Regardless of the rumors about his alcoholism Broderick Crawford was a great actor, he played his part well as a smart, fast talking cop that's always out thinking the criminal and no matter how you look at it, I can't see no other person playing the role of Dan Mathews other that Broderick Crawford.
Actors back then picked up a lot of work since the networks were based on 30 min shows on a weekly basis. They weren't the self absorbed, nonbinary, drug addicted slobs they are today.
Hard to accept Flynn as a bad guy, even though he played it very well, because he is so well known for the comedic buffoon he played so convincingly in McHale’s Navy.
This is why I always keep bundles of rope and packages of handkerchiefs and my briefcase. You never know when you're going to need to be kept quiet and it's always good to be prepared just in case.
It's what I look forward to most. The reflections on cars of the era, little flaws I missed, and best of all the poking fun at old Dan but we love him really. (What happened to his voice in this episode ?)
The kid in the sportscar was a big fan of James Dean, and died in a Porshe Spider in Benedict canyon. His dad said he like to drive it too fast. He was found almost 3 weeks after the accident.
They goofed on the car switch scene as two Jaguars were used. The first was darker colored than the other one and had rear fender skirts and the other one didn't (but both had the same driver) I remember one in my neighborhood as a kid. A college guy drove it for about a year but then went into the Army, spent a year in Vietnam but when he came back he didn't want the car anymore. He decided to get married instead (no thanks!) Joe Flynn always looked older than he really was. He was just 31 here and just 37 when he was cast as the old crusty captain in McHale's Navy.
If he got plugged, it would have just been a "flesh wound". He would be okay in a couple of hours! They had very weak ammunition back then. Many times in the "cowboy" movies, someone would get shot in the hand or shoulder with NO blood and very little pain!
Love this old show. I just realized they never mention the make of cars. Only the color. You never hear green 57 Plymouth. Or red 57 Ford. It's only the color and sedan or convertible, LOL
I'm not sure how it works now, because we see product names all over tv shows now, but it used to be copyright infringement to mention or show product names. Even things like watch brands. I've seen a few episodes of this show where a few of them are noting exact times and "synchronizing watches", then they'll show the dial of one or more of them and there's an obvious white-out marking over the brand name. Every now and then, you'll catch a car name or emblem though. When I was a kid, i asked my Dad why the names weren't on some items. Like on a Pepsi can... it was spot on. It was obviously Pepsi, but the name was very conspicuously missing. I think anymore that companies are just happy for the free publicity and advertising, and most likely even pay for product placement. But I'm not in advertising or tv shows or anything even vaguely related' so don't quote me.
@@douglasharvey8331 I think what the problem was, the car companies would have to pay for the advertising. That's why they didn't mention the car names. Thing was they (car company) probably figured just the cars being on the show was free advertising.
"I got the message by telephone... The one he said he didn't have !" We could make a book with the last sentences of Dan Matthews ! Thanks, I love this series. I watch it for the second time.
+Michael Hollier You never saw him in movies from the 1940's? You should see how young he was then. Oh, and Andy Griffith too,and even further back Buddy Ebsen, Jed Clampett from the Original Beverly Hillbillies in the 1930's. All like early 20's young back then.
Love the way the wounded cop returns fire, even though there is a hostage. And the hostage dude just sits there during the hijack, without trying to highball it out of there in his Jag XK120. Mind you having owned several old Jags myself and therefore knowing how notoriously unreliable they are, maybe he was just plain scared it was going to stall out.
*"The clowns at the circus they're funny, but on the highway they're murder."* Well said Broderick Crawford. There should be no such things as clowns on the road because they cause mayhem. Do not be a clown while at the wheel. Always wear a seat belt. Obey posted speed limits. Obey the rules of the road.
This series began in the early 1950s, when I was an infant, toddler, and then kindergartener, etc. I remember hearing the opening announcement about the “militia,” etc., but I did not yet have the faculties to watch and enjoy the show-not until now! And now, I am appreciating them very much. The dialogue is a bit stiff and stayed by today’s standards, but the character of Dan Mathews played by Broderick Crawford is terrific. He is, of course, the same rapid-fire man who played the incomparable Willie Stark in the 1949 classic film version of Robert Penn Warren’s ‘All The King’s Men.”
Broderick Crawford was an excellent movie actor. When he made these TV episodes he was pretty ill from alcoholism. Pulled over so many times drunk behind the wheel that CHP distanced their realtions to the show. Still I really enjoy watching these. They were part of my childhood and so was Dan Mathews.....21/50 Bye.....
+Bigstooler0 probably why Broderick aged quite rapidly. He is only in his mid 40s here but looks at least 10 years older, same went for the 1960s & 1970s. Pretty much retired when the 80s came along.
