One of the best of the old series. They packed a lot of plot into 26 minutes back then!

The best thing about this series is being able to see all the vintage cars----the cars I grew up admiring!

@frdjr2527

4 жыл бұрын

In this episode, the climactic car chase has three 1955 classics, a Ford squad car, an Oldsmobile squad car and a Chevy sedan. Surprised we didn't see more Ford squad cars during the duration of the series, since Ford was the most popular police car from 1955-59.

@robertwalton7307

3 жыл бұрын

learned to drive on my fathers 55 Chevy..

@tomcarpenter700

3 жыл бұрын

What about the old stores gas stations, Coffee shops, And of course the old cars are great

@victorpalamar8769

3 жыл бұрын

@@frdjr2527 It seems like all the police vehicles here in Canada are Ford Explorers, except for the "rent-a-cops", they drive Dodge Chargers!

@tomcarpenter700

Жыл бұрын

I don't think I've ever seen a 4 door Police, carOn here before,,,

I love how the music is exactly the same in every episode - they found a formula and stuck to it.

@reynaldoflores4522

Жыл бұрын

The trumpets blaring at the opening is so annoying, though. Why they have to have those trumpets?

@T16MGJ

Жыл бұрын

@@reynaldoflores4522 Answering that is easy. Those strident horns at the start of every show will attract attention at a distance. 1950s UK schoolboy me would drop everything as soon as I heard it and go to the TV for this "must see" fast moving 1950s TV show, That is precisely what it was designed to do. It worked. For schoolboys and adults alike.

@NK-rk9wr

4 ай бұрын

😅😅 1:41

@user-wh3pr3zv1k

5 күн бұрын

Music is expensive. The theme and a group of "cues" was recorded when the series started. Introduction to scenes of various sorts , transitions, etc. Then, for each episode the music editor would choose music from the stock of recordings and cut it together for the program. They may have added from time to time but all the music and most of the sound effects are stock, cut together for the episode. Some sound effects were probably recorded for each episode, footsteps etc but mostly stock.

I love highway patrol. There is nothing as good as the older black and white videos.Example gunsmoke,wyatt erpp,rifleman,wagon train,johnny Yuma,I love them all. that's all I watch now. At 79 years of age these shows bring back so many memories.

@rahkinrah1963

8 жыл бұрын

+John Newsome Ditto

@robertwalton7307

8 жыл бұрын

+John Newsome Great stuff! Lee Marvin on M Squad used the same Ford but undercover black.His show opened with him firing over the hood.

@vannsmith3355

7 жыл бұрын

Not only that, there was little sex, little violence and blood, you could watch these programs you could watch with your whole family. FBI in Peace and War, Mr District Attorney, Boston Blackie, The Fat Man. to mention a few of the detective stores around that same time.

@jimstokes6742

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah! B&W is for adventure. Color is for wimps.

@markcappelmann9607

6 жыл бұрын

John Newsome I agree John, try 12 o’clock high, tales of Wells fargo

These are much better than the utter junk on tv now..

@alphonsozorro7952

4 жыл бұрын

The sergeant (J. Hart) was really handsome, but his physical assets didn't get him far in Hollywood. Males can be good lookers too. But the US culture has a sodo complex, and coy about it, praising females instead for their "beauty" all the time, even when they are plain looking or even outright ugly.

These are considered classics! Anyone who can't comprehend this, should move on!

Rediscovering this after 55 years is pure nostalgic joy. The role could have been made for Crawford. Having spent 20 years in law enforcement myself, I almost feel like I knew him. Love the Crown Vic and I think California was the only state which would stretch to a Buick Century for police duty but it's certainly accurate. Police Buicks were an actual thing. Brilliant! And I knew it was Hutkins as soon as I saw him. Too helpful by half!

No wonder people who have never seen any of these episodes before, just fall in love with em after 1st watching one or more! After 58 or 6O years, they're still tops in my book. Thanks for posting! You bring a lot of joy into our lives.

