Highway Patrol 83 in Mistaken Identity

[@jameshooper8793]

Programs like the Highway Patrol keeps you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. Great expert entertainment.

[@pcallas66]

This show came on MeTV a couple years ago and I'm hooked on the series. It comes on at 5am and if I'm awake I will watch it. I never heard of it before and was on a few years before I was born. I'm so glad some of these old shows are discovered by new generations.

[@madelinehall8944]

I'm with you, except I watched these shows with my parents after dinner. I record them on Tivo. I'm never up at 5 am any more. I'm retired.

[@Brotherken1234]

@@madelinehall8944 I'm 64, I'm right behind you!

[@mickey1849]

It's worth watching just to to see the late 50s vintage automobiles!

[@sarahshouse1890]

Love that moment when she appears to be distraught and puts her hand on the Bible. Very meaningful. This is a wonderful 50s show!👍

[@jayonnaj18]

I also love that moment when the frightened wife touches her Holy Bible for it seems to show that she is trusting in God so that the police would find her husband safe and sound! My entire family and I watched this show when I was a little girl, and we kids thought Broderick Crawford as Dan Matthews was cooool!!! Loved him!!!

[@harrisonmantooth7363]

Back in 1956-1957, my best friend and I joined the LA Habra CA Junior Police. A couple of 12 year Olds wanting to be LEO's. After each week's meeting, we'd tune in and watch each episode of Highway Patrol. Yeah, we were even learning the 10-codes. Mathews was our hero. 21-50 Bye

[@9675775]

We so much enjoy watching this series. Thanks a lot.

[@Tommy-76]

This is a fine episode...Highway Patrol was one of the most successful syndicated shows (no network) of all time...

[@overcastfriday81]

Why did the Highway Patrol withdraw it's support/cooperation after a couple years? I heard they did this because they stopped liking the stories, but have no further details.

[@mickey1849]

@@overcastfriday81 It's common knowledge Crawford was a DUI junkie. I don't know how many, but he got a few DUI's in just a relatively short period of time. For political reasons they couldn't support the show anymore.

[@mickey1849]

Crawford wisely took an ownership stake in the show in lieu of a salary. He cleared an average of $550K/year while the show was on. When it went into post-production syndication in the 60's there's no telling how much he made. Remember, these were late 1950's and 1960's dollars. In other words, he got rich.

[@sarahshouse1890]

Crawford made this show great, regardless of his personal issues...we all have them. He was a wonderful actor in my humble opinion.

[@Brotherken1234]

@@mickey1849 Yeah, mega rich.

[@scotta8597]

Across from the motel is Rands Roundup on Ventura blvd. in Sherman Oaks Ca.

[@jimlaguardia8185]

Scott A Used to be a lovely area, but no more.

[@johnrogers9481]

Yeah, finally a shot with a landmark of the time.! On Ventura Blvd at Stern Street. Fun to go to street level in goog earth and stand right on that spot where the car made that turn.! I did a search and there are a few posts on the subject. So how is the Sherman Oaks area today.? I left the Valley in 1993.

[@MrOneHotDog]

@@johnrogers9481 It's a crime infested shithole.

[@James_Bowie]

Was at 13920, now a CorePower Yoga joint.

[@jamescalifornia2964]

​@@James_Bowie ~ That lovely motel is now long gone ... 😔

[@chuckster3629]

Love these old Highway Patrol TV shows. I watched a few when I was a kid, but not many. I was too young to stay up very late to watch them.

[@jayonnaj18]

Dan Matthews played by the fantastic actor Broderick Crawford could talk sooo fast, LOL! How I would have loved to see the kidnapped man and his wife reunited!

[@alsmith5714]

Cars had style back then...

[@Dhintheman]

I watch this show just to see the cars, they are amazing.

[@tonyd1308]

@@HunterR909..yeah! But gas was cheap then!

[@wb6162]

So did people

[@roysterfutrell8889]

@@HunterR909 They were luxuriously comfortable compared to todays cars. The chiropractors say that modern cars are one of the biggest contributors to their business.