+Bigstooler0 Somebody who's "pretty ill from alcoholism" wouldn't have been able to shoot two of these episodes per week, live another 30 years, or continue to get work whenever he wanted it, as Crawford did. Stories about his drinking were wildly exaggerated.
Watch some of the later episodes. I think the legend of his drinking is pretty accurate. But it doesn't really matter does it? It's not uncommon for artists to drink. He was a terrific actor and should be remembered for that.....
Those WERE the "GOOD OLD DAYS" for sure! I remember being able to drive a motorcycle with JUST a regular DL. Was NO need for special endorsements, fees or concern about engine displacement. Today, you don't need a DL or cycle endorsement to ride a 50cc moped because EVERYONE KNOWS you will not die on a machine that tops out at 35MPH, but if you ride an 80cc bike WITHOUT a cycle endorsement (or at least a cycle permit) you MIGHT GO TO JAIL because that bike will go 45MPH, a death machine! LOL
ALL OF THESE VARIOUS OLDER CLASSIC TV EPISODES ARE REALLY GREAT TO SEE ONCE AGAIN SO MANY YEARS AFTER THE DAYS OF OUR YOUTH WITH MANY NOW VERY WELL KNOWN ACTORS BEFORE THEY REACHED THEIR ULTIMATE FAME - THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR FINDING AND POSTING THEM .
Man that taxi driver was a slimeball. He convinced the guy to commandeer a different car and got that trooper killed. The trooper was a sitting duck out there.
He was guesting ... trying to calm the hoodlum perhaps ... he couldnt know what would happen. He also called for help as you'd expect. Sadly the Trooper was in open.
Everything is out of character...but that Jag is something else. The kid/actor who was driving it died at a early age running his Porsche Spyder off the road at a sharp curve in the Hollywood Hills October 31, 1958, .
the actor who played the sports car driver died tragically at age 26 in a car accident diving a porsche...life immitating life...he was on his way to a great acting career having acted in 40 shows by the time he was 26
US 34 is here in South Carolina. I wonder if it goes that far West. US 34 runs East & West here. Remember this was before the Interstate Highways were finished. I remember them working on I-81 in Pennsylvania. We used US highways. Alot more of a chance to see the USA (in your Cheverolet) than what you can see from the Interstates. Then add the DVD's and Game players in the back seat and everyone misses the scenery,but they get to watch the same move over again for the 100th time, wow! My kid was taught how to travel, and today, she acts as if she's too good to go and do the way she was raised. Her Daddy and me were Working class, good moral,Hippies, who are also Republican and broke.Not all Republicans are rich and not all Hippies are Liberal,commie loving Democrats. I know I will hear all about this comment. haha Wonderful thing Freedom of Speech, you don't have to be a Liberal to partake in it.
Can't imagine a taxi driver so desperate for a customer that he would wait for the crook. "Steve Stanky" HAW has the taxi wait while its obvious Stanky is robbing and shooting. And the cop who gets shot was hoping for an Academy Award for his walking like a duck to his police car when hit.
"The names Binghamton, Wallace B., now stick am up . if it wasn't for McHale and his pirates, I wouldn't be living this life of crime, NOW STICK am UP!!".
McHale's Navysucked but, good actors. I just did not finds it funny. Better shows: DRAGNET. THE FUGITIVE. LUCY SHOW/ I LOVE LUCYTV SHOW. GUNSMOKE #1 Starring my father's Army buddy. Both wounded in Anzio, Italy killing German SS & NAZI'S. WE NEED TO R9UND UP NAZI'S IN USA TODAY AND PUT THEM INTERRORIST CAMPS. COLUMBO w/Peter Falk. Man o man great years for TV shows.
He often uses the John Wayne arms slightly up, hands hanging down. I find his manner to be like John Wayne in several ways. John Wayne said he was imitating Wyatt Earp.
Rumors? Hah.. He was an alcoholic for sure and gave the series problems. Crawford's drinking increased during the filming of Highway Patrol, eventually resulting in several arrests and stops for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI), which eventually gained him a suspended driving license.[5] Eventually the drinking strained the show's relationship with the CHP as well as Crawford's relationship with ZIV. Fellow actor Stuart Whitman became a close friend of Crawford. In an interview Whitman said they both clicked upon meeting when cast in an episode of Highway Patrol. According to Whitman, who was going through hard financial times, they became fast friends. Crawford would ask Whitman to play his character whenever he was low on cash, so that Whitman would do the dialogue while he was drinking. Whitman said that later down the line he helped to cast Crawford in The Decks Ran Red (1958). Whitman promised the production that Crawford would stay sober throughout the shoot, and he did
Did anybody notice the XK-120? My goodness, that was the real star of this show. That kid's parents must have had money. That was a $5000 car. He sure didnt pay for it while going to college! Blooper : In the first shot of the Jag, it's got a wheel skirt on it. At second shot, its gone ! Just looked again and the first Jag (with the skirt) is red. The second is white. Compare it against the cab and see !!! It's a totally different car. The first has the side vent open, the second closed.
