Overview
Total Episodes: 39
Episode 1
Runtime: 28m
1955-10-03
A hardened criminal, whose personality belies his viciousness, escapes from prison, killing a guard. Dan Mathews swings into action, and as the man commits one ruthless act after another to break through the trap closing in on him, it becomes apparent that there's almost a personal conflict between ...
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Episode 2
Runtime: 28m
1955-10-10
An expensive, giant computer, one of the twentieth century wonders, which does a tremendous amount of administrative work in just hours, is ingeniously 'kidnapped' from an electronics company by two men. The firm's owner is told to get $100,000 from his bank at two o'clock the next day and wait for ...
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Episode 3
Runtime: 28m
1955-10-17
Systematic traffic checks and increased patrols begin on a high accident freeway. Hoping to determine causes and cures, Dan questions drivers who get too many citations there. One man refuses to accept Dan's safety philosophy. When his license is suspended, his wife drives him to an important busine...
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Episode 4
Runtime: 28m
1955-10-24
An uninvolved man happens to be in the company of two brothers who hold up a diner and kill its owner. Fearing the police and terrified of the vengeance he may expect from the criminals, he flees. As Dan searches for him, one man winds up dead, two critically wounded, and the man who a few short hou...
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Episode 6
Runtime: 28m
1955-11-07
A series of fraudulent insurance claims is discovered after Dan Mathews and his officers learn that the "accidental" death of a migrant worker was actually a homicide.
Episode 7
Runtime: 28m
1955-11-14
Dan Mathews is determined to find out why the residents of a small town are behaving suspiciously and anxious to see him leave.
Episode 8
Runtime: 28m
1955-11-21
Dan Mathews and his officers race against time to find a stolen oil indicator device that contains potentially lethal radioactive pellets.
Episode 9
Runtime: 28m
1955-11-28
Dan Mathews has reason to suspect the worst when a courier with a criminal record disappears with $31,000 after an automobile accident.
Episode 10
Runtime: 28m
1955-12-05
A young man is put in the uncomfortable position of trying to cover up his father's theft of automobile accessories.
Episode 11
Runtime: 28m
1955-12-12
Dan Mathews personally takes on the task of protecting a former crime boss who is scheduled to testify before a grand jury.
Episode 12
Runtime: 28m
1955-12-19
A "transportation maintenance service" provided to trucking companies by an apparently legitimate businessman proves to be little more than a protection racket.
Episode 15
Runtime: 28m
1956-01-09
A scheming woman takes advantage of her husband, her paramour, and a complete stranger in an attempt to flee the U. S. with $53,000 in stolen funds.
Episode 16
Runtime: 28m
1956-01-16
An injured felon discovered in a mountain cabin leads the Highway Patrol helicopter on a difficult chase in treacherous terrain.
Episode 17
Runtime: 28m
1956-01-23
Dan Mathews utilizes polygraph testing to identify the individuals who are responsible for the violent robbery of an elderly motel owner.
Episode 18
Runtime: 28m
1956-01-30
A highly regarded Highway Patrol officer tenders his resignation after he finds himself unable to subdue and arrest his brother (an escaped prisoner).
Episode 19
Runtime: 28m
1956-02-06
Three men rob a series of banks in coastal towns, then pose as fishermen in order to escape in a boat piloted by their leader.
Episode 20
Runtime: 28m
1956-02-13
Dan Mathews must cope with a family's effort to protect an emotionally fragile young woman who fled after striking a pedestrian with her car.
Episode 22
Runtime: 28m
1956-02-27
A distraught engineer sets out on a suicide mission to destroy the chemical plant at which he was formerly employed.
Episode 23
Runtime: 28m
1956-03-05
When a ranger checks the woods where a plane disappeared, it results in his murder and in the discovery of a kidnapped woman.
Episode 24
Runtime: 28m
1956-03-12
The Highway Patrol helicopter pursues a smooth-talking but ruthless murder suspect who is trying to escape with a hostage over little-used desert roads.
Episode 25
Runtime: 28m
1956-03-19
Three thieves use a counterfeit armored car and stolen uniforms to steal $29,000 from a supermarket. The leader of the group becomes increasingly unpredictable and prone to violence as Dan Mathews and his men close in.
Episode 26
Runtime: 28m
1956-03-26
A patient parolee decides the time is finally right to attempt the recovery of $250,000 stolen in an armored car robbery.
Episode 27
Runtime: 28m
1956-04-02
A café owner's grudge against motorcyclists leads to the accidental death of a Highway Patrol officer.
Episode 28
Runtime: 28m
1956-04-09
An escapee from a mental hospital is the primary suspect in the violent death of a farmer.
Episode 29
Runtime: 28m
1956-04-16
An alert boy is able to give Dan Mathews information that provides a critical break in the pursuit of a recidivist thief.
Episode 30
Runtime: 28m
1956-04-23
A man who picks up a hitchhiker is accused of complicity in an armed robbery when coincidence and circumstantial evidence point strongly toward his guilt.
Episode 31
Runtime: 28m
1956-04-30
A gunman and his female hostage unwittingly wander into a designated blasting area.
Episode 32
Runtime: 28m
1955-05-07
Dan Mathews and his officers attempt to ensure the delivery of life-saving gas gangrene serum to a 10-year-old victim.
Episode 33
Runtime: 28m
1956-05-14
A Highway Patrol officer is murdered while pursuing a car stolen from a lonely bookstore owner.
Episode 34
Runtime: 28m
1956-05-21
Two thieves attempt to steal valuable paintings and demand ransom of $500,000. but they are forced to commit murder when the plan goes awry.
Episode 35
Runtime: 28m
1956-05-28
Fearing an operation, a resourceful boy with damaged eyesight manages to stay just a step ahead of the Highway Patrol's efforts to return him safely to his parents.
Episode 37
Runtime: 28m
1956-06-11
A woman's ill-advised attempt to save her former fiancé from a murder conviction results in the realization that the actual killer may still be at large.
Episode 38
Runtime: 28m
1956-06-18
A poor prospector arouses suspicion when he suddenly begins paying off long-standing debts from a large roll of new $100 bills.
Episode 39
Runtime: 28m
1956-06-25
Dan Mathews and Sergeant Corey spend Christmas Eve searching for a lost six-year-old girl.