Highway Patrol 30 in Desperate Men

[@northdakotaham1752]

I can relate to this one very well as I have spent over 40 years working in boiler and mechanical rooms.

[@jayonnaj18]

The man with the glasses was Billy Halop, one of the Dead End Kids from decades ago!

[@TerryM-eu5ou]

…and he also played Mr. Munson, the Cab Company owner that Archie Bunker moonlighted for on All In The Family, 1975

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

Ty you saved me from looking it up. I recognized the voice.

[@leecoffman2594]

This was one of the better HP episodes, lots of action and police tactics.

[@shizukamori6755]

Those crooks should've just hunkered down in the woods and waited for the search to die down.

[@JohnPMitten]

Yes, this was a really good episode.

[@samuelluria4744]

@@shizukamori6755 - The problem was, that tenacious employee who was trailing them...

[@James_Bowie]

@@shizukamori6755 ... or until the dog squad arrived.

[@fernandopineda1589]

TWO of the reasons why I've always enjoyed Highway Patrol are it was the first TV show I saw as a kid in the 50s and it was always filmed at daylight.

[@johnbockelie3899]

So, Frank Sinatra robbed the place in the beginning.

[@fernandopineda1589]

@@johnbockelie3899 ????

[@allenwatkins4972]

You're right, it's never "noir," so dark you can't tell what's going on.

[@samuelluria4744]

@@allenwatkins4972 - One of my biggest cinematic peeves....too much dark!!!

[@jimlaguardia8185]

No one was ever better qualified to play a cop than Crawford.

[@lilajagears8317]

And the great Jack Webb.

[@samuelluria4744]

My vote is cast for William Boyett...Officer Williams...aka "Sgt. Mac"...

[@grigorirasputin5020]

​@Samuel Luria Him too!

[@raleighboyz5106]

he has ESP

[@lindacreesy3909]

Dennis Franz disagree

[@Richard-t7q1f]

Wow, Billy Halop one of the original Dead End kids. His sister Florence was a radio star and was a regular on "Duffy's Tavern". You never know who you will see in HP, old stars and coming up stars.

[@WINGGULLSEAGULL]

That 59 Impala was brand spanking new & I recall seeing lots of them on the road as a kid in the 1960's. It was exciting seeing all those great cars everywhere.

[@billhowes7937]

That's probably why they didn't crash through the gate lol. Too big a hit on the budget .

[@winggullseagull1230]

@@billhowes7937 Agree it would've been senseless to destroy a brand new 59 Impala. Unfortunately plenty of the 59 Chevrolets were wrecked in accidents by stupid drivers. I'm one of those stupid drivers when I wrecked my first car a 59 2 dr. Impala in 1977 I was 17 years old & I failed to yield. The car was totaled it had to be towed. I caused $2,000 worth of damage. Not worth fixing. My mom bought it for me for $1,600 it was a very nice car until I totaled it.

[@corkylee885]

I just love to watch the old classics, thankyou for posting them

[@davidmaslow7473]

This one's a real gem!

[@altonpitts5303]

Bill Halop always was a fine actor. It was believed in the thirties that he would become a star, but it didn't work out that way. Bill's out- acting everyone in this wonderful episode including Oscar winner Crawford. Thanks for downloading this one.

[@russellwhite1581]

Thought he seemed familiar. Found some info on him courtesy of Wikipedia... "Halop was born to Benjamin Cohen Halop and Lucille Elizabeth Halop on February 11, 1920. Halop came from a theatrical family; his mother was a dancer, and his sister, Florence Halop, was an actress who worked on radio and in television." "Usually called Tommy in the films, he had the recurring role of a gang leader in a series of films that featured the Dead End Kids. He played with James Cagney in Angels with Dirty Faces (1938).." And that's the great film I remember him from.

[@cliffordrodgers5268]

One of the best episodes ever.

[@vladislovkyzinski3430]

The announcer is Art Gilmore, who got his start as the announcer on the Doctor Christian radio serial. He was played a precinct cop in TV's Dragnet. His voice was heard in many movie trailers.

[@alexkije]

Billy Halop was one of the Bowery Boys.

