Highway Patrol 145 Plant Robbery

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[@skydiverclassc2031]

The desk sergeant was later treated for burns when the pencil he was using to take down Mathews' instructions burst into flames.

[@magx1]

Hahahahahaha .... he's gotta be the fastest talking man I've ever heard!

[@melodycampbell2266]

Lol He sure does talk fast!

[@josephcarpenter5319]

Lol

[@johnnyhensler]

😂

[@cynthiaalver]

Do you suppose he talked so fast so he wouldn't forget his lines because, they say, he was usually drunk by noon?

[@MrMenefrego1]

This program brings back so many Boomer memories! I used to watch this show with my late WWII vet father, great memories. RIP Pop. I miss you.

[@muffs55mercury61]

Same here. I started watching it around mid 1960 when I was not quite 6 (I preferred adult shows such as this or Sky King or westerns over kid stuff even then)

[@rickhinojosa5455]

My father was a WW2 vet also but we didn't watch this particular show together. I wasn't born until 1964!! But we watched shows like Sanford and son, kojak, streets of San Francisco, mannix, Rockford files, and star trek together,.to name a few. And we called him "Pop" too!! He died in 2017. Now the theme songs to these shows invoke a melancholy feeling in me every time I hear them . 🙏

[@Horse237]

Mercedes Shirley played Mrs Denson. She was in quite a few TV episodes and a couple of films. She married and only acted sporadically after 1971.

[@vettemandavid3806]

Director, “CUT! Alright, who put SPEED in Dan’s coffee again? You know he reads his lines without spaces between the words and without punctuation when he’s on that stuff…..”

[@robertwalton7307]

Big budget for plaster of paris. One of the few with a night scene, Dan was a cop without a flashlight.Dramatic death roll off the roof in the poor part of town. Good show !

[@emeyer6963]

And never let go of the case with the money when he fell off the roof

[@sarahshouse1890]

Broderick Crawford talks faster than anyone I've heard in a long time. He's a great actor and perfect for the part in this show.👍👍

[@reynaldoflores4522]

Dan: " okayputuproadblocksand haveallunitsonstandby "!

[@johnnyhensler]

I've noticed that. 😁

[@-oiiio-3993]

His delivery of dialogue was like that of a Thompson Submachine Gun.

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

I wonder if he ever read the legalese for contests and auto commercials.

[@sarahshouse1890]

​@-oiiio-3993 well put!👍

[@SMigacz100]

Just enjoy a good old show and realize it was a different time.

[@reynaldoflores4522]

Dan: " The suspect was foreign-looking. Look in the phone book and arrest everyone whose name ends in -ski "!

[@jimervin387]

Living in the dumps, the criminal wouldn't likely be driving a brand new '56 Dodge ragtop, unless he stole it.

[@johnSmith-no2wi]

Shermart 7:30 was located on Santa Monica Bl in West Hollywood CA. where most scenes from this episode were shot. I had completely forgotten about the shermart super market chain until I saw this episode.

[@muffs55mercury61]

Yes I first visited that area in 1967 (I had relatives in West Hollywood at the time) No a lot had changed back then yet from what's shown here.

[@carlc5748]

You see the red car tracks for the electric train, they were gone by 1961.

[@squitzy]

Great series, no doubt. I keep watching every episode to the end. One question about this one, though... What the heck is a grocery store in the late 50's doing with 29 Grand in their safe??

[@smc3165]

Now I understand🤔

[@Sootaroot]

@MDS That is outrageous. Dan would never sell himself for sex.

[@ROGER2095]

@@Sootaroot No he wouldn't - Who would buy?

[@squitzy]

@Luffaman Great business for a grocery store. $29000 in 1958 is equivalent to about $250000 today. That's a lot of milk and bread sold!

[@muffs55mercury61]

Back then some grocery stores cashed customers paychecks as a way to draw in more business.

[@9675775]

This was such a great series.This episode was like a mini "film noir'"

[@stuart8663]

Spot on!

[@henryhorner3182]

The actresses seem to be so stylishly dressed in these episodes.