The Bad Guy is Joseph Anthony Flynn III (November 8, 1924 - July 19, 1974) Best was known for playing Captain Wallace Binghamton in the 1960s ABC television situation comedy McHale's Navy.
I was surprised to see Joe Flynn in a dramatic role. Nice to see another side to his acting skills. He played the role good. I'm sorry we didn't get to see him in more serious roles.
I bought a 55 Buick Super hardtop in 1963 for 300 bucks. Dang nice and beautiful car. My uncle bought it new and sold it to me on my 16th birthday. I had a job making 85 cents an hour at Isalys dairy store. Car was heavy and the dynaflow auto transmission left a lot to be desired. Once rolling it was a pleasure to drive.
This series really keeps you on the edge of your seat. When criminals are captured they need to be tortured and then shot to discourage repeat performances by others. The torture and shooting needs to be broadcast across the nation on all the air waves. We are entirely too lenient with criminals.
Trivia TOM PITTMAN Died in a car crash after leaving a Halloween party at the home of Norma Stuart, ex-wife of Keefe Brasselle. His body was found in his wrecked sports car by a Los Angeles police officer nearly three weeks later, on November 19, at the bottom of the ravine in Benedict Canyon. He was nearly halfway out of the driver's side window, having been crushed between the steering post and the driver's side door. According to his father, he idolized James Dean and like Dean, loved to drive his sports car at high speeds. He was driving a Porsche Spyder when he was killed, the same model in which Dean died.
In the days before imports got numerous I remembered a few of the Jaguars as the one featured here. Noisy but fast. In later years at a car show, one owner told me they only get 12 miles to the gallon as that big 6 drinks a lot of gas. Joe Flynn always looked at least 10 years older than he was. (Goof---the fender skirt on the left side of the Jag is now missing when Flynn carjacks him--it wasn't when the light was red)
DAN MATHEWS SUPOSE TO BE THE BOSS. SO WHY IS HE ALWAYS WALKING INTO THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES. LIKE THAT SHACK. WHY DON'T DAN SEND ONE OF THOSE UNIFORM YOUNGER COPS IN FIRST.
Final answer: this is an XK-140 for the following reasons: Chrome bar on bonnet (hood) and trunk @ 5:18 and 6:24 . One piece (2 pieces on the 120) front bumper with 2 bumperets, 7 vertical bars front grill exclusive to the XK-140, fog lights for the USA market all seen from 9:52 to 10:02 . Cannot be an XK-150 as it does not have a one-piece windshield and XK-150 started in 1957, this episode was filmed in 1956 as confirmed with the Copyright at end of episode shown in roman numbers MCMLVI.
@@bowtieguy85 They knew all about it. They figured that out at the begining of the industrial revolution. Train crews, machine shop workers and farmers too once mechanical farm equipement became common. No rings, bracelets, chains or cords. But to this day some dont listen.
Back then the tax base was so good that cops got Oldsmobiles and Buick Roadmasters for patrol cars!!! My family We had a 56 Olds it was Fast! Back in the real America ...
Dan makes a quibb in one episode that they only have one Trooper for every 100 sq miles (so he cant block every road). The Troopers are patrolling by themselves too. HQ doesnt look flash either. I imagine cars might be either a TV thing or perhaps they were that expensive back then.
Some crook that guy was. He calls his hostage Pop rather than asking for his real name and exchanging pleasantries. Sure am glad Mathews pulled the telephone gag on him.
When TV was TV . Not this crap on now. Im 65 and this is what I watch 🇺🇸
This show will not teach you how to be a good policeman nor a good criminal.
Regardless of the rumors about his alcoholism Broderick Crawford was a great actor, he played his part well as a smart, fast talking cop that's always out thinking the criminal and no matter how you look at it, I can't see no other person playing the role of Dan Mathews other that Broderick Crawford.
What about Don Knotts?
You're right. Crawford was a great actor.
Correct. He may be drunk in the afternoon, but he was a workhorse actor in the morning. One of a kind character.
I like my booze and broads also.
Crawford loved to booze it back.
It's so hard to look at Joe Flynn in this series playing a tough guy. He's really a very funny person.
He was a really NICE person in real life!
Is Ensign Parker driving the getaway car?
Actors back then picked up a lot of work since the networks were based on 30 min shows on a weekly basis. They weren't the self absorbed, nonbinary, drug addicted slobs they are today.
I thought that was him. I was just about to Google it.
It's even harder to look at Joe Flynn without his glasses!
It difficult to take Captain Binghamton (Joe Flynn) seriously as a killer
Sam Eldridge I was waiting for him to say What, What, What!!!!
I didn't recognize him!
The Joker was hard to take seriously, too.
