Highway Patrol

About Highway Patrol

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.

Syndication's Highway Patrol is an action-adventure series. Broderick Crawford appears as Dan Mathews, and Art Gilmore as Narrator (voice).

Its 5 seasons and 156 episodes were broadcast from October 1955 to June 1959. That is around 31 episodes a season.

Shelv files it under criminal investigation, missing person, 1950s, and children in danger. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Philo. It carries a TV-G rating.

Without a Trace, Castle, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation make useful companions to Highway Patrol, all filed under police.