@rahkinrah1963

8 жыл бұрын

+David Maslow LIVE ON David

@davidmaslow7473

8 жыл бұрын

+rahkin rah Best to you my friend!

@davidmaslow7473

8 жыл бұрын

+rahkin rah You seem to watch these around the same time as me!

@jeffmayo2439

4 жыл бұрын

Just started watchin em.and im really old!I told pops that we needed a rotating antenna, but he wasn't bitin !

Moral of the story: Don’t commit a crime in Dan’s jurisdiction.

@kenlucas7025

4 жыл бұрын

and if you do offer him a drink

@Noitisnt-ns7mo

2 жыл бұрын

@@kenlucas7025 I have met a lot more "good" men who were drinkers than not.

@mexicanspec

2 жыл бұрын

The moral is don't commit more than a couple of times.

Can watch these over and over! Great stories for such a vintage show!

@debio.6505

8 жыл бұрын

Great escape to the 50s & 60s

@arieswaters

5 жыл бұрын

you and me both they're fantastic great background sound

I loved this show, the music and narration is timeless!!!

@Fyodor48

Жыл бұрын

*AGREE*

Now that was definitely an 'unusual case' compared to the HP formula lol -no maps -no road blocks -mystery killer -crime took days to solve One of the best I've seen

@davidt6542

3 жыл бұрын

No women!

@lovejumanji5

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

Love seeing the old vehicles

@thomasjordan5578

3 жыл бұрын

Another episode about speeder crackdown features a speeders 55 Ford with a speedometer closeup and a roadblock with an early thirties Packard sedan getting a pass.

@Noitisnt-ns7mo

2 жыл бұрын

@@thomasjordan5578 This had a sweet 55 chevy, although only a 4 door, not quite a 10 on the classic scale.

@mexicanspec

2 жыл бұрын

@@Noitisnt-ns7mo What do you mean ONLY a four door?

@RoyPage1970

Ай бұрын

Four doors are not as sought after​@@mexicanspec

@mexicanspec

Ай бұрын

@@RoyPage1970 Not as much as the 2 door, obviously, but the prices are still up there.

I love the low budget stock footage crash from the 1930's LOL

HP finally got a 4 door!

@hounddog946

4 жыл бұрын

Without a caged unit, a one man unit would have to put a prisoner in the front anyways.

I hear that next weeks case is going to be a very exciting one.

@kenlucas7025

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah and very unusual

@jeffreymliss

3 жыл бұрын

Last week's story was an unusual one.

@marcuscarroll6853

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it is as always

@T16MGJ

Жыл бұрын

That is the "hook" to get viewers coming back for more. Worked for late 1950s UK schoolboy me and many others every time. One of Broderick Crawford's many closing pieces of advice I'll always remember is this. It is as true today as it was back in those 1950s "No matter how new, the best safety device in your car is YOU!" Gotta love those big 1950s Yankee V8s. Real style and that unmistakeable noise of those engines.

Brod only slowed his delivery for his radio calls. What a unique actor.

@Noitisnt-ns7mo

2 жыл бұрын

"Two-one-five-oh" , instead of ,"Twentyone-Fifty".

@cartermcafee1142

Жыл бұрын

In these shows he yaps as fast as speed of light, cuzZ

@4:00: I didn’t recognize the sergeant at first but I remember his voice. See, he always wore a mask- John Hart took over when the original guy was in a contract dispute- as The Lone Ranger!

I love this show. All we seem to get on TV now are anti-heroes and extremely flawed human beings.

@alphonsozorro7952

4 жыл бұрын

The sergeant (J. Hart) was really handsome, but his physical assets didn't get him far in Hollywood. Males can be good lookers too. But the US culture has a sodo complex, and coy about it, praising females instead for their "beauty" all the time, even when they are plain looking or even outright ugly.

