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This article is about the American television show. For the Australian television show, see. Highway PatrolAlso known asTen-4Genre/StarringNarrated byTheme music composerCountry of originOriginal language(s)EnglishNo. Of seasons4No.
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Of episodes156ProductionExecutive producer(s)Producer(s)Vernon E. ClarkJack HerzbergProduction location(s)CaliforniaRunning time30 minutesProduction company(s)Distributor(1955-1959)ReleaseOriginal networkPicture formatAudio formatOriginal releaseOctober 3, 1955 –September 1, 1959Highway Patrol is a 156-episode produced for from 1955 to 1959. Contents.Overview Highway Patrol stars as Dan Mathews, the gruff and dedicated head of a police force in an unidentified Western state.
A signature shot of the series is fedora-wearing Mathews barking rapid-fire dialogue into a radio microphone as he leans against the door of his black and white patrol car. Mathews growls '21-50 to headquarters' and the invariable response is 'Headquarters by' (as in, standing by).Background was founded by in 1948. Ten years later, Ziv TV was a major producer of 1950s and early 1960s first-run syndicated series, including, and.Highway Patrol was created by Ziv in response to the wanting to be featured in a TV series. However, because Ziv thought that the show needed to have a broader police scope than the real CHP, the generic show name was adopted.Crawford signed in April 1955.
Premiere Highway Patrol premiered October 3, 1955, with 'Prison Break', an episode filmed April 11–13, 1955. Initial ratings were strong, the show running second to.Ziv Television Programs produced 156 episodes spanning four TV seasons, 1955–1959. In the four years of its run, Highway Patrol would feature many actors who would later become successful stars in their own right, among them, and.Episodes are generally fast-paced—notable considering how a typical episode was filmed: two days on location and one day at the studio. The budget for an episode ranged from $20,000 to $25,000, somewhat higher when a Bell 47 helicopter was used. Producer Frederic W. Ziv said the show moved fast to match Broderick Crawford's acting pace.
Ziv said Highway Patrol introduced quick cutting to television, which started a new trend.Highway Patrol is famous for its location shooting around the and, then mostly rural. Other notable Los Angeles area locations include, and just above Hollywood. The show also filmed at railroad stations at, identified by a large sign, and.Unlike the California Highway Patrol, the agency featured in the TV series was more concerned with chasing criminals than enforcing driving laws. Local and county police officers were seldom if ever in evidence, only the Highway Patrol. With such a limited budget, there were very few car chases, crashes, and other motor mayhem that is more common in modern police dramas; scenes were often filmed on rural two-lane paved or dirt roads to save money and because Crawford's own driver's license was suspended for drunk driving.
Excitement was mainly generated by Crawford's own rapid-fire, staccato delivery of his lines, frequent shootouts, and numerous plot contrivances in which time was a critical factor, such as a hostage death threat, the escape of a violent criminal, a train derailment, or other imminent catastrophe.In the first two seasons the series received technical assistance from the California Highway Patrol. The patrol cars in early episodes are actual CHP vehicles with the show's car door emblem covering the CHP emblem (sometimes a real CHP star is briefly visible). For instance, the 1955 Buick Century two-door patrol car seen in early episodes was built exclusively for CHP. Eventually the California Highway Patrol dropped its support, reportedly dissatisfied with how the show had evolved. At that point the show had to create its own patrol cars using non-police models, but still outfitted in CHP-style, distinctly subdued compared with many police agencies.Officer uniforms are the CHP style of the day. In seasons one to three, the shoulder patch is essentially the CHP patch with 'California' and 'Eureka' (state motto) removed; the California bear and other California state seal elements are retained.
In season four the show adopted a uniform patch that matches its patrol car emblem. Highway Patrol chief Dan Mathews usually wears a suit and fedora, but not to be undercover—he generally drives a black-and-white patrol car.Art Gilmore's narration gives Highway Patrol a documentary feel, but several details are never mentioned. While described as a state police agency, the actual state is never stated. It is said to be a western state, and borders on Mexico, but only eastern state Rhode Island is small enough to allow Dan Mathews to regularly drive from headquarters to every crime scene in just minutes. Towns have simple names like 'Midvale', though sometimes a real place name is used because of a prominent sign. In some episodes Mathews uses an unlabeled wall map that appears to be central-east Oregon, with the towns of Bend and Redmond on the map's left.
