I get more entertainment watching just 1 episode of Highway Patrol than I get from watching regular TV in 2023 for one year. Broderick Crawford...an expert in acting in any area of acting.
*The man who played the larcenous woman's boss, "Mr. Green" was one of my high school teachers, some years after he left to acting profession and went into teaching.*
That is funny because my Uncle’s cousin has a friend who knew the guy that was a mechanic on the plane that the thieves tried to escape in. It is a small world indeed.
I'm almost 60, and never heard of this show. But, getting me still to watch TV, besides Cartoons, was impossible. Except Saturday night Hee Haw, Andy Griffith. Mom made Jiffy Pop on Saturday before Hee Haw. Watching that big Foil Ball grow was amazing. Then, putting that seasoning on it, Boy Howdy
Her metal lunch box...all the kids had those when I was in elementary school, around the time of this show. And her clothes and hair style remind me of my older sister. Show is very authentic and I love every episode!
@@zxtenn .. If you are referring to Broderick Crawford being a drunk, we all know and don't really give a f..k Dan Matthews is/was the Man, and he played a great Cop in the all the Series/shows Ha!!! :P] .v ..
The legendary Broderick Crawford I was a kid when me and my folks watched the Highway Patrol those old car s pure iron really built good in those days don't think they will ever be another Broderick Crawford RIP Broderick we.miss you sir take care you all.
A girl at work, some years back, came back from lunch one day, and was walking around for hours with a dirty handprint on each cheek of her pants!. We laughed all the afternoon every time she walked by!. It wasn't DDT thank god.
I watched every episode and enjoyed them all. Highway Patrol was the first US crime show shown on Australian TV in about 1958. I was only a small boy then but it has been great to revisit my childhood memories
The memories in this show. In 1957 , my dad had an office and both secretaries looked like Betty. The metal lunch boxes were widely used. The dust on the dress, the devil is in the details.
Cool! Thanks for this info! My favorite pastor is in Sun Valley, even tho I'm in Illinois, I listen to him almost every day. The church was built one year before this episode and appears to be about 1 mile from the airport. Now I need to re-watch this to see if I can spot it. Check him out....www.gracechurch.org/
I laughed out loud when Dan Matthews said in response to Miss Mauldin being such a really good secretary at 8:47, "Yes, she's almost TOO GOOD!" LOL! It seems he had a hunch about "Miss Efficiency" right then!
They were caught because they panicked and tried to run. They didn't need to do that. They should've stashed the money in a safe place . Then just stayed put and brazened it out. Without the money, there's no evidence against them.
You are thinking the same as me. They had a good hiding place. Just keep cool and not make any stupid moves because the law will be keeping them under surveillance for some time. All Matthews had on them is they had a fondness for one another. Where's the crime in that?
Old Dan and his sidekick ruled out more than a dozen farmers in a couple of hours.. Most have just raced over to their farmhouses and said did you swipe the money, they didn't have time to check anything else, no alibis no checking farmhouses or outbuildings or anything.. The crop duster pilot would have been the least likely suspect, followed by the handyman and the boss for insurance fraud, yet just ruled them out super fast
@ 2:00 notice the sound of the woman's high heels . In those days women were well dressed and clean looking when they went to work, they would never look sloppy, wore high heels all day long.
And they were repressed under a yolk of nonsense. No rights! No promotions. No police women, couldn't apply for jobs that were listed as "male only." And boy, did those high heels hurt to walk in! Chauvinist pig!
Women DO still wear 👠 but everywhere u go slick concrete floors ..slip down in highheels how do i know? Cuz ive done it !! Men design buildings & floors...poo!👎
This show started in 1955 Im 68, so it started 1 year after I was born, it ended in 1959, there's no way I watched it as a kid, but I glad I found it here, its been entertaining and lots of laughs, but the best part has been the cars.
What I love most about these old shows is how they packed in fantastic stories and productions into 22 minutes. No fillers. "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" was much more thrilling than "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour". One-two punch.