@budnelson2495

3 жыл бұрын

This is a better time. THEN ! Now, there is no safety, no consequences for the atrocities that B urn Loot M urder being blessed by the democrats to continue. The V O T E R S wanted this and they have oppressed all for the gains of the party owning their minds. It is so sad that John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the last true and loved democrat. Since then, only ass-kissing keeps them " F R E E !!!" The KKK never left the minds of people. And biden and criminal conspirators have darkened our doors.

@Noitisnt-ns7mo

2 жыл бұрын

@@budnelson2495 They are all cray-ap, where have all the good guys gone? This show,, the cops are stand-up and smart. I like how the doctor tried to take the easy way out but the cop was way alert.

@wilneal8015

Жыл бұрын

​@@alphonsozorro7952 Howzabout that Julia Roberts... Ain't she just Beautiful 😵🤬🤐☠️😌😱NOT!!😢☹️

@derekgaliee4351

Жыл бұрын

​@@wilneal8015No

This one is a really good episode. :)

Gotta love HP! When they run out of dialogue, they just pantomime the rest. Great work, Dan.

Love that opening music!!

@georgedenmark8928

3 жыл бұрын

Same.😅🤌

@reynaldoflores4522

Жыл бұрын

Those trumpets are so irritating. Too screeching loud!!

I love this show. At 11 years old i love black and white. again at 11 years old

The salesman said it was a 1938 convertible. Actually the Car shown was a 1939 Ford. Last year of bulb-type headlights before sealed-beams became mandatory. The car shown had been converted to sealed-beam.

@jimervin387

7 жыл бұрын

That's right. Many of those old '39 Fords received the same conversion.

@tomcarpenter700

3 жыл бұрын

If you noticed, The car that actually went over the mountain Was a Car From the Twenties or early thirties

It’s Garden GROVE, also known in SoCal as garbage grove

And such great plots & acting ...think alot came fr real cases of California Highway P....

You hear Matthews talk he must have learned speed talking. Man that guy talks fast!!!

@richardweiler6931

Жыл бұрын

He has no time to mess around. Fast talker. Fast action.

@thewhiterabbitwonderland7138

Жыл бұрын

No other way to keep episodes around 26 minutes without Dan's rapid fire dialogue

@18:28 "OH sure, I'll Stick around. So if ya can't find anybody else to take this fall there's always good old, reliable ex-con Willis you can grab!?" Classic HP smack-talikin'!

hey all of you out there, who appreciate these uploads, and these old shows - DISREGARD all Peter Burnett's comments! he should be BANNED! thank you Foxeema!

@auggie803

5 жыл бұрын

You know the old saying, one a$$ hole in ever crowd.

@Tubby31310

5 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen others say the same about him.

Serial killers were alive and well in the 1950s.

This is an excellent episode, one of the best in the series in fact; and it is always a pleasure to see Officer Garvey/ actor Jon Locke in one of the shows, and here he has a feature role. He reminds me of what a real HWP officer would look and act like. Too bad he wasn't in more of them than just the few that he is. This is the only episode that I know where Dan Mathews is driving a ’55 Ford squad car. No idea why they didn’t use it again as they did for all the other squad cars in the show. The shot of the HWP officer driving his Oldsmobile along the Highway at 22:52 to 23:00 was recycled in many different episodes but this is the one where it was original footage and not stock footage - and need I mention how nice that brand new ’55 Chevy that the general delivery store owner drives on the highway looks. It’s worth a lot more now than it was then. 10-4.

@FSSRKeyno

5 жыл бұрын

yep, well written, had me fooled

@frdjr2527

4 жыл бұрын

Most US police departments in 1955 drove Ford Mainline sedans. The only difference was that most of them were 2-door sedans as opposed to the 4-door in this episode. I think this was the only episode where Dan Mathews is driving a Ford squad car, which is a bit surprising since Ford was the most popular police car through 1959, when Mopar became the police car of choice.

The early days of Crime Scene Investigation and forensic analysis!

