a lot of time to solve.
@@jaywalker712 Nah. Only takes Dan and the boys about 26 minutes to bag even the best of them.
This was a simple case of transfer, You see, Talbert handed the jeweler the bag that had talbert's fingerprints on it. Then the jeweler touched the handle transfering the finger prints to his fingers then when he touched the safe , why naturally talberts prints being superimposed on top of the jewelers prints, he then -he then-he uuhhh ,O"yeah, he uuuhhh, what day is this ?????
Highway Patrol: Special 3 of 41.
Season 2. Episode 3. "Trailer Story".
Gold Episode 2.
Bad Woman: Kathy Marlowe.
Tuesday - November 29 - 2022.
You guys sure Crawford's real name wasn't Broderick Wayne? He was THE man!
Dillon.
That Mercury had a Helluvan exaust leak already.
Kills a bad guy then cuts a joke .
ahhh the good 'ol days ! LOL
And then gets in the car and drives away from a homicide scene. No pictures. "You take it from here".
Not exactly how it's done but it was TV.
The Harry Callahan of TV police shows.
James Bond does it all the time.
Great episode! Love the old TV shows. Thank you.
It’s cool to see the patrol cars are ‘56 Oldsmobiles
1956 Mercury Montclair with spinner wheel covers! What a sweet ride!
Why is the "highway patrol" involved in a store robbery?! Where are the local police?
Golly, this show is just SWELL! 😆
We need an episode with a husband/wife team robbing & stealing...oh wait,about 1 in 6 are.
When will the bad guys lean...Don’t do one more job!
What state is it that has no city law enforcement or County Sheriff? What in the heck is the dot on Crawford's nose? I also like the way the robber looks out the side window of the trailer to see what's behind.
Capt. Beak Rural places, like Vermont, have few sheriffs and no town police forces. State Troopers respond to all calls along with Border Patrol, if they're near the Canadian border.
The Sheriff's departments tended to be a lot smaller back then. Not as much crime to deal with and fewer crazy people in general.
You've got 20 thousand bucks, a pretty girl, and a car. Why not just drive down to Mexico and live like royalty?
I agree. That man made an awfully big mistake robbing that jewelry store for a measly few thousand bucks. But that's what crooks do. They get too greedy. That old jalopy of his though would never have made it as far down as Mexico. Definitely needed a better set of wheels in order to safely cross the Southern border. 😎
The moral of this story ,stay awah from used car salesman
"It's not the car the kills it's the driver".... Why can't people apply the same logic to firearms and realize we need enforcement/penalties of existing laws rater than enacting yet more restrictions on our 2A rights?
"Logic"? What logic? 330 million Americans need cars to go and/or transport things from A to B. 330 million Americans need 300+ million firearms, including automatic weapons, to do what?
Had I been that man's wife, I would never have followed him into more crime!
1941 Oldsmobile Series 66. Gas saving 6 cylinder engine.
Great looking car!
Shot talbert dead and just walked away like no big deal
Thumbs up. Love this show.0
That '41 Olds Coupe was in another episode. That after market zany two bit paint job is very distinctive. In other episode (also featuring a crim' couple) the Olds hits a lamp post I think after taking out a pedestrian
That ’41 Oldsmobile Coupe was in no less than six different HWP episodes. The first two times was before it got its “zany two-bit paint job”. It was originally all black. You can see that car in the pilot episode “Prison Break”, and also in “Desert Town”. Both of them excellent episodes in my opinion and well worth watching.
Next week's show is going to be an unusual one. And remember....
...the '41 Oldsmobile looks to be in nice shape!...I wouldn't be looking for a "newer, better" car... :)
But looks can be deceiving as the engine inside it couldn't handle long distance trips of the kind that he took. But if he had bought a "new, better car" that didn't break down on the way to the airport he would have been busted earlier at the HWP road block as they were looking for a man with a scar on his face.
@@8176morgan Those old cars were dependable, if well maintained. The break down was contrived, just for the show.
The male suspect did not want his wife to go with him because it would be easier to I.D. them if they were together. Hey, not wanting to be Mr. Obvious but that full facial scar is a bit telling don't you think?
'Highway patrol, highway patrol, hours're long and the pay is low...'-sung in the style of Junior Brown
How many of these episodes were about a husband and wife team, who have already committed several crimes, with the wife practically begging the husband to reconsider committing what was to be their last?
watched these when they were new.
Lucky you.
I think it's so funny I used car salesman even back then is no different than today LOL
The California Highway Patrol had a 2 door Buick police special (as seen in this episode) manufactured for their use.