Hey Frank Mayer, good deduction. Further investigation showed the Parker Brother's first names to be Milton and Bradley who were sent to prison for attempted robbery of the Reading Railroad. After release they shared a room at Marvin Gardens. Both brothers were ordered directly to jail, dont pass and .......you know the rest! lol
Dated a guy in the late sixties who drove an old black Cadillac hearse/ambulance same vintage as this one. It was always having issues. Hadn’t thought about it in more than fifty years! 😂
Someone mentioned that "there were no traffic jams", well that was because there were only a few freeways back then. the Santa Ana freeway, the Hollywood freeway, and part of the Pasadena freeway. Back then I had a commute of 25 miles to work and it took me about 20 minutes on the Santa Ana freeway from Huntington Beach to Redondo Beach.. And the population was at least 1/4 of what it is now.
That splendid ’57 Ford Convertible that the pretty looking brunette is driving also appears in two other episodes of The Highway Patrol. The first is an excellent episode called “Double Cross”, and the other is a particular violent one called "The Sniper". It is definitely the same car as all three have the same exact license plate number - MPF 669. I believe that several cars on this show were used more than once; and one car, a ’53 Ford Convertible with a continental kit on the back and with one hubcap missing appears in around 5 different episodes. Maybe they belonged to employees who worked at the production facility and were kind enough to lend out their cars - who knows!
@@markwalker6814 I would seriously doubt it. With new and impressive designs coming out almost every year they were for the most part being traded in for the latest new model.
My favorite Ford,,, It's not Glenn,,, It's not Harrison,,,, It's not president Gerald,,, You guessed it, It's what's behind highway patrolman,, Number one,,,,,,,,, A 1957 Ford, New, New from the ground up,,,,, Now let's see what s Behind,, Highway patrolman number 2,, Oh ,,,,a beautiful 1950 Ford convertible,,,,,,,,,, Congratulations,,,
Matthews is all heart. He tells that poor woman she's in Dutch for manslaughter. He ran in front of her car. She got out to check. There was an explosion. Then alarms. Who in their right mind wouldn't get out of there? She doesn't know what's exploding. She didn't go home and hide, her husband called the police and an ambulance, Dr. ASAP. That would have been the fastest way to do it anyway. She's a haus frau and he's a 3 time loser, an ex-con pulling a huge job using explosives. No D.A. worth a dime would charge her. No grand jury worth a dime would indict her. Any decent lawyer would say he died because his own brother moved him and kept him from medical help. Matthews said it himself when he tried to coax him out. He's a real jerk sometimes. She should sue him for mental distress and emotional pain.
Right! ... when Matthews said.."you left the scene of an accident" Was she supposed to just stand there till Monday when the factory workers showed up? Not like we had cell phones back then!
@@bonniemoerdyk9809 And also you have to factor in the fact there was a robbery in progress. She had every right to leave the scene. (Now that we know an armed gunman would have been there soon after, who knows what would have happened if she stayed. Really stupid writing.
Go to Chicago, Seattle, Baltimore, etc. these days and any George Soros installed D.A. would convict her in seconds flat while turning the crook loose.
I like how Matthews just sends two strangers into the office of a plant that is suppose to be closed for the weekend and how two bad guys are hiding just feet from a highway patrol road block in a warehouse with the door wide open. 35 MPH on a muddy, potholed road? Really? Hilarious.
Statimtek Some episodes are more plausible than others.The dialogue in this episode has me in stitches."Got any ideas?""Have you?"And then they swap and repeat the same lines a short time later.Who turned the alarm off?Why didn't they secure the area from the start?Oh well.
+Statimtek We in South Carolina have pot holes that could swallow a car, and the speed limit is 55,on the interstates, 70. Those have pot holes too. The repairs make coming from some highways onto side roads or streets like crawling over a speed bump 2 feet tall. I am not making any of this up. I find it hard to stay in my lane. I zig~zag when I drive. Maybe if they would repair the roads. The dirt road with 35MPH you wrote about is in much better condition than alot of our paved, black top roads in South Carolina.
@@mikeforney354 Not forgetting to mention that 312 cubic inch displacement V-8 were available in Ford's as opposed to 265 ('56) and 283 ('57) in Chevrolet's. Dad had a 1957 Ford Sunliner (silver copper with white top) and the dual exhausts from the 312 cid V-8 developing 245 hp. This solid lifter engine was quick.
