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[@stevecharman8420]

What a fine actress Jean Ruth was- she lights up the screen. And a darn good knitter as well!

[@Carter-je9kb]

She dead but still sat on his face, so to speak

[@HMMELD]

This would make a good book

[@conradweier1634]

I never get tired of this show, Back when tv was REALLY good. Not like the crap today 🤣 Thank you SO much.

[@davidjohnson4901]

I love all the vintage cars in brand new condition too.

[@panheadcraig]

The Maple Leaf motel is now a Mc Donalds on Ventura and Woodman in Sherman Oaks Ca.

[@franknew9001]

It's too bad that the Maple Leaf motel is now gone. I wanted to spend my vacation there as it looks nice and relaxing. 😊😊

[@stewartbrands]

How to destroy culture and beautiful vegetation. Sell to McDonalds. Horrible company.

[@Nichole-Kerr]

@@stewartbrandscorporate cancer like KFC Pizza Hut

[@sarahshouse1890]

Great episode...and my favorite show ever!! Love Broderick Crawford, he's a 5 Star actor in my book! 50's era was the best!👍

[@MisterMikeTexas]

Ironically, his license, according to Wikipedia, was suspended due to a DUI conviction during most of the series run. A talented actor with an alcohol problem.

[@cruz47144]

Sure Highway Patrol was the best they solved all their crimes in a half hour. 😂😂😂

[@HMMELD]

I only recently found out about this fine series. Been binge-watching it

[@mileswinslow7553]

​@HMMELD Abut a week for me. I've always loved the styles of the 1950's. This series must have been recommended to me because I've been watching that era's bomb shelter promotions!

[@scottw550]

Imagine just how annoying you would be to anyone that you came into contact with if you actually acted like him in real life.

[@1mrstutt]

The cars on this show are just about as fun to watch as the episodes themselves!

[@metalmopars]

I only watch it for the awesome cars.

[@ctranger]

@@metalmopars cars and the ladies.

[@isleifoterogarcia4478]

I watch them for the cars, the ladies and the places.

[@mdnealy4097]

I really loved the 55 Chevy and the 57 Ford.

[@splash5150izy]

@@ctranger .. I like yo style Man, the cars are classics the big Fords, and the Christine Plymouth Fury, 55-56 Chevy's, Buicks, there was a Freaking real nice T-bird Convertible a few episodes back also a lovely Cadillac Convertible, of course Driving these Rare Beauties just ain't the same without a Pretty Dame beside you, and they are just as Beautiful on the Show Ha!!! :P] .v ..

[@johncaballero8013]

A window of a wonderful time and era of the past. America with law and order in place. I really enjoy these episodes. Classic cars and classic technology.

[@Richard-t7q1f]

Its amazing how popular these shows are on You Tube. They were very low budget syndicated shows made for independent (non=network) TV stations to give them something to compete with network programs and have something better than cut up old movies (although we now appreciate those movies too). Ziv was a large syndicator and producer, had many shows, this one, Boston Blackie, Sea Hunt and others, and also produced and syndicated radio programs before TV. All generally of good quality. The fact that they still get loyal audience tells of the surprising entertainment value they had. Broadrich Crawford, who made a career of playing tough guys, is utterly charming and has a lot to do with the continuing popularity of Highway Patrol.

[@davidcarroll1883]

The 1957 Fairlane is one of the most beautiful cars that Ford ever built. I remember when I was a kid, the people that I knew that owned one said it was a junk. It leaked. Things broke. All that stuff but I think it was such a beautiful car. Even the station wagons.

[@dbeaus]

FORD Fix or Repair Daily Long love the Pinto.

[@jan22150]

I owned a 1958 ford skyline. Beautiful hardtop convertible.

[@alexbockstein5129]

@@dbeausI have an alternate meaning of the Ford letters, It was Fantastic Outstanding Reputable Durability. My family has been Ford/ Mercury owners since the eRly

[@alexbockstein5129]

The last sentence should have been, since the early 1950's.

[@dbeaus]

@@alexbockstein5129 In the early 1950's, all American cars were reliable, well built and reasonably durable. It was not unusual for my neighbors to have cars 6-8 years and they were pleased with them. Somehow, starting in the mid 60's, we lost the way. We forgot that quality meant long term, satisfied, repeat customers. As far as Ford, tell that to my old girl friend. In the 70's we took a ride in her new Ford and hit a bump. The entire dashboard fell out in our laps. And who could forget the Edsel?

[@kevindavy544]

I am 62 and I can well remember these cars on the road, like yesterday.

[@AzarroFineArts]

I'm 64 and can't remember ..hehe

[@bluuedaniel]

62,? I, not so sure about that, BUSTER, I think you’re bragging...