[@sonoranrain2330]

Art is a national treasure. He and Jack Webb were close and he played captains and lieutenants in both Dragnets. He also was cast in Webb's last TV production "Project UFO"

[@TerryM-eu5ou]

The robber with the glasses played the part of Mr. Munson, the Cab Company owner that Archie Bunker Moonlighted for on All In The Family, 1974..

[@ceceliabarker4022]

Thank you. Great shows. Enjoy seeing older model vehicles.

[@frisco21]

This was one of the better Highway Patrol episodes --- the story line was simple and straightforward, and there was never any doubt who the good guys were and who the bad guys were. On a side note, it was interesting to hear the bad guy with the glasses use an old-fashioned Mid-Atlantic accent (14:53), something that's almost disappeared . This was an affectation once used by actors (Katharine Hepburn, for example), and commonly thought of as an "upper class" accent that was often confused, incorrectly, with a British accent.

[@axiomist1076]

That was no high class accent. If anything it was a cheap imitation of a New York accent. Kat didnt sound like this riff raff at all.

[@axiomist1076]

What he has is a New York accent. Nothing classy, like Kate.

[@alphonsozorro7952]

"The Mid-Atlantic accent, or Transatlantic accent, is a cultivated accent of English blending together prestigious American and British English.", according to the official definition. Most Americans in old movies and TV series don't sound like modern Americans at all. Whether they use "mid-Atlantic" accent or not, they definitely sound better than modern American males and females with their metallic-like unpleasant voices.

[@samuelluria4744]

So, an accent from, like, Bermuda...?

[@HansDelbruck53]

The "bad guy with glasses" was Billy Halop.

[@annaweathers4614]

I like the way Matthews rolls up the blueprints 19:56 and stashes them on the side table.

[@samuelluria4744]

Anna, you Crack me Up!!🤣

[@kennethlindsey8357]

Closest thing to a map

[@joline2730]

​@@kennethlindsey8357 and we all know how he just loves a Map 😁😁

[@hounddog946]

I’m a fan of the ‘59 Chevy in this episode

[@corrineagnello4584]

@@hounddog946 There are always some cool car or scenery in every episode.

[@shizukamori6755]

I love these old shows. Unlike in real life, the bad guys always lose in the end.

[@lostcanadian-1]

2:10: Appears to be same scene & cheap security gate used for the the warehouse in the Trojan Horse Episode. Warehouse appears to be gone, but building across the street is 1011 N. Fuller Ave. West Hollywood and is still there.

[@eldaddio9100]

My friend's Dad had a 1959 2 dr Black Impala with Red interior ! We would wax it all-day and for pay he would give us a cruise through downtown !!! The guy with the glasses was one of the Bowery Boys always a tough guy not only on film but in Real Life .

[@winggullseagull1230]

My first car was a '59 2 dr Impala red on red. Billy Halop was the leader in the Dead End Kids series. Leo Gorcey & Huntz Hall were the leaders in the East Side Kids/Bowery Boys series.

[@George50809]

Totally awesome episode. Go, Dan, go!

[@janedwards1860]

watched all these shows in the 50's, like em even more today!!! karl

[@cartermcafee1142]

2150 to hq Dan needs toilet paper . Use extreme caution

[@brianperry]

The cars are like boats on wheel....but I loved them...when we (brits) were driving about in Ford Populars.. 10-4

[@brianfuller5868]

This is a good episode.

[@stevecline5102]

The fellow who played the role of Steve had a voice that sounded quite a bit like Daphne, one of the fun girls from Raleigh, in the Andy Griffith show. Ha ha ha.

[@michaelfornell4467]

Could have been her brother. Easy. Lol😅

[@helenkruse]

No camera's, no bullet proof vests, no cell phones, no body radios.I'm amazed to see the field radio they used. It's amazing how they solved crimes before all those things isn't it? Good old fashioned brains,and they used them too. Today, more and more electronics, and the more mankind gets lazy and the more common sense they lose. Sad. I myself am very happy to think, to drive my own car, tend to my life, without being tied to electronics. I have a cell phone, with over 2000 minutes that have rolled over. I'm home, call my house. I have a 1989 Bronco II XL, and when something needs to be repaired, it's pretty inexpensive. I may be on the lap top, but that is the only way I have to watch tv. I don't own a tv anymore. Wow, how do I keep breathing without electronics? haha You know when the man in the boiler room mentioned there is a kid in an iron lung, the thought of an iron lung has scared me my whole life for some reason. It is freaky when you think about it. I wonder if they are still used today.