For future reference, check out the Union Pacific railroad safety shorts "Last Clear Chance" and "The Days Of Our Years," both featuring Highway Patrol vets William Boyett and Art Gilmore-better yet, check them out as Mystery Science Theatre 3000 short subjects!
Corny plots, the same music for every scene in all episodes, but, what a great entertaining show, and those beautiful boats (cars) the industry was years behind on shocks and suspension.
That airplane is still registered, presumably still flying. I looked up and found the tail number. I wonder if the owner is aware that his aircraft was immortalized on Highway Patrol. I expected to find the tail number registration, aircraft such as that are highly coveted and preserved. By the way, I’ve looked up the various helicopter tail numbers. In every case, not registered or now listed to a fixed wing aircraft. Helicopters tend to eventually become damaged beyond repair.
Great looking 59 Mercs used in this final season of H/P...they used new models each year beginning with the all time classic 55 Buick Century Special....
The Mercury cop car is a '57 model, but what is really surprising is that is a coupe, so it obviously wasn't the type of model that the Highway Patrol would have used back then.
Paula Houston played the intelligent nerd (I love nerdy women). So they had to figure something that she couldnt get out of by using her mind, for the plot. She was caught because of "an act of god". Nobody's fault. BTW, she died in 2002 at 86. So she was 40 in this episode.
I seriously would never have guessed she was 40. People back then often looked older and mature than their actual age because everyone dressed classy and professional. I would have sworn she was more like early 30s.
@@ROGER2095 I got the impression Dusty wouldn't have lasted very long even if the pair had gotten away as he's much too inefficient & imperfect. She kind of reminds me of my first love. Fortunately, the second has lasted 54 years & counting.
It's truly amazing the level of ignorance that pervaded during those times . I lived through those years of nuclear weapons and DDT. The government made sure that we knew nothing about their deadly effects. Things really haven't changed much since those days, interesting to note that we live in a world of constant change........but some things don't !
DDT is NOT really harmful to humans; however it is very harmful to mosquitoes..you know the kind that cause malaria and KILLS millions of people every year ? The World Health Organization calculated that between 1943-1958, DDT SAVED up to 100 Million lives!
Been watching these episodes randomly, but this is the first time the criminal didn’t act mad or upset at getting caught. She took it like a Columbo villain! Lol
There must have not been any city or county law enforcement back then. Guess I was a victim of this and all the other later cop shows like Dragnet, Emergency, Adam 12 etc. Over 40yrs as police officer, medic and private security contractor. Coulda been worse, I suppose. Many young emergency responders can't appreciate how much vehicles, equipment, training and communications have improved over the years. Ya'll take care. L8r.
The allure of Dusty "lookin kinda crooked" at her, his luxurious 1950 Plymouth convertible, and the mind-altering properties of DDT, all served to break her moral compass.
Yet another great episode, the cars, the clothes much better than now, was that a petticoat the Secretary was wearing or did she have a coat on? Women dressed much more feminine back then.
That's why I watch this and all the other old shows: for the old cars. Beauties. And the laffs. Er.. inadvertent ones I guess. Meant to be serious at the time but.. heh heh!
What always surprised me was the many different makes of cars the cops drove in this series. Olds, Buick, Dodge, Mercury all mid-price cars. Surprisingly, the cops never drove a '57 Ford Custom, which is what most departments drove in 1957. Lee Marvin as Lt Frank Ballinger in "M Squad" drove a '57 Ford Custom. The secretary drove a '57 Ford Custom 300, a slightly upscale model.
DDT - What they didn't know about it back in the fifties. Ditto for lead in the gasoline. Guess Mr. Green's gonna call Kelly for another efficiency secretary. 😆
Really good casting to get a guy called Dusty to play the crop duster. Reminds me of Telly Savalas in Capricorn One. "Remember I get half." By the way, a shout-out to our pet rabbit who is also called Dusty. Her full name is Dusty Diamonds, from a line in a favorite song, and there is a free month's supply of DDT to the first person who can identify the song.
@@christopherwarren2965 DDT was no where near as dangers as American Liberals portrayed it. but, most American's never hang around to get the facts after the blow-hard liberal destroys jobs. with their LIES.
