Episodes
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1. The Search
8 Oct 1956 · 28 min
After 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.
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2. Kidnap Copter
15 Oct 1956 · 28 min
Jerry 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.
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3. Trailer Story
22 Oct 1956 · 28 min
Steve 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.
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4. Fisherman's Luck
29 Oct 1956 · 28 min
A 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.
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5. Magazine Writer
5 Nov 1956 · 28 min
Reporter 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.
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6. Typhoid Carrier
12 Nov 1956 · 28 min
Hank 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.
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7. Hot Rod
19 Nov 1956 · 28 min
Dan 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.
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8. Hot Cargo
26 Nov 1956 · 28 min
Several 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.
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9. Oil Lease
3 Dec 1956 · 28 min
An Army bazooka is stolen by two men who use it to capture the payroll from an oil drilling company.
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10. Ex Con
10 Dec 1956 · 28 min
The 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.
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11. Motel Robbery
17 Dec 1956 · 28 min
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12. Stolen Car Ring
24 Dec 1956 · 28 min
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13. Escaped Mental Patient
1 Jan 1957 · 28 min
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14. Armored Car
7 Jan 1957 · 28 min
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15. Migrant Workers
14 Jan 1957 · 28 min
Inside information helps thieves rob a group of recently-paid itinerant fruit pickers, but murder results when one particularly desperate victim refuses to follow their orders.
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16. Ranch Copter
21 Jan 1957 · 28 min
A woman suspects her husband is trying to kill her. Iris: Virginia Dale. George: Douglas Henderson. Mathews: Broderick Crawford. Ted: Robert Cavendish.
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17. Amnesia
28 Jan 1957 · 28 min
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18. Statute of Limitations
4 Feb 1957 · 28 min
Mathews 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.
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19. Resident Officer
11 Feb 1957 · 28 min
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20. Psycho
18 Feb 1957 · 28 min
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21. Counterfeit
25 Feb 1957 · 28 min
Mathews and the Highway Patrol investigate a rash of forged payroll-check cashings affecting merchants in and around Los Angeles.
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22. Suspected Cop
5 Mar 1957 · 28 min
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23. Trojan Horse
12 Mar 1957 · 28 min
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24. Female Hitchhiker
18 Mar 1957 · 28 min
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25. Nitro
25 Mar 1957 · 28 min
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26. Motorcycle B
1 Apr 1957 · 28 min
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27. Officer's Wife
8 Apr 1957 · 28 min
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28. Stripped Cars
15 Apr 1957 · 28 min
Two 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.
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29. Convict's Wife
22 Apr 1957 · 28 min
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30. Reformation
29 Apr 1957 · 28 min
An ex-con wants to return money stolen in an armed robbery, but his erstwhile partner has other ideas.
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31. Stolen Plane Copter
6 May 1957 · 28 min
Two convicts steal an airplane to escape from prison.
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32. Gem Robbery
13 May 1957 · 28 min
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33. Wounded
20 May 1957 · 28 min
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34. Fake Cop
27 May 1957 · 28 min
One 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.
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35. Double Cross
3 Jun 1957 · 28 min
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36. Narcotics
10 Jun 1957 · 28 min
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37. Hired Killer
17 Jun 1957 · 28 min
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38. Hostage Copter
24 Jun 1957 · 28 min
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39. Rabies
1 Jul 1957 · 28 min
Highway Patrol Season 2: quick answers
How many episodes are in Highway Patrol Season 2?
Season 2 of Highway Patrol has 39 episodes, about 18 hours in total.
When did Highway Patrol Season 2 come out?
Season 2 premiered on 8 Oct 1956.