I love these shows, mainly because of Broderick Crawford starring in them with his fantastic acting skills! I've been binge watching them, but have fond memories of Highway Patrol when I was a little girl in the mid 1950s!
Great show & nice to see the old cars takes me back to the '60's when they were everywhere. Only they weren't classics then they were brand new & everyone had them & the dealerships had fleets of them.
Fun fact: the park where they exchange the briefcases here (DeLongpre Park in Hollywood) is where the song "Travelin Man" was composed (the songwriter wrote it here while waiting in his car for his wife to get off work). Made famous by Ricky Nelson. Back in the early 1990's I lived 2 blocks away from it and used to pass by it on my way to the post office, ah the memories.....By the way, actress Fiona Hale here (the "old lady" who car they drove in) was certainly NO "old lady". She was 33 years old here. Both ladies did an excellent job here.
MrUhwoody - Yep. When i was a kid we always stayed at TraveLodge or Motel 6 on trips (back when Motel 6 was still pretty decent). Ol' sleepy bear was always painted 2 or 3 places
Also used to have high opinion of Travelodge in the late '60s to mid '70s; my parents even talked a manager out of a sleepy teddy bear for me as a child at one. Fast forward to 2018 and I'd made a reservation at one in Beckley WV on my way home from my Mother in law's funeral etc. and OMG... I'm waiting in line and the person in front of me is loudly complaining the room next to her has barking dogs in it, I see a post about hourly rates on the register (!?) and the bed had like 4" valleys in it where people slept (or other bed uses). The 1st time I'd visited a hotel and had my .44 on the nightstand for the night rather than in my luggage.
@@michaelwertzy9808 There and at Howard Johnson's also, in the '50's and '60's in Wells Beach, Maine, up the Mile Road on US 1. "28 flavors of ice cream"
If that. Radios were optional in most cars as were seat belts, side mirrors, a/c, etcetera. My own 'Roman Red' 1959 Impala Sport Coupe had radio, factory air, power brakes, rear mount antenna, side mirrors, 348 with 4bbl and dual exhaust... all original (I had it in the 1980s). When the 348 gave out she got a 409.
@Carol Young Frequency Modulation (FM) broadcasting in the United States began in 1933. By the late 1950s, high end radios and 'hi fi' sets for the home typically included FM reception. Mercedes automobiles offered FM radio as early as 1953.
@@hertzair1186 Mine is : "Remember, it's not the car that kills, it's the driver !" And the look Broderick had to say that, with his old english dog eyes... What a man, I really love him.
After somewhat of a lackluster season 3, the writing got good again in Season 4. I love this cat and mouse chase episode. That big guy could RUN! His weight didn't seem to bog him down. And GM cars got skinnier but a lot bigger. The '59 Buick was 227 inches long weighed 4600 pounds (without the driver) Its 401 CID engine ran whisper quiet like you were floating (I once had a '60) and got maybe around 10 miles per gallon (but no power robbing emissions stuff on it) The 1958 or 1959 Imperial was not quite as big but was as luxurious.
After the end of "Tinsel Town" & the old contract studio system, many actors/actresses made the switch to tv. Some like Crawford who was already established as an academy award winner did reasonably well on small screen. Others not so well. A few were successful as working character actors.
many comments entirely miss the point of watching Highway Patrol; hint, it's not about the "story" the episodes are no less than a true slice of American history:Eisenhower years low budgets ensured authenticity; no sets no special effects; we can see what highways, motels, banks, homes, supermarkets etc really used to look like and what about those magnificent cars: Buicks, Chryslers, Mercurys etc ? obviously, in that thrifty age, no producer in his right mind would crash, burn or explode a perfectly good vehicle I certainly wish an automotive expert could take the time to identify the makes and models in each episode some surprisingly sexy young women, yet never even a hint of hanky-panky! it was a touch of genius to get an Oscar winner like Broderick Crawford as star to give the show credibility; details of his personal life are entirely irrelevant in any analysis of cinema art occasionally, you can even spot a young actor or actress who later became famous other cop shows had forgettable second raters like Jack Webb or Roger Smith, and usually had to resort to shoddy, convoluted plots half-hour format and little-known scriptwriters contributed to uncomplicated plots and down-to-earth emotional context
yeah even the car sounds, the starters are the real thing. If there's one thing I hate is a movie that shows a Cadillac driving off with sound effects from a 6 cylinder Jeep. Grrrr!!
You're right about keeping it authentic. Lot's of 1970's action TV shows had cool cars too but then they get in the cars for a chase and every car regardless of brand has a Chrysler starter sound and screeching tires on gravel roads. Urggghh!
It looks like Curtis is driving a '59 Buick, the old ladies are in a 1959 or 660 Chevrolet I didn't see the tail light or I could guess better. The Highway Patrol car are Chrysler products, a little older probably a Dodge probably a 59 also..
The Chevy is a '59, looks like a Bel Air with a 283. You are correct about the other two. And, I think the Imperial that belonged to the guy that was shot in the beginning was a '58.
Those ladies were robbed by gas station attendant! Either they pulled in with a bone dry 20 gallon tank (doubtful) or the attendant charged for 3/4 tank of Hi-Test Ethyl (Premium) at over $0.30/gallon when regular gas was less than $0.23/gallon.