[@Sootaroot]

@@roysterfutrell8889 Yes modern cars are very bad for the feet.

[@garypaul1033]

Another fine episode with Dan Matthews swell commitment to his duty to protect & serve! I wish they would have shown the original couple getting back together again at the end... That would have capped the show! They reminded me of a neighbors we had a long time ago.

[@jrtej9575]

I love the "swept-wing" Dodge, it looks like it's about to take flight!

[@jrtej9575]

@Black Buick thanks for the correction. Beautiful cars nonetheless!

[@jimervin387]

They sure got a lot of use out of that '57 Plymouth ragtop in this series, proving that what you drive is important too.

[@srercrcr]

It needs a tuneup...

[@rustynails5797]

@@srercrcr it sure had a hard time starting

[@srercrcr]

@@rustynails5797 Points and plugs!!

[@rustynails5797]

@@srercrcr I was wondering if it just wasn't a recording track they had . Cars that new shouldn't have started that bad .

[@srercrcr]

@@rustynails5797 Very possible

[@grizzlycountry1030]

It would be nice to do a cross country road trip in one of those classic cars especially on something like route 66.

[@chuckster3629]

You still can. All it takes is lots of money.

[@rosalindayoung7269]

Grizzly Country absolutely..let me know if u ever do, I'll go with you..lol

[@bertgrau9246]

Well, my wife and I did a long cross country drive on our last vacation, we put 5,500 miles on our 2012 Ford F150 only cost us $2,300 . We stayed at motels and ate mostly at restaurants, and did a lot of museums. We had a great time. Not the same as driving an older car, but our F150 is comfortable. We got 19.3 MPG I don't know if an older car would have gotten that good of fuel mileage or not, I really doubt it. Unless it was a small car with a 6 cylinder engine

[@kevinhorning3624]

im old, my buddies and i did a ton of road trips. 59 pontiac 4 door was the best one i had.

[@Brotherken1234]

@@kevinhorning3624 Was it a Star Chief?

[@danielyoung6630]

LOVE THOSE CARS!!!

[@joline2730]

Dan: We're ALL here for the cars ‼️😁😁

[@jameshowardhall3115]

Dear Ol' Dad RIP....Your Favorite TV show. And yes, your other son became DEA because of watching this with you. He didn't wish to work alone out on those Highways for CHP so he went another way in Law Enforcement. DEA at the Border in San Diego trying to stop terrorists, Chinese many Americans have NO IDEA are coming through the Border. USA puts signs up in Chinese. WTH? They also have signs in Egyptian and others languages besides just Spanish so it keeps my brother busy. RIP DAD we got this!!!

[@mountainman5025]

Back when you had to shake the gun to get the bullet to go further.

[@chuckster3629]

It always cracks me up when I watch an old Western to see the cowboy shake his pistol as he fires. How could they expect to hit their target?

[@AzarroFineArts]

@@chuckster3629 called punching the bullets ...ha

[@donnienicholson6062]

Throwing lead......about as accurate as that 2 weeks when Hollywood turned the gun sideways......

[@nrharrell]

I think that '57 Ford sedan was the same one Ward Cleaver drove in the first season of LITB.

[@madelinehall8944]

They recycled actors, why not props?

[@locutusdborg126]

Great episode. Thanks.

[@zach9620]

beautiful convertible.

[@alphonsozorro7952]

The "decoy" deputy sheriff was the most beautiful. The others were attractive, not necessarily beautiful.

[@jackoshea687]

A complete show in under 30 minutes,way before advertising ruined it .

[@skydiverclassc2031]

The show is 26 minutes here. That leaves 4 minutes in that half hour for advertising.

[@Brotherken1234]

@@skydiverclassc2031 Hilarious. I thought everyone knew that you'd have to consider 4 minutes for sponsors like you said.

[@lindalawon9151]

What's up with all that so called advertising? I never buy according to advertising and those silly jingles by grown people.

[@wilneal8015]

Ya Gotta leave about 2 minutes for the advert from Sponsor 'Ballentine Beer'!!