[@kw6445]

I remember too & 60. Maybe because we did not have a lot of $ back then, we were seeing them used. My uncle drove one, it wasn’t brand new but I liked how easy it was to sit with my legs stretched out in my black patent leather shoes and tights and not touching the space in front. You go Davy! We can only pray for the memory of those who can’t or don’t.

[@MisterMikeTexas]

59, and I barely remember them.

[@allenwatkins4972]

I remember them all right: No power anything so hard to drive in town. Hard to start in cold weather. Constant adjusting of the points and the carburetor. No A/C. Used a lot of fuel. The fuel seems cheap now at $.25- $.30/gallon, but we only earned $2.00/hour or less back then. I much prefer to drive the cars of today.

[@toma5153]

Telephone booths, cars with bouncy suspensions, mom and pop motels, big cash payrolls. It's all good stuff.

[@LeopoldoNotarianni-rk9vv]

Indeed

[@larrywethington5936]

Ignition on Left side. Gets in on right and skoots over. When seats went all the way across.

[@HMMELD]

@@larrywethington5936 Those were the days.

[@dannycalley7777]

T 5153.............and the only car safety was my Pops and Moms good driving

[@frances4797]

I miss the days when motel owners wouldn't rent a room to a "couple" unless they were married.

[@newmoon54]

I remember as a young boy watching Highway Patrol, and it really made an impression on me for sure!!! I even remembered parts of different episodes all through the years! One episode really stuck in my mind,, it was the one where this guy rigged up a pail of water and hung it above a open ended 55 gallon drum full of ~granulated chlorine~ as a homemade explosive. And he had a string attached to the hanging pail of water, that he would be able to pull which would tilt the pail, and the water would pour into the granulated chlorine, and cause a huge chemical explosion !!! This stuck in my mind for more than 60 years! I hadn't seen Highway Patrol until a year or so ago, and finally watched this episode ....... after 64 years!!! Thank you KZbin for satisfying a little boys life long memory~!~!~!~

[@motnosniv]

l recall it being potassium.

[@Nichole-Kerr]

I’m 62 and saw my first episode yesterday April 2024! Wow I have a lot of catching up to do. I grew up in Sweden , London, Japan, The U.S.A Australia, Germany and unfortunately we didn’t get Highway Patrol 😢. My Father was an American Jet fighter pilot and test pilot and we traveled a lot.

[@nosnibor800]

😀I remember these when I was a kid, we got our first TV in 1960! Marvellous stuff.

[@jaminova_1969]

What truly amazes me are the strong women characters, both good and bad. My Grandmother was more of a Perry Mason fan, but I can remember seeing this show on late nite OTA TV.

[@vladtheimpala5532]

I like Perry Mason too. He always drove nice luxury cars, Caddies and Lincolns. Paul Drake always drove nice sporty cars, T Birds and sometimes Corvettes.

[@fingerprint5511]

Scripts today conform to Capitalism

[@DianaSanders-ie6wp]

❤❤I love these old black and white shows, they are so comforting to watch. Reminds me of the good days when life was good❤❤

[@kooblincoblinsfineskinnedk5290]

One of the best shows from the 1950s.

[@jeromebrown944]

Another great episode,I was born in 65 but I still appreciate old black and white movies and shows like this one.I also like listening to the podcast of the Dragnet radio show.

[@z978ady]

Really great acoustics in opening and closing doors.

[@johnkemper1027]

It’s amazing how Dan’s 38 snubnose 2 inch barrel can shoot to hundred yards Bull’s-eye

[@Eddie_Schantz]

You are right. Just llike the Lone Ranger or Roy Rogers can be riding Silver or Trigger at a full gallop and can pull their guns out of the holster and shoot the gun out of the hand of a outlaw from 100 yards or more. It IS amazing.

[@larryspiller6633]

@@Eddie_Schantz Grandfather use to say that they loaded them on Sundays and shot them all week long. He was right about that.

[@LesterMoore]

@@Eddie_Schantz Ever see that John Wayne Western movie where he has a 28 shooter? He and Mr. Big, the Bad Guy, are shooting it out in a burning building. 😊

[@samuelluria4744]

Jealousy will get you NOWHERE.

[@chrishemsworth5150]

It's fair to say who is holding the gun ?

[@jackm4457]

Loved this show as a kid and then in re-runs in college. Maybe the beginning of the "Black-sedan-lives matter!" Dan Matthews had the "Blues Brothers" look more than 20 years before Belushi and Ackroyd. In the early 70s, while in college, we declared October 4 (10-4) as "Broderick Crawford Day.. and went out to thrift stores and bought thin-lapeled dark suits, fedoras and skinny neck-ties. We even wrote lyrics to the Highway Patrol theme song. "March, march, march of the Highway Patrol. We make sure nothing gets stole. Follow the man in the black sedan! We must uphold the law of the land. We make sure everything is under control... of the march, march, march of the Highway Patrol." .... Oh, did I mention I loved this show? LOL

[@robmead269]

Enjoyed your take on the show. Wildly humorous. I liked how BB (Big Broderick) just rolled out of his sedans.