Cars in the show are always described by color and body style, but never by brand name: 'blue coupe', 'gray sedan'. Cars have the black-on-yellow California license plate of the time, but with a piece of tape covering the name of the state (usually, but sometimes 'California' is briefly visible). Episode 'Mistaken Identity' did show a 1957 Illinois license plate in the opening scene.A key element of the show is two-way radio communication among patrol cars and headquarters, with heavy use of police code '10-4' (meaning 'acknowledged'). While 10-4 adds a feeling of authenticity, real police use many radio codes for brevity and clarity. The Highway Patrol show radio call signs are CHP-style, except California Highway Patrol uses the first part to indicate the geographic region/office.
Dan Mathews unit '21-50' would be a CHP unit at office 21, which is in.Star Trek creator wrote five episodes, sometimes using the pseudonym 'Robert Wesley'. Future producer is sound supervisor in the show's early years; style elements of 'Highway Patrol' are evident in his later productions: (, and ).When asked why the popular show ended, Crawford said, 'We ran out of crimes'. Crawford reportedly had had his fill of the show's hectic TV schedule (two shows per week), which had caused him to drink more heavily than ever, and he had decided to leave Highway Patrol to make films in Europe. Ziv held up Crawford's ten percent share of the show's gross (some $2 million) until Crawford agreed to sign for a new Ziv pilot and TV show, King of Diamonds.
After returning from Europe, Crawford signed his new contract with Ziv and would later star in King of Diamonds playing diamond insurance investigator John King. King of Diamonds lasted only one season before being canceled in 1962.
Like most Ziv series, Highway Patrol repeats were syndicated for many years, sometimes with name Ten-4. In 2010, began airing the series. In 2017, it was added to the line-up on.Episode closings Similar to the contemporary Ziv Television action/adventure series, each episode ended with a gratitude from Broderick Crawford himself for watching and an invitation to view again next week. Highway Patrol 's style was different, however; he would deliver an aphoristic comment on traffic safety, including these:. 'The laws of your community are enforced for your protection. 'Leave your blood at the, not on the highway!'
. 'Leave your blood at the Red Cross, or your community blood bank, not on the highway!' . 'The careless driver isn't driving his car, he's aiming it!' . 'It isn't the car that kills, it's the driver!'
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. 'No matter how new, the safest device in your car is you!'
. 'It isn't what you drive, but how you drive that counts!' . 'The clowns at the circus, they're real funny, but on the highway they're murder!' . 'Reckless driving doesn't determine who's right, only who's left!'
. 'If you care to drive, drive with care!' . 'Try to be as good a driver as you think you are!' .
'One tree can make a million matches, but it only takes one match to destroy a million trees!' The style of these closings evolved slightly over time.
In early episodes, Crawford promised next week's viewers a 'different', 'unusual', or 'exciting' case; toward the end of the series this verbiage was dropped.Actors The only constant regular on Highway Patrol is star as Dan Mathews. Crawford won an in 1949 for. Became a regular in the fourth season as Sgt. Ken Williams. Boyett went on to play Sgt.
MacDonald in.Another constant is the voice of as the heard but unseen narrator. Gilmore narrated many movie trailers and was the announcer on and had a recurring role as Joe Friday's commanding officer, Lieutenant and Captain in Dragnet, both the original late 1950s version and the series' reprise in the late 1960s, and in and also had a recurring role as L.A. County Battalion Fire Chief Sorensen in in the early and mid 1970s.Guest stars.
played escaped prisoner Whitey Sims in Hostage (1958). played the role of the dispatcher in Prison Break (1955). played trooper #2217 in Prison Break (1955). played a murderer in 1959. appeared as Mel in Radioactive (1955). played the female bandit in 1955. appeared in a 1955 first-season episode called 'Motorcycle A'.
appeared in the episode 'Hostage Copter' (1957). appeared in the episode 'Taxi' (1956). appeared as Judd Patterson in 'Fire' (1959). appeared as Capt. Ames, Walter (29 April 1955). 'Crawford to Direct 'Highway Patrol' Shows; Bishop Moves to ABC'. P. Service manual for 1991 sportster. 34.
Ames, Walter (5 October 1955). 'KTTV's Highway Patrol High in Rating; Darnell Gets Amnesia Starrer'. Los Angeles Times. P. 30. Daniels, Saul (18 February 2011). Archived from on 13 August 2011.
Retrieved 22 March 2011. ^ Jason, Rick (July 2000). Scrapbooks of My Mind: A Hollywood Autobiography. Argoe Publishing. Retrieved 29 December 2018 – via scrapbooksofmymind.com. CHiPs Online.