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, farmhouses, motels, ordinary stores, banks, homes, supermarkets etc really used to look like and what about those magnificent cars: Buicks, Chryslers, Mercurys etc ? and occasionally a Dodge, Pontiac or Cadillac sneaks by 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 chicks, yet never even a hint of hanky-panky! it was a touch of genius to get a highly-paid, talented 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 used 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, down-to-earth emotional context and painted a concise three-dimensional picture of social stratification in the community
+Charles Kinbote I love these shows. They are fun. The snarky comments I make are made with love. I think we can enjoy them and have some fun at the same time. We would not keep watching them if we did not enjoy them. It's a lot like the original Dark Shadows - you love it, it's a favorite, and want more, but it IS funny when someone knocks over a cardboard headstone or the vampire says "no one is here" and strangles a woman right before a stagehand smoking a cigarette walks across the stage.
Agreed...but it is fun to pick the episodes apart in hindsight of 60 years of technology and tv crime shows...but I agree with you...they were great shows.
+Casey28027 You are right. There were no cell phones. Not every home had a telephone in 1955-1956 and even though there were pay phones around, sometimes a house nearby with a phone is closer than a payphone on the corner when there isn't a corner nearby.
Robert Tiscione Well, people today need to remember too there weren't any mobile phones,and if there wasn't any pay phones around, you had to go home or to someone's house for help. Boy do I remember a few times out partying after midnight and knocking on a strangers door because of a breakdown or ran out of gas. haha Alot of them would call for us,and we wouldn't go in the house which was fine. We were after help not trouble. You know, most kids today have no idea about dances. Because some refused to behave, everyone was punished. Now all the young folks have no job, nothing to do and then people wonder why they get n so much trouble. I guess the saying Idle hands are the devil's workshop may offend someone and since it's an old saying, it doesn't matter. Maybe if more hands had work and weren't so idle, they wouldn't be getting into all this trouble. Punish and make examples of those who can't respect and behave instead of punishing everyone maybe there would be some inexpensive fun things for the teens and young adults to do.Imagine if t were like that for us. You know, in 50 more years, 2076 it will be the Nation's 300th Birthday, it's Tricentennial. Remember how excited we all got at the Bi~Centennial? I would be really surprised of the United States saw it's Tri~Centennial. History is repeating itself, all the bad and evil and it hasn't even gotten to the best of it all yet. When that happens, i just hope I am in the next dimension with my Late Husband,Our Father Yahweh, our Messiah and then let come what may.
The woman is out of her mind after hitting the guy with her car. When Matthews asks for a description she gives the guy's height. Kind of hard to determine when someone is on the ground. Also the color of his shirt when he was lying face down in the mud.
I'd ask the woman about the car BEFORE calling in but I'm not a genius like Dan.I'd also look at the blood since dead hearts don't pump blood but I'm no Doctor.But y'all go inside the plant that was just robbed and contaminate the crime scene.
Up to the late 80's there was a private ambulance service in Detroit that still used only Cadillac body/chasis ambulances because they provided such a smooth ride.
No 'disguise' at all. Ambulances and funeral coaches in the U.S. at that time were very well built and equipped by coachbuilders such as Superior, Henney, Miller, etc... . The 'donor vehicle' for conversion was often 'high end' such as Packard, Cadillac. When I worked at Pierce Brothers on Van Nuys Boulevard (late 70s) they had a 1959 Cadillac coach in hammertone silver stored in the garage. It was immaculate.
David>> I remember those Cadillac station wagon ambulances well. I had an uncle who was a Doctor in Pennsylvania. He had stock in one of the 2 hospitals in Pottsville,Pennsylvania, the Good Samaritan Hospital. I hadn't thought about those until you mentioned it here.
Manslaughter for leaving the scene with alarms and plastic explosives going off. She did go to call for help, and returned even after seeing the police. Besides the robber ran out in front of her.
Why would the Parker Brothers want to rob a plastics factory? They must have made a fortune selling Monopoly games. Maybe they invented the game while in prison. I don't know when the Monopoly game was invented.
" Parker brothers, Eh ?,........Well , it looks like your going to jail, go directly to jail. Do not collect 200 dollars !!!". Mathews couldn't help himself.
I actually loved this episode but it does cause one to pause for a moment and say "hey wait a minute" a few points here 1. If she had stayed at the scene who would've called for an ambulance, the other guy pulling a robbery? Yeah right! Her life would have been in danger for sure. Dan Matthews or someone at the station has to be aware of that factor. 2. What good would there be in staying? it's not like anyone else would've come around passing by. 3. So I know some will think "the watchman could've called an ambulance" but if he didn't see the two committing the robbery, she may not have seen him. My point is, she did the right thing, no matter how you look at it. Unless she stopped somewhere to call but we don't know how far she lives from it, so screw that idea. If you take in the nostalgia I guess that's good enough to enjoy the show.
Leaving the scene of an accident to call an ambulance is NOT a hit & run! Especially when she returned afterwards. The writers and producers didn't think this one through. Also, she's not at fault if someone runs out in front of her.