One of a kind voice.. can't miss that.!! lol
Bing Bing Binghamton
Hard to accept Flynn as a bad guy, even though he played it very well, because he is so well known for the comedic buffoon he played so convincingly in McHale’s Navy.
Have to say though Flynn looks pretty rough around the edges in this one.
Was that the captain????
A young Joe Flynn
That voice is unmistakable Joe Flynn
The Jag pulls up next to the taxi. He has fender skirts. Before the light turns green he has no fender skirts. Must be a bad neighborhood.
William Atchison I NEVER NOTICE THAT
Vent in fender is very visible in first shot. Can barely see it in following scenes. I think it's a different car.
@Sloppy Turtle ran out of gas member he said it needed gad
At least they did not take the tires.
@Sloppy Turtle It was out of gas. Wonderful God given fuel that has helped civilization thrive
Lots of comments on these videos wrt how terrible TV is.
These shows back in the 50s and 60s were great. Society has certainly gone down hill.
Love this show!! Every episode is awesome!! Broderick Crawford rocks!👍👊💥
A little before my time but back when shows were good and not these stupid sitcoms today.
Sitcoms nowadays run for 1 season and then they're forgotten forever.......like they should be.
Broderick Crawford has the perfect voicefor this part. Deep, gravely and commanding.
He would have made a GREAT REAL COP because of his fairness and empathy with the people he dealt with!
"give up you haven't got a chance, I'm coming in"
I've forgotten about Highway Patrol. Now I have watched countless episodes.
I heard once he was released from prison he joined the navy, and rose to the rank of Captain
I knew immediately that was Joe Flynn. I said to myself, What’s Leadbottom doing at a gas station?
I could just scream!
too bad a good comedic actor like joe flynn didnt see his 5oth birthday #RipJoeFlynn
Leadbottom was a mean killer in this one
This is why I always keep bundles of rope and packages of handkerchiefs and my briefcase. You never know when you're going to need to be kept quiet and it's always good to be prepared just in case.
kevin webster Excellent advice. Were you a Boy Scout? Also good to know several knots so you can explain to your captor how to tie you up securely!
So we got his BLACK tie & belt and a white cloth as a gag.Must be his Fruit of the Looms.
That's why I always keep my tank nearly empty.
Don't let your wife find them.
She simply wouldn't understand.
@@thomasthomas2418 wife?
Who else spends more time reading the comments than watching the show.
I'm guilty
10-4
I'm convinced that the popularity of these old shows is that there are no people of color anywhere...just sayin'
@@mt-ye3wb I don't know. A couple of episodes featured Mexican and HP gave women some great rolls.
It's what I look forward to most. The reflections on cars of the era, little flaws I missed, and best of all the poking fun at old Dan but we love him really. (What happened to his voice in this episode ?)
Who'd of thought that Captain Binghamton would turn out a trigger happy crook...
What a great video, Thanks for sharing as everyone else is watching Crap for Cable or Satellite.
The kid in the sportscar was a big fan of James Dean, and died in a Porshe Spider in Benedict canyon. His dad said he like to drive it too fast. He was found almost 3 weeks after the accident.
Bummer Another Hollywood sad story.....
So tragic and sad.
Well, damn.
Both Flynn and the young man who drove the sports car gave superb performances. The Sports cars drivers emotional part impacted me. Great!
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Boy those bold opening notes sure bring back memories of this wonderful old B&W show!
Joe was even a great actor back then.
They goofed on the car switch scene as two Jaguars were used. The first was darker colored than the other one and had rear fender skirts and the other one didn't (but both had the same driver) I remember one in my neighborhood as a kid. A college guy drove it for about a year but then went into the Army, spent a year in Vietnam but when he came back he didn't want the car anymore. He decided to get married instead (no thanks!)
Joe Flynn always looked older than he really was. He was just 31 here and just 37 when he was cast as the old crusty captain in McHale's Navy.
Joe Flynn did a great job. I really hated the guy he played here. I wish the script had had him get plugged.;)
Why Barney, Sheriff Taylor would have gotten after you for saying that. lol
At first, I didn't recognize him, but his voice was familiar. Old Leadbottom gave a great performance.
If he got plugged, it would have just been a "flesh wound". He would be okay in a couple of hours! They had very weak ammunition back then. Many times in the "cowboy" movies, someone would get shot in the hand or shoulder with NO blood and very little pain!
@@TheOzthewiz
No, back then men were just a lot tougher
@@TheOzthewiz that's just on tv
I can just hear Joe Flynn as they put him in the patrol car in handcuffs: “Somebody up there hates me!”
Tim Conway as his lawyer.
I could just scream!
"Why me? Why is it always me?"
Love this old show.
I just realized they never mention the make of cars. Only the color.