[@mesutter]

Great instant tire analysis from the tracks -"they were 710-15s" (Fords, Chevys and Plymouths were shod in 670-15s, Mercurys, Pontiacs and Dodges in 710s in the mid-fifties).

[@jimervin387]

And the car was a '56 Dodge ragtop. But the cops would need to be looking for a car with the same tread pattern as well as tire size.

[@roysterfutrell8889]

How didyou know that?

[@mexicanspec]

@@jimervin387 I never understood the tire impression evidence. People buy new tires all the time for their cars and it is rarely the same make and model the came with new. I don't see how they would be of any value unless you find the exact car.

[@denniscardinal1227]

Car guys know these things, cops can match tires same as fingerprints, all are slightly different.

[@edwardgarea7650]

Steven Ritch, who played the heavy, Art, is best known for his starring role in The Werewolf, from 1956.

[@George50809]

I did not even know they used shoe impressions and tire marks before I started watching "The Highway Patrol", greatest cop show ever.

[@dstorm7752]

$29,000 in 1956, when this was made, would be equivalent to $253,000 today.

[@robertwalton7307]

grossing over a million a year in1956-good money

[@bluuedaniel]

more than that, I say.

[@henryhorner3182]

A medium priced new car was under $2,500

[@selowhgts6133]

@Willie Gordon lol... you wanna bet? people kill each other for a pair of shoes all the time

[@muffs55mercury61]

This episode was mis-titled as others have noticed and commented on. It's also one of only three in the series that was filmed partially at night (the other two being "Father Thief" and "Dan Hostage") Also a rare episode in which the lab man is shown at work.

[@trainer333]

For a guy with no criminal record this guy went hardcore really quick

[@mexicanspec]

That just meant he had never gotten caught.

[@Rickswars]

He looks and acts very Italian too.. isn't this California 1950s.

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

Lousy stereotype.

[@Rickswars]

@@bovnycccoperalover3579 lol

[@billhuber2964]

Broadric Crawford was in "all the Kings men". Great film.

[@robertwalton7307]

Academy Award for that part!

[@selowhgts6133]

wow...a very rare nighttime scene.

[@maryatwall2462]

Crawford what a great actor. Any movies or shows he was in I washed great show just found it this was TV

[@nilonlamarhaganjr.3394]

Born Yesterday...love that movie, in which Crawford plays the tough guy, who got rich, and tries to influence Congress, but his lady, played by Judy Holliday, gets smart and spils his plans. It's wonderful!

[@reneleggs]

Damn, when I saw those panel trucks..thought it was the Helms Man...! Could go for a glazed Twist Donut right now!

[@narvelancoleman3813]

How well do I remember.....sweet memories!

[@APRAPR-nq2wn]

great shows and if you stop and think that back in the mid 50s the budget was probably only $700 per episode

[@emeyer6963]

The budget was $25000 per episode with Broderick Crawford getting $2500 off the top.As per Wikopedia

[@Sootaroot]

24:27 That is the most careful fall from a roof I have ever seen.

[@skydiverclassc2031]

2d level stuntman, no doubt.

[@allen480]

And he never loosened his grip on the money bag.

[@seosamhofionnagain8841]

Highway Patrol: Special 2 of 41. Season 1. Episode 25. "Plant Robbery". Mercedes Shirley. Monday - November 28 - 2022.

[@AyeCarumba221]

Allright! A real, bona fide stunt (falling off the roof) It only took 145 episodes for HP to get fancy !

[@seosamhofionnaghain5555]

Highway Patrol: Special 2 of 41. Season 1. Episode 25. "Plant Robbery". Gold Episode 1. Bad Woman: Mercedes Shirley. Monday - November 28 - 2022.

[@jamesclemons632]

Dan walks fast and Talks fast lol.. He stays on a mission😂

[@Hot80s]

that villain was hideous.

[@bluuedaniel]

A real bastard!

[@henryhorner3182]

Hope he didn't mess the car up

[@bluuedaniel]

I like the way Dan’s squealed the tires going around the corner because they knew where the guy would be.....too much!!