[@charlesmelonson8049]

Fuck Broderick,that punk lived down the street from my family,he was DRUNK every fucking DAY.

[@JoseSanchez-bp7xz]

Jack M No such thing as the word stole. It’s “stolen”. It’s not “stold” either. Some people say that.

[@JoseSanchez-bp7xz]

Jack M On the other hand, I think I was wrong about the word stole. Sincerest apologies to you.

[@JoseSanchez-bp7xz]

Rob Mead They should use their cell phones instead of a phone booth. Haha. Get on Facebook.

[@richardwestwell4902]

Love this series, especially the cars, real style. Not like todays cars. All from the same jelly mold.

[@PedalToTheMetal61888]

...TODAY"" they BUILD-cars like a Kid's ..''TOY'' from ''MatteL-Toy-makers & Tonka''-Toys'' back then my dad and Aunts & Uncles''Drove around in ''A-U-T-O-M-O-B-I-L-E-S"" that '64-BooneVille-was HEAVIEST -built around some 6800 LBS.... now compare that to what they're building today ...1/2 the ENGINE'' ...1/2...the TRANSMISSION-...but THREE-TIMES-THE-$$$price...damn shame ...!!...and can someOne tell me how do you fit ''ShaQuille'''7-footers in the pieces of shit they're building ...nowAdays''...

[@Charlotte-wp9rf]

richard westwell Agreed. Am I the only person who thinks the headlights of the new cars have a sinister look? I noticed it first time saw one at night. I used to be able to name every make.

[@brendanmahony9831]

What a great program

[@brendanmahony9831]

Charlotte Berr

[@HarvestHome2000]

Yes - "Build 'em big, the bigger the better, cos we're AMERICAN and we don't give a damn that they do 10 mpg if you're lucky." Fast forward to 1973: "Oh no, we've no oil left - never mind, those nice Ay-rabs will keep us supplied forever and it'll always be dirt cheap... oh, wait..."

[@richmotroni]

In the SNL spoof of Highway Patrol, Crawford looked at the camera and said “And remember, when driving, use a car.”

[@Nichole-Kerr]

What if you are operating a pile driver?

[@jaycompany4886]

I love this show, the reruns anyway, this was before my time but, i like Crawford, and the scenery on the show.....the old cars, country roads and the narrator was excellent.

[@stevenkovler5133]

Those roads are now all housing developments. They have built on every inch of that land in the last 60 years !

[@jaycompany4886]

@@stevenkovler5133 oh ok...didn't know....do u know where that's at in California?

[@randypurtteman1183]

I can remember this as a kid. For some reason though I never though he drove anything but the Buick Roadmaster the show started with. It would be great to find this entire series on DVD. Thanks for posting

[@AustinRogers1]

BUICK CENTURY

[@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602]

Randy The Buicks Dan drove in the early episodes were '55 Century 2-Door Sedans. They were specially created by GM for the California Highway Patrol using 2-door sedan bodies on Century chassis. The TV show at that time was so dedicated to authenticity, they used these specially-bred cars. In 1969 I spotted one sitting abandoned in a tire shop in Compton, California. Someone had pulled the engine/trans out, and it looked like the Century body was headed for the wrecking yard. I tried desperately to locate an owner but never could, and it finally disappeared, and gone from my grasp forever.

[@muffs55mercury61]

My second car was a '57 Ford Fairlane that I bought for $125 in 1974. Ran fine until it threw a rod 6 months later. I got my money's worth out of it. Poor lady she got too much for what she bargained for but she still never gave it to him. One common thing you hear on this show is large piston engine airliners flying low overhead (such as DC-6, DC-7, Boeing 377 or military variants) at 24:08. I love that! Never cared for jets. $20,000 in 1957 is about $216,000 in 2023 dollars. The average worker salary was about $6000 some more, many less.

[@Kevin-cc8qk]

This stuff is by far better than anything else on TV today 👍

[@NinjaKittyBonks]

It is interesting watching these old cop shows after there have been thousands over the years since. The number of clues and INSANELY obvious direct evidence that points specifically at the bad criminals, it would take about 5 min to catch them today... 😸 Thanks for these old episodes ❤

[@vatonorteno]

I loved pay phones. Back when people kept their phone conversations private!

[@davidhoogendyke2774]

When phones were used maybe two-three times a day, not fifty. Technology has made alot of people idiots.