Love that come back or line from dan Matthews .... what can I get you? ... I wonder how you would fill in that blank ? How about a Room with out of view downtown
Thank you for posting all these shows, been watching them quite a bit. I had one question, can you tell me what the "TCF" logo in the corner of the screen stands for? Again thank you for posting this great TV show.
His mother was the comedic actress Helen Broderick. Crawford was accepted at Harvard but left to work in theater. Although he is best known as a heavy (pun intended) he had some wonderful comedic roles. Check one of his lesser know movies, Larceny, Inc.
+Locutus D'Borg The reason is probably the same one of the writers for Tho Honeymooners gave for inconsistencies in names, addresses etc - We were writing these fast by the skin of our teeth. We had tight deadlines and never sat around trying to remember what name or place we used last time. Sometimes extra people were hired to fill a gap on the spot. We worked under the assumption these shows would be seen once and be forgotten in a day. We never dreamed people would see these over and over years into the future.
Was that the guy that was on “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea”? I think his name was David Heddison, but I didn’t see his name in the Credits at the end of the episode.
70,000 today is $646,843.00. Not as much as they figure. The brother could leave.The injured brother arrested,healed and spend his prison time. Then the other brother with whatever money is left could give it to the released blond guy. All in all a big waste of time blowing that safe. Even if they succeeded that was only 323,426 each. Gone in a few years for sure. Ridiculous.
lol...yeah I caught that...right after an explosion had gone off...I guess we have to remember these scripts were written and probably directed on a shoe string budget and short deadlines...put hey it is still better than 99% of the crap on network tv these days.
If you're gonna be run down, you couldn't choose a better car than a '57 Ford ragtop to be run down by. With no body and no witnesses, she could have just took off. But of course she didn't know that the body would be gone when she got back.
She should have just waited,,, Till the other robber came out,, And said, Hey you ,look I'm sorry,,, I just flattened out your partner,,, So Sue me,,, I aint leaving the scene,,, And getting convicted, Of Robber slaughter,,, Because I heard that, Dan Matthews is relentless,,,
🔵I HATE SOME OF THIS EPISODES THAT HAVE NO TRUE ENDING! THAT WAS STUPID WHAT MATTHEW TOLD THE GIRL "HOPE THE GUY DOESN'T DIE FOR YOUR SAKE" IF SHE WOULD'VE STAYED HER LIFE WOULD'VE BEEN IN DANGER.🔴
I can’t believe that Dan berated her for leaving the scene of the accident, and then she and her husband came back to try to help. Come on Dan, you’re really being a major jerk. 🤔🤔🤔👎👎👎😡😡😡
This is actually a true story then Brothers really did love each other and the one brother walked away from the money to stay with his brother that's true family 100% agape
She acted correctly. The idiot criminal stepped right in front of her. Had it not been for the blast she would have hung around but went home and called emergency from there. Same old story, being a good citizen only resulted in her getting threatened with a felony and or manslaughter! Now, some people would have taken off and not even reported it. Dan is wrong on this one, didn't even thank her! Typical.
- Just after 2:42 - good method acting showing fear. She thinks to herself, "No more good driver discount."- After 24:12, when the police tell Parker to throw his gun out, they should have done a little Three Stooges and have Broderick stick his head in through the garage door opening - cue the pipe clashing sound as the gun collides with his head and Crawford doing a Curly, "ow ow ow ow ow"- It seems Broderick was more disgusted with the hit and run driver than with the criminals.- "Hit and Run - a subject so nice, they did it twice."
Court Baliff:Why it would take the strength of a mule to pull the trigger on this instrument of destruction! Look at Curly: Here you try it. Curly: I ain’t no mule! Moe: No, your ears are too low! Smack!
🔵"TWO TONE GREEN SEDAN" THAT'S IT LADY? MATTEWS, ASK HER WHAT MAKE, YEAR AND MODEL IT WAS, OH, I FORGOT YOU ALL HAVE ORDERS FROM FOXEEMA CLASSIC TV NOT TO GIVE OUT THAT INFORMATION.😂🔴
Initially she does wrong and he does right, then he flip flops and then she flip flops and does right. By doing what they did was the most prudent. If she had stayed the victim would have left first and take his chances. I doubt if they would have sued. Then as Ricky would say, “Lucy ,you got some plaining to do”.
If the person calls for help and returns to help that injured person , why do police automatically want to start threatening and already have that person guilty . WHY CAN'T police just do their job and leave the judging to the courts ????????????
My favorite show of the 50's! Love every episode!😊😊😊
“Hope the guy doesn’t die, for your sake.” Always a comforting word from Dan Mathews.
I thought that was very out of character for him. She inadvertently did the rozzers a favour.
Love the 1955 Cadillac Ambulance. This was the days waaayyy before EMT's.