[@8176morgan]

The title “Plant Robbery” is a misnomer as it should have been called “Supermarket Robbery”. There was another HWP episode that took place at the same Shermart shopping center and which also involved an armored car payroll theft that I liked a lot better than this one. This particular episode no doubt was lifted from a 1952 film noir called Kansas City Confidential that involved an armored truck switch and helps to explain its noirish elements. Just think, if that so called “mechanic” had a little bit more brains he would have repainted that truck right away and then quickly sold it in some far away town as then he would not only have had some money on hand but would not have had to worry about Dan Matthews and Company when they came snooping by his place of business. But he didn’t. So maybe he deserved to die for being so stupid!

[@vexer2942]

This episode has nothing whatsoever to do with a plant robbery.

[@jimervin387]

Maybe they sold house plants in the super market.

[@poppiechickens]

There wasn’t a plant 🌱 nursery in the entire episode! 🪴

[@poppiechickens]

@@jimervin387very good point! I w@ wondering if they had a gardening section!? 😂

[@dannybowden8909]

Wow. Dan actually commits a crime in this one. Breaking and entering without a warrant.

[@robertwalton7307]

thought he heard someone calling for help.friendly judges in those days.

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

They had probable cause.

[@auletjohnast03638]

🔵I WATCH THIS SHOW MOSTLY FOR THE COMEDY.🔴

[@hertzair1186]

Every episode features a new bruise on Crawfords forehead…

[@poppiechickens]

Yes I noticed that as well. It’s him falling over drunk in between episodes.

[@hertzair1186]

@@poppiechickens likely….sad.

[@Johnny53kgb-nsa]

Dan the man with the plan always get's his man

[@danielyoung6630]

oh baby life in 50s California! and those classic cars no smog no traffic jams they will follow in 60s right now just farm country sweet!

[@roysterfutrell8889]

Funny how in only half a lifetime an area can change from one of the nicest areas to one of the worst.

[@alphonsozorro7952]

@@roysterfutrell8889 That goes for all USA.

[@mexicanspec]

There was definitely smog at the time.

[@danmcpherson8158]

They had lots of smog

[@donkboys]

Damn.. no pretty dispatcher in this episode!

[@randy109]

Why are the CHP working on a Robbery? My mom was a CHP matron in the 70's and when I went to the Academy 36 years ago in Central California we all knew a lot of CHP officers. The "Highway Patrol" do not work on robberies, homicides or any kind of fraud or vice, even narcotics. The CHP keep our roads safe (as they can) and work on auto related crimes and some Insurance Fraud if it relates to Automobiles or Trucking. I love these old shows but the CHP should focus on what the real CHP do. It bugs me to see our 'Road Rangers' working general crimes. I've been in Law Enforcement for over 3 decades and if it doesn't have wheels the CHP don't touch it. Maybe the Armored Truck got their attention? Doesn't make sense...

[@grizzlycountry1030]

You would be incorrect. The CHP has always handled more rural areas as well as major crimes just as state police/rangers do in other states.

[@emeyer6963]

@Daniel Pearce He is probably still drunk after all these years

[@ajwilson605]

"Warrant? We don't need no stinking warrant!", Dan Matthews probably.....

[@stevenlester2606]

Tell me the name of everybody now alive in America and I want the list in 5 minutes! This is the only episode where the night is used as a backdrop.

[@martinklein3785]

Not so. There was an episode at the diner, involving night shots.

[@davidmahan4000]

It ISN'T the 🚗 THAT kills, IT'S THE driver!

[@peteverhelst2088]

Curious about the need for a warrant before he kicked the door in. After all they were over there just to ask a few questions. Sometimes this show is just too unrealistic.

[@ghostmanlemagnifique9110]

Well, this Dan Mathew is a better detective than Cole Phelps (LA Noire).

[@richardhetrick4770]

The mc Donald price 15 cent burgers my dad worked just hard as us today for basic cheese burger today

[@claudreindl7275]

Obviously no stunt double for Art. Wonder if got paid $2 extra for that dramatic roll off the roof!

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Dan might as well ask for a list of everyone alive in the world

[@poppiechickens]

And make it snappy!! I want the list on my desk in 5 minutes! 😂

[@leslieellis5679]

1.55.. Brilliant.. love there look off surprise.. made me laugh

[@richardhetrick4770]

My 1957 Chevy station wagon cost 2700 would be thirty thousand plus today. Color tv HiFi stereo combo was 1100 in 56

[@tomfindley3687]

The panel truck looks VERY useful.