You never hear green 57 Plymouth. Or red 57 Ford. It's only the color and sedan or convertible, LOL
I noticed that to
I'm not sure how it works now, because we see product names all over tv shows now, but it used to be copyright infringement to mention or show product names. Even things like watch brands. I've seen a few episodes of this show where a few of them are noting exact times and "synchronizing watches", then they'll show the dial of one or more of them and there's an obvious white-out marking over the brand name. Every now and then, you'll catch a car name or emblem though. When I was a kid, i asked my Dad why the names weren't on some items. Like on a Pepsi can... it was spot on. It was obviously Pepsi, but the name was very conspicuously missing. I think anymore that companies are just happy for the free publicity and advertising, and most likely even pay for product placement. But I'm not in advertising or tv shows or anything even vaguely related' so don't quote me.
@@douglasharvey8331
I think what the problem was, the car companies would have to pay for the advertising. That's why they didn't mention the car names. Thing was they (car company) probably figured just the cars being on the show was free advertising.
It's like that in today's world, they ALL look alike except for color and body style! In 60 years, some things have NOT changed!
They don't mention the makes but they never covered the names or emblems on the cars like they often do today.
"I got the message by telephone... The one he said he didn't have !"
We could make a book with the last sentences of Dan Matthews !
Thanks, I love this series. I watch it for the second time.
That the youngest Joe Flynn (Mchale's navy) I have ever seen..
+Michael Hollier ...Haha! Yeah, a young Lead Bottom! Good call, Michael.
Hey John, have you checked out the show's bio?...it is worth the read. have a great day!
+Michael Hollier Looks like Ted Cruz
Republican, Ted?? lolo
+Michael Hollier You never saw him in movies from the 1940's? You should see how young he was then. Oh, and Andy Griffith too,and even further back Buddy Ebsen, Jed Clampett from the Original Beverly Hillbillies in the 1930's. All like early 20's young back then.
And I understand that next weeks episode is going to be a very interesting one.
And remember: "leave blood to the Red Cross, NOT on the highway"!
@@TheOzthewiz Unless the Red Cross is in a mobile unit out on the highway
Or will it be an unusual one?
Poor Captain Binghamton had issues even back then.
I could just scream!
Why is it me? Why is it always me?
"WHAT, WHAT, WHAT !!!!!?????"
The guest stars are almost as fabulous as the cars. This time it's Joe Flynn, Captain Binghamton from McHale's Navy. Brings back memories.
When Joe Flynn got arrested, he should have said, “I could just scream."
LMAO!!!
"McHALE!!!"
Love the way the wounded cop returns fire, even though there is a hostage. And the hostage dude just sits there during the hijack, without trying to highball it out of there in his Jag XK120. Mind you having owned several old Jags myself and therefore knowing how notoriously unreliable they are, maybe he was just plain scared it was going to stall out.
Capt. Binghamton was a baddie long before he was in the Navy. If McHale had been the taxi driver things would have turned out different.
Fuji should have been the cab driver !
@@jackpontiac52 Best comment!
@@jackpontiac52Taratupa Taxi
Even Capt. Binghamton knows how to use a clutch.
*"The clowns at the circus they're funny, but on the highway they're murder."* Well said Broderick Crawford. There should be no such things as clowns on the road because they cause mayhem. Do not be a clown while at the wheel. Always wear a seat belt. Obey posted speed limits. Obey the rules of the road.
I read Ol' Broderick was lit during most of the filming and had lost his license. This makes the show even more enjoyable as an adult.
This series began in the early 1950s, when I was an infant, toddler, and then kindergartener, etc. I remember hearing the opening announcement about the “militia,” etc., but I did not yet have the faculties to watch and enjoy the show-not until now! And now, I am appreciating them very much. The dialogue is a bit stiff and stayed by today’s standards, but the character of Dan Mathews played by Broderick Crawford is terrific. He is, of course, the same rapid-fire man who played the incomparable Willie Stark in the 1949 classic film version of Robert Penn Warren’s ‘All The King’s Men.”
Highway Patrol ran from 1955 - 59.
The show was rerun throughout the 1960s, 70s, in the Los Angeles market.
Me too
Broderick Crawford was an excellent movie actor. When he made these TV episodes he was pretty ill from alcoholism. Pulled over so many times drunk behind the wheel that CHP distanced their realtions to the show. Still I really enjoy watching these. They were part of my childhood and so was Dan Mathews.....21/50 Bye.....
and the kid who was a victim of the robber, begged him to spare his life, was a damn good actor
+Bigstooler0 probably why Broderick aged quite rapidly. He is only in his mid 40s here but looks at least 10 years older, same went for the 1960s & 1970s. Pretty much retired when the 80s came along.
+Bigstooler0 Somebody who's "pretty ill from alcoholism" wouldn't have been able to shoot two of these episodes per week, live another 30 years, or continue to get work whenever he wanted it, as Crawford did. Stories about his drinking were wildly exaggerated.