I believe it's a '56. The 55's didn't have a second set of parking lights in the bumper like this one has.
@@chrisneilson7221 Definitely a 1956. You can confirm Na Yawkr.
When the doctor shows up in a Cadillac ambulance you know it's going to be an expensive ride.
In a trench coat and snap brim fedora, to boot.
Not that unusual at the time. They were used a lot as hearses as well.
@@PointyTailofSatan A fully decked ambulance was not used as a hearse. They had combination cars that were equipped for both.
Car companies have contracts for service vehicles too.
😂
Hey Frank Mayer, good deduction. Further investigation showed the Parker Brother's first names to be Milton and Bradley who were sent to prison for attempted robbery of the Reading Railroad. After release they shared a room at Marvin Gardens. Both brothers were ordered directly to jail, dont pass and .......you know the rest! lol
Go directly to jail. Do not collect $200.
@@wjanis1 I remember: "Go to jail, directly to jail, do not pass Go, do not collect $200". Is that it?
@@jacquesgervais1713 I use Reader’s Digest version.
@@wjanis1 Digest meaning: "to compress into a short summary".
@@jacquesgervais1713 Also the name of a magazine-google it.
These vintage cars are eye candy. That sporty ford convertible ( thats a modified hardtop that tucks into well behind the backseat ) pretty rare😂
70 grand...enough for a dozen doctors! Todays world...enough for an office visit!
70 k today would pay for an X ray and a band aid.
@@scottjones3038 And maybe a RX for Xanax.
Dated a guy in the late sixties who drove an old black Cadillac hearse/ambulance same vintage as this one. It was always having issues. Hadn’t thought about it in more than fifty years! 😂
Someone mentioned that "there were no traffic jams", well that was because there were only a few freeways back then. the Santa Ana freeway, the Hollywood freeway, and part of the Pasadena freeway. Back then I had a commute of 25 miles to work and it took me about 20 minutes on the Santa Ana freeway from Huntington Beach to Redondo Beach.. And the population was at least 1/4 of what it is now.
That splendid ’57 Ford Convertible that the pretty looking brunette is driving also appears in two other episodes of The Highway Patrol. The first is an excellent episode called “Double Cross”, and the other is a particular violent one called "The Sniper". It is definitely the same car as all three have the same exact license plate number - MPF 669. I believe that several cars on this show were used more than once; and one car, a ’53 Ford Convertible with a continental kit on the back and with one hubcap missing appears in around 5 different episodes. Maybe they belonged to employees who worked at the production facility and were kind enough to lend out their cars - who knows!
Do you suppose that they knew at the time that they were driving works of art ? Cars today all look the same to me.
@@markwalker6814 I would seriously doubt it. With new and impressive designs coming out almost every year they were for the most part being traded in for the latest new model.
My favorite Ford,,, It's not Glenn,,, It's not Harrison,,,, It's not president Gerald,,, You guessed it, It's what's behind highway patrolman,, Number one,,,,,,,,, A 1957 Ford, New, New from the ground up,,,,, Now let's see what s
Behind,, Highway patrolman number 2,, Oh ,,,,a beautiful 1950 Ford convertible,,,,,,,,,, Congratulations,,,
I have an Australian 58 Ford convertible which is a variation of the 55-56 US and Canadian Mercury Meteor Rideau.
Beautiful stylish cars
Matthews is all heart. He tells that poor woman she's in Dutch for manslaughter. He ran in front of her car. She got out to check. There was an explosion. Then alarms. Who in their right mind wouldn't get out of there? She doesn't know what's exploding. She didn't go home and hide, her husband called the police and an ambulance, Dr. ASAP. That would have been the fastest way to do it anyway. She's a haus frau and he's a 3 time loser, an ex-con pulling a huge job using explosives. No D.A. worth a dime would charge her. No grand jury worth a dime would indict her. Any decent lawyer would say he died because his own brother moved him and kept him from medical help. Matthews said it himself when he tried to coax him out. He's a real jerk sometimes. She should sue him for mental distress and emotional pain.
Right! ... when Matthews said.."you left the scene of an accident" Was she supposed to just stand there till Monday when the factory workers showed up? Not like we had cell phones back then!
@@bonniemoerdyk9809 And also you have to factor in the fact there was a robbery in progress. She had every right to leave the scene. (Now that we know an armed gunman would have been there soon after, who knows what would have happened if she stayed. Really stupid writing.
it’s only a television show ;))
A good lawyer would get the case against the woman thrown out!
Go to Chicago, Seattle, Baltimore, etc. these days and any George Soros installed D.A. would convict her in seconds flat while turning the crook loose.
Hilarious ! Comedy supreme ! This show is FULL of laughs !! LOVE it !!
Looks like winter in So. Cal. 1958. Just after a rain storm. When it used to rain.