[@metalguy304]

Commercials have been edited out

[@James_Bowie]

20:30 ... "Will I do?." (Oh you'll do baby, that's for sure!)

[@patriotpatriot473]

They must have used every convertable in Calif. filming this show. There seems to be one in every episode.

[@jimlaguardia8185]

patriot patriot There used to be many convertibles in CA before auto air conditioning.

[@rahkinrah1963]

Nobody escapes from Mulhulland Drive...

[@waynejohnson1304]

In the 1974 Consumer Guide for cars, it was written that Cadillac owners should take Mulhulland Drive slowly because the big Fleetwood Brougham wasn't designed as a sports car yet, I have never noticed any particularly sharp bends in the road.

[@arober9758]

Incredible and double incredible!🇺🇸

[@richardcurrin8940]

This episode looked like a shut out for pretty women but the lady deputy saved the day

[@alphonsozorro7952]

The most beautiful. The others mostly were attractive, not necessarily beautiful.

[@gobbollino2688]

And how!!

[@jackpontiac52]

Cars bounce 3 to 4 times after stopping !

[@1mrstutt]

The shock absorbers were poor or non-existent!

[@Sootaroot]

@@1mrstutt It would have been awful for anyone who got travel sickness.

[@alphonsozorro7952]

Bouncing after stop means the damping was slow at work, which didn't necessarily translate to discomfort. Sure, in the 50's they didn't yet have active suspension control! But mono-tube shock absorbers, yes.

[@James_Bowie]

Ye olde Jell-o shocks.

[@TerryM-eu5ou]

Look at that 57’ Ford!! 😍 My father has a 57’ Wagon, Black and White..spectacular! I was 6 years old back then..😊

[@wb6162]

These cars were so stylish and comfortable to ride in. But for the young people they had drum brakes. So they weighted far more than today's cars and had terrible brakes--bad combo. They had carburetors that needed to be cleaned/rebuilt on a regular basis instead of the fuel injection cars have today that never breaks. They had ignition points and a distributor instead of electronic ignition so that was always a problem. They had shocks that lasted 20,000 miles tops. Tires lasted 15-20,000 miles. Minor accidents often resulted in terrible injuries/deaths when today you are more likely to walk away from almost any accident.

[@alphonsozorro7952]

" Minor accidents often resulted in terrible injuries/deaths when today you are more likely to walk away from almost any accident." Modern SUVs that make up 60% of US-registered cars are tombs on wheels. What modern cars with safety features have achieved in lowering the number of fatalities, have been taken up by a higher number of crippled. 3 million people use wheelchairs in the US, 70% from traffic-related causes. Better die than live as a cripple.

[@bertgrau9246]

W.B. there is no such thing as electronic points. It's an electronic ignition , and yes it is better than the old points ignition, and fuel injection is NOT 100% Trouble free .

[@christiansanden8005]

I prefer the classics, you could fix allmost everything by yourrself beside those cars were a piece of art❤

[@rogergeyer9851]

@@bertgrau9246: Yeah, different problems. Before platinum plugs and fuel injection you had to do maintenance on a car driven any distance EVERY YEAR or it would deteriorate in how it ran and mileage. Now between platinum plugs and fuel injection, until a car gets to be about a decade old, for the good brands -- they just RUN. They start every time. All you have to do is change the oil and maybe change radiator fluid, etc. every 5 years or so, buy tires when they wear out, and you're golden.

[@tralfazy]

Yes..all of that. In the 50s when we took a cross-country trip we always had some kind of a breakdown. The generator goes out (not alternator), a tire blows, the radiator sprang a leak etc. We expected at least one breakdown on every trip. Cars are far more reliable now (2023), especially the tires.

[@josephburke8723]

Love the cars. Outstanding Police Work.

[@leecoffman2594]

The kidnap victim looks like Buddy Ebsen.

[@gobbollino2688]

Now hold on there granny!

[@sridharanv.k.881]

Thanks 🙏 for posting. Enjoyed it from India

[@D...M...A...]