[@davidGomez-vc8ck]

🥱Sadly...."Our walking & bike trails are so cluttered with most people talking on their phones and not paying attention to their surroundings. Everyone is in their own little world. What a joy it would be if the phone and internet system went down for a while. How many would actually have the ability to communicate face to face."

[@1946luke]

Yep, I remember making calls for a nickel, and then later for a dime.

[@alzheimer7324]

@@1946luke 😁 Than a Quarter. 🙂

[@karenhill3970]

Right..! Private.......alot of foolish people abusing / ruining cell pH tech. ..making fools of theirselves fb ...ect......not all though.....I want my landline phone back !! There's a pay phone at the grocery store I work at ....thinking it's original to store it's right outside door still works good....it's a older part of town ...store been there going on 50 yrs I. That location.....actually alot older than that..neat...thanks so much for post Highway Patrol" never saw re- runs or even heard of it ....or maybe I did ) just so little way bk in memory..😎...anyway THANKS..ps r there still telephone Operator s anymore ..maybe w AT&T FOES any one Kno...I haven't had AT&T in long time

[@stewartsnape2936]

My favorite cop show of the 50s n 60s, those old big great cars, And Broderick Crawford Just something special about those times and shows

[@ghmaguire7557]

Great episode. Stuart Whitman as the Sergeant, before he went on to greater things.

[@larryjung8062]

Dan Mathews he's fast talking and he's fast to get into action to catch the criminals!.

[@caroltenge5147]

Yes. Broderick Crawford is the perfect Dan Matthews.

[@jamesg.vickers6323]

He's like a 60s football coach...we gotta keep em on the run go team go

[@Crockerish]

I love the way Mathews just drops her head after he finds the wife dead.

[@Superskunk1954]

What would you expect? She wasn’t using it any more.

[@AzarroFineArts]

nothing shocks him anymore

[@richcar3434]

I noticed that!..he was like, checking the cantelopes at the supermarket!

[@williamwoods8182]

He wasnt supposed to touch the body.

[@mtntime1]

​@@Superskunk1954 She dead. Thunk.

[@diane4537]

If you want to see a great crime film see HE WALKED BY NIGHT with Richard Basehart. I believe Jack Webb is in this film released in 1948. I read that it was the inspiration for DRAGNET.

[@tommytruth7595]

It is on here. And it did lead to the Dragnet show, first on radio and then TV.

[@jayonnaj18]

I loved the way the front seat in the cars back in the day was a bench, and you could just slide right over to either side, plus it could hold three persons in the front!

[@DanielChisanga-p2j]

Love Mathew's on the phone, wall map and the car radio. He solves all the crimes..

[@thurayya8905]

I used to watch this as a ten year old in the mid-sixties. I lived near Los Angeles and one of the local stations would show back to back episodes. As an adult, I like to figure out where it was shot. Of course, many things have changed since the fifties. Northridge had been paved entirely over. But, some landmarks still remain.

[@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602]

Thurayya A lot of scenes wee filmed in north SFV which was still sparsely populated. Today's Devonshire St., a 4-lane highway with high-rise concrete on either side, was a 2-lane country road through walnut orchards in 1955!

[@williamhiles7404]

KTLA-5. Remember it well. Those were the days when there was independent stations. There was also KNXT-2, KHJ-9, KTTV-11, and KCOP-13. We also picked up San Diego's XETV-6, which was actually broadcast from Tijuana, Mex. LedHed Steven 🎸 🎹 🎸

[@jmarcguy]

Just discovered this show. Really enjoying it! I love old tv but have usually been a 70's & 80's guy. There were some good cop shows in the 50's & 60's. DRAGNET, M SQUAD, & NAKED CITY.

[@davidmaslow7473]

Welcome to Highway Patrol new viewers!

[@PatrickBaptist]

+David Maslow I know and just the other day I found out Dan's nickname was 502 because of how many DUIs he liked getting.

[@mikeejay63]

Thanks for showing us that Southern Baptist charm Patrick.

[@jimstokes6742]

Shot quick & dirty. & corny

[@davidmas3900]

spacepatrolman You're hilarious! Yeah, he loved that booze!

[@johngodfrey6841]

First outdoor police show on British TV,it was properly at the time the most popular TV show on TV,we were mesmerized by California,great memories.and wide roads we didn't have here.

[@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602]

Their only rival was Jack Webb's "Dragnet", that used real cases and identified actual cars by year, make, model, color and license plate #. Mathews' cases were clearly made up, and they further embarrassed themselves with ridiculous descriptions, like "blue sedan" when the car was a hardtop! Still, I think HP won out in the ratings simply bc they had far more action.