I was born AFTER this era. But I watched this show one time and have been hooked since. I can only imagine how LOW the crime rate probably was!
He really loved his brother.
You don't persuade someone you love to commit burglary.
Loving the Kellogg 'ashtray' phone on the desk behind the 2 guys blowing the safe.
Love those 57 ford convertibles
YOU AND 77,000+ LUCKY OWNERS. RECORD STILL STANDS TODAY FOR # OF UNITS SOLD THAT YEAR.
I heard, She only hits people with that description,,, Makes it easier to remember, For the police,,,
All right, move! One of my favorite episodes.
The Parker brothers playing the game of Risk.
I like how Matthews just sends two strangers into the office of a plant that is suppose to be closed for the weekend and how two bad guys are hiding just feet from a highway patrol road block in a warehouse with the door wide open. 35 MPH on a muddy, potholed road? Really? Hilarious.
USAFsarge Funny guy
Statimtek Some episodes are more plausible than others.The dialogue in this episode has me in stitches."Got any ideas?""Have you?"And then they swap and repeat the same lines a short time later.Who turned the alarm off?Why didn't they secure the area from the start?Oh well.
+Statimtek We in South Carolina have pot holes that could swallow a car, and the speed limit is 55,on the interstates, 70. Those have pot holes too. The repairs make coming from some highways onto side roads or streets like crawling over a speed bump 2 feet tall. I am not making any of this up. I find it hard to stay in my lane. I zig~zag when I drive. Maybe if they would repair the roads. The dirt road with 35MPH you wrote about is in much better condition than alot of our paved, black top roads in South Carolina.
Helen Kruse Must be hard on the old suspension, not to mention the bodies of the people in the car ; )
USAFsarge Yeah, I'll bet a good front alignment specialist didn't have to worry about their job.
good show
Looks like 3 on the tree on that 1957 Ford.
It's ashtray is missing.
3:00 ................... Boy, do I wish I had that '57 Ford convertible in that condition!
Chuck Ster You would own a 100K plus car if you did own one
I know. Not many people would agree but I would take 56 or 57 Ford over Chevy, especially the convertible
@@mikeforney354 Not forgetting to mention that 312 cubic inch displacement V-8 were available in Ford's as opposed to 265 ('56) and 283 ('57) in Chevrolet's. Dad had a 1957 Ford Sunliner (silver copper with white top) and the dual exhausts from the 312 cid V-8 developing 245 hp. This solid lifter engine was quick.
My friend kept 2 classic cars in a storage unit for 20 years. He finally sold them for a fraction of what he'd paid in storage fees.
The next time you watch this episode, notice how many dials he uses to contact the dispatcher.
Stupid to take a gun to a burglary, elevates the offense.
I thought Mathews was out of line telling that gorgeous babe, I hope he lives for Your sake. Pretty cold hearted if you ask me.
If she'd waited the other crook would have killed her.Not that Dan would care.....she's just a witness he can bully as usual.
man they sure don't make em like this any more the good ol days!
She should be given an award.
She should have went in there and ask the other robber,, If he had a cell phone,,, And told him she just flattened out his brother,,,,
What's her real name
Nothing like threatening the poor woman! Way to go, Matthews!
"Mr Matthews." "Yeah! What?" The rough and ready Broderick Crawford.
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, farmhouses, motels, ordinary stores, banks, homes, supermarkets etc really used to look like
and what about those magnificent cars: Buicks, Chryslers, Mercurys etc ? and occasionally a Dodge, Pontiac or Cadillac sneaks by
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 chicks, yet never even a hint of hanky-panky!
it was a touch of genius to get a highly-paid, talented 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 used 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, down-to-earth emotional context and painted a concise three-dimensional picture of social stratification in the community
+Charles Kinbote well put
+Charles Kinbote I love these shows. They are fun. The snarky comments I make are made with love. I think we can enjoy them and have some fun at the same time. We would not keep watching them if we did not enjoy them. It's a lot like the original Dark Shadows - you love it, it's a favorite, and want more, but it IS funny when someone knocks over a cardboard headstone or the vampire says "no one is here" and strangles a woman right before a stagehand smoking a cigarette walks across the stage.
100% correct. A real slice of So. Cal. History of the 1950's. Nice time.
Agreed...but it is fun to pick the episodes apart in hindsight of 60 years of technology and tv crime shows...but I agree with you...they were great shows.
Charles Kinbote This show is about hot cars and slick chicks.
That looks like San Pedro area I could be wrong
She left the scene but went for help and returned after calling for an ambulance. It would be hard to get a hit and run conviction in this instance.
+Casey28027 You are right. There were no cell phones. Not every home had a telephone in 1955-1956 and even though there were pay phones around, sometimes a house nearby with a phone is closer than a payphone on the corner when there isn't a corner nearby.
