Highway Patrol S01E28 Mental Patient

April 9, 1956
Season 1
Episode 28
Clarence Miller escapes from the state mental hospital and heads toward a rural area. He becomes the primary suspect when local farmer Ed Burr is killed and his body is found severely mangled. Hungry and confused, he stops at the farm of Lucy Clifford and finds her willing to feed and talk to him. Dan Mathews and his officers converge on the area and find their search hindered by Milo Hobson, a shotgun-wielding friend of the dead man who matter-of-factly states that he has no intention of letting that "...homicidal maniac get off with an insanity plea." Dan learns of Miller's visit to Lucy's farm and he also learns that Burr actually died of a heart attack and that his body was subsequently trampled by livestock. He also learns that he has only minutes to find the confused young man before he becomes a victim of Hobson's shotgun. Written by Sam Spea

[@michaelmitchell5098]

A great show that no one ever talks about.

[@sooverit5529]

The actress Riza Royse does such a nice job playing the compassionate farm woman. Beautiful performance of a well written part.

[@RICDirector]

Totally agree. Id have liked more resolution, though. She did a fantastic job.

[@Brotherken1234]

Agree

[@dennisatkins9837]

She also appears on the Andy Griffith show. The beauty contest.

[@johngilkinjr.689]

This is my favorite episode. I probably watch this episode over 50 times and I still always find something new camera angles the acting incredible and I wasn't even born when the show came out I was born in 1970 which makes me 52 today

[@jefferyneedham1581]

I worked in a group home many years ago and alot of the clients had no family and nobody to look after them and they all had the potential to live a better life but alot of times they are misdiagnosed and put on medications that steal them of their potential and numb them to the point that they are deemed useless and then sent to the State. Thousands of people are and have been written off and sad to say there is big money keeping them that way. I love the story and the woman definitely had compassion and strength.. They don't make them like that anymore . God bless

[@heyoldman2003]

Amen 👍🏼

[@MikeMarley-r9s]

TEN FOUR!

[@pamsalvo1875]

Of all the *Highway Patrol* episodes, this one is my favorite, because of the compassion of that lady on the farm, the real star of this episode.

[@coverscape]

FYI ..... Robert Wesley (who wrote the screen play) was the early pen name of Gene Roddenberry - creator of Star Trek

[@RICDirector]

The man sure knew his human nature....

[@sarahshouse1890]

Same here, it was the best ever. Absolutely LOVED the Bible scripture that came to life in this episode. Very moving and heartwarming. ❤️🫠❤️.

[@peterdarrylslaughter7390]

Now,this is some acting for sure.

[@heyoldman2003]

Wise Words to live by….whatever you have done to the least of my brethren….you have done onto me 🙏🏼Amen .?

[@sarahshouse1890]

Yes...AMEN.❤️🙏

[@MikeMarley-r9s]

TEN FOUR!!

[@donhancock332]

" Get off my farm!". She means it dude.

[@oldschooltv5981]

That Lady save his life good woman

[@oldschooltv5981]

@Jimmy Jazz A huge set of eyes? Eye dont see it but ok!!

[@oldschooltv5981]

@Chang Noi is it yours? smart azz

[@davebeedon3424]

The credits for this and several other episodes show Quinn Martin as Audio Supervisor. He later formed QM Productions, the company that produced "The Fugitive" and "The Streets of San Francisco," among other programs.

[@allen480]

Correct. He also produced “The FBI”.

[@auletjohnast03638]

And 'The Invaders' in the middle or late sixties.

[@parati1309]

"Mental Patient" Fantastic. No BS, straight to the point.

[@LuckyBaldwin777]

Just like the old cars. No BS, straight to the point.

[@donkeyslayer4661]

You could do that in those days. Just try it now.

[@javiergilvidal1558]

@@donkeyslayer4661 In particular, try quoting from the Bible, never mind living by it!

[@saulchapnick1566]

I’ve watched four episodes dealing with mental illness. Three of them provided much sympathy towards the person. That is surprising and ahead of its time for a 50’s show.

