HIGHWAY PATROL BEST OF SEASON 2 1956 (TGG GROUP) DISC 1

Another great ZIV Television production and a show I had never seen until I got this set on DVD.

I believe I had seen only one episode of this show starring Broderick Crawford as Police Chief Dan Matthews and I enjoyed it. Then I ran into this set standing in a long line at a store on Christmas Eve and I figured I'd pick it up.

This is a two disc set containing episodes from season 2 and so I will give you a rundown of the disc 1 episodes, and then later I will look at disc 2. A great show with some damn good scripts The show ran for 4 years. Here is what is on disc 1.

THE SEARCH 10/8/56... A very charming man turns out to be a psychotic killer who uses said charms to get people to help him elude the police. Gail Kobe stars.

KIDNAP COPTER 10/15/56... The Highway Patrol finds that they have to use their helicopter to rescue a badly injured kidnap victim as well as use it to aid in the capture of the two kidnappers.

TRAILER STORY 10/22/56... A fugitive murderer kidnaps a newlywed couple pulling a trailer in a vain attempt to escape from the police.

FISHERMAN'S LUCK 10/29/56... Two thieves are killed in a car accident and their partners try to get the impounded vehicle so they can collect the $50,000 still hidden inside.

MAGAZINE WRITER 11/5/56... Herbert Strock directed this tense episode about Matthews and his men trying to find an on the lamb crime writer whose life is in danger by gangsters because they think he can identify a murderer.

TYPHOID CARRIER 11/12/56... A typhoid carrier flees from the police after a small child comes down with the illness. This is an odd but very tense episode.

HOT ROD 12/19/56... A felon and his younger brother stage a series of hold ups in a supercharged hot rod. Their lives take an even more tragic turn when they run over an elderly woman in an escape.

There are 7 episodes for you and more to come. The entire series is a well written, and very entertaining show with Crawford doing a great job as Dan Matthews. When I watch these shows I feel as if I am watching a very cool film noir. A highly recommended show and I'll have more episodes coming soon.