Watch some of the later episodes. I think the legend of his drinking is pretty accurate. But it doesn't really matter does it? It's not uncommon for artists to drink. He was a terrific actor and should be remembered for that.....
me too watched this all the time as a kid . we had good tv shows back in the day
Calling all units.. total of 3 cops.
California was much smaller then.
Those WERE the "GOOD OLD DAYS" for sure! I remember being able to drive a motorcycle with JUST a regular DL. Was NO need for special endorsements, fees or concern about engine displacement. Today, you don't need a DL or cycle endorsement to ride a 50cc moped because EVERYONE KNOWS you will not die on a machine that tops out at 35MPH, but if you ride an 80cc bike WITHOUT a cycle endorsement (or at least a cycle permit) you MIGHT GO TO JAIL because that bike will go 45MPH, a death machine! LOL
This was one of their most expensive shows. Four cops, two cars, for a half-hour drama in the '50's. Big production bucks.😜
Back then everyone could drive a car with a manual transmission, even the women
That "standard transmission" really was STANDARD in MOST cars back then, usually column shift 3-speed (except MB, column shift 4-speed)!
If I had a car with a manual transmission most of my problems would be gone.
_Three on the tree._
ALL OF THESE VARIOUS OLDER CLASSIC TV EPISODES ARE REALLY GREAT TO SEE ONCE AGAIN SO MANY YEARS AFTER THE DAYS OF OUR YOUTH WITH MANY NOW VERY WELL KNOWN ACTORS BEFORE THEY REACHED THEIR ULTIMATE FAME - THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR FINDING AND POSTING THEM .
Clay Marston RIGHT ON.
WHAT?
You are right! But STOP YELLING AT EVERYONE!!! With all caps.
Man that taxi driver was a slimeball. He convinced the guy to commandeer a different car and got that trooper killed. The trooper was a sitting duck out there.
He was guesting ... trying to calm the hoodlum perhaps ... he couldnt know what would happen. He also called for help as you'd expect. Sadly the Trooper was in open.
He probably didn't know the cop would get shot, just trying to get help!
Everything is out of character...but that Jag is something else. The kid/actor who was driving it died at a early age running his Porsche Spyder off the road at a sharp curve in the Hollywood Hills October 31, 1958,
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His body was not discovered until November 19th made by his Father.
the actor who played the sports car driver died tragically at age 26 in a car accident diving a porsche...life immitating life...he was on his way to a great acting career having acted in 40 shows by the time he was 26
O wow! So sad. After the scene with him begging for his life, I told my wife, "That was hard to watch." He played it very well.
He should have stuck with the Jaguar.
Those Porsche cars were cursed, first James Dean then this young actor!
So tragic!😥😥😥
US 34 is here in South Carolina. I wonder if it goes that far West. US 34 runs East & West here. Remember this was before the Interstate Highways were finished. I remember them working on I-81 in Pennsylvania. We used US highways. Alot more of a chance to see the USA (in your Cheverolet) than what you can see from the Interstates. Then add the DVD's and Game players in the back seat and everyone misses the scenery,but they get to watch the same move over again for the 100th time, wow! My kid was taught how to travel, and today, she acts as if she's too good to go and do the way she was raised. Her Daddy and me were Working class, good moral,Hippies, who are also Republican and broke.Not all Republicans are rich and not all Hippies are Liberal,commie loving Democrats. I know I will hear all about this comment. haha Wonderful thing Freedom of Speech, you don't have to be a Liberal to partake in it.
Helen Kruse
no comment Helen. after 3 years. anyway, Hi Helen.
Helen Kruse, I see your comments all over the place, thanks.
"I got the message by telephone, the one he said he didn't have" Classic Dan one liner
Can't imagine a taxi driver so desperate for a customer that he would wait for the crook. "Steve Stanky" HAW has the taxi wait while its obvious Stanky is robbing and shooting. And the cop who gets shot was hoping for an Academy Award for his walking like a duck to his police car when hit.
I was thinking the same thing.😆😆😆
Rodrick is always on the job! See how he tackled that gunmen! I finer cop you wont find!!!!!
Who's Rodrick?
"The names Binghamton, Wallace B., now stick am up . if it wasn't for McHale and his pirates, I wouldn't be living this life of crime, NOW STICK am UP!!".
23:23 Mathews always looks like friggin' Tinker Bell when he runs to the rescue!
Dan Mathews was out there WITH HIS MEN, not sitting in some cushy office!
Dark hair, medium height, and appears on mcHale's navy. Should be easy to find.
Mountain Man LOL good one!
McHale's Navysucked but, good actors. I just did not finds it funny. Better shows: DRAGNET. THE FUGITIVE. LUCY SHOW/ I LOVE LUCYTV SHOW. GUNSMOKE #1 Starring my father's Army buddy. Both wounded in Anzio, Italy killing German SS & NAZI'S. WE NEED TO R9UND UP NAZI'S IN USA TODAY AND PUT THEM INTERRORIST CAMPS. COLUMBO w/Peter Falk. Man o man great years for TV shows.