[@jimervin387]

Your electronic dependency is greater than mine with no cell phone and no lap top computer. Those things emit dangerous radiation and you should read the reports of independent scientists. Your smartmeter (if you have one) for your hydro reading is giving you a daily dose of radiation as well. That's why I still have my old Analog meter, a wired desktop computer and a land line phone.

[@MrShobar]

Helen. I hate to break this to you, but the show was always based on a fictional script. Dream on.

[@sw8282]

Helen. Your pretty

[@alphonsozorro7952]

@@MrShobar The technology used was NOT fictional but consistent with that era. And she has got a point, saying electronic gadgets drive people into complacency and laziness. All those bureaucrats, cops, and others, using all day their PCs sitting on their desks are no better than people who used simpler means, because the latter really cared for what they did.

[@alphonsozorro7952]

"Today, more and more electronics, and the more mankind gets lazy and the more common sense they lose." A good point. But note that "common" sense doesn't mean good sense.

[@HimJimRimDim]

I like the crook with the glasses. He really tries to sound like an old time 1920's gangster. Seems like he really go into this role.

[@SW2799]

HimJim, yes that's true. I think he was trying to look like an evil Harold Lloyd LOL

[@sharonjohnson1702]

He one the East side kids of the 30s

[@keywestjj]

'Ol Steve? Yes, obviously the brains of the operation!

[@waltersulkowski1545]

Sharon Johnson Billy Halop.

[@sw8282]

Again. No Portable radios back then.

[@russgifford519]

Love the Ed Sullivan mask the hoods are using, "it's going to be a rilly big heist"

[@4cornerscompany195]

I can hear Ed saying that!! LOL

[@guitarman11000]

Really good episode.

[@mikeflynn1629]

Dan Matthews was exceptional in this episode.

[@NinjaKittyBonks]

"take 10... talk it over, COPPER!" Ooooooh, I would not mess with that criminal, he's dangerous. Dan the man will get 'em!

[@8176morgan]

The beginning of this episode was filmed at ZIV studios where many other episodes were filmed going all the way back to Machine-Napping that was episode #2. You will notice that at 2:11 that there is actually an open exit that the two men could have passed through if they had wanted to instead of climbing through the back lot.

[@alphonsozorro7952]

Yeah, but as the alarm was off, they didn't want to get away from the front exit.

[@angelamagruder5911]

This one was not so boring but a tough one to deal with thank God they finally figured out how to get the crooks,save the man who tends to the duties in boiler room as well as the patients and staff in hospital,a goo episode!!!!!!!! All can now breathe easy!!!!!

[@andrewp.schubert2417]

These officers are more like a SWAT team. Crawford is tuff as nails.

[@thomasomeara4705]

This would have been an ideal moment for Dan to get himself checked into the detox program

[@RobertB56]

Great episode

[@NorbertoFontanez]

Dan Mathews was smooth as silk in that show folks the way he swayed his arms when he was on the prowl is priceless

[@kennyguitarallen5662]

love the location shots

[@owenmcquilty3623]

Love all the old cars

[@davidhoogendyke2774]

I recognize some of these voices from the radio shows of those days and earlier.

[@DMBall]

Good episode. I see Brod wasn't about to go crawling through any utility tunnels, though.

[@JohnSmith-bw8xv]

If he had he'd still be stuck there

[@MrUhwoody]

It's good to be the boss. That's why you strive for it.

[@Paul-tn3sc]

Unless there was a flask at the other end of it.

[@kingbrinston]

@@Paul-tn3sc you're Funny

[@shanghaibennyii6565]

6:40. Those bars outside the hospital: the HP itself is trapped. Billy Halop, another "Dead End Kid".

[@sharonjohnson1702]

Yes

[@stevehollands6900]

Also Mr.Munson on Archie Bunker

[@plunkervillerr1529]

I own the total collection of Highway Patrol , this is the final episode in 1959 .