Hello India , have friends in Kerala ... Love to you...

[@daniellack3559]

"Try not to worry"...hysterical.....

[@briangriffin4937]

As kids in the very early ‘60s, we kids would watch this show every afternoon at 2:30, followed by Cartoon Carnival on the same channel (there were only 4 local channels in our area). The gritty police drama made for an interesting contrast with the zany cartoons that followed.

[@GiacomoVeteran]

9:03 San Bernardino, California. Desert 60 Miles East of Los Angeles. Colton is out this way where MORGAN EARP is Buried at Huntington Cemetery off Pepper Street. I am from Maine but, lived in this area while Managing 12 salespeople for Best Foods Corp. Knorr Swiss Foods from Switzerland and USA Made food BRANDS like SKIPPY. BF MAYOONAISE. Mazola. Karo Corn syrup for Baking. Thomas' English Muffins. $40 Billion company. Today owned by UNILEVER BRANDS, WORLDWIDE. I loved the Food Industry and finding Lakes, Streams, Hot Springs and more on the weekends in California. Lots to do in the Desert if you know where to look. Lots of HISTORY. GUNSMOKE was filmed in some of these areas too but, also UTAH and beyond.

[@bdcochran01]

Rands Restaurant, Ventura Blvd., Los Angeles

[@rahkinrah1963]

In the valley? I knew it! We lived in the area when I was a kid.

[@georgechambless2719]

It's now Corepower Yoga, but the same building.

[@streef88]

Female Deputy Sheriff... In those days? Wow what a show!

[@larryhernandez2594]

The women back then were hot !!!

[@alphonsozorro7952]

The "decoy" deputy sheriff was the most beautiful. The others were attractive, not necessarily beautiful.

[@davidclapper9517]

I just love , at the end of some episodes Dan says “ it’s not how well you , but how well you mow fast “

[@BaronVonShrapnel]

"It isn't what you drive,, but how you drive that counts."

[@sirgeorge8522]

Did anybody notice the bush disappear by the bad guys car door?

[@randallloomis4756]

Yes, good eye. It also makes me why was the bush by the door in the first place?

[@troy9477]

Hmmm. Big Dan wasn't using his snubby in this episode. Strange.

[@Sootaroot]

Especially as he did seem taken with the deputy sheriff.

[@craigschneider1820]

That's why he whipped out the long rod.

[@Lazarus0357]

First time I've seen a pistol in this series, the crim is carrying a Walther P-38, used as a sidearm by the German Army in WW II. Oh well, some of you know a lot about cars... Regards

[@Lazarus0357]

There you are, the chances of learning something new present themselves in the most unexpected places! Of course if you are interested in firearms of any description in KZbin there is plenty of materiel available. Regards

[@Meinstein]

I had a Walther P-38. Spotted it right away.

[@AzarroFineArts]

@@Meinstein noticed that too, a first in the series?

[@Sootaroot]

@ZoneFighter1 I would have thought you could say a revolver was a pistol but not the other way round. However I know nothing about guns except that they cause nothing but harm. Just ask the people of Dayton, who are the latest to find that the price of letting the NRA get their way is too high.

[@Meinstein]

@@AzarroFineArts I've seen most of the series'. Semi-autos were rare. Never could figure how he could hit ANYTHING with that snub-nose.

[@dannypatta7487]

Love the. Old. Buicks. And. Ford's!! But where did. They. Hide. The old caddys?!!!!

[@zacharycat]

They still drive them in havana.

[@Sootaroot]

There is nothing quite as elegant as the Chevrolet Impala.

[@thomascoughran1374]

Laraby as in Get Smart?

[@arthureverett8220]

Oh boy!!! Another steakout!!!! Make mine well done with extra mushrooms and Hieinze 57 sauce

[@LuckyBaldwin777]

well done? Might as well grill up a piece of shoe leather.

[@zacharycat]

4:15 the car in the right lane runs through a stop sign and starts to swerve off the road before the other car even comes close.

[@rickmiller1429]

They both ran that stop sign.