Broderick was great I call him flat foot he be talking fast as hell lol

Top show.Thanks for uploading

The police man talking to Matthews in the start of it played the long ranger in some episode's and my i say they don't make men like they used too

This is S1 E6, so it would really be the first to be titled Hitchhiker. Too bad these weren't uploaded in order, or at least numbered in proper order.

The murdered hitchhiker played a cop in the motorcycle episode with Clint Eastwood.

4:50 "Patrolman Garvey thinks the victim might've been a fruit tramp."

I kept saying to myself “I know that guy from somewhere “.

I like it because it just about the case and not about private love lives and domestic issues .

I'm still hand-shifting my car. Windows too.

@-oiiio-3993

4 жыл бұрын

My '46 Willys Jeep has four shift levers (one for transmission, two for transfer case, one overdrive) but no window cranks. Without windows (or doors) you don't need 'em! I once had a '55 Chevy truck with a 'three on the tree' (column shift). My '53 Olds, '56 Ford, and '59 Chevy were all automatics.

In the closing scene when the guy was being taken away in the police car, I wanted him to say to Dan, "Do you want to buy some insurance?"

@hkk3656

4 жыл бұрын

@sootaroot...funny!

This is Broderick Crawford, we need to set up a road block 🚧. 🚧

I don't know if it's just me, but by episode 120 +, Matt seems to have slowed down with his hard hitting rapid fire questioning and bodily speed. That was exciting in those older episodes and with Dragnet, Friday was the same until he fizzed out too. Perhaps they seemed to know one way or the other if they'd be another episode or not or just nature just taking its course.

This episode was great ..love that 55 chevy too. No girls oh well. Thanks much

@alphonsozorro7952

4 жыл бұрын

The sergeant (J. Hart) was really handsome, but his physical assets didn't get him far in Hollywood. Males can be good lookers too. But the US culture has a sodo complex, and coy about it, praising females instead for their "beauty" all the time, even when they are plain looking or even outright ugly.

@mikeforney354

3 жыл бұрын

Very disappointed by the old lady wo2rking in CHP office. Must have changed casting directors shortly after as there were multiple hotties in that spot over the years

There are several hitchhiker episodes in the series.This was the first,Episode #6.

if both cops would have pulled the trigger on the apple stealer they'd of shot each other

This episode from season 1 had greater writing detail and development than in later seasons. Some of the later seasons were using some improvised dialogue and had many more continuity gaffs. I wonder about the reasoning for this - whether it was due to budgets, or tighter scheduling, or perhaps as some others have suggested, they were having trouble with the star staying sober during filming. As with many other shows, the higher quality episodes seem to be within the first couple of seasons.

@braydenthompson9848

5 жыл бұрын

Nick Harrell I'm

@alphonsozorro7952

4 жыл бұрын

@Songs Mirth "And there was a lot of bad acting." A matter of opinion from a nitpicker.

@robertwalton7307

3 жыл бұрын

strict money per episode diet led to continuity gaffes.One location and the big International truck seen in some episodes showed up in "How to build a Monster" B Movie filmed the same era.

@carlwitherspoon7338

Жыл бұрын

High way pro troll is good show Dan talk s so fast ass if he remembers every word he is saying it's funny great show Iove black n white shows

boy that car over the cliff was kind of a stretch 😎

Thanks for the upload..I have never seen these series..meyoww

The sergeant (J. Hart) is really handsome, but his physical assets didn't get him far in Hollywood.

@booklover6753

2 жыл бұрын

The opposite is actually true.

@gibbyjones1040

Жыл бұрын

worst fake lone ranger ever

I find it interesting the older weaker man gets the jump on the younger stronger man, and he did it 5 times.

John Curtis, the name of Mary Ellen's husband on "The Waltons"

Dan driving a cheaper '55 Ford this episode instead of the big lead sled Buick, Olds, or Merc.

Here we have an episode about a serial killer. When I was a kid and first saw this one I was a bit surprised on who the culprit was. I figured it had to be the ex-con. This is the only episode that a '55 Ford is used as a patrol car. They were used as undercover cars though. The nice '55 Chevy 210 was used in two other episodes. They didn't have to be a BelAir to be a sharp looking car.