[@jimervin387]

It's just an old '55-'56 International.

[@mesutter]

Replica - it's amazing what a skilled body man can create with just ordinary sheet metal and glass!

[@jimervin387]

Yes. Too bad he didn't stay with auto body work instead of going into a life of crime.

[@justiceforall6412]

She's right about blood. It doesn't come out. Cops can always find the stains.

[@randyhutton9371]

Lady MacBeth.

[@robertwalton7307]

Dans New York accent slipped in "Paid of by being moided !"

[@zacharycat]

Not hard to guess what he meant by "final settlement".

[@NotaVampyre111]

This the third time I've seen Shermart I think.

[@grizzlycountry1030]

So much for a search warrant.

[@roysterfutrell8889]

Dan dont need no freaking search warrant!!

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Guy wears a shabby robe.

[@klumog1]

Old Dan looks like he got clubbed on the forehead!

[@4998826p]

Why is Dan's head all scuffed up?

[@DerBingle1]

most likely he fell while drunk. why it wasn't covered by makeup is a mystery. in a lot of the episodes he shows all sorts of minor, drunk related, injuries. there's bandages on his fingers, cut lips...all sorts of things. craford was a notorious and prodigious drinker.

[@thegoattree2509]

Probably from one of the previous episodes where he went all tactical and started busting some ninja moves on the Crims like he does @24:21

[@cadburybunny8359]

He did most of his own stunts, and with shows being shot every two/or three days, it didn't leave a lot of time for recovery. It was reported (in April 1957) that in an episode where he jumped from a bulldozer into a deep ditch he hurt his back and was required to wear a back brace for almost 4 months. The producer of the show is quoted (also from April 1957) as saying that he was amazed at how tough Brod was at filming 15 shows in a 30 day span.

[@grizzlycountry1030]

He was a notorious drunk.

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Probably a drunken brawl at Musso Frank with a cocktail waitress

[@leecoffman2594]

Ol" Dan must have fallen down drunk a few times, his head has bruises !

[@jimlaguardia8185]

Lee Coffman Crawford was an alcoholic.

[@charleschampion4682]

I heard they named the BCPoweder asprin after Crawford

[@Rickswars]

That robber murderer looks very Italian and in Cali is odd too but thats Holly Wood.

[@LesterMoore]

Saw the small incinerator at the back of the cafe. Up to late 50s folk were allowed to burn up certain throwaways. Then immigrants, legal and illegal, came rolling in and air pollution began to require new methods of total waste disposal. Notice the Chief had a thermos for his coffee. No coffee service back then. Chief Matthews had it rough. By the way, what happened to Chief Matthews forehead? Looks like a blemish of some kind on it.

[@mikeh.7499]

just an educated guess but i bet it had something to do with his alcoholism....just saying....I don't wish him anything bad but they often had to film him sitting etc.

[@LesterMoore]

@@mikeh.7499 Then as now, have to keep the Star happy. Oh, did you know on the set of Gunsmoke they actually served real beer in the Long Branch Saloon. The director said there was no way to fake a mug of beer. I guess they had to try hard for one shot takes in the Long Branch before anyone got silly. Also many years ago while on the Universal Tour a guide told us during the filming of the Columbo series, when they showed Colombo enjoying his ice cream treat because of the heat of the lights they used mashed potatoes rather than fast melting ice cream. Sometimes with chocolate on it. Ugh!

[@1962pjh]

Tire marks and shoe impressions, the Hernandez case in a nut shell.

[@NinjaKittyBonks]

"The only practical way, baby!" -bad guy with blood on his hands 🙀

[@roysterfutrell8889]

Broderick Crawford was always good. I think he was in Big House USA as the warden.

[@glennso47]

I saw the movie “Scandal Sheet “ where Crawford played the editor of a newspaper that was similar to the National Enquirer.

[@user-qw3cc7ke7z]

Well that was an illegal entry into that business without a warrant. Any evidence found will be thrown out.