[@fredkaplan9720]

Great Episode As Always. So Much For Telling The Truth

[@dfygoh3215]

does anyone notice the background sound on these HP it sounds so natural because it is

[@jamescalifornia2964]

🎭 A _Frederick ZIV_ Television Production 🎬

[@paulremmey8268]

GREAT EPISODE !!!

[@angelamagruder5911]

Yeah,they got the crook and the man who set him up in chicago,yeah!!!!!!!! Good show,way to go!!!!!!😀😁😂😃😄😅😆😏🤔

[@richardcurrin8940]

It looked like the cars swerved simultaneously rather than one forcing the other off of the road

[@ypop417]

saves denting the cars so they can use them again

[@madelinehall8944]

Budget

[@stephenharriau1406]

Dan the man doesn’t like to run.

[@randallloomis4756]

Towards the end he tries to chase the bad guy, only Dan runs like as lil girl...lol

[@kennethmorgan7957]

What an attractive de-coy

[@fastcars77loop89]

Our first vacation in 7 years

[@thomasl8734]

Dan’s definitely doing the sheriff!!!

[@alphonsozorro7952]

US swine's fantasy.

[@mickey1849]

I knew that bedroom-sized backseat was there for a reason.

[@luisalfonsoalba9730]

But he didn't do the deputy

[@gobbollino2688]

Good god that deputy sheriff 😮

[@markgarin6355]

Finally.... someone actually uses a turn signal....and they are the bad guys. How old are they? First vacation in seven years without the kids? College? Geeze their kids ought to be in their 40s.

[@xxxxxx-tq4mw]

That 57 Chevy station wagon with the fins, has to be so rare today, i checked in the search engine and one jut sold for $40,500.

[@bobbates7343]

The same actress played the railway station worker in the train robbery episode

[@brynleyoakley6990]

Highway Patrol was head of its time. Never see the likes again.

[@coolmoncur]

The hand hangs out the back trunk and no one sees it? Really?

[@skydiverclassc2031]

It's just one of those tricks that kids played back in the day...

[@craigschneider1820]

Could have put three more people in that trunk!

[@davidmahan4000]

It isn't what you drive, but how you drive that counts!

[@AcidArt362]

Make your logo bigger so I can watch the program....

[@191246mann1]

very cleverly thought out story ,,,checking the phone numbers very sharp .

[@Buisness1]

Two statements! Hot convertible and hot sherrif.

[@alphonsozorro7952]

The "decoy" deputy sheriff was the most beautiful. The others were attractive, not necessarily beautiful.

[@saulchapnick1566]

As a teenager, we had those gag hands sticking out of the trunk.

[@elonmask50]

22:00,portable radio transmitter 😂😂😂 in 1957, yeah right.

[@dennisfernandez7336]

Motorola made a portable radio in the 50's that did use a handset like that in the show

[@theprinceofsnj]

One of my favorite episode Season 3 episode 5 Mistaken Identity

[@davidcouch6514]

Crook carried a Walther P-38 9mm, from WWII.

[@jimlaguardia8185]

This show demonstrates why abduction is, in many jurisdictions, a capital offense.

[@Sootaroot]

In the USA, the nation so advanced that it put men on the moon and so backward that it still carries out judicial murder by the state.

[@alphonsozorro7952]

@@Sootaroot It carries many other backward practices, like abortion, casual sex pandered to by statutory pimps, etc. Putting men on the moon had been surpassed by spacecraft landing on a distant planet, Mars, and spacecraft sent to orbit planets even farther, like Jupiter and Saturn. US technology can go only so far, and landing humans on Mars may turn out to be a NASA fantasy, wasting tax dollars.

[@bertgrau9246]

@@Sootaroot The other gentleman forgot, to mention we have same sex marriages, and illegals have more rights than real AMERICAN Citizens. Go play with yourself little girl and leave us alone

[@garyfrancis6193]

And remember. It’s not whst you watch on KZbin but whether you watch it while driving. See you next week..