[@charlesphilhower1452]

Mental illness is a very complicated thing. The vast majority of mental patients are not violent.

[@doug3819]

Assault with a deadly weapon 2 counts probably 5 to 10 years. Who's the real nut case ?

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

Maybe he should have thrown a third one in there for him running his mouth saying that the patient deserved to die when he was innocent.

[@blueticecho5690]

I kept waiting for that damn phone to go to voice mail...

[@michaeldanello3966]

Was there voice mail in the 1950s

[@RICDirector]

Noooope.

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

I think they had a crude form of answering machines back then. When it answered it would record the message on a phonograph record.... But yeah, ANSWER THE DAMN PHONE!!!!!!

[@paulday6875]

​​@@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398t was accept it was done on a piece of wire. Many high end audio equipment in the 40s and 50s had it too, to record music. Problem was it was one time use, then you replaced the wire spool.

[@heyoldman2003]

@@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398 no there was nothing like voice anything… you missed a call … and you missed it period 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@darrylhenry5117]

V.34, Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: V.35, For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger and ye took me in: V.36, Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison and ye came unto me.

[@johnl.sillasen1780]

The guy with the shotgun ... Woulda be great had he also said, "Officer, do you realize who I am?" "Who are you?" "I don't know, that's why I'm asking."

[@PaulaL-n4f]

This show is so good! The acting is so so great. Broderick Crawford is a great actor and he made some good movies too. Always liked the guy!

[@sarahshouse1890]

Wonderful and very meaningful episode. Loved it.🙏❤️🙏

[@gadsdonflag4289]

Anyone else notice that oftentimes the drivers will enter at the passenger door and then slide over to the driver side rather than walk around the car? I can't remember the last time I saw anyone actually do that unless it was a very busy street.

[@mariec.9102]

Also, old cars had bench style seats so it was easier to slide across from the passenger seat to the driver seat

[@wilbard6708]

I've noticed the same thing in all the episodes I've watched so far, But with bench seats and the shifter on the column it wouldn't be much of a problem.

[@elainelessack9344]

Gadsdon Flag: We did that all the time in the bygone days when the seats were bench style and there was much more room in the front seat area. Very convenient! 🌟

[@jkmorrison1013]

@Terrence Bullock I've noticed that too but it was that way in a lot of old shows, including andy griffith. I also asked tha question, somebody said back then it might have been a law so the person would not be opening the door on the street and to be safer.

[@blueticecho5690]

They did that way cause it was cheaper to film one would only need one camera to do the shot..

[@johngilkinjr.689]

Would have been awesome if they wrote that she was his real biological mother...

[@auletjohnast03638]

John Gilkin, I was expecting that but it didn't happened.

[@lindalawon9151]

The best ending ever. That extremely mean and evil man with the rifle who set himself up as police, judge, and jury was caught in time by the police and prosecuted. He can also become more disbanded than what he is. He have no understanding of anything socially nor legally.

[@lindalawon9151]

Evil cuss got caught before he could shoot an innocent mental patient.

[@allen480]

Agreed. Oh, he was using a shotgun, not a rifle.

[@Brotherken1234]

Gives us gun owners a bad name.

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

The way that guy acted trying to still justify himself is how EVERYONE acts when you debunk the things they are holding onto about other countries in the world being scapegoated and bad and when it turns out that the lies where shown to be lies, the one insist "well they are still bad". The patient was innocent but yet the self-appointed judge and executioner wants to still say he should be a hero and that the patient was not worthy to live. Lock him up!

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

@@Brotherken1234 No gun owners were getting a bad rap over some isolated incident like that in those days......

[@rosalindayoung7269]

He just pissed me off with...you can"t threaten me, I pay your salary, how many times has a elderly patient told me that with a plus, I'll get you fired.

[@jefjef947comarmstrong5]

Ant it. So

[@donf3739]

"You just got your money's worth in good advice". Perfect.

[@allen480]

Younger jerks say the same thing.

[@lilajagears8317]

@@allen480 There's plenty of old jerks as well.

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

@@donf3739 You can say THAT again!