[@jeffwestend909]

The part of Alma Wigram was erroneously credited to Jean Ruth. Jean R. Maxey is the talented actress who played this part.

[@8176morgan]

Actually she was Jean Ruth when this episode was filmed. She did not become Jean R. Maxey until several months later when she married actor Paul Maxey, who was twenty years her senior. You would think that a hot looking woman like that would want to marry a man around her own age. She was in one other HWP episode around a year later and was credited at the end as Jean R. Maxey.

[@dexadrinepancake]

This is very interesting. Jean Ruth and Jean R Maxey are two different people. The gorgeous Jean Ruth was born in Philadelphia on September 10th 1917 and died in 2004. Jean R Maxey born March 9th 1927 as Phyllis Jean Ruth in Nebraska. I watched the Deaf Mute episode and wondered why I wasn't besotted with Edith. I guess there a 'look' in 1957 which both actresses followed.

[@Glinkaism1]

She was good looking.

[@roadwarrior6810]

I think everyone smoked in the 50's. "Here's little Johnny enjoying a Lucky Strikes Junior!"

[@JohnSmith-kz8yo]

lol Candy cigarettes and bubble gum cigars were sold to kids back then.

[@janeiwasduncan8463]

@@JohnSmith-kz8yo and look where it got them...COPD, emphacima (spelling??) Lung cancer, throat cancer, etc.. then there's rotten teeth from all that gum chewing, and if they chewed gum they also ate all that penny candy!! So don't smoke..🎈🎈

[@janeiwasduncan8463]

Misread sentence. Oops. But..how often does pretending to smoke lead to the real thing??? I cringe when I see teens smoking..because, as a nurse, I've seen the results of long-term smoking.It ain't pretty. So don't start, and if you are STOP!!

[@mikesrestoration]

I'd like to smoke the tires in that station wagon.

[@quickjumpingfoxes]

​@@janeiwasduncan8463I have discovered that smoking cigarettes leads to playing pool and in dingy halls. "Lived experience" as the kids say these days. Who get their experience from the media.

[@jaiuh8818]

The first time I seen this show was two years ago on This T.V.. It was replaced by another show. Thanks for uploading these clips. :-)

[@rd8370]

This is a good one and I’m also waiting for next weeks episode.

[@glennso47]

But remember to leave your blood at the community blood center, not on the highway.

[@TheNextGoogification]

Surprised to see Stuart Whitman in such a minor role here. He had to have been about 31, shows it must be really hard to get roles in Hollywood. He must have been some heck of an investor, all the money he made, anybody know what he invested in? Surprised to hear he's still alive, born in 1928. God Rest his sole!

[@muffs55mercury61]

Stuart passed away in 2021.

[@TonyKuehler]

My father's work car was a 1957 Ranch Wagon, 2 door only in all black. It was an automatic with the Thunderbird engine, that was a big deal apparently.

[@clintonflynn815]

“Next week’s highway patrol story is a very unusual one,” says Broderick Crawford. I watched it and it was actually quite ordinary. And to think, I trusted him.

[@saulchapnick1566]

“Unusual,” “exciting,” “interesting.” Those are the loop of words Crawford uses to describe the next show.

[@kingdoc3262]

Now travel back to 1957....very unusual then probably

[@gc583]

don't leave your blood on the road.donate to the red cross.

[@quickjumpingfoxes]

​@@gc583Oh 2024, the days where everything is ironic.

[@quickjumpingfoxes]

He uses the same technique during interrogations: misdirection. A trap for the unwary.

[@stephendoughty3798]

Until a week ago I never heard of this series;now hooked

[@rogermaes6001]

I was sure of where the money was ! Good episode. And always all those gorgeous cars of the 50s, especially the Chrysler (?) station wagon 1958. Thank you very much

[@wb6162]

I love these old shows. Bad guys always have a mustache. Most of the time bad women are brunettes. Love the 50's!

[@AzarroFineArts]

wrong... watch more episodes

[@henryhorner3182]

And all those beautiful ragtop cars. Thanks for Nothing, Ralph Nader! Thanks a heap!

[@MisterMikeTexas]

Not redheads? 😆😆

[@MisterMikeTexas]

@@henryhorner3182 Nader, the original male Karen! 😂😂😂

[@MariaLacsamana-ik3in]

An amazing n delightful detective series that has many angles you don't know where n how the crime really occurred its really worth the time watching it 😀 😄 😉 👌 thanks for posting it 😀 😊 👍

[@reach4thestars67]

Good episode. Thank you for uploading.

[@danaduhamel447]

Great show it never gets old

[@Vinnie101a]

Her knitting would drive me crazy. “Not tonight dear, I don’t have a headache, but I’ve got a scarf to knit”. 😊

[@1gerard47]

😂

[@quickjumpingfoxes]

A scarf? In Los Angeles?? That would be "highly unusual", as Broderick liked to say.