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Annoying wife axing hubby to end her days of voting

[@glennbarthelemy2443]

Where’s frank Drebin when you need him?

[@emeyer6963]

He came as soon as he heard

[@michaelbabbitt3837]

Interesting. In this episode, Crawford seems to have had a wound on his forehead on his right side. I am surprised they didn't cover it up with makeup.

[@mexicanspec]

So many questions with this one. The shop owner would have had all the evidence thrown out for sure for the illegal entry. Why would they assume the armored truck was created so quickly? How did the laboratory process the evidence faster than they can do it today? And lastly, the man was shot in the middle of the roof, then fell over the edge all the while holding on to the briefcase. That is not how the human body works.

[@toddsterben6647]

No search warrant?

[@coyleatkinson]

lawyers and defense attorneys, did not apply in that era

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

29k in 1955 would be worth about 320,000k now.

[@holoholohaolenokaoi2299]

Dan the man!

[@Catquick1957]

I'm no lawyer, but I'm pretty sure you can't just kick in a guys door on suspicion.

[@reneleggs]

Yup, knock at the door..no answer...bust the fuckin door down!

[@Sootaroot]

Dan Mathews does.

[@poppiechickens]

Cops did what is takes back then

[@RBMD2A]

Did police departments use 2 door cars in the mid to late 1950s?

[@owseichik]

Yes. Criminals could not escape easily. Our Mass State Police had 2 door fords.

[@mexicanspec]

This was based on the California Highway Patrol and they did use the two door models. Jay Leno did an episode on his You Tube show about them.

[@stevehensley903]

No search warrants needed

[@norm2264]

Maybe Matthews can find DB Cooper

[@davinoc8559]

Art is trying to sound like Brando.

[@jacksugden8190]

Did you notice the marks on Mathews head and face ?

[@thomasmorgan545]

HELLO HECTOR

[@sjames9005]

17:10 put her in check Art!

[@KrissRadioUSA]

Season 1/Episode 25

[@edbruder9975]

I gotta stop watching videos recorded like this. I watched 8 of these last night and when I went to bed and closed my eyes the background kept jumping all around. I couldn't get to sleep for an hour.

[@oregonpatriot1570]

This show didn't care much about peoples Constitutional rights. Every episode the cops do something that even I know would get the whole case tossed. _Kicking in body shop doors without a warrant?_ Other than that these are actually good entertainment!

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Walter burns? From his gal Friday?😺😺😺😺😺😺🙀

[@dennisatkins9837]

Why do they call the highway patrol and not the police department?

[@jimguy9874]

Busting in the door at 9:30 without a warrant? 😀

[@drysori]

Kicking in the door without a warrant. Today IDTS.

[@auletjohnast03638]

🔵HEY, ARREST HER SHE WAS ON THE ROBBERY TOO! EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN.🔴

[@geraldfrieberg7921]

Hilarious ! Total comedy ! Love this series for laughs !

[@briancurran3622]

mathews kills a guy almost every episode

[@larkatmic]

I spy backyard incinerators at 22:35.

[@leecoffman2594]

We bought a new house in 1957 and it had an incinerator in the back yard, but we couldn't use it because a new law was passed forbidding them !

[@larkatmic]

Lee Coffman I was just a kid in the 1960s. We had one in our backyard at the end of the clothesline. I used it to burn leaves one time and my father nearly killed me. lol The smog was so bad in those days. No wonder they banned them.

[@mesutter]

We had a 55 gallon drum in the back corner of our yard in Michigan in the '50s where we regularly burned trash. Those were the days!

[@glennso47]

@@mesutter my folks had a drum in the back yard where they burned trash too. We lived in Mount Carroll Illinois in the 50s.

[@josephfinnegan1805]

32,277 Views So Far March 8 - 2019.

[@mikeflynn1629]

Will be somebody's baby!

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Guy wants powder money

[@mickeybitsko1676]

What was the need for sheet metal😺😺😺😺🙀

[@reneleggs]

Hmmmm.... A well dressed punk with a Jersey accent...Wonder if he's a crook?

[@terrybanks3061]

What happened to the search warrant 😅?