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Happy Broderick Crawford Day (10-4)
The Official 60's Site - Highway Patrol ^ | October 4, 2015 | NonValueAdded

Posted on 10/04/2015 5:14:40 AM PDT by NonValueAdded

Highway Patrol is a syndicated action crime drama series that aired from 1955-1959. The series was syndicated by Ziv TV.

It starred Broderick Crawford as Dan Mathews, the gruff and dedicated head of a police force in a large, unidentified Western state. A signature shot of the series was fedora-wearing Mathews barking “10-4!” and other rapid-fire dialogue into a radio-microphone as he leaned against the door of his patrol car (call sign ID# “2150”).

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When asked why the show ended after four seasons, Broderick Crawford said, “We ran out of crimes.”

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To: NonValueAdded
Where I play poker, a 10-4 suited is a "Broderic".

And 10-4 unsuited? Broderic without his suit?

That's gotta be a 'Broderic in the bath tub', I'd fold it.

41 posted on 10/04/2015 7:06:31 AM PDT by Company Man (Stay out of the bushes!)
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To: NonValueAdded
Living in the small town of Cheyenne, Wyoming, in the late 50’s we were able to have many Hollywood types visit and sign autographs at the supermarket. I got to meet Ward Bond and Horton from Wagon Train. My Father was at a local bar and drinking with a portly fellow wearing a slobber stained T shirt. He spent the better part of the night just he and the fellow and the bartender. It was Broderick Crawford. They just spent the night telling war stories.
42 posted on 10/04/2015 7:11:34 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: driftless2

At UCSB many years ago, on occasion we would ditch a class and I introduced others to watching Highway Patrol. It was so much fun to be drinking while watching and mocking Dan Mathews. The show was so badly done.


43 posted on 10/04/2015 7:19:03 AM PDT by doug from upland ( never trust DemocRATS with national security)
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To: greene66

If they did a remake of ‘Harbor Command’ set in San Fran, most of the characters would be either gay or transgendered, not normal.


44 posted on 10/04/2015 7:41:50 AM PDT by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: NonValueAdded

I just watched a couple of episodes on Youtube.I thought that the camera work was pretty good for the period,plus it’s a good look at America as it was back then.


45 posted on 10/04/2015 7:50:28 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: doug from upland
What I like about many of those fifties cop/western shows is seeing up and coming future stars. "Hey, that's so and so before he became famous." I'm also a fan of character actors and enjoy seeing them in those shows.

Yes, HP was really not a very good show. But when you're 7-10 years old, you can't see the holes in the plot of a particular episode or just the ludicrousness of one single cop capturing virtually every bad guy in California.

46 posted on 10/04/2015 7:51:32 AM PDT by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion)
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To: Farmer Dean

That’s one of the virtues of “Highway Patrol,” along with a lot of other Ziv shows. They filmed almost exclusively on-location, utilizing real backdrops. Scenes at office buildings, motels, farms, whatever, were real locales. Not Hollywood soundstages. Hence, it really captures the visual and cultural tone of its era.

Plus, I just personally relish the no-nonsense flavor of the narratives. No overblown scenes of self-indulgent emoting, no flamboyant direction that draws attention to itself, none of the weird, operatic excesses that frankly makes modern film fare seem so idiotically contrived and over-the-top. None of the smug, sarcastic ‘detached irony’ of the current culture. Those old shows are like such a breath of fresh air to me.


47 posted on 10/04/2015 8:00:47 AM PDT by greene66
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48 posted on 10/04/2015 8:08:17 AM PDT by doug from upland
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Time to stop the car, and stand with the door open, one foot inside, one foot on the ground, and talk on the radio.

49 posted on 10/04/2015 8:09:45 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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50 posted on 10/04/2015 8:23:21 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: JoeProBono

Thank you all for your contributions to this annual thread, too many names to gather for the address line. Carry on, fellow fans ...


51 posted on 10/04/2015 8:36:11 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (In a Time of Universal Deceit, Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act)
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To: NKP_Vet
I grew up watching Broderick Crawford on Highway Patrol. He personified the tough guy, never taking any crap off anyone...

I remember his squad-car as capable of squealing its' tires on a gravel road. A feat I tried to duplicate but never mastered...

Regards,
GtG

52 posted on 10/04/2015 8:37:40 AM PDT by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, but it's OK. They all know me here.)
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To: NonValueAdded

Used to watch HighWay Patrol all the time when I was a kid.


53 posted on 10/04/2015 8:45:21 AM PDT by Noumenon (Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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To: NonValueAdded

I watched the show as a kid. My brother used to call Crawford “$hit on a stick”.


54 posted on 10/04/2015 8:50:23 AM PDT by redfreedom (All it takes for evil to win is for good people to do nothing - that's how the left took over.)
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To: nathanbedford

Continuing on from Gunsmoke:

“I’m that man, Matt Dillon, United States Marshal — the first man they look for and the last they want to meet. It’s a chancy job, and it makes a man watchful . . . and a little lonely.”


55 posted on 10/04/2015 9:24:15 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: greene66

Just watched another episode and was surprised to see Leonard Nimoy had a part as a small time hood in a protection racket.Episode 8 Blood Money is you want to take a look.


56 posted on 10/04/2015 11:05:16 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Farmer Dean

I think I recall that one. There’s also a 2nd-season episode in which Barbara Eden has a decent-sized role. And, there’s that motorcycle-gang episode with a young Clint Eastwood. I have all four seasons on dvd. In retrospect, the time I once met Nimoy, I wish I’d thought to ask him about some of those early, small roles in Ziv shows. I also recall him playing a bit in an episode of Ziv’s “Man Called X” series.

Another actor (in his salad days) you see a lot on “Highway Patrol” is Stuart Whitman, portraying the accompanying patrolman who always assists Dan Mathews. Other times, it’s b-western badman Terry Frost who assumes that patrolman role.


57 posted on 10/04/2015 12:13:09 PM PDT by greene66
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