[@carloscarpinteyro332]

I like this "politically incorrect" Highway Patrol episode: 1. Suspect has wanton disregard for baby trees, seen from 5:55-5:58 2. close up shot of woman with a Bible, seen from 13:35-13:43, and from 15:35-17:36 Abduction scene was filmed on Mulholland Dr. right at Coldwater Canyon Dr. It pretty much looks the same, even today!

[@Sootaroot]

And at 17:26 "it's what we call a lead." Very patronising.

[@johnrogers9481]

I scene the seen.!

[@stevef9530]

Think they used the same motel in another episode. Looked familiar to me...

[@DougKercher]

Is that Laraby from Get Smart?

[@ricksrealpitbbq]

When the wife put her hand on the Bible it made me realize how far television shows have degenerated.

[@DenitaArnold]

Watching this somewhat makes me sad. I'm all for diversity and all, but what's happened to all the good men? And decent values? No wondr I never married 😢

[@jimlaguardia8185]

Denita Arnold By never marrying, you made some unknown guy very happy.

[@kathyflorcruz552]

We don't need more diversity. It is NOT a strength. Ask Europe.

[@Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster]

4:34. Diamonds are Forever Mr. Bond.

[@AnnacolleenEtters]

I have watched a few of another police procedural, called 'San Francisco Beat'. I believe the difference between the two is the location, and of course Mr Crawford.

[@luizcarloscantelmo8552]

One of the best

[@josephm.d.p.finnegan]

Euro 83 Saved. Wednesday, November 8 - 2023.

[@neilangus4401]

See the amount of cars on that street in the beginning Impressive

[@williamperkins9349]

1950's TV with a woman Sheriff ("still deputy"). Progressive.

[@alphonsozorro7952]

Sheriffs are elected, but deputies are not. Anyway too young to be elected as Sheriff.

[@alphonsozorro7952]

Beautiful blond "decoy".

[@plunkervillerr1529]

In the morning, for me it`s 2150 Dan and a bowl of Oatmeal

[@stevehein7884]

this is great

[@keithcox4818]

what happened to the Bush that was in the door@6.40?

[@AzarroFineArts]

yeah, saw that too

[@jacquesgervais1713]

@@AzarroFineArts So you are the one that sawed the bush?

[@randallloomis4756]

The guys arm hanging out the trunk is funny😅

[@hubertsang7418]

" All I need is a car, cop I will get me one " famous last words.

[@martinbryan3716]

Motel room interiors have ceilings that are WAY too high! (see 21:52 and then exterior)

[@alphonsozorro7952]

That makes rooms not look like chicken scoops.

[@LuckyBaldwin777]

Good catch. I missed it. The motel room was a set. None of them have ceilings because that's where the lights go for filming.

[@James_Bowie]

@@LuckyBaldwin777 That's why all interior lights are sconce style (i.e. mounted on walls). Other times they will be table lamps, magically turned on by a wall switch just inside the door.

[@Bill-yr4gc]

Diamonds aren't always a girls best friend.... lol

[@johntrembly2905]

Always like to see some '57 Ford action. Overshadowed by the Chevys.

[@arthureverett8220]

I want a steakout with extra barbecue sauce

[@jonathanchalk2507]

Love the cars 🚗

[@daxtonbrown]

Those are Torpedos!

[@MilePost106]

Got to laugh at 4:15, right through the stop sign.

[@johnbockelie3899]

That crooks boss is going to be furious.

[@taflocks]

When he pulled in and opened the car door there was a big bush in the way of said door. When leaving bush was no where to be seen

[@skydiverclassc2031]

@Black Buick 5:56 and 6:40

[@James_Bowie]

Continuity was not a big factor in this series.

[@mickey1849]

What happened to Dan's snubnose?

[@lindalawon9151]

BULL! The guy Dixon in Chicago got me into this. BULL! The S.O.B. got himself into this.

[@jacquesgervais1713]

I like the dual exhaust @ 7:04

[@mrlaw711]

Very busy street for the 50's.

[@heyoldman2003]

Head light turn signal ???? Interesting