Season 2
39 episodes · Oct 8, 1956
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- S2E1
The Search
Oct 8, 195628mAfter an elderly couple inadvertently help a murderous bank robber slip through a police road block, a restaurant manager spots the fugitive who uses the old folks to keep from getting caught.
- S2E2
Kidnap Copter
Oct 15, 195628mJerry Watts is the son of a millionaire and he's just been kidnapped and taken to an old shack high in the mountains. After a tip from a game warden brings the Highway Patrol, Jerry tries to escape to the officers, only to fall into a canyon severely injuring himself. The only way out is straight up.
- S2E3
Trailer Story
Oct 22, 195628mSteve Talbot is a jewel thief who likes nice automobiles, and the Highway Patrol knows this. So Talbot flees capture after a job in an old junker. This gets him past the roadblocks but he soon is stranded on the side of the road. He hijacks a newly married couple pulling a trailer and Dan passes the trio through, not wanting harm to come to the civilians. But in passing the blockade, they unknowingly pick up a new rider.
- S2E4
Fisherman's Luck
Oct 29, 195628mA car that was involved in an accident is stolen and later found again, and just happens to match the description of one used in a bank holdup. Putting two and two together, Dan speculates that this was the getaway car and it's occupants must have escaped on foot, which is near a posh resort.
- S2E5
Magazine Writer
Nov 5, 195628mReporter Sam Dalquist has gone missing. Dan has been looking for him because a two bit hood was found dead after getting a traffic citation driving Dalquist's car. The only lead Mathews has is that Dalquist was working on an exposé about a hood named Matlock and that may be where the writer will be found...dead or alive.
- S2E6
Typhoid Carrier
Nov 12, 195628mHank Dooley's daughter has just died from typhoid fever, and Dooley is now searching for his farm hand Len Frazier who is the one who infected her, complete with rifle in hand.
- S2E7
Hot Rod
Nov 19, 195628mDan enlists the help of the leader of a local hot rod car club to assist in finding two robbers who use a souped-up car to get away from the Highway Patrol after each job.
- S2E8
Hot Cargo
Nov 26, 195628mSeveral criminals conspire to stage highway accidents prompting truck drivers to stop and help victims only to be assaulted and have their cargoes stolen. After discovering the hijackers are being tipped off by the owner of a roadside diner favored by truckers, Chief Mathews creates a ruse to force the crime ring into action with the hopes of capturing them.
- S2E9
Oil Lease
Dec 3, 195628mAn Army bazooka is stolen by two men who use it to capture the payroll from an oil drilling company.
- S2E10
Ex Con
Dec 10, 195628mThe life of an ex-con is never easy, especially when cellmates show up expecting favors. Al Baldwin is a reformed criminal but suddenly has unexpected guests who hide out at his house while plotting their next crime. When that holdup goes bad, the cons hold Al's wife hostage until Dan and the Highway Patrol come to the rescue.
- S2E16
Ranch Copter
Jan 21, 195728mA woman suspects her husband is trying to kill her. Iris: Virginia Dale. George: Douglas Henderson. Mathews: Broderick Crawford. Ted: Robert Cavendish.
- S2E18
Statute of Limitations
Feb 4, 195728mMathews tries to prove the guilt of three holdup men---before the statute of limitations runs out. Mathews: Broderick Crawford. Eddie: Bing Russell. Wyatt: Mike Regan.
- S2E21
Counterfeit
Feb 25, 195728mMathews and the Highway Patrol investigate a rash of forged payroll-check cashings affecting merchants in and around Los Angeles.
- S2E28
Stripped Cars
Apr 15, 195728mTwo brothers hijack a new-car carrier, planning to sell the cars to get cash to purchase a farm. When the driver dies from injuries sustained in the hijacking, they make a panic-stricken attempt to dispose of the evidence.
- S2E30
Reformation
Apr 29, 195728mAn ex-con wants to return money stolen in an armed robbery, but his erstwhile partner has other ideas.
- S2E34
Fake Cop
May 27, 195728mOne member of a three-person holdup team impersonates a Highway Patrol officer in order to deceive robbery victims into thinking that they need not notify the Patrol themselves.