Season 1

01 Prison Break / Road Block Episode 13rd October 1955 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 the two men - that ends only when they meet face to face in the final scene. 02 Machine Story Copter / Machine Napping Copter Episode 210th October 1955 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 instructions. A helicopter chase helps Dan stop the men from collecting the ransom or getting away. 03 Reckless Driving Episode 317th October 1955 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 business meeting. En route, her eyeglasses break and he takes over at the wheel. Encountering a traffic check, he panics and flees, resulting in a severe accident in which his wife is critically injured. He learns the hard way - and too late - what Dan had earlier tried to impress upon him. 04 Lookout Episode 424th October 1955 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 hours ago was an average law-abiding citizen is harried to the point where he is willing to shoot it cut with the police - until Dan manages to show the error of his ways. 05 Gambling Episode 531st October 1955 Dan Mathews and his officers assist a county sheriff in closing down a club that offers illicit gambling. 06 Hitchhiker Episode 67th November 1955 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. 07 Desert Town Episode 714th November 1955 08 Radioactive Episode 821st November 1955 09 Reformed Criminal Episode 928th November 1955 Dan Mathews has reason to suspect the worst when a courier with a criminal record disappears with $31,000 after an automobile accident. 10 Father Thief Episode 105th December 1955 11 Retired Gangster Episode 1112th December 1955 12 Phony Insurance Episode 1219th December 1955 13 Escort Episode 1326th December 1955 14 Resort Episode 142nd January 1956 15 Girl Bandit Episode 159th January 1956 16 Mountain Copter Episode 1616th January 1956 17 Lie Detector Episode 1723rd January 1956 18 Scared Cop Episode 1830th January 1956 19 Harbor Story Episode 196th February 1956 20 Hit And Run Episode 2013th February 1956 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. 21 Car Theft Episode 2120th February 1956 Car thieves purchase wrecked vehicles and transfer the VIN plates to stolen ones in order to escape detection. 22 Human Bomb Episode 2227th February 1956 23 Plane Crash Episode 235th March 1956 24 Desert Copter Episode 2412th March 1956 25 Plant Robbery Episode 2519th March 1956 26 Released Convict Episode 2626th March 1956 A patient parolee decides the time is finally right to attempt the recovery of $250,000 stolen in an armored car robbery. 27 Motorcycle A Episode 272nd April 1956 Two bikers (Clint Eastwood as 'Joe Keeley', John Compton as 'Nick West') ride stripped-down Harleys into town and stop at a cafe. They are shocked when the cafe owner (Jack Edwards as 'Bernie Sills') confronts them with a shotgun and orders them to leave. As his wife calls the Highway Patrol her husband provokes the bikers, until Nick takes the gun from Sills and punches him. The bikers jump on their bikes and roar out of town. When Sills learns his wife has called the law, he hides the gun and lies to the responding motorcycle cop, telling him the cyclists started the trouble. The cop takes off after the bikers, only to be struck and killed by a trucker who runs a red light. Broderick Crawford’s ‘Chief Dan Mathews’ quickly sorts truth from fiction and arrests the café owner for assaulting the bikers. A nice (albeit unlikely) twist on the ‘bad guy bikers’ trope! 28 Mental Patient Episode 289th April 1956 29 License Plates Episode 2916th April 1956 An alert boy is able to give Dan Mathews information that provides a critical break in the pursuit of a recidivist thief. 30 Hitchhiker Dies Episode 3023rd April 1956 31 Blast Area Copter Episode 3130th April 1956 32 Anti-toxin Episode 327th May 1956 33 Dead Patrolman Episode 3314th May 1956 A Highway Patrol officer is murdered while pursuing a car stolen from a lonely bookstore owner. 34 Art Robbery Episode 3421st May 1956 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. 35 Runaway Boy Episode 3528th May 1956 36 Taxi Episode 364th June 1956 37 Missing Witness Episode 3711th June 1956 38 Prospector Episode 3818th June 1956 A poor prospector arouses suspicion when he suddenly begins paying off long-standing debts from a large roll of new $100 bills. 39 Christmas Story Episode 3925th June 1956