@@marctoscano5354 This 1959 Chevrolet had a 20.1 U.S gal tank. This 1959 Chevrolet had dual exhausts as seen at 23:15 and could have had a Hi-Po 283 or even a Hi-Po 348 cubic inches V-8 requiring Hi-Test Ethyl. So if I divide $4.53 by 30 cents I get 15 gallons which is what you said (3/4 of a 20 gallons tank equals 15 gallons). "The Price is Right".
Enjoy the solid cast here in a well written episode. Lester Dorr was a legendary character actor and Will Bakewell had a long and distinguished career. Both Fiona Hale and Sara Taft also were solid actors. It's interesting to watch these realising that Los Angeles was already changing in 1959. De Longpre Park is in Hollywood And let's remember Travelodge. Woodbury was and is a neighbourhood in Glendale.
I adore the two good ladies, all exhilarated from having dated a murderer ... and Dan Matthews' face is without comment. Very good story, once again. This series is agem ! "Remember, it's not the car that kills, it's the driver !" That's right for the guns, or any other arms. Man does evil, not objects.
@@scotta8597 how many curbside tents for the wine-o's, druggies, public defecators and unrinators ? Why would any decent person want to live in California these days ? Besides they're running outta water, it's becoming a version of hell right before our eyes. The cities along the west coast are in the same foul mess.
@@NaYawkr We would!! We visit California each year and absolutely love it!! You see everything there good and not so good. You can choose to see the good in almost any place you visit or live in. And become part of the change for better. I call that decent. :)
CHP car - 1959 Dodge Coronet Killer's car - 1959 Chrysler Imperial Stone's car - 1959 Buick (LeSabre?) Ladies car - 1959 Chevrolet Impala Somehow the dirt bags have the nicest two rides.
My dad had a 1959 Chevrolet Impala convertible. Black with a red interior. I thought it was cool, he hated it, because it “drank oil”. He traded it for a Ford Falcon.
Definitely a Buick LeSabre because it has no script on the front fenders and because it does not have any bright rocker panel moldings. No more questioning! Also the comment from Mexican Spec is right as Imperial was a separate division from 1954. Therefore we have an Imperial here. However, as I wrote to Bill Descoteaux's above comment to Charles Kinbote, the Imperial is a 1958 and I explained why in my answer to Mexican Spec who was commenting Jim Dandy (See above)
The scene where the killer persuades the woman to let him drive her car and then takes a different route, at high speed, is a reworking of the wonderful moment in The Wind in the Willows when Toad, also on the run and in disguise, is picked up by the very same people whose car he had previously stolen. After sitting quietly for a while, he pleads with the car's owner to let him drive, clambers into the seat and listens with feigned humility to the instructions he is given when he already knows perfectly well how to drive, and takes off at speed. And to make this scene pure perfection, the car is a Chevrolet Impala. Wouldn't Broderick Crawford be perfect for Mister Toad? No make-up required. I shall recommend him for the next movie version as he has clearly not been doing much work lately. What? When?
That Buick brings back memories. I bought a baby blue 59 Buick convertible from a cop in Salem Mass. when it was just another used car. I got pulled over the first time I drove it by a cop who was a friend of the previous owner. He thought I stole it. I wish I still had that car. Here's an interesting piece of useless information unless you're restoring a 59 Buick.. The chrome trim on the fins of the 1959 Buick is interchangeable with the trim on the 1960 Ford fins. What are the odds for GM and Ford making identical parts?
@@jacquesgervais1713 Loved those cars...the flattened out fins and exclamation mark rear lights were so cool and tasteful! I had a model car of one of those around the time.
Dan needs the cash to pay his lawyer for a DUI and to play the ponies, because he's practicing for his next part as the star in J. Edgar Hoover (1973 film)
Probably as close to comedy as HP came. I also enjoy the way Brod tramples over local and county jurisdictions left and right. You'd think they were the only cops in the state.
Not every small town had their own police department and therefore policing was left up to either the sheriff's department or the highway patrol. West Hollywood was one example as they didn't incorporate until 1986.
3 warning shots? Waste of ammo. The lady was pretty cool headed. Put it in gear and got outa there when she heard the shot. Tben she yanked and threw the perp's key. That was a good move
In that car she had to check to see if the ignition was in the lock position. You could take the key out in the foo position but still start it without the key.
As Dan said, it took nerve to toss those keys! But in too many of today's "popular" crime dramas, women are portrayed as weak and defenseless, merely at the mercy of the bad guys, even when they're about to be murdered! Trust me, in a pinch, real women are a lot stronger than that! I know!
@ 15:43 Young Israel building on the corner of Spaulding and Melrose in West Hollywood/ Fairfax area of LA, still there. I believe most of the intown locations were filmed there and the surrounding area The more rural looking locations look like the hills above it.
@David Fessler i don't know about in 1956 but, if that was to happen in today's society, he'd probably be outta jail in a few hours and given back the money.