Dan Mathews moves like a ballet dancer.
Graceful fat guy, like Curly Howard and Jackie Gleason.
He often uses the John Wayne arms slightly up, hands hanging down. I find his manner to be like John Wayne in several ways. John Wayne said he was imitating Wyatt Earp.
He took classes to learn those moves.
Dan the man goes into action...way da go..👍
Rumors? Hah.. He was an alcoholic for sure and gave the series problems. Crawford's drinking increased during the filming of Highway Patrol, eventually resulting in several arrests and stops for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI), which eventually gained him a suspended driving license.[5] Eventually the drinking strained the show's relationship with the CHP as well as Crawford's relationship with ZIV.
Fellow actor Stuart Whitman became a close friend of Crawford. In an interview Whitman said they both clicked upon meeting when cast in an episode of Highway Patrol. According to Whitman, who was going through hard financial times, they became fast friends. Crawford would ask Whitman to play his character whenever he was low on cash, so that Whitman would do the dialogue while he was drinking. Whitman said that later down the line he helped to cast Crawford in The Decks Ran Red (1958). Whitman promised the production that Crawford would stay sober throughout the shoot, and he did
Good actor the guy in the sports car he sure did put a lot of facial emotion in that part great performance 👏🏻
Was 26, died at 28 in a car crash like J. Dean.
24, died at 26.
24, died at 26.
Did anybody notice the XK-120? My goodness, that was the real star of this show. That kid's parents must have had money. That was a $5000 car. He sure didnt pay for it while going to college! Blooper : In the first shot of the Jag, it's got a wheel skirt on it. At second shot, its gone ! Just looked again and the first Jag (with the skirt) is red. The second is white. Compare it against the cab and see !!! It's a totally different car. The first has the side vent open, the second closed.
The "kid" was 24. $5000 for the sports car, and at least $70,000 for a modern equivalent.
This one is an XK-140. I posted the reasons to "dancebandleader" (see above).
Probably converted to left-hand drive.
The Bad Guy is Joseph Anthony Flynn III (November 8, 1924 - July 19, 1974) Best was known for playing Captain Wallace Binghamton in the 1960s ABC television situation comedy McHale's Navy.
Joe Flynn makes a great villain!
Are we sure it's him?
The Best
I was surprised to see Joe Flynn in a dramatic role. Nice to see another side to his acting skills. He played the role good. I'm sorry we didn't get to see him in more serious roles.
I watch these to see if Dan Mathews will figure it all out in time. He always does... he always does.
Yep. Matthews was the 1950’s Columbo. Lol!!
I bought a 55 Buick Super hardtop in 1963 for 300 bucks. Dang nice and beautiful car. My uncle bought it new and sold it to me on my 16th birthday.
I had a job making 85 cents an hour at Isalys dairy store. Car was heavy and the dynaflow auto transmission left a lot to be desired. Once rolling it was a pleasure to drive.
I had a '53 Olds 'Rocket' 88 with Hydramatic and overdrive.
Paid less than $200 for it, was a great car.
hey the bad guy was capt. Binghamton in mchales navy
Too bad Tim Conway wasn't in this with Joe Flynn...would have been hysterical
Daniel, I agree with you, sir! That will sure the hell be.
Or that ninny elroy!
OMG! T just realized that the bad guy is the same actor who played McHale's superior officer in 'McHale's Navy"!
You see that?! The door was locked at 9:04. This show is a hoot! The chicks are fine as hell too!
Legend has it that the empty shack as of today is worth 5.7 million dollars
Wouldn't be surprised.
The farmer is twice the size of Leadbottom. He should have jumped him.
Sweet little Cat D-2 the farmer was driving.
Good episode. Thank you for uploading.
This series really keeps you on the edge of your seat. When criminals are captured they need to be tortured and then shot to discourage repeat performances by others. The torture and shooting needs to be broadcast across the nation on all the air waves. We are entirely too lenient with criminals.
Murderers are kept in death rows for decades before being executed, which is mental torture. No need to go further.
Criminals should be placed in a colosseum and forced to fight each other till death for the entertainment of paying audiences.
Only subhuman cretins are entertained by death.
Trivia
TOM PITTMAN Died in a car crash after leaving a Halloween party at the home of Norma Stuart, ex-wife of Keefe Brasselle. His body was found in his wrecked sports car by a Los Angeles police officer nearly three weeks later, on November 19, at the bottom of the ravine in Benedict Canyon. He was nearly halfway out of the driver's side window, having been crushed between the steering post and the driver's side door. According to his father, he idolized James Dean and like Dean, loved to drive his sports car at high speeds. He was driving a Porsche Spyder when he was killed, the same model in which Dean died.