+Helen Kruse Moral: if you even think you might be suspected in a crime, never talk to a police officer without a lawyer present.
D. M. Bell You are exactly right. The police today especially. They twist things to suit them.
1958 I don't think anyone thought about that. No Miranda then.
Robert Tiscione Well, people today need to remember too there weren't any mobile phones,and if there wasn't any pay phones around, you had to go home or to someone's house for help. Boy do I remember a few times out partying after midnight and knocking on a strangers door because of a breakdown or ran out of gas. haha Alot of them would call for us,and we wouldn't go in the house which was fine. We were after help not trouble. You know, most kids today have no idea about dances. Because some refused to behave, everyone was punished. Now all the young folks have no job, nothing to do and then people wonder why they get n so much trouble. I guess the saying Idle hands are the devil's workshop may offend someone and since it's an old saying, it doesn't matter. Maybe if more hands had work and weren't so idle, they wouldn't be getting into all this trouble. Punish and make examples of those who can't respect and behave instead of punishing everyone maybe there would be some inexpensive fun things for the teens and young adults to do.Imagine if t were like that for us. You know, in 50 more years, 2076 it will be the Nation's 300th Birthday, it's Tricentennial. Remember how excited we all got at the Bi~Centennial? I would be really surprised of the United States saw it's Tri~Centennial. History is repeating itself, all the bad and evil and it hasn't even gotten to the best of it all yet. When that happens, i just hope I am in the next dimension with my Late Husband,Our Father Yahweh, our Messiah and then let come what may.
Dan Matthews is like Columbo - harmless looking and disheveled, but a tenacious mind like a steel trap.
12:37 that is one gorgeous ambulance!
That 57 Ford Ragtop is just beautiful
The woman is out of her mind after hitting the guy with her car. When Matthews asks for a description she gives the guy's height. Kind of hard to determine when someone is on the ground. Also the color of his shirt when he was lying face down in the mud.
Well he must have looked taller than the last guy she hit.
This was a pretty shoddy episode. Watch it and learn what not to do when you make your own film.
It isn't WHAT you drive, but HOW you DRIVE THAT COUNTS! 🤔 #mgmlion #roar
Car dealer,, It's not how you drive, But what do you drive, That counts,,,
Glad Ken is back from vacation. That deputy in the last episode lacked energy.
Check out Stewart Bishop & Dennis Pellerin
Those ol plymouths are in all of the ol 50's moviews and shows
I'd ask the woman about the car BEFORE calling in but I'm not a genius like Dan.I'd also look at the blood since dead hearts don't pump blood but I'm no Doctor.But y'all go inside the plant that was just robbed and contaminate the crime scene.
Yeah, this was a pretty shoddy episode not well thought out.
70 grand in today's money would be around 630,000.
and the business owners never showed up!
More than that, when you consider the cost of homes then and now!
That looks like a 1956 Superior. I hope that car still exists somewhere.
Anybody else notice the empty holster in the last scene?
Ken couldn't stand that silly clam shell holster so he threw his pistol away.
11:29 " How much was in the
safe "?
" Over 70 thousand bucks ".
Great. Now he can spend it all.
In HELL.
In the 50's injured people went to the hospital in style.A Cadillac Tank disguised as an ambulance.
Plus a doctor shows up on site..
Up to the late 80's there was a private ambulance service in Detroit that still used only Cadillac body/chasis ambulances because they provided such a smooth ride.
I remember seeing them till early 70's
No 'disguise' at all. Ambulances and funeral coaches in the U.S. at that time were very well built and equipped by coachbuilders such as Superior, Henney, Miller, etc... . The 'donor vehicle' for conversion was often 'high end' such as Packard, Cadillac.
When I worked at Pierce Brothers on Van Nuys Boulevard (late 70s) they had a 1959 Cadillac coach in hammertone silver stored in the garage. It was immaculate.
David>> I remember those Cadillac station wagon ambulances well. I had an uncle who was a Doctor in Pennsylvania. He had stock in one of the 2 hospitals in Pottsville,Pennsylvania, the Good Samaritan Hospital. I hadn't thought about those until you mentioned it here.
Manslaughter for leaving the scene with alarms and plastic explosives going off. She did go to call for help, and returned even after seeing the police. Besides the robber ran out in front of her.
love me some Broderick
Why would the Parker Brothers want to rob a plastics factory? They must have made a fortune selling Monopoly games. Maybe they invented the game while in prison. I don't know when the Monopoly game was invented.
" Parker brothers, Eh ?,........Well , it looks like your going to jail, go directly to jail. Do not collect 200 dollars !!!".
Mathews couldn't help himself.
@@johnbockelie3899 That's right, and they lost Baltic Ave. in legal fees too.