The Buick gave me some PTSD. A friend of mine bought a 1959 Buick Invicta convertible in Riverside CA. On the way back the left rear wheel came off on the freeway. He bought it from a mechanic no less. He managed to get it pulled over on an off ramp. I had to go get the wheel cover that flew off on the freeway. A tow truck arrived so the cars were parked as such. First in line was the tow truck, then the Buick and then my car. It had just started to rain. At that point an old man in a Monte Carlo came down the off ramp, saw us and jammed on the braked sending him into a spin. Luckily he spun off to the other side of the off ramp or he would have taken all of us out. The man got out quickly to run around to the other side of his car to get the oxygen bottle and mask for his wife in the passenger seat. We got very lucky that night, all of us. As a matter of fact, it is possible that car was the same one from this show. This car was also in California and they were the same model and color. There couldn't have been too many of those around.
You write your friend's was an Invicta. The one in this episode is a LeSabre. LeSabre don't have any script on front fenders and don't have bright rocker panel moldings. If you are sure that your friend's was an Invicta then it cannot be the same car as in this show.
This one is a LeSabre model as there is no script on the front fenders and does not have a bright rocker panel molding. Invicta's, Electra's and Electra's 225 had script and molding. See @ 2:18 3:09 5:38 10:36 25:03
Thats a black Austin Healey 100 between the two guys sitting at the bench in the beginning. When the fat guy bends down after the shooting, theres a red Jaguar 240 to his left and behind him.
I agree on that Austin Healey 100 (inline-4 of 2660 cc) called 100 as it could reach 100 mph. It could also have been a 100-6 (inline-6 of 2639 cc) or a 3000 (2912 cc inline-6) that arrived in 1959. Some people would have said an MGA (MG for Morris Garage) but it is not. As for the Jaguar I disagree. First, I found the Jaguar as the killer was kneeling, not the fat guy. Second, I see the Jaguar to the left on the screen which is to the right side of the killer facing the camera. Third, I do not know how you saw it red as this is in black and white! Fourth, this is not a Jaguar 240, 240's being those classic 4-door saloons also called Mark 2 (Mk 2 2.4 in 1956 then Mk 2 240 starting in September 1967). I rather see a 2-seater Jaguar 150 roadster. It could have been a 120 or a 140, predecessors to the 150, but I see that surrounding, one-piece, windshield exclusive to the 150. Let me know your comments.
That Les Curtis sure was one greedy SOB for killing two men he was doing business with and as a result almost got killed himself. And he looked like such a nice respectable fellow. Did anybody notice that Great Dane barking in the driveway after big Dan fired those shots in the air at 24:00. Must have woken up the whole neighborhood I would imagine!
@MDS Try self editing, fool. You wrote "Back in those days people were walking around glued to their I phones...", rather than stating that people weren't (as such things didn't exist). If anyone is a "MORON" here, it is you.
Wikipedia : Crawford's heavy drinking increased during the filming of Highway Patrol, eventually resulting in several arrests and stops for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI), which eventually gained him a suspended driving license.[5] While representing the California Highway Patrol as "Chief Mathews", Crawford was known with considerable embarrassment by the CHP as "Old 502" due to his habit of driving under the influence of alcohol ("Code 502" was the CHP police radio code for drunken driving). According to the show's creator, Guy Daniels, "We got all the dialogue in by noon, or else we wouldn't get it done at all. He [Crawford] would bribe people to bring him booze on the set." The show used their CHP technical advisor, Officer Frank Runyon, to keep the actor sober: "I was told to keep that son of a bitch away from a bottle. I think his license was suspended. Some scenes had to be shot on private roads so that Brod could drive." Eventually the drinking strained the show's relationship with the CHP as well as Crawford's relationship with ZIV.[5]
He had to be really really bad. Cops didn't like to write up DUI's back then. Even in the early 1980's, I remember being a carload of friends and getting stopped and as long we didn't have guns or drugs or mouthed off, they would pick the least drunk among us and to take the keys and get out of sight. My understanding was that cops didn't want to spend a couple of hours taking you back to the station to do the field tests again in front of a witness and because they didn't have portable breathalyzers on a busy Friday night you might be in line so long that you stood a good chance of being below 0.10 before you got tested.
I do wish they'd lock him up for 6 months on the pen...that would have did it. he wouldn't even think about it when he got out. 6 months will wake up anybody. ( ok. maybe not. )
My favorite part of being born in the 50's is I got to see the earliest cars, cars like these in the 50's and 60's and muscle cars into the 70's. Before they became all cookie cutter.
I'm guessing they never would say the makes of cars in this show, since they didn't seem to have a deal with any manufacturer to provide them with cars, they weren't going to give them any free advertising either.
I love these shows, mainly because of Broderick Crawford starring in them with his fantastic acting skills! I've been binge watching them, but have fond memories of Highway Patrol when I was a little girl in the mid 1950s!
Enjoy once, enjoy again. That's great. Go for it, lady.
One of the best episodes, love the cars. Actors were great also.
😃yes, a very unusal case
This series is a classic car fans dream.
Great show & nice to see the old cars takes me back to the '60's when they were everywhere. Only they weren't classics then they were brand new & everyone had them & the dealerships had fleets of them.
A '59 Buick, a '59 Chevy and a '59 Dodge police car. 1959 was definitely the height of tailfin hysteria!
@@frdjr2527 Hey, I was born in a great year!