[@seunarinemaharaj8474]

Watching highway patrol since i was 5 years old love it i am now 66 yrs

[@axiomist1076]

She was a real smart cookie. Had the guy thinking the money was at her house, when she had it right with her. Best place to hide something : in plain sight.

[@fredtaylor4544]

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[@javiergilvidal1558]

Trouble is: she didn't count on the crook to kill her the minute he thought he knew where the money was. I don't get the entire idea of her going to the motel. She should have arranged for a rendezvous of the THREE of them (including hubbie) in some park or corner or open place. THEN would the three of them go to her house, where she & hubbie would be majority.

[@packstevewood]

I liked this episode. I was 6 yo, in first grade in 1957/58 when Mom pulled up to school yard to pick me up in our brand new/ used Plymouth Suburban Station Wagon like the one in this episode only ours was solid white with manual overdrive. Don't even ask me to explain what Dad had to go through to engage overdrive but Dad loved the overdrive feature because of the fuel savings on long trips.

[@rudycarrillo343]

Crooks sure dressed nice back then. And all crooked ladies were beautiful!

[@bloqk16]

@Rudy Carrillo . . . when you mentioned about the crooked ladies . . . The one aspect that really stood out with me when viewing the episodes as an adult: This TV show was nearly an "equal opportunity" employer when it came to the genders of the crooks, as this TV show had many more women portrayed as crooks/criminals than other crime-drama TV shows of that era, or even in the 1960s. There was one episode which had three women as prison escapees.

[@mdnealy4097]

That was partially true. Some dressed in a suit but just as many didn't except on TV.

[@alphonsozorro7952]

@@mdnealy4097 All crooks, on photos at least, were well dressed, like Al Capone, J. Dillinger, L. Luciano, Bugs Moran, etc.

[@mdnealy4097]

@@alphonsozorro7952 in the 19th century photos were a huge deal. Most people only had a few of themselves and they wore their best clothes and usually always had their weapon on display in the picture.

[@henryhorner3182]

Great dressers those crooked ladies.

[@franklinchmara111]

I enjoy watching these videos, it is amazing how the Highway Patrol and police departments operate.

[@conniewojahn6445]

Used to operate.

[@George50809]

The knitting lady was good looking. She was smarter than the killer Steve Stranglehold, but she paid with her life.

[@splash5150izy]

^^^@John A. Awweeee Spoiler Alert, no probs I kinda figured she'd get her ass killed, Stranglehold was a Killer Fo Sho' :P .. .

[@hounddog946]

The murderer should have talked her into a romp in the sack in the hotel room.

[@mtntime1]

Telling him the money was at the house was a mistake. As she found out. And why meet at the motel? Make it a busy public place, that tends to discourage strangulation.

[@boleynali]

I bet the passenger doors wore out faster than the drivers door back in the day.

[@RadioMattM]

I never knew anybody who made a practice of getting in on the passenger side and sliding across, but I see people do it quite often on old TV shows.

[@chuckster3629]

Bench seats.

[@dominickloka9758]

I was a very young boy in the 1970's, but I still remember that most cars still had bench seats and on busy streets, many drivers felt safer getting in by the passenger's side. It was aslo quicker since you didn't have to wait until the cars had passed. When we were visiting family in Montreal, my parents never allowed me nor my sister to get in the back seat from the street side; always from the sidewalk.

[@bonniemoerdyk9809]

@Black Buick ...Right! ..plus the bench seats were usually a fairly slick vinyl type material so you could slide real easy.

[@bonniemoerdyk9809]

Upton parka ... those doors were beastly heavy too! As a 7 yr old in 1962, I was climbing in our 57 Buick and my sister came along and gave it a shove shut. My finger tip was still holding on the pillar area and cut it clean off. I did the same thing to myself a few years ago, and although it was pretty bad...nothing like that heavy Buick!

[@frankmartin1344]

Never get tired of watching these shows...Mr. Crawford is the best. Better times back then, IMO.

[@Carter-je9kb]

Dan “the bullet “ Matthews don’t fu#k around boy

[@lanctermann7261]

I like that even though it was the mid-fifties when nearly half the country were smokers, nobody drank or smoked in this show. Good clean drama.

[@cruzmartinez2547]

HILARIOUS, Broderick Crawford the original Kojak. I love them both.

[@thebestisyettocome4114]

This show is on MeTV. I recall this show many of years ago. The Ziv company was out of Cincinnati Ohio. The family made a great deal of money in the early days of television.

[@1mrstutt]

Hi Elmer, I didn't know Ziv was out of Cincinnati. I grew up on Cincy TV of the '50s and '60s. Are you from Cincinnati, and do you remember all that great local programming?