Man ilove that caddy ambulanse
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+rahkin rah oh yeah...anyone ever think about the $$$$$ value of Dan's tie collection?
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The Parker Brothers are found on every game of Monopoly.
But yet, The guys were in Jeopardy,,, A whole different game,,,
I actually loved this episode but it does cause one to pause for a moment and say "hey wait a minute" a few points here
1. If she had stayed at the scene who would've called for an ambulance, the other guy pulling a robbery? Yeah right! Her life would have been in danger for sure. Dan Matthews or someone at the station has to be aware of that factor.
2. What good would there be in staying? it's not like anyone else would've come around passing by.
3. So I know some will think "the watchman could've called an ambulance" but if he didn't see the two committing the robbery, she may not have seen him.
My point is, she did the right thing, no matter how you look at it. Unless she stopped somewhere to call but we don't know how far she lives from it, so screw that idea.
If you take in the nostalgia I guess that's good enough to enjoy the show.
They send them to wait in the building where the explosion took place. Isn't that a crime scene?
Leaving the scene of an accident to call an ambulance is NOT a hit & run! Especially when she returned afterwards. The writers and producers didn't think this one through. Also, she's not at fault if someone runs out in front of her.
Also, she's justified in leaving when she hears an explosion!
Love that come back or line from dan Matthews .... what can I get you? ... I wonder how you would fill in that blank ?
How about a Room with out of view downtown
a drink ...I'll join you
About 10 to 20,,,
Thank you for posting all these shows, been watching them quite a bit. I had one question, can you tell me what the "TCF" logo in the corner of the screen stands for? Again thank you for posting this great TV show.
Well, I mean the credit has to be given some where. I just was not aware of what network was hosting this if any.
Scott Arena I've noticed that a couple of them seem to have been recorded from This TV
Scott Arena Foxema Classic TV initials reversed, perhaps?
Peter Burnett OTR, bub?
Scott Arena TeleCrimeFeature
4:10 how many times has the sound guy put that sound of a blackbird singing in an episode?
Those are real birds. Use to be lots of them.
At about 18:00, The name Doc Hastings Is mentioned. In real life a person by that name was/is a US congressman from Washington state.
Matthews said "You two go into the plant and wait," and sends two civilians into an unguarded, active crime scene. Yeah, right.
That left a number of unanswered questions.
Like what she was doing there on private fenced property.
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Reckon Crawford was tough in real life too, Not a man to mess with, Ex-Docker/Boxer i believe.
His mother was the comedic actress Helen Broderick. Crawford was accepted at Harvard but left to work in theater. Although he is best known as a heavy (pun intended) he had some wonderful comedic roles. Check one of his lesser know movies, Larceny, Inc.
Officer Johnson is usually SGT Williams.
+Locutus D'Borg Good one! yeah, his name changed thru the seasons
+Locutus D'Borg They changed his name when he got the promotion.
+Locutus D'Borg The reason is probably the same one of the writers for Tho Honeymooners gave for inconsistencies in names, addresses etc - We were writing these fast by the skin of our teeth. We had tight deadlines and never sat around trying to remember what name or place we used last time. Sometimes extra people were hired to fill a gap on the spot. We worked under the assumption these shows would be seen once and be forgotten in a day. We never dreamed people would see these over and over years into the future.
Was that the guy that was on “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea”? I think his name was David Heddison, but I didn’t see his name in the Credits at the end of the episode.
Especially... no cell phones.... no apparent pay phones....etc.
Great planing.
It's cool out and everyone has on a coat and she's riding around with the top down.
I don't think pneumonia was out until after the fifties,,, Or at least it seems that way,
so what happened to peter and the dame....did they let them free, did she beat the rap...enquiring minds want to know
Answers to these questions, And others, We'll be answered next week, On soap,,,
70,000 today is $646,843.00. Not as much as they figure. The brother could leave.The injured brother arrested,healed and spend his prison time. Then the other brother with whatever money is left could give it to the released blond guy. All in all a big waste of time blowing that safe. Even if they succeeded that was only 323,426 each. Gone in a few years for sure. Ridiculous.
real smart, send two civilians into a crime scene area to defile it, and put them in danger in jeopardy
lol...yeah I caught that...right after an explosion had gone off...I guess we have to remember these scripts were written and probably directed on a shoe string budget and short deadlines...put hey it is still better than 99% of the crap on network tv these days.
@@stevefowler1787, now the "crime shows" are all about forensic science and they all have the same formulaic plots. Gimme dah "old" schtuff anytime!
If you're gonna be run down, you couldn't choose a better car than a '57 Ford ragtop to be run down by. With no body and no witnesses, she could have just took off. But of course she didn't know that the body would be gone when she got back.
They didn't even mention her broken head light.