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Code Red | |
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Genre | Drama |
Created by | Laurence Heath |
Written by | Laurence Heath Carole and Mike Raschella Cliff Ruby Elena Lesser |
Directed by | J. Lee Thompson Fernando Lamas Don Weis |
Starring | Lorne Greene Andrew Stevens Martina Deignan Julie Adams Sam J. Jones Adam Rich |
Theme music composer | Morton Stevens |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 19 |
Production | |
Production location(s) | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 90 minutes (pilot), 60 minutes (series) |
Production company(s) | Irwin Allen Productions Columbia Pictures Television |
Distributor | Sony Pictures Television |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Audio format | Monaural |
Original release | November 1, 1981 – September 12, 1982 |
Code Red is an American drama television series that ran from 1981 to 1982 on ABC and was produced by Irwin Allen.[1] This was Allen's sixth and final television series, and his only series not produced for 20th Century Fox.
Overview[edit]
The series stars Lorne Greene as Battalion Fire Chief Joe Rorchek and his family, some of whom, his elder sons Ted (Andrew Stevens) and Chris (Sam J. Jones), serve as firemen under his direct command as part of the Los Angeles Fire Department. In addition, Haley Green (Martina Deignan), the first female firefighter in the LAFD, is under Rorchek's command and serves with distinction both professionally and as a friend of the Rorcheks.
In addition, Joe Rorchek's preteen adopted son, Danny Blake (Adam Rich) serves as a member of the Firefighter Explorers organization, complete with his own uniform and turnout gear. Although still a child, Danny dreams of joining the family profession and enjoys privileged access to his family's professional activities. As a result, he has numerous adventures of his own armed with a cool head in the face of crisis and considerable fire safety and first aid skills for his age. Despite the danger, the male members of the Rorchek family have the full support of Ann Rorchek (Julie Adams), Joe's wife, who is proud of her family's calling.
In addition to family drama, the characters have numerous adventures with the various fires and other emergencies that happen in their operating area.
The series began with a television movie as Joe Rorchek as an arson investigator who is pursuing a dangerous arsonist who uses firebombs to start serious blazes that Rorchek's sons have to fight. Meanwhile, Green, recently assigned to the Rorcheks' unit, strives to prove herself to skeptical fire fighter Al Martelli (Jack Lindine). When the series was approved for production, Greene's character was reassigned to command the task force 'Station 1' (in actuality, the real LAFD Station 49, which was used for establishing and exterior shots during the show's production), located on the city's waterfront as a more suitable premise for the series. The station is a large one, equipped with not only a varied ground fleet of vehicles including a personal car for Chief Rorchek, but also a helicopter piloted by Chris Rorchek and a fireboat moored at a dock built into the station.
Given that the series was scheduled for early Sunday evening for a family audience, many episodes end with a coda where a cast member addresses the audience about fire safety and first aid.
Episode list[edit]
Nº | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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0 | 'Code Red' | TBA | TBA | September 20, 1981 | |
90-minute pilot episode. | |||||
1 | 'A Saved Life' | TBA | TBA | November 1, 1981 | |
2 | 'Death of a Fireman' | TBA | TBA | November 8, 1981 | |
3 | 'Dark Fire' | TBA | TBA | November 15, 1981 | |
4 | 'The Little Girl Who Cried Fire' | TBA | TBA | November 22, 1981 | |
5 | 'The Land of Make Believe' 'All That Glitters' | TBA | TBA | November 29, 1981 | |
6 | 'Fireworks' | Phil Bondelli | Rick Edelstein (t), Carole Raschella (s/t), Mike Raschella (s/t) | December 6, 1981 | |
7 | 'Framed by Fire' | TBA | TBA | December 13, 1981 | |
8 | 'From One Little Spark' | Fernando Lamas | Rick Edelstein | January 3, 1982 | |
9 | 'Wildfire' | TBA | TBA | January 10, 1982 | |
10 | 'My Life Is Yours' | Don Weis | Rick Edelstein | January 17, 1982 | |
11 | 'Happy Birthday' | TBA | TBA | January 31, 1982 | |
12 | 'Revenge' | TBA | TBA | February 7, 1982 | |
13 | 'Burnout' | Phil Bondelli | B.W. Sandefur | February 14, 1982 | |
14 | 'Trapped by Time' | TBA | TBA | February 21, 1982 | |
15 | 'Trial by Fire' | TBA | TBA | February 28, 1982 | |
16 | 'Riddle in the Flames' | TBA | TBA | March 14, 1982 | |
17 | 'No Escape' | Phil Bondelli | Cliff Ruby, Elana Lesser | March 21, 1982 | |
18 | 'Fire Below' | TBA | TBA | July 11, 1982 | |
19 | 'Land of Make Believe' | TBA | TBA | N/A |
References[edit]
- ^Dennis Fischer (17 June 2011). Science Fiction Film Directors, 1895-1998. McFarland. pp. 39–. ISBN978-0-7864-8505-5.
External links[edit]
- Code Red on IMDb
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