@@frdjr2527
Yes and the Cadillac had the biggest and neatest lights in the fin 1959 Caddy
1959 Buick Invicta convertible.
I never missed an episode when I was a kid. Glad to find the reruns here.
I remember CA in those days. It was a wonderful, beautiful place. Now 2019, it is a nightmare.
Depends where you were. Fresno never was a bowl of cherries.
I think we all know WHY.
Gee I wonder what happened.
Doesn't even warrant reply.
Sad but true, and nothing done to fix it...
Love this show and the old cars...fantastic!👍👍
Fun fact: the park where they exchange the briefcases here (DeLongpre Park in Hollywood) is where the song "Travelin Man" was composed (the songwriter wrote it here while waiting in his car for his wife to get off work). Made famous by Ricky Nelson. Back in the early 1990's I lived 2 blocks away from it and used to pass by it on my way to the post office, ah the memories.....By the way, actress Fiona Hale here (the "old lady" who car they drove in) was certainly NO "old lady". She was 33 years old here. Both ladies did an excellent job here.
She was a serious milf also.
Broderick Crawford STILL a television legend......................
Those short barrled .38s, they must be using magnum rounds with those one-shot instant kills.
Agree, he is amazing!
@@henryhorner3182 .38s were the weapon of choice they would shoot 20 rounds without reloading
A map right down dan-os alley
Interesting to see the TraveLodge logo placement.
Ah, the old 'sleepy bear' at the Travel Lodge--a reminder of simpler times.
MrUhwoody - Yep. When i was a kid we always stayed at TraveLodge or Motel 6 on trips (back when Motel 6 was still pretty decent). Ol' sleepy bear was always painted 2 or 3 places
@@troy9477 did you eat at Stuckey's?
@@michaelwertzy9808 - yep, did that too. Shoney's Big Boy too
Also used to have high opinion of Travelodge in the late '60s to mid '70s; my parents even talked a manager out of a sleepy teddy bear for me as a child at one. Fast forward to 2018 and I'd made a reservation at one in Beckley WV on my way home from my Mother in law's funeral etc. and OMG... I'm waiting in line and the person in front of me is loudly complaining the room next to her has barking dogs in it, I see a post about hourly rates on the register (!?) and the bed had like 4" valleys in it where people slept (or other bed uses). The 1st time I'd visited a hotel and had my .44 on the nightstand for the night rather than in my luggage.
@@michaelwertzy9808 There and at Howard Johnson's also, in the '50's and '60's in Wells Beach, Maine, up the Mile Road on US 1. "28 flavors of ice cream"
The classic mint cars are gorgeous in person.
Great tailfins for 1959 cars. They only came with AM radio back in 1959.
If that. Radios were optional in most cars as were seat belts, side mirrors, a/c, etcetera.
My own 'Roman Red' 1959 Impala Sport Coupe had radio, factory air, power brakes, rear mount antenna, side mirrors, 348 with 4bbl and dual exhaust... all original (I had it in the 1980s). When the 348 gave out she got a 409.
@Carol Young Frequency Modulation (FM) broadcasting in the United States began in 1933. By the late 1950s, high end radios and 'hi fi' sets for the home typically included FM reception. Mercedes automobiles offered FM radio as early as 1953.
@Carol Young
Continental had FM in 1958, no doubt a high dollar option
@@bertgrau9246 FM tuner option was $114 on 1959 Lincolns. I could not find cost for 1958.
@@-oiiio-3993 She's real fine my 409
These are classics.
wow !!!! those cars are huge ! worth a lot of money today if you could find one in pristine condition.
i love watching highway patrol, 10-4
Me to,20,50 by
"Remember, reckless driving doesn't determine who's right, only who's left." Classic.
My favorite: “remember, the clowns at the circus are funny, the clowns on the highway…are murder”
@@hertzair1186 Mine is : "Remember, it's not the car that kills, it's the driver !" And the look Broderick had to say that, with his old english dog eyes... What a man, I really love him.
@@rogermaes6001 ya, he’s a man’s man….
That convertible Buick is sure getting a workout. I’ve seen it in several other episodes. The Chrysler sedan was in several episodes too.
After somewhat of a lackluster season 3, the writing got good again in Season 4. I love this cat and mouse chase episode. That big guy could RUN! His weight didn't seem to bog him down. And GM cars got skinnier but a lot bigger. The '59 Buick was 227 inches long weighed 4600 pounds (without the driver) Its 401 CID engine ran whisper quiet like you were floating (I once had a '60) and got maybe around 10 miles per gallon (but no power robbing emissions stuff on it) The 1958 or 1959 Imperial was not quite as big but was as luxurious.
That 'nice young man', described as being 30 years of age, was actually 51 at the time of filming. I thought he looked a bit long in the tooth, lol
After the end of "Tinsel Town" & the old contract studio system, many actors/actresses made the switch to tv. Some like Crawford who was already established as an academy award winner did reasonably well on small screen. Others not so well. A few were successful as working character actors.
Good for you GH clearing that up!
Kind of hard to tell in black and white and no close ups.
Love the 1959 Buick convertible.
I knew someone who had a '59 Buick like that one. It was one sharp car.
Love those nostrils.