[@tenfourproductionsllc]

so this channel doesn't play them in chronological order, intesting... I started at 1,now at 30.

[@larryaldrich4351]

From the outside location the "hospital" looks like the Museum of Natural History at Exposition Park in L.A.

[@SssynSmrt]

😂

[@jackpontiac52]

Ed Sullivan mask. This is going to be a Really big Shoe

[@mr.wizard2974]

Shud* lol

[@jimmyguy428]

LMAO!

[@markmccarty1275]

So what's the deal with the folding screens at 13:03 and 13:39? Maybe I missed it but haven't noticed this in other episodes. Wondering what the intent of these were?

[@normhardy]

Video editing freedom license taken by foxeema I imagine.

[@coloradostrong]

Silly you. The folding screen shots are for watching on your pholding screen fone. Sheesh.

[@johntrembly2905]

Cool to see a '59 Chevy in action

[@lcar4000]

Most of these shows were 25 minute masterpieces. I wonder how they would've handled an hour

[@brianfuller5868]

lcar4000 That would have been interesting. TV changed with the longer episodes; more work for the actors and everyone else involved in production or writing.

[@8176morgan]

Try The F.B.I. it was produced by Quinn Martin who worked on HWP as a sound technician during its first season. Same show basically.

[@dfsengineer]

Just slowing Matthews' speech down would turn the episode into an hour.

[@srercrcr]

They would fill the hour with more commercials.

[@mexicanspec]

@@8176morgan Wasn't that the show that was shot in Ford Country? I mean every car new and old was a Ford. They showcased the new Mustang every year.

[@Glinkaism1]

Great location! Billy Halop was on the the Bowery Boys.

[@rcl1955ca]

He was also the owner of the cab company that Archie Bunker drove for in All In The Family.

[@ronald-xs7sp]

Munson.

[@HankWest-er8iw]

@ nemo227 - No,not at all, it is that they are shooting blank rounds on this TV show, not real ammunition, and you might notice that 6 shot revolvers have given way to self-loading (semiautomatic) pistols these days. Things have changed from the 1950's. Criminals and Terrorists are more ruthless than ever thought of back then. Stop blaming the Police, blame the criminals, they are the one's who initiate the fight, NOT the police!!!...

[@williamperkins9349]

That could not be better said. I have a cousin 26 yrs on the force in Houston, 3 times wounded.

[@James_Bowie]

12:05 ... the 50's were a great time, except if you got polio.

[@TowGunner]

Fantastic episode. “Fire”

[@geraldfrieberg7921]

Hilarious comedy !!! Keep 'em comin' !! Lotsa laughs from the 50's !

[@josephm.d.p.finnegan]

Euro 30 Saved. Wednesday, September 13 - 2023.

[@davidmaslow7473]

The glasses guy gets the Oscar! He definitely sounds East Coast.

[@eatmyskids]

What for? Being good at playing an asshole? He wasn't acting, like a typical new yawk joo he was a fucking asshole

[@sharonjohnson1702]

New York

[@JohnPMitten]

@@eatmyskids pants don't ever use that word again

[@markmccarty1275]

@@eatmyskids really? That's why they call acting moron.

[@kidmack1121]

It was no other than Billy Halop from the Eastside Kids. I recognized his voice but the coke bottle cheaters threw me off.

[@mccoyhomer3641]

Cool oldmovie

[@holoholohaolenokaoi2299]

I had 59 Chevy impala in high school, cost me $60 bucks

[@asullivan4047]

Paid $ 125.00 for a 1965 Oldsmobile 442-!!! 🤗.

[@holoholohaolenokaoi2299]

@@asullivan4047 four-barrel carburetor, four speed manual transmission, dual exhausts. 4+4+2

[@jeffdavis7376]

The criminal in the glasses was one a couple of episodes of the Andy Griffith show

[@lbcharlie05]

The bad guys left their Impala and kept the cash. Today, that car "could" get $150,000 or more! This show was great, but the cars were the stars!

[@johntapp1411]

charlie s and this car had a flat top and a picture window in the rear.

