Broderick Crawford stars as Dan Mathews, the leader of the highway patrol, and these are some of his adventures. The show was major hit in it's day and ran for four years. I enjoyed everyone of these following episodes.
HOT CARGO 11/26/56... Interesting story about hijackers who use fake road accidents to stop trucks and steal their cargo.
OIL LEASE 12/3/56... Two crooks steal a bazooka and use it in a daring payroll robbery of a refinery, but then find escape is almost impossible when Dan and his men are called to the scene.
EX CON 12/10/56... Three felons force a former prison buddy to help them steal $12,000. This is a very simple but tense episode that stands out as one of the best of all 4 seasons.
MOTEL ROBBERY 12/17/56... A man and two women make a lot of daring motel holdups, and the longer they go the more daring they become,until their life of crime catches up to them. Rhodes Reason stars.
STOLEN CAR RING 12/24/56... Three people steal expensive cars and then make false registrations and then sell them before any crime can be detected. Dan and the patrol investigate and have quite a time catching the bandits.
ESCAPED MENTAL PATIENT 12/31/56... A somewhat disturbing episode about an escaped patient from an asylum that believes he is a great musician and has unpredictable homicidal behavior.
ARMORED CAR 1/7/57... Three men steal an armored car with the guard still in the back. They kidnap his wife to force him into giving them the $25,000 he is protecting. The gorgeous Ruta Lee stars.
MIGRANT WORKERS 1/14/57... Thieves steal money from migrant fruit pickers, but the theft goes wrong when murder occurs. Another top notch episode.
And that wraps up all the episodes on this disc. The quality from TGG Group is very good and if you like classic TV I recommend this. Great story telling and I love the narrator, who of course was Art Gilmore.
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