Clearly a 39 Ford with 40 sealbeam upgrade. 55 Ford Patrol cars may be unique to this episode which I think was among the first.

Why does Matthews have to squeal his tyres EVERY single time he drives off?

Finally! A 4 door cop car!

" Hank is a pretty tough character . . . . I've met tougher " And they don't come any tougher than our man, DAN !

Odd. Mathews is using 2 1 5 0 instead of 21-50 for his call sign. Wonder why?

Love the Show, No stupid romances between Cops. Just great Police work.

Notice the address on the A & B Used Car business is not the same one radioed to Matthews earlier. Just an observation. doesn't take away from the plot, etc. Just interesting!

As a old Disabled Veteran, this Helps my PTSD 🇺🇸.

ever notice Crawford always has abrasions on his face like he was fighting ?

@garydean286

4 жыл бұрын

He was--Bar wars

@lucindabarnard4603

4 жыл бұрын

Was wondering where the knot on his forehead came from

I don’t know anything about this Channel but it’s COOYON!

at 7:10 they get a tip to go to A&B Used Car Company, 10313 Union Ave. At 7:30 they arrive at A&B Motors, 19326.

@hkk3656

4 жыл бұрын

@Chris Neilson Correction: at 7:10 10213 Union Street was the tip address. Anyway, good catch.

He had the insurance check the same day!! What is the time line on these shows? Autopsy,interview people and check delivered!

Haha, nice '41 something about to go over the edge, seconds later an old 1920s fliver was careening down the slope! Bait and switch!

@scootergreen3

8 жыл бұрын

+vintajs Yeah! I saw that too. Ha!!

@alphonsozorro7952

4 жыл бұрын

"an old 1920s"? Make it early 30s or later.

@reynaldoflores4522

Жыл бұрын

Their budget couldn't afford trashing a fine car. They had to switch to a junk jalopy to run over the cliff.

That store Clark has been Watching too much James Cagney, You see, You SEE,

The kindly looking store clerk did not look the part of a five time "tire iron" killer.

@softclay4thought

9 жыл бұрын

John A. GREED has many faces.

@justina249

4 жыл бұрын

He was too polite and nice.

So YOU dont have to look it up..the episodes are from 1955 to 1959.

Love the TV shows from the 1960's and back they were always well done ! Good actors and actresses who new how to act and didn't have to cuss all the way through show ,writer's new how to use words instead of cussing !! oh and they didn't booty butt naked or having sex or body parts all over the place . New where the entertainment industry was going when they made the, Dirty Harry and the Godfather movies neither one was good . Didn't care for all the violence moved out of gutter neighborhoods to get away from that crap , cost me a lot of money but I got me and my kids out of it , and the movies made about that kind of violence don't impress me and they only create problems .I was in my early 20's when these movies came out . And I still think those kind of movies are garbage and actors and actresses can't act very good these days !!

So lucky and blessed to be be born a Prune, Fruit, Cotton Picker, Dairy Farm Hillbilly Cowboy White Trash in Southern California back in 61. Born Free range and wild. Cowtown USA, the ultimate land of milk and honey. nothing more now than fading precious memories of what once was holy and sacred.

Anyone notice that the car they pushed off the cliff wasn't even the same car?

@scootergreen3

8 жыл бұрын

+jim dandy Yes! I was just going to write about that. I saw something similar in a Columbo TV movie. Ha!

@zxtenn

8 жыл бұрын

+MICHAEL DAVIS You know the cars they trashed in some shows would be worth 6 figures now

@jimervin387

7 жыл бұрын

At least someone had a little foresight not to wreck a '39 Ford ragtop.

@07regia

6 жыл бұрын

It's called file footage.

