Highway Patrol - Season 2 - Eps 8: Hot Cargo
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.
About Highway Patrol
Title: Highway Patrol
First Air Date: 1955-10-03
Last Air Date: 1958-04-28
Status: Ended
Rating: 5.8/10 (from 9 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 5
Total Episodes: 156
Network: Syndication
Genres: Action & Adventure, Drama
Production Companies: Ziv Television Programs
Synopsis
Highway Patrol was a syndicated, fictional police action series produced from 1955 to 1959, concerning the activities of the highway patrol and their leader, Dan Matthews (who held no rank). Although filmed in and around the Los Angeles area, the state setting for the stories was never identified, and city and street names were fictionalized.
Cast
Broderick Crawford
Chief Dan Mathews
Art Gilmore
Narrator