[@johntapp1411]

I myself am into 1959 Cadillac Sedan DeVille flat tops with picture rear windows and 1968 Oldsmobile Toronados any color-especially turquoise with an antique white top.

[@shizukamori6755]

We used to have a De Soto when I was a kid. Wonder why the Highway Patrol never used De Sotos.

[@tenfourproductionsllc]

great cars to remember but most were off the road in 5 years or less and rarely saw 100,000 miles. But agree with the value of those cars if they could have just stashed them and never used until 2023.

[@cartermcafee1142]

Hey that’s Tommy from deadend kids & all in da family , Munson cabs

[@johnrudy9404]

This episode is a great example of how people ruined a good thing. When I was young, hospitals and most public buildings, airports, were big open places, where you were not treated like a criminal for just walking around. If a guard said off limits, you simply complied. Large, open waiting areas, coffee shops were open to the public. The world is too complex now. So much was lost, as far as personal freedom. And the worst people, were those who sued everybody for everything. No personal responsibility, or shame. Now, the world has to accommodate to idiots. Shame.

[@legalmexican]

When I pull a heist I always sport a suit, tie and fedora.

[@lioneldegrandpre8870]

the crook with the glasses, was the actor not the guy who played Munson on All in the family? Archie drove Mr Munsons cab right? same actor:-)

[@helenkruse]

+Lionel deGrandPre You are right. I was thinking that too.

[@lioneldegrandpre8870]

Helen Kruse ;-)

[@sharonjohnson1702]

I always knew that Bowery Boys

[@gunnyu.s.m.c8606]

good show

[@winggullseagull1230]

The crook with the glasses is Billy Halop ex leader of the Dead End Kids popular in the late '30's & early '40's.

[@davidmahan4000]

"Remember: Leave your blood at the Red Cross, OR YOUR community blood bank, NOT ON THE HIGHWAY"!

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

The opening scene location was used in another episode.

[@davidmaslow399]

Steve is a New Yorker in Southern California!

[@giurcas]

Dan Mathew is the brain for the highway patrol. He'll solve any case in 25 mins and the crooks and criminals can't stand any chances against Mr . Mathew and he's crew.

[@MrShobar]

The "brain" had to finish his film work before noon because, by the afternoon, he was so drunk he couldn't stand up.

[@giurcas]

MrShobar Lol...

[@MrUhwoody]

What's YOUR claim to fame, shobar? That's right, nada. Zip. Zilch. Awww... 'Matthews' was a character, and he WAS the brain. Broderick was an actor. Duh.

[@teddammit5179]

@@MrShobar I guess Brod must have been Irish!

[@JohnPMitten]

@@MrShobar burn up right now

[@stevemellin5806]

The good days.

[@alexkije]

Billy Halop, the crook with glasses, was one of the Bowery Boys. He played Whitey in the Dead End Kids that later became The Bowery Boys. Same cast, just a name change.

[@WINGGULLSEAGULL]

Billy Halop was the leader of the Dead End Kids that's all he was never in the East Side Kids/Bowery Boys series. That was Leo Gorcey & Huntz Hall's series.

[@bertgrau9246]

The only crime that really pays is political. Every thing else doesn't pay

[@tenfourproductionsllc]

or white collar crime where they go to club fed or something for stealing millions.... they are ordered to pay restitution but never will in full

[@McIntyreBible]

12:34, 15:54, the culprit slapping away the pencil from the hostage's hand.

[@karenhill3970]

GREAT

[@Catquick1957]

That was tense!

[@phyllisdiller1996]

Notice how they're cutting out scenes?

[@RodneyRawling]

...Iove the way their accent says 'carps' for cops...😅

[@stephentormey5361]

"Take ten copper . . .talk it over " .Makes me shiver just thinking about it ! That'll get Dans' dander up ! You asked for it pal .

[@glennfanning3606]

You boys got the big dodge after you now

[@ThomasKnight-g2r]

$150.000 much less $62.000 was a lot back in 1957.a person could have a home and land and new Ford with that money and have some left to put in the bank for savings

[@redwing1273]

It's a shame Crawford never had his own cooking show

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

Damn that was good.

[@McIntyreBible]

The authorities today wouldn't act like Matthew's; its too dangerous! They'd give in to the criminals in order to save the personal in the hospital.

