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Highway Patrol Season 1

S01E04 Lookout

First Aired: October 24, 1955



After a restaurant owner is killed by two men in a hold up, a man hunt searches for a third man, who was uninvolved in the robbery but unlucky enough to be with the robbers at the time.



Cast: Art Gilmore (Narrator), Broderick Crawford (Chief Dan Matthews), William Boyett (Sergeant Ken Williams)



Destined to become one of the most popular syndicated television shows of all time, Highway Patrol screamed onto the scene with fast cars and the catch phrase "10-4". Each week, Chief Dan Matthews (Broderick Crawford) would lead his troops into another roadway adventure.



Crawford's Matthews was a tough, no-nonsense Chief of the Highway Patrol, that was in actuality based on the California Highway Patrol, though no state is named. The actual head of the CHP acted as show consultant for the first season and during that season, the actors who portrayed officers wore CHP uniforms, without the name California on the shoulder patch.



Using high powered cars, motorcycles and helicopters, The Highway Patrol appealed greatly to young males and many future law enforcement recruits watched faithfully each week as narrator Art Gilmore proclaimed:



"Whenever the laws of any state are broken, a duly authorized organization swings into action. It may be called the State Police, State Troopers, militia, the Rangers, or the Highway Patrol. These are the stories of the men whose training, skill, and courage have enforced and preserved our state laws."