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Highway Patrol

1955–1959 · 5 seasons

A brisk, no-nonsense procedural that feels like a vintage newsreel, with gruff radio chatter and simple, tidy crime stories.

Created by: Walter Doniger, Gilbert Kay
Genres: Action & adventure, Drama
Starring: Broderick Crawford, Art Gilmore, Clint Eastwood

Overview: 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.

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Created by: Walter Doniger, Gilbert Kay
Genres: Action & adventure, Drama
Starring: Broderick Crawford, Art Gilmore, Clint Eastwood

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
justice
work
loyalty
family
Places: road trip
countryside
big city
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: procedural
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	5
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	7
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Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	2
Emotional weight	2

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Genres: action & adventure, drama
Created by: Walter Doniger, Gilbert Kay, Sutton Roley, William J. Hole Jr., Felix E. Feist, Paul Guilfoyle
Written by: Don Brinkley
Starring: Broderick Crawford, Art Gilmore, Clint Eastwood, Barbara Eden, Dan White, Pierre Watkin, Mason Curry, William Allyn
Length: 5 seasons, 156 episodes, 28 min each
Network: Syndication
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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