[@emichaels2112]

Nobody talks faster than Dan Mathews.

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Are Slip and Satch far behind?

[@greenmtnman7714]

Routine 4 !!

[@drbonesshow1]

We don't want to kill any innocent civilians unless we have to: 8:25

[@jamesruddy9264]

+Don R. Mueller, Ph.D. ...got me! He said, we just wanna find these guys, we don't want to fight'em unless we have to.

[@drbonesshow1]

+James Ruddy Another James Randi look-a-like: Just having a little fun with old man Crawford: who btw was picked up on a dwi/dui back in the day.

[@jamesruddy9264]

Sorry...I thought you were serious. Your point is taken and it is amusing.

[@drbonesshow1]

+James Ruddy Don’t take life too seriously, as you will never make it out alive.

[@corrineagnello4584]

Any idea what park this was from that they filmed ?

[@sandrahelmuth8320]

Ooooooh good one !!

[@tommytruth7595]

Does anybody else feel like when they are watching these that they are watching "Police Squad" with Leslie Nielsen? Not the entire show, but certainly parts of it.

[@user-pt4ix4kd9l]

Police squad was based on M squad with Lee Marvin.

[@otravez3916]

Nice looking Impala, '59. A set of foam dice hanging off the dash mirror, your best girl sitting beside you (or your second- or third- or fourth-best), r&r on the radio, couldn't be better, esp with gas at .35 cents the gallon. See the USA in your Chevrolet!

[@roddoney7568]

you must be old like me.lol

[@southamerican5402]

Nice looking indeed,...back in the fifties we used to ride around in our cars with the girl friend right next to you,...because most cars did not have a console like today's car ,...the girl is all the way over on the driver's side because of the console in the middle,...no kisses or smooching,...

[@otravez3916]

Rod Doney One does not have to be old to appreciate the finer things in life. One just needs to acquire the refinement to recognize and appreciate them. Old? Define old. Relative to what? A California sequoia? I am not old. The Egyptian pyramids? Ditto. The age of the universe? I am but a child taking its first unsteady steps. Again I say, old? Relative to what? Very ambiguous word that. Old, I mean, not what.

[@otravez3916]

walter condi I wasn't old enough to have a license back then but I wasn't to young to appreciate same. When I eventually did get my license, all the cars had consoles, and lemme tell you, trying to steer a car with one hand and the other hand to seduce a spitting, screeching, struggling, spiteful wildcat who didn't understand the meaning of the word YES! and who was trying her best to scratch your eyes out was no picnic because the damn console kept getting in the way. Now where the hell's that damn seeing-eye mutt got to?

[@JohnPMitten]

America keeps asking you to call.

[@johntapp1411]

If this is the boiler room, where were the boilers? I toured a hospital engine room that had two of them-great big things. Plus, you would have emergency diesel generation of power, and several large tonnage chillers to cool things down. This looks like they sold all their hardware-unless this was some sort of anteroom office. The din of an engine room in a hospital is such that you would need hearing protection the whole time you were in there. They’re NOT quiet. If this were a real engine room the watcher would not be able to hear any dialogue.

Within minutes patrol cars left the doughnut shop and converged on the bank.

[@hudentdw2]

I loved the way he saved the plans on the table 19:51😂

[@RebelRob34]

Great episode, left channel sound is dead though.

[@georgebrown1543]

That Dan Matthews is such an alpha male I feel like I'd make a citizens arrest on myself if I had to talk to him.

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting informative entertaining. Realistically portrayed citizens/criminals/law enforcement officials. Enjoy viewing 👀 the wall phone in the boiler room/automobiles/boiler room gauges of that era-!!!🤗. A good stiff drink would be in order after that days work-!!!😉

[@AnnacolleenEtters]

That one was a little too nerve wracking!

[@doctorlarry2273]

"See if you can locate the manhole, I'll see what I can do from here...."

[@raleighboyz5106]

how did the second guy get over so fast

[@thomasomeara4705]

What? No roadblocks? What a disappointment!!

[@bobatl4990]

Does anyone recognize the hospital building… that does not look like a Hollywood set….I wonder if the building still stands