@RustyOpel

5 жыл бұрын

Eh; watch the closing credits of the original Vanishing Point movie and you'll realize it was Camaro not a Barracuda smashed into the bulldozer. Didn't really make much difference for the episode/movie. (Although at the timewhen I saw it at the drive-in I was a MOPAR man driving a Road Runner so I was happy to see it was a Chevy they trashed lol.

Its one of those fancy cars it a automatic

That insurance guy seemed like a barrel of laughs.

Hi everyone!🙋🏻‍♂️ Just wanted to say hello.... Sincerely, One of the Lab Boys

i watched highway patrol, when i was a kid.

Man, this one's an early episode! Check out Dans car!

@jacquesgervais1713

3 жыл бұрын

1955 Ford

Interesting to see how those cars lurched back and forth when being braked, etc. New cars don't do that.

@reynaldoflores4522

Жыл бұрын

Suspensions were designed for a soft ride, not for performance.

"Who would want to kill a fruitpicker?" Hard ways to make a buck; piicking fruit and killing fruitpickers.

12:45 holy szyt it's patrick mcgoohan.

Ok so at the first killing with the blonde guy how did the fat store keeper get back to town/ or his place......he rolled the car off the road....did he just happen to leave another car around the corner......or did he Hitch hike back.....🤔

@robertwalton7307

3 жыл бұрын

suspend all belief fellow crime fighters! Broderick Crawford -academy award winner on patrol!!

@jaminova_1969

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe he hitchhiked?

Unusual: Dan driving a four door Ford. Not seen that before. Also, refers to him as Two-One-Five Oh.

Nice 55 Ford 4 door

81,597 views at August 10, 2019

Anybody know what this area used in taping this show and others look like now ? 50+ years later.

AHhhhhhThe old "Double Switcheroo Trick"Shoulda known, ...But hey,.. Im not Mathews !

They left the '55 Chevy there for anyone to take?

Very good episode.

White people picking fruit? Man this show is old.

i thoght chp cars didn't have roof lights.

There should have been a spin-off series of this…. called “The Lab Boys”

@richardweiler6931

Жыл бұрын

We barely ever saw the mysterious Lab Boys.

Next weeks case is a very exciting one, next weeks case is a very unusual case, Hmm they are good, but not unusual. I guess for most of late~1950~early to mid~1960 America these were unusual and exciting crime stories. Most of America even into the 1970's could leave their doors unlocked. Today, even if you are locked up like Ft.Knox, someone will get in. If someone wants in, they will find a way and get in.

@jimervin387

7 жыл бұрын

I accidentely left my back door unlocked last night and no one broke in . Now I wonder if I should be offended because my place didn't look like it was worth breaking in to.

@helenkruse

6 жыл бұрын

I came back here to fall asleep watching these. haha I had to laugh at your reply. You know, I never thought about that one. haha Now, I will. haha We laugh but you know as well as I we both are thankful we haven't been broken into.

@RustyOpel

5 жыл бұрын

@NPCs U Can’t Laugh _____ Bahahaha Door mat at my back door "My favorite things are guns and sleeping late; still want to knock?" (Visible security cameras probably help too.)

@bachtobebop

4 жыл бұрын

That is true. Great Program even today though..

" A careless driver isn't driving his car when he has Amphetamines "

Why was Matthews demoted from a Buick to a Ford in this episode?

Back in the day, when roadblocks actually worked! Now there’s too much traffic to deal with and minimal resources.

yep …Screw 2022 give me Brodrick, 1956 👍🏼 or black n white Dragnet or Johny Dollar 😎. yeah , i’ve seen enough of 2022🙁

@bovnycccoperalover3579

Жыл бұрын

2023 appears to be going just as bad.

@heyoldman2003

Жыл бұрын

@@bovnycccoperalover3579 sad but true

The car that went over the cliff was not the same 1940 Ford convertible they were driving.....looked to be a 1930s Dodge....but a mere detail.

@reynaldoflores4522

Жыл бұрын

Seconds before going over, the car suddenly aged and became run-down.

Strange way to make a buck