$20,000 could buy you 4 bedroom, 1200 SQ ft brick ranch style home in the San Fernando Valley back in 1959.
One can't even buy one of todays Crappy 🕳️🕳️🕳️🕳️Cars fer 2$,$$$USD
Now $20,000 may not cover your dental work or buy much of a car.
Thanks for uploading all these episodes. Greatly appreciated
many comments entirely miss the point of watching Highway Patrol; hint, it's not about the "story"
the episodes are no less than a true slice of American history:Eisenhower years
low budgets ensured authenticity; no sets no special effects; we can see what highways, motels, banks, homes, supermarkets etc really used to look like
and what about those magnificent cars: Buicks, Chryslers, Mercurys etc ?
obviously, in that thrifty age, no producer in his right mind would crash, burn or explode a perfectly good vehicle
I certainly wish an automotive expert could take the time to identify the makes and models in each episode
some surprisingly sexy young women, yet never even a hint of hanky-panky!
it was a touch of genius to get an Oscar winner like Broderick Crawford as star to give the show credibility; details of his personal life are entirely irrelevant in any analysis of cinema art
occasionally, you can even spot a young actor or actress who later became famous
other cop shows had forgettable second raters like Jack Webb or Roger Smith, and usually had to resort to shoddy, convoluted plots
half-hour format and little-known scriptwriters contributed to uncomplicated plots and down-to-earth emotional context
yeah even the car sounds, the starters are the real thing. If there's one thing I hate is a movie that shows a Cadillac driving off with sound effects from a 6 cylinder Jeep. Grrrr!!
You're right about keeping it authentic.
Lot's of 1970's action TV shows had cool cars too but then they get in the cars for a chase and every car regardless of brand has a Chrysler starter sound and screeching tires on gravel roads. Urggghh!
Thank you. And alcoholism is addiction, a disease. People forget that also.
It looks like Curtis is driving a '59 Buick, the old ladies are in a 1959 or 660 Chevrolet I didn't see the tail light or I could guess better. The Highway Patrol car are Chrysler products, a little older probably a Dodge probably a 59 also..
The Chevy is a '59, looks like a Bel Air with a 283. You are correct about the other two. And, I think the Imperial that belonged to the guy that was shot in the beginning was a '58.
"We'll be going through there on our way to Woodberry". After filling the gas tank: "That will be $4.53. LOL
Those ladies were robbed by gas station attendant!
Either they pulled in with a bone dry 20 gallon tank (doubtful) or the attendant charged for 3/4 tank of Hi-Test Ethyl (Premium) at over $0.30/gallon when regular gas was less than $0.23/gallon.
@@marctoscano5354 This 1959 Chevrolet had a 20.1 U.S gal tank. This 1959 Chevrolet had dual exhausts as seen at 23:15 and could have had a Hi-Po 283 or even a Hi-Po 348 cubic inches V-8 requiring Hi-Test Ethyl. So if I divide $4.53 by 30 cents I get 15 gallons which is what you said (3/4 of a 20 gallons tank equals 15 gallons). "The Price is Right".
@@jacquesgervais1713 Come on down
24 gallon tank at 10 mpg. About $200 to fill up in 2022. Ouch!
@@muffs55mercury61Thanks Joe Biden!💩
Gorgeous Buick and lovely Imperial!
Enjoy the solid cast here in a well written episode. Lester Dorr was a legendary character actor and Will Bakewell had a long and distinguished career. Both Fiona Hale and Sara Taft also were solid actors. It's interesting to watch these realising that Los Angeles was already changing in 1959. De Longpre Park is in Hollywood And let's remember Travelodge. Woodbury was and is a neighbourhood in Glendale.
Hmmm, I wonder if i'm related to Lester? I'm not familiar with him, I wonder what part he played?
That old Buick convertible is worth a FORTUNE now-
+jim dandy It was a DODGE WAKE UP.......says D O D G E right on the hood!
+JAY DAVIDSON SORRY KNOW IT ALL BUT ITS A BUICK. BEFORE MAKING COMMENTS YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 1ST
+jim dandy IT SAYS DODGE ON THE FRONT WE MAY HAVE EPISODES MIXED UP..........
+JAY DAVIDSON YOUARECORECT
59 BUICK IN THE FLESH...................WRONG EPISODE
+jim dandy
The other guy's car was a Chrysler Imperial.
I adore the two good ladies, all exhilarated from having dated a murderer ... and Dan Matthews' face is without comment.
Very good story, once again. This series is agem !
"Remember, it's not the car that kills, it's the driver !" That's right for the guns, or any other arms.
Man does evil, not objects.
I love that ‘59 Buick & ‘59 Impala. Unforgettable memories..!
Apart from Dan and the consistently great cast and actors, the writers were terrific. Great storylines every episode. 🙋♂️👏👏👏🇬🇧
Dang! Did you see that Buick slam into the curb trying to overtake the Chevy? Ooops!
Look at all the countryside,and dirt roads that are probably all built up and city streets today.
@ Helen I live here and there's hardly a spot to build on.
@@scotta8597 how many curbside tents for the wine-o's, druggies, public defecators and unrinators ? Why would any decent person want to live in California these days ? Besides they're running outta water, it's becoming a version of hell right before our eyes. The cities along the west coast are in the same foul mess.