[@metalmopars]

I just checked the Metv schedule & there not showing it now.

[@cecilhixson2652]

1mrstutt e War movies

[@nashvilletennessee3194]

john first it used to be on me TV early on Sunday mornings.. Around 7 am.

[@Yamazaki44]

Really enjoyed the show...

[@jacksugden8190]

Great team effort on behalf of the Highway Patrol

[@xxxxxx-tq4mw]

Was that stationwagon a 1958 Plymouth ? A Chrysler product anyway, it’s a beauty. The actress, Jean Ruth, who played Alma Wigram did a radio show during WW2 called "Reveille With Beverly" with a short You Tube story about her under Jean Ruth Hay.

[@mikeoittinen5623]

When men were men, women were women, no fake gender dysphoria, and cops were hard-nosed as needed. No fear of citizen outcry. They were the boss! The world ran a lot smoother as you would remember if you're over 50.

[@conniewojahn6445]

I'm over 50, and as I remember people went to Church on Sundays, there were "blue laws" which meant shops and stores couldn't do business on the Sabbath because people worshipping God as congregations. Then enough people got into power to close those laws, and look what we have now - no respect for Sunday, the Sabbath, or God, and all hell on earth. No wonder the world doesn't run smooth.

[@daler.steffy1047]

During the show there was no annoying dramatic music, very little--and potentially annoying--narration, and limited dialogue between characters. So what WAS going on, then? You just sat and watched: What you mostly saw were cars moving from this place to that place, within this "wild rush," which was nothing more than the sound of innocuous traffic in the background going here, going there. The drama unfolded before our eyes, as viewers, in the same way that one received it listening to such a program on the radio. And as radio had (eventually) become known as "The theater of the mind," here is one of those rare television episodes that could also speak to that important acknowledgment; for here is an episode that leaves you (even now) thinking about what is going on between various characters, and what is going on in plot development, simply through the theater of the mind, the use of your imagination as a viewer. Now, that is pretty cool!

[@jamescalifornia2964]

Yes, indeed. Good point ... 😉👍

[@forestgeorge8855]

I’ve heard about this show for years. Never was i interested in watching until today.

[@TSUTENKAKU007]

That hill at 2:21 must be very popular scene as I have seen so many episodes of that hill.

[@cornucopiaofcool2144]

Sound real Star of the Show. Excellent quality.

[@drbonesshow1]

Gone are the days of good old-fashioned “clean” criminal behavior. Nowadays everything is tainted with some form of mental, sociological, psychological or sexual perversion.

[@robertwalton7307]

+Don R. Mueller, Ph.D. Shooting one dead then strangling a woman a few hours later is pretty mental..

[@vladislovkyzinski3430]

+Don R. Mueller, Ph.D. It don't take no pee h dee to figure that out! It's because the world is fucked up. BTW, if you're a Ph.D., I'm a neurosurgeon. Phony! \

[@PatrickBaptist]

+Don R. Mueller, Ph.D. You know about the Nazi experiments on children back before this show? There sure was perversion going on back then.

[@drbonesshow1]

+Patrick TheBaptist The "perversion" I speak of is that restricted (i.e., limited) to the TV screen. Does John know what you've been up to with TheBaptist thing?

[@PatrickBaptist]

Don R. Mueller, Ph.D. John has been in heaven for some time, he wouldn't know a thing about me and he doesn't have a trade mark on it either. LOL :P "i.e., limited) to the TV screen." My bad, just going off the statement and context that was given, guess you should have been a bit more clear to prevent such eh "dr." LOL

[@daspiper8941]

"It's not the car that kills, it's the driver." We need to have that rationality applied to all killings where a tool was used to kill, regardless of the tool.

[@caroltenge5147]

you have made a great post. Thank you.

[@donnienicholson6062]

And if every untrained moron drives unsafe cars more would die.

[@Cracktaculus]

"And remember, it's's not the car that kills, it's the textin' an drivin' motherfucker that kills."

[@newmoon54]

You too hah!?!?!?! Yep!!!! We need to DEMAND COMMON SENSE!!!!! The left(y's!) are nutzzzzz!!!! Fact!!!!!!

[@rentslave]

As usual,crime doesn't pay-unless you're a politician.

[@vladislovkyzinski3430]

+Tom Dockery Right on, Tom!

[@PatrickBaptist]

+Tom Dockery Or a mason.

[@ramanujamsooriamoorthy4743]

Or a cop; or a judge too, according to some people.

[@stanleyhornbeck1625]

Republicans been stealing from the proletariat for many many years.

[@robertbiastre6037]

More so today!

[@jeffersonsmith1877]

Love the cars in this show!