The Jag had magical disappearing fender skirts. When he pulled up to the light at 3:53 they were there, then at 3:59 they were gone.
Hi crime neighborhood?
That 'hood is known for the elves that steal shit from cars!
They were "computer controlled" retractable skirts!
And they were this special kind that would let the wheel lock spinner shown. The fender skirts were covering the whole wheel on steel wheel cars.
Cash is the root of most evil.Without it's legal tender status,80 per cent of police forces would no longer be needed.
Tom Dockery the love ....of money ......is the root
@24:37 Mathews moves with Cat-like stealth
I was hoping they'd forget the guy tied to the tree.
In the days before imports got numerous I remembered a few of the Jaguars as the one featured here. Noisy but fast. In later years at a car show, one owner told me they only get 12 miles to the gallon as that big 6 drinks a lot of gas. Joe Flynn always looked at least 10 years older than he was. (Goof---the fender skirt on the left side of the Jag is now missing when Flynn carjacks him--it wasn't when the light was red)
XK120.
DAN MATHEWS SUPOSE TO BE THE BOSS. SO WHY IS HE ALWAYS WALKING INTO THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES. LIKE THAT SHACK. WHY DON'T DAN SEND ONE OF THOSE UNIFORM YOUNGER COPS IN FIRST.
Because a TRUE LEADER would lead, not follow HIS men!
Dan likes to lead by example and he doesn't like being cooped up in an office all day.
Because in the day men were men and the women were glad of it.
Old Egbert didn’t even suggest that he take him as hostage and leave his wife . What’s up with that?
Especially his voice it makes me want to laugh 🤣😂
YOU SEE ABOUT 12:30 HE TALKS TO THE CAMERA MAN , FUNNY. AND THE DOOR WAS LOCKED BECAUSE THE OTHER COP WAS LEANING ON THE DOOR...ABOUT 9:05
Ol' Leadbottom (Captain Bingamton, a.k.a. Joe Flynn) slinging some lead: 2:11.
Love the sport car.
A JAGUAR
XK-140 or 150
Its a Jaguar XK-120
Final answer: this is an XK-140 for the following reasons: Chrome bar on bonnet (hood) and trunk @ 5:18 and 6:24 . One piece (2 pieces on the 120) front bumper with 2 bumperets, 7 vertical bars front grill exclusive to the XK-140, fog lights for the USA market all seen from 9:52 to 10:02 . Cannot be an XK-150 as it does not have a one-piece windshield and XK-150 started in 1957, this episode was filmed in 1956 as confirmed with the Copyright at end of episode shown in roman numbers MCMLVI.
Probably converted to left-hand drive.
Really good shows.
Captain Bingham from McHales Navy
Binghamton that is............
Old leadbottom.
Especially his voice,, it makes me want to laugh 😂
He did not force him to leave the tractor running, He could of just reached out and turned it Off
Helped Dan figure it all out.Police work .
Never saw a gas attendant wearing cufflinks under his uniform
People cared a lot more about their appearance back then than they do these days.
@Nuclear Christian perhaps that's not something men worried about back then.
Daniel Wills That is because you never bought gas in Beverly Hills. LOL
@@bowtieguy85 They knew all about it. They figured that out at the begining of the industrial revolution. Train crews, machine shop workers and farmers too once mechanical farm equipement became common. No rings, bracelets, chains or cords. But to this day some dont listen.
Gas station was his second job..
Back then the tax base was so good that cops got Oldsmobiles and Buick Roadmasters for patrol cars!!! My family We had a 56 Olds it was Fast! Back in the real America ...
Dan makes a quibb in one episode that they only have one Trooper for every 100 sq miles (so he cant block every road). The Troopers are patrolling by themselves too. HQ doesnt look flash either.
I imagine cars might be either a TV thing or perhaps they were that expensive back then.
Vivid performance by the sports car driver, such an expressive face
That little sports car was pretty sharp. Broderick's voice seemed especially deep for this episode.
Jaguar XK120.
1953 or 54 drop head coupe
Dan's quips STEAL the show.(ls)
That big farmer could have easily overpowered that little pipsqueak while he was tying his hands after he had put his gun in his belt.
What was" Funny" was him squirming under Crawford 👏🙌👐👍😅
Some crook that guy was. He calls his hostage Pop rather than asking for his real name and exchanging pleasantries. Sure am glad Mathews pulled the telephone gag on him.
Anyone notice the sports car got switched out after first shot of it pulling up to light? No skirt over rear wheel in following scenes.
Joe Flynn, one of the greatest comic actors, in a rare dramatic role as the hold-up man.
I heard the voice and I know.
Flynn was 32
At 4:27, there is a 1956 Buick Roadmaster 4 door Riveria hardtop, one of the most popular body style in that era.