[@plunkervillerr1529]

At 6:30 in there is a Plack on the wall stating, " GOD BLESS OUR HOME ". I have the exacted same thing over my kitchen sink, left behind by the previous owner.

[@muffycrosswire]

That actor is too handsome to play a mental patient.

[@auletjohnast03638]

🔵ANOTHER JOB WELL DONE BUT NO EPILOG.🔴

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

MeTV adds in two additional commercial breaks (note the fade to black parts) and cuts out the part where Matthews gives his "words of wisdom".

[@auletjohnast03638]

@@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398 , His words of wisdom are always the same "Next weeks show is a unusual one, so be sure to watch". By the way, Trump🇺🇸 is the Greatest president in U.S. history. Look how your idiot biden has undue all the good Trump did, and how he's destroying our Republic.

[@Edith-t4j]

Broderick was attending an AA meeting.

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

All right, how many people fell for it? How many people fail for thinking that the lady was going to get stabbed? Be honest. I will admit, I did.

[@zaza6911]

So did I. Excellent piece

[@michaelashby1067]

How did Milo not count his two cartridges?..........

[@wilneal8015]

The Malfunction of that Clown's Shotgun was an intervention By GOD, and Gene Roddenberry!!

[@godgunsandgoldens]

I thought maybe his shotgun malfunctioned although double barrel shotguns were extremely reliable.

[@josephfinnegan151]

News Note: Byron Keith as a Patrol here before he became a regular on 77 Sunset Strip.

[@fredkaplan9720]

GOD IS GREAT GOD IS GOOD AS HE SAID

[@josephfinnegan151]

Highway Patrol: Special 36 of 41. Season 1. Episode 28. "Mental Patient" Friday - January 13 - 2023. "New Episode" 4 of 9.

[@lavonmcneal939]

great movie love them.all

[@wilneal8015]

Could Have MADE a Great Movie! I've seen Plenty Worse!!

[@randquadrozzi1280]

I thought the militia disappeared after the revolutionary war.

[@oldschooltv5981]

i never seen this one kool

[@firstboyonthemoon8876]

The Reagan administration closed state mental health facilities in California during the 80s.

[@heyoldman2003]

so sad

[@fredkaplan9720]

When I Needed A Friend You Took Me In

[@jacksugden8190]

Crackpot man with that rifle wanted looking up, and not that patient.

[@ronaldalsobrook4297]

I wonder if CHP Officer Gallagher is still patrolling the Barstow to Primm I 15 route. It was good to talk to him at the Halliran Springs stop.

[@RemoVegas]

EXCELLENT - NO I GOTTA' GO WATCH MY OTHER FAVORITE COP - "Lieutenant Frank Ballinger" LEE MARVIN " M-SQUAD"... THIS IS WHY KZbin IS THE FUCKING BOMB...

[@globetrotter5800]

That ending was crazier than the man they assumed was crazy. So what if you only had 30 minutes for an episode, give it a good ending!, Like finding out about his parents or she is his parent or the man with the gun was his brother or parent and how he ended up with mud all over himself.

[@RICDirector]

You run around in pjs and bathrobe , hiding under bridges...you'll get plenty muddy.. 🙄 As for the lady...no question in my mind, he had a staunch friend and great advocate.

[@wilneal8015]

If the Producers did all of that stuff, then the Program becomes a Soap Opera!! Ain't nobody got the Time or Budget for That! Before today, in 2023 AD, I had Never Watched this episode! I think it was Great! 💛🧐💫🤗💯 What a Message! 👍❤️👌😇🌞

[@michaelashby1067]

Milo Hobson......about 49? I would say 50.......

[@will2dmax1]

I think Joe Friday tried to imitate this guy, didn't work clearly.

[@jeanc819]

It's the other way around. Dragnet (1951) then Highway Patrol (1955).

[@RICDirector]

Considering that Paul Guilfoyle directed some of these, I know who he channelled on CSI...

[@johnwalsh5762]

At some point,, people are still there,,,but what point are they not??? I have lived this,,,,

[@fredkaplan9720]

We All Need A Break

[@gadsdonflag4289]

Don't bother watching the Foxeema TV versions unless you wanna get seasick.....really. The backgrounds wobble all over the place.