She should have just waited,,, Till the other robber came out,, And said, Hey you ,look I'm sorry,,, I just flattened out your partner,,, So Sue me,,, I aint leaving the scene,,, And getting convicted, Of Robber slaughter,,, Because I heard that, Dan Matthews is relentless,,,
Wow even back then auto steer didn't work, not much has changed
those leatherjackets
They could be found and bought 'for a song' at any of the dozens of surplus stores in the area at that time.
A-2 flying jacket.
🔵I HATE SOME OF THIS EPISODES THAT HAVE NO TRUE ENDING! THAT WAS STUPID WHAT MATTHEW TOLD THE GIRL "HOPE THE GUY DOESN'T DIE FOR YOUR SAKE" IF SHE WOULD'VE STAYED HER LIFE WOULD'VE BEEN IN DANGER.🔴
No word on what happened to her.
Dann Matthew’s must have an alcoholic binge the night before. He wasn’t in a good mood
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I can’t believe that Dan berated her for leaving the scene of the accident, and then she and her husband came back to try to help. Come on Dan, you’re really being a major jerk. 🤔🤔🤔👎👎👎😡😡😡
hit and run driver is the spittin image of Gina Gershon
Not really. Much nicer looking, by far.
Hardly.
Good looking girl though, nice bod. Hidden by 1950's clothes.
+Robert Tiscione hot!
Whoever did the casting for the women did a great job...I've noticed the gals were almost always real hotties...check out the motel robbery episode.
CSI 1958 style.
This is actually a true story then Brothers really did love each other and the one brother walked away from the money to stay with his brother that's true family 100% agape
You don't persuade someone you love to commit burglary!
How convenient for everything to fall right in place for Mathews an the H WP...lol
For some reason I like when Dan ask the dude
" what can I get you"?
She acted correctly. The idiot criminal stepped right in front of her. Had it not been for the blast she would have hung around but went home and called emergency from there. Same old story, being a good citizen only resulted in her getting threatened with a felony and or manslaughter!
Now, some people would have taken off and not even reported it. Dan is wrong on this one, didn't even thank her! Typical.
4:16 to 4:21 -- exterior door and interior view do not match at all!
In this episode William Boyett is Sgt "Johnson", but in other stories he is Sgt. "Williams" ... wonder why the writers didn't catch this ?
Ive come to notice that when a car description is given its always color and body style. Ive never heard make and model. Wonder why?
The guy that got out of the ambulance looks like Edward G Robinson
Considering that all these fake cop cars have only 2 doors, you'd think that the.mechanics could at least oil them.
That theme tune can become a bit too much, bet the composer earned big time in royalties each time is was played.
50s CALI AND SUBURBIA IS IN FUTURE AT HAND NO SMOG NO TRAFFIC JAMS ETC THEY COME IN THE 60S FOR THE 50S THIS SHOW A POST CARD!
Nice fantasy, but no.
Smog was an issue and had been since the late 1940s, the freeways were under construction to alleviate traffic snarls.
I feel sorry for Dan, in as much that he was unable to send the lady driver to the electric chair. Oh,well, better luck next week.
She almost kills a guy and there's not a scratch on the car! Amazing!
Bill Boyett!
- Just after 2:42 - good method acting showing fear. She thinks to herself, "No more good driver discount."- After 24:12, when the police tell Parker to throw his gun out, they should have done a little Three Stooges and have Broderick stick his head in through the garage door opening - cue the pipe clashing sound as the gun collides with his head and Crawford doing a Curly, "ow ow ow ow ow"- It seems Broderick was more disgusted with the hit and run driver than with the criminals.- "Hit and Run - a subject so nice, they did it twice."
Court Baliff:Why it would take the strength of a mule to pull the trigger on this instrument of destruction!
Look at Curly: Here you try it.
Curly: I ain’t no mule!
Moe: No, your ears are too low!
Smack!
He probably had broken ribs and bleeding internally...
🔵"TWO TONE GREEN SEDAN" THAT'S IT LADY? MATTEWS, ASK HER WHAT MAKE, YEAR AND MODEL IT WAS, OH, I FORGOT YOU ALL HAVE ORDERS FROM FOXEEMA CLASSIC TV NOT TO GIVE OUT THAT INFORMATION.😂🔴
Where is Perry Mason when you need him?
He was on the other TV station.
Most old cars had hood ornamonts
Initially she does wrong and he does right, then he flip flops and then she flip flops and does right. By doing what they did was the most prudent. If she had stayed the victim would have left first and take his chances. I doubt if they would have sued. Then as Ricky would say, “Lucy ,you got some plaining to do”.
If the person calls for help and returns to help that injured person , why do police automatically want to start threatening and already have that person guilty . WHY CAN'T police just do their job and leave the judging to the courts ????????????