Highway Patrol (TV Series) Hostage Copter (1957) User Reviews

in your face policing from the fifties

[bengleson · 7/10 · 24 November 2007]

I watched my first two episodes tonight of Highway Patrol...my first viewing since childhood I hasten to add. One episode told the story of a new stretch of highway and driving infractions. I have to say they took speeding seriously then...the car as murder instrument. No kidding around, we could use this sort of training TV these days because clearly something has to be done to help people learn how to drive safely. The second episode involved a robbery and kidnapping. There were lots of good helicopter scenes and the beautiful Barbara Eden was the damsel in distress. And they actually gave you almost a full half hour each. Guess they didn't know the value of commercial overkill in them days.

Hostage Copter

[budjack · 9/10 · 16 April 2022]

This is a superior episode. I just wish the versions on MeTV included Cbief Dan's short spoken sermons on good behavior. Remember: "The clowns in the circus are funny. On the highway, they're murder."

Chief Dan plus Barbara Eden!

[budjack · 9/10 · 16 April 2022]

The Chief was in rare shooting form as he blasted one thug from the helicopter and the other after springing out of it. Top gun, indeed! It took me a few minutes to recognize Barbara Eden, a luscious 26 although the script said she was 22. Hard to believe she's 91 now.

It's Barbara Eden!

[chm2006 · 10/10 · 27 September 2021]

The first time we see Barbara Eden she is singing Oh My Darlin Clementine, and the voice is extraordinary, but i think it was dubbed in, because she's not known for such beautiful singing. And when I saw her name in the credits at the end I said, "I thought so!" It was fun to see her early work, and she looked gorgeous. Her character's given age was 22. Very sweet.