[@videofinder4306]

That's one of the main reasons I've uploaded these episodes. Several of other ones I watched on other channels were very poor quality. A few of these episodes posted on this channel, I couldn't find anywhere on KZbin.

[@jeanbonhacher6016]

Yeah I wonder what causes that

[@josephfinnegan151]

@@videofinder4306 I have noticed that this episode along with other versions of Highway Patrol Episodes here are EDITED with about 3 minutes missing, Can you upload the full episodes as they were originally and fully broadcast in the 1950s ? The Full unedited episodes lasted 26 minutes.

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

Not all of the ones on Foxeema TV are messed up, however. I've watched several episodes on there and they were fine. This one was not on that channel and the other channel that had it cuts off the beginning and had crappy picture quality - well at least on the last episode I was forced to watch on MeTV

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

@@jeanbonhacher6016 The ones that are screwy on Foxeema look as if someone was holding a camera in front of the screen and moving around but yet the picture quality was to clear for that. Some think it may be KZbin's picture (de) stabilization feature.

[@waynesworld7804]

“He’s about 49 years of age.” Isn’t that specific? Lol

[@godgunsandgoldens]

Right, I chuckled when I heard that. He’s in his late 40’s or early 50’s would have made sense.

[@molonlabe8792]

BEN GARZARA is a natural lunatic!

[@luisalfonsoalba9730]

Frankenstein american version

[@stevemellin5806]

I would like to see some one bring this show back . .redo it the cars the style . I think it would be a good idea

[@joeayala4812]

Believe me I know where your heart is but if this show was brought back today it would only get ruined. I watch this as a boy many years ago and the values that I grew up have truly changed. So my friend just enjoy the black and white reruns like I do and remember to leave your blood at the red Cross not on the road.

[@sarahshouse1890]

@@joeayala4812 totally agree, this show requires no remake. It's perfect the way it is. A remake could never hold a candle to the original show made back in the 1950's golden years.

[@Brotherken1234]

It would never work. Too much wokeism these days. Coupled with radical feminism, Lgbtq? Naw.

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

Sometimes when they modernize a show they wruin it. There are enough other newer shows that are based on the same premise.

[@wilneal8015]

When Holly Weird Remakes / Retcons old films they Usually do a Really Bad Job! 💯💩

[@jefjef947comarmstrong5]

1. Flew. Over. The. Cuckoos. Nest

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

I HATE that movie but yes, that's what came to mind here, unfortunately.

[@vettemandavid3806]

Dan, “Takealookatthismap “. Officer, “What?” Dan, “Takealookatthismap!” Officer, “What?!” Dan, “@%#@&”

[@heyoldman2003]

i read some where Brodrick liked “ pep pills” Benzedrine was legal in the 50s. Dan alwsys seemed a little buzzed

[@jeffreymliss]

What about next week? No unusual story? And what about the lesson???

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

They skipped it.

[@wilneal8015]

Gotta Have them Adverts!!

[@WalterDurling]

Wow! A MAGA nut!

[@sidhayes6168]

How did you decide that ?

[@plunkervillerr1529]

For a crazy, his hair is too well groomed. There wasn`t much thought put into that.

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

Some "crazys" look well kept and even clean. Right now in this day an age it would be pretty much impossible to tell them from the "normal" people. In all honesty, I think the ones who say they are "normal" are the ones to be leery of.....

[@therealrubbertramp2151]

Well, by golley, that crazy guy was Burt Reynolds in his early acting days. He was almost as good as Forrest Gump.

[@videofinder4306]

When it was filmed in 1956, Reynolds was just 20 years old and did not play the mental patient. He did not begin acting until 1958; two years later. Anthony (Tony) George was the actor, and was 36 years old at the time.

[@therealrubbertramp2151]

@@videofinder4306 I gave you a like because you seem to be so well versed in various types of Hollywood movie credits. I respect your reply but i think you have gotten just a few wires crossed. Burt Reynolds was,now you can che k thi

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