Loooove the secretary. Her school marm looks, so nerdy and soo smart. Looks like a school librarian from the times. Nerds with glasses and plain looks are such a turn on. And back then they all wore white full panties. Mmmm, mmmm !
Interestingly, I worked for a company that had an employee embezzled 200K back in the mid 1980s. We were shocked because this lady was the best employee we had. The FBI investigated the crime. They told us the often times the best employee is the thief. They feel entitled because of their dedication AND they establish trust with the stock holders because of their work ethic. They usually have some responsibility and can cover their tracks. Doris Mauldin may be my favorite criminal.
I have been watching many episodes of "Highway Patrol", and I am struck by the realization that the "average" woman in America in the 1950's had a 24-inch waist.
Ziv was a major supplier of syndicated programs, both radio and TV. They worked in an old studio on Santa Monica at Poinsettia Place. I lived in the area about when these shows were made. I recognize many of the locations. They were very good at working within a very low budget. Ziv had many other programs like Boston Blackie and Sea Hunt. Kept a lot of independent TV stations afloat. Broadrick Crawford came from a show business family. His mother , Helen Broadrick, was in many Hollywood movies. Crawford won an Oscar for his performance in "All the Kings Men".
Santa Monica at Poinsettia Place is actually the old Samuel Goldwin studios lot where they filmed parts of the film "Some Like It Hot" in 1959 the T.V. series The Invaders and The Fugitive in the 1960's. Before that in 1919 it is where Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks started United Artists Film studios
@@GeeBee909 This as next door to the Fairbanks/Goldwyn studio. I am not sure who originally built it but King Vidor was in it early. Later it was Educational Studios and several other things later. It was demolished seveeral years ago and the shopiing center that replaced it has now also been demolished. The UA studio was eventually bought by Warner Brothers. Much of it has been demolished and replaced. It had the best scoring stage in Hollywood, the place where Gone With the Wind was recorded. That was converted to a production stage several years ago and can never be brought back because the wooden floors were covered with concrete. The UA studio (I will call it that) was built by Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford. For years there was a legal battle between Pickford and Sam Goldwyn over its ownership. I think Goldwyn won but don't really remember. Had the best sound department in Hollywood.
I think it was Sherlock Holmes who said, "Eliminate the impossible and all that is left is the possible". Since all the people checked out, the money hadn't left the office so it had to be an inside job. Good reasoning from the chief.
I live in Rhode Island and Boston area talk show host Howie Carr mentions this show once in a while. He once called this show the equivalent of a movie that would be considered " film noir", this series being "T.V. noir" I never saw it because it is before my time, but I'm glad I can watch it now. Great series, and I've always liked Broderick Crawford's work in other things he's done. Also, two great lines from 24:30-39 and 25:24-28.
Love the episode! My wonderments for this episode: 1) Did HP just ask each farmer, "Did you happen to steal some money today?" 2) Boss's door must be very sound proof for efficiency expert to review details with Dusty right outside his door! 3) Since one DDT bag is empty, they must all be empty? 4) I do love the efficiency of having a typed up list of good lawyers on hand, just in case. She did think of (almost) everything!
The DDT comments made me look up to see how dangerous it was by the numbers from the most unbiased sources I could fine. 1.) Found DDT has approximately the same acute toxicity as aspirin, caffeine and Tylenol (acetaminophen). 2.) "Workers heavily exposed to DDT never had more cancer than workers not exposed to DDT." 3.) Bioaccumulation does appear to be a 'problem' since it breaks down very slowly, 10 years in the body versus 20 minutes for aspirin to drop to a 50% reduction. I heard it makes eggshells thinner but haven't checked it out. Its properties lead it to being overused and used in ineffective ways but won't lead to a 'Silent Spring'.
Actually, it sounds like your source was extremely biased and probably industry related. There is good evidence that DDT and the chemicals it breaks down to can and do cause increased cancer risk and they are persistent in the environment. The eggshell thinning was proven conclusively in the 1960s. Putting the word "problem" in quotes is a good indicator that you were biased as well in your search and the sources you used.