[@deniswilson8152]

THIS IS WHERE TEDDY SAVALAS GOT THAT HARD HITTING HARD BOILED FAST TALKING NY STYLE OF ACTING FROM BROD.

[@pipesmoker4238]

Telly not Teddy....😆😅😂😁

[@4thstooge75]

Teddy? I think you mean Telly Savalas.

[@justina249]

Kojak

[@Cracktaculus]

"Who loves ya, baby?!"

[@jimervin387]

It' a terrible thing to kill a woman who can knit. They know how to leave men in stitches. Too bad she didn't have her dart firing knitting needles.

[@mexicanspec]

I don't see why she didn't stab him with the knitting needles. She had them in her hands.

[@SOffenbach]

I'll bet she can do a lot more...

[@newmoon54]

I wish they would have written the script letting her live .... I liked her,, she ha a good nature to her! She simply made a bad choice!!!!

[@wilneal8015]

I was hoping she would stab that Schmuck in his Eyes with them Knitting Needles, and LIVE!!

[@mtntime1]

She never got to finish her knitting. That is a shame.

[@franknew9001]

At the end of this episode, Dan Mathews says "Next Week's Episode is a Very Unusual One." I am looking forward to seeing next week's brand new episode. 😊😊

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting/informative/entertaining. Realistically portrayed citizens/criminals/law enforcement officials. Enjoy viewing the out door pay phone/vehicles/motel cabin rooms of that era-!!!🤗. Uncle Broderick is a fairly good shot with his revolver-!!! 😉

[@JohnSmith-oj6ir]

Couple of great apps available that let you listen to original radio shows.

[@studebaker4217]

Gotta love the disguised cop tip-toeing around the back, and banging the gate behind him. Great show though, as always.

[@chrisneilson7221]

At 18:18 the license plate has "California" and the year sticker tag covered with masking tape. As if we don't know all these episodes were film in the LA area.

[@rondawson5071]

I enjoy all of them , kind of like old friends.

[@robertwalton7307]

Great cars! Keeping those rarely seen "lab boys" pretty busy.Great actress,but the knitting?

[@roadwarrior6810]

Those knitting needles are lethal weapons

[@joshuaanothereraseddad]

Ain't no programs like this no more.

[@DerBingle1]

jean ruth was married to the big band leader freddie slack. considerable WWII era credits + an early martin & lewis

[@thomascoughran1374]

The 1950s bullet bra.

[@jimstokes6742]

It's what's upfront that counts.

[@chancebelcher7163]

one of the great innovations of the last half of the twentieth century

[@RadioMattM]

Not half as bad as they were earlier when women looked like they were wearing waffle cones under their sweaters.

[@jan22150]

Yeah they were pointed allright

[@paulypooper2]

I like watching these programs for the old cars

[@annebellette201]

Good show thank you for sharing

[@marklarue5083]

love the noisy lifters of the Fords and Mercurys from the late fifties. No oil up top .

[@marklarue5083]

dry rockers

[@eddean6663]

Y- Blocks

[@warrenkjohnson2826]

Yblocks had solid lifters.

[@zxtenn]

Stewart Whitman?? What a great time it much have been to live in CA!!!!!!!!!

[@jeffking291]

Love ❤️ these shows ❗️ 📻🙂

[@jimstokes6742]

No honor among thieves. Stuart Whitman had a reoccurring cop role here.

[@neildickson5394]

Stuart Whitman wound up being worth about 800 million, obviously not from his cameos on Highway Patrol. He did a few minor movies, so he must have been a hell of an investor.

[@BarryMoreno-zx4dc]

Great series; great star.

[@danaprosky515]

Nice selection of cars on this episode, 57 Ford Sunliner, 57 Plymouth Suburban, 57 Mercury,57 Buick

[@jeffersonsmith1877]

This is a good one -- lot's of twists!

[@johnjackson8401]

The actress in this episode is beautiful. The 1950s were a great decade.

[@ericverdun4575]

Brings back old memories

[@tommytruth7595]

Incidentally, the knitting stitch she was using is called the double cross. Not really, but it sounds good.

[@chaplainmattsanders4884]

😂

[@lineshaftrestorations7903]

I used to think Dragnet had stiff acting and jerky directing but Crawford could have shown Jack Webb a thing or two.

[@raymondschmidt2003]

wow that's a cool station wagon

[@leonrigdon2788]

Had one exactly like it in high school. '57 Plymouth with push button transmission.

[@h0gwartz]

the bad guys license plate in every episode is MPF686

[@javiergilvidal1558]

Completely unimportant. And undetectable back in '57, when you only saw things once a week, without the endless-repetition possibilities we have now. Not to talk about the image freeze!