The "Deep South" still has dirt roads, a lot of them in the countryside and even small towns.
@@NaYawkr every body younger than 22 dreams of Califirnia
@@NaYawkr We would!! We visit California each year and absolutely love it!! You see everything there good and not so good. You can choose to see the good in almost any place you visit or live in. And become part of the change for better. I call that decent. :)
Plates no longer used today.
Print from special mobile/cell onto quality photo copy.
CHP car - 1959 Dodge Coronet
Killer's car - 1959 Chrysler Imperial
Stone's car - 1959 Buick (LeSabre?)
Ladies car - 1959 Chevrolet Impala
Somehow the dirt bags have the nicest two rides.
My dad had a 1959 Chevrolet Impala convertible. Black with a red interior. I thought it was cool, he hated it, because it “drank oil”. He traded it for a Ford Falcon.
Wrong Bill. The killer's car was a 1959 Imperial not a Chrysler.
Definitely a Buick LeSabre because it has no script on the front fenders and because it does not have any bright rocker panel moldings. No more questioning! Also the comment from Mexican Spec is right as Imperial was a separate division from 1954. Therefore we have an Imperial here. However, as I wrote to Bill Descoteaux's above comment to Charles Kinbote, the Imperial is a 1958 and I explained why in my answer to Mexican Spec who was commenting Jim Dandy (See above)
How come the bad guys always have those hot convertibles? But they are great to see again - those classic cars.
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The scene where the killer persuades the woman to let him drive her car and then takes a different route, at high speed, is a reworking of the wonderful moment in The Wind in the Willows when Toad, also on the run and in disguise, is picked up by the very same people whose car he had previously stolen. After sitting quietly for a while, he pleads with the car's owner to let him drive, clambers into the seat and listens with feigned humility to the instructions he is given when he already knows perfectly well how to drive, and takes off at speed. And to make this scene pure perfection, the car is a Chevrolet Impala. Wouldn't Broderick Crawford be perfect for Mister Toad? No make-up required. I shall recommend him for the next movie version as he has clearly not been doing much work lately. What? When?
Wreckless driving DOESN'T determine who's RIGHT, ONLY who's left!
10-4
Drivin’ that Dynaflo! Chev has dual exhausts.
That Buick brings back memories. I bought a baby blue 59 Buick convertible from a cop in Salem Mass. when it was just another used car. I got pulled over the first time I drove it by a cop who was a friend of the previous owner. He thought I stole it. I wish I still had that car.
Here's an interesting piece of useless information unless you're restoring a 59 Buick.. The chrome trim on the fins of the 1959 Buick is interchangeable with the trim on the 1960 Ford fins. What are the odds for GM and Ford making identical parts?
Small Chrome trim parts are NOT made by auto Manufacturers. Such parts usually produced by small companies
that Specializes in their manufacture!!
Broderick’s partner starred on THEM. A sci fi thriller about giant ants that invade Los Angeles
I think RCwould look 👀 cool with sun 🕶 glasses 🥂 on love ❤ this show great acting Better then the shows today on TV 📺 RIP 🙏 Dan M still watching 2022
Oh wow,that 59 Buick I want it.
What a "tank"!
Three shots in the air and the bad guy gives up. Man those were the days.
WOW....a Crysler Imperial. Now that WAS luxury.(ls)
NO, that was an Imperial. It was its own make back then.
@@mexicanspec Imperial became a separate division of Chrysler Corporation in 1954. You are absolutely right. This is an Imperial.
Chevrolet Impala 1959?
@@wordsmith52 Yes the 2 ladies car was a 1959 Chevrolet Impala. You can see it @ 9:29 13:21 18:34 20:10 23:09 .
@@jacquesgervais1713 Loved those cars...the flattened out fins and exclamation mark rear lights were so cool and tasteful! I had a model car of one of those around the time.
You go Dan!!!
Wow, Dan sure was nice to those ladies. Excellent show.
Oh ya? Then why didn't he give them a cut of that 20 grand? A little reward money could have been in order.
Jim Ervin Dan Mathews, he's the man.
Dan needs the cash to pay his lawyer for a DUI and to play the ponies, because he's practicing for his next part as the star in J. Edgar Hoover (1973 film)
@@jimervin387
Because it wasn’t his money to give.
It happens to be Stone’s money, regardless of what Matthews thinks.
I like police work, it is very interesting how the Highway Patrol and police departments work especially today with all their modern computers
Probably as close to comedy as HP came. I also enjoy the way Brod tramples over local and county jurisdictions left and right. You'd think they were the only cops in the state.
they are the state Police!
No miss nanny state. They were not in hot pursuit, D M Bell was right, you can't go barging into other jurisdiction without notifying them.
If it was Chicago, they would say good! Let them be someone else's problem, less paper work.
Not every small town had their own police department and therefore policing was left up to either the sheriff's department or the highway patrol. West Hollywood was one example as they didn't incorporate until 1986.
I was kind of surprised when Dan didn't take out the last murderer at the end!
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3 warning shots? Waste of ammo. The lady was pretty cool headed. Put it in gear and got outa there when she heard the shot. Tben she yanked and threw the perp's key. That was a good move
In that car she had to check to see if the ignition was in the lock position. You could take the key out in the foo position but still start it without the key.
As Dan said, it took nerve to toss those keys! But in too many of today's "popular" crime dramas, women are portrayed as weak and defenseless, merely at the mercy of the bad guys, even when they're about to be murdered! Trust me, in a pinch, real women are a lot stronger than that! I know!
Well, those who are smart enough to be in the NRA certainly are. The rest? Not so much.
@ 15:43 Young Israel building on the corner of Spaulding and Melrose in West Hollywood/ Fairfax area of LA, still there. I believe most of the intown locations were filmed there and the surrounding area The more rural looking locations look like the hills above it.
50's women were hot!
no tattoos, and few were obese
So were the gas prices, 100 octane for 25 cents a gallon!!
Also they have more class
40s women were hot too.
@@carloscarpinteyro332 19 cents a gallon where I lived.
22:37 If those pants were hiked up any further they would be under his chin. Got to hide that big ol belly.
I love how the gas station attendant drops the dime on a couple of his regular customers to a stranger with a fiver.
The $5 would have been about a days pay for a gas station attendant
@@bertgrau9246 Where's the loylty?
Between $ Fifty, And $60 today
That was groceries back then.
I love the guy Stone 50's gangster right out of central casting.
Stone the mobster actually did a better job of policing than Matthews in this episode.
Incredible and double incredible!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
"Ya hear that ladies? Take a look, 20 thousand dollars and he's not going to be able to spend a nickel of it. Alright move!!"
They would have to prove that it wasn’t his money. Stone is entitled to regain that money. Am I wrong? Because I think that Officer Matthews is wrong.
@David Fessler i don't know about in 1956 but, if that was to happen in today's society, he'd probably be outta jail in a few hours and given back the money.
‘59 was peak tail fin.
Vertical stabilzers.
The ladies drove faster than the Chippy.
Notice Dan didn't drive much in this episode , as he had lost his licence for drink driving, u only see him driving on dirt roads. 😳
I am SO to Tired of Folks remarking on
BC's problem with Adult Beverages.
Let those with out gin issues cast the
First Juniper Berries away! 😻😌🤐💫✨
16:50. This has to be the best villain in this whole series...😂.
The Buick gave me some PTSD. A friend of mine bought a 1959 Buick Invicta convertible in Riverside CA. On the way back the left rear wheel came off on the freeway. He bought it from a mechanic no less. He managed to get it pulled over on an off ramp. I had to go get the wheel cover that flew off on the freeway. A tow truck arrived so the cars were parked as such. First in line was the tow truck, then the Buick and then my car. It had just started to rain. At that point an old man in a Monte Carlo came down the off ramp, saw us and jammed on the braked sending him into a spin. Luckily he spun off to the other side of the off ramp or he would have taken all of us out. The man got out quickly to run around to the other side of his car to get the oxygen bottle and mask for his wife in the passenger seat. We got very lucky that night, all of us. As a matter of fact, it is possible that car was the same one from this show. This car was also in California and they were the same model and color. There couldn't have been too many of those around.
You write your friend's was an Invicta. The one in this episode is a LeSabre. LeSabre don't have any script on front fenders and don't have bright rocker panel moldings. If you are sure that your friend's was an Invicta then it cannot be the same car as in this show.
@@jacquesgervais1713 Thank you for that, but they look enough alike to relive that night.
@@mexicanspec I agree
I loved it when the killer got shot while by the phone booth, "that served him just right"
That convertible looked angry. Perfect ride for a criminal or a victim in a Stephen King movie.
Dan talks 190 m.p.h. in this episode.
Two gorgeous ladies!!!😘😘😍😍
2150 By!! I love that!
Cool 1959 Buick convertible.
This one is a LeSabre model as there is no script on the front fenders and does not have a bright rocker panel molding. Invicta's, Electra's and Electra's 225 had script and molding. See @ 2:18 3:09 5:38 10:36 25:03
I got me a Chrysler, it's as big as a whale! - The B-52'S
...And it's about to set saaaaaail.
There weren't any Chryslers in this episode. There was a Buick, Chevrolet, Dodge and an Imperial.
Thank that moron Ralph Nader for spoiling our fun. Those rag-tops were super.
@@mexicanspec I think the Imperial was a Chrysler.
@@booklover6753 As it was made by the Chrysler Corporation yes, but Imperial was its own brand at that time.
At 9:15 Most sarcastic laugh from a spree killer I have ever heard.
And the old lady wouldn't stop laughing. :)
That '59 Buick ragtop has got to be my favourite car of this whole series. And how about some reward money for the nice old ladies in the '59 Chevy?
Jim Ervin and don't forget the great fins on the back
My dad had a 59 Buick. As I recall, he hated it. Couldn't keep the wheels in alignment or something. I wish he was still around so I could ask him.
not a nickel....
Thats a black Austin Healey 100 between the two guys sitting at the bench in the beginning. When the fat guy bends down after the shooting, theres a red Jaguar 240 to his left and behind him.
I agree on that Austin Healey 100 (inline-4 of 2660 cc) called 100 as it could reach 100 mph. It could also have been a 100-6 (inline-6 of 2639 cc) or a 3000 (2912 cc inline-6) that arrived in 1959. Some people would have said an MGA (MG for Morris Garage) but it is not. As for the Jaguar I disagree. First, I found the Jaguar as the killer was kneeling, not the fat guy. Second, I see the Jaguar to the left on the screen which is to the right side of the killer facing the camera. Third, I do not know how you saw it red as this is in black and white! Fourth, this is not a Jaguar 240, 240's being those classic 4-door saloons also called Mark 2 (Mk 2 2.4 in 1956 then Mk 2 240 starting in September 1967). I rather see a 2-seater Jaguar 150 roadster. It could have been a 120 or a 140, predecessors to the 150, but I see that surrounding, one-piece, windshield exclusive to the 150. Let me know your comments.
they always seem to be heading in the direction of the crime.... Just once... i'd like to see them pull a 180 at speed.
59 Buick, 59 Chevrolet, I owned both of those.
20:36 "It's not the police patrol" - As an actress in this program, she should know it is called "The highway patrol".
The lady driver is above average
And above age too, at 43.
@@alphonsozorro7952
If you think 43 is too old, your missing out on some great women
Good show! 10-4,☺.
Check out the curious Great Dane at 24:02 at the top of the driveway. McGruff was hoping to take a bite out of crime!
So great to see that Dan was so openly BI....even the HQ acknowledges it 6:57....
1:20. When we last met your were the Master now I am the Master... 😮
Dan describes stone as heavy set. Talk about the pot calling the kettle green
Those 2 old lady's remind me of the sisters on the Andy Griffith show and the Baldwin sisters on the waltons. Lol😅
That Les Curtis sure was one greedy SOB for killing two men he was doing business with and as a result almost got killed himself. And he looked like such a nice respectable fellow. Did anybody notice that Great Dane barking in the driveway after big Dan fired those shots in the air at 24:00. Must have woken up the whole neighborhood I would imagine!
yeah, did he stop running because of bullets or a great dane jumping that little fence and eating fat boy?!
Whatever happened in the scene, they kept in. This is a big reason to watch this show.
California Is A Madhouse
And the duly authorized organization wins the day again.
Kills me how they did so many bad things in broad daylight in populated areas and nobody ever saw anything. : )
@MDS Read your post back to yourself, fool.
@MDS Try self editing, fool.
You wrote "Back in those days people were walking around glued to their I phones...", rather than stating that people weren't (as such things didn't exist).
If anyone is a "MORON" here, it is you.
Even if somebody saw something, what would they do about it?
4:10. The Force is strong with this one 😮.
Edit. 4:32. All too easy. 😮.
I love these old cars that could seat 5 abreast.
Wikipedia :
Crawford's heavy drinking increased during the filming of Highway Patrol, eventually resulting in several arrests and stops for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI), which eventually gained him a suspended driving license.[5] While representing the California Highway Patrol as "Chief Mathews", Crawford was known with considerable embarrassment by the CHP as "Old 502" due to his habit of driving under the influence of alcohol ("Code 502" was the CHP police radio code for drunken driving). According to the show's creator, Guy Daniels, "We got all the dialogue in by noon, or else we wouldn't get it done at all. He [Crawford] would bribe people to bring him booze on the set." The show used their CHP technical advisor, Officer Frank Runyon, to keep the actor sober: "I was told to keep that son of a bitch away from a bottle. I think his license was suspended. Some scenes had to be shot on private roads so that Brod could drive." Eventually the drinking strained the show's relationship with the CHP as well as Crawford's relationship with ZIV.[5]
He had to be really really bad. Cops didn't like to write up DUI's back then. Even in the early 1980's, I remember being a carload of friends and getting stopped and as long we didn't have guns or drugs or mouthed off, they would pick the least drunk among us and to take the keys and get out of sight.
My understanding was that cops didn't want to spend a couple of hours taking you back to the station to do the field tests again in front of a witness and because they didn't have portable breathalyzers on a busy Friday night you might be in line so long that you stood a good chance of being below 0.10 before you got tested.
The ironic thing is...Broderick Crawford was really a fine actor when he was able to be sober.
I do wish they'd lock him up for 6 months on the pen...that would have did it.
he wouldn't even think about it when he got out.
6 months will wake up
anybody.
( ok. maybe not. )
$4.53 for the gas and full service must be cheap that time, it's only about a gallon of gas today for that price and self service.
Average of .25 cents a gallon or less back then
I'll never forget the '59 Buick on it's roof on a sharp curve adjacent to my street when I was a kid, 7 or 8.
My favorite part of being born in the 50's is I got to see the earliest cars, cars like these in the 50's and 60's and muscle cars into the 70's. Before they became all cookie cutter.
Yep, same here.
IF YOU CARE TO DRIVE , DRIVE WITH CARE.
If you drive don't drink. If you drink don't drive. Right Mr. Crawford?
Oh, horrors!! Those super powerful, hyper accurate .38 snubnose revolvers
That stocky man ran better then he drove.
The Highway Patrol deals with any type of crime except traffic violations.
I'm guessing they never would say the makes of cars in this show, since they didn't seem to have a deal with any manufacturer to provide them with cars, they weren't going to give them any free advertising either.