Highway Patrol Mother's March (1955–1959) watch online HD

Plot-- Respectable neighborhood mothers go door-to-door collecting donations for hospital improvements. But once the aggregate amount is collected, a masked robber steals the money before it's taken to the bank. But where did he get his inside info. Now it looks like an inside job, but which of the mothers is guilty of tipping him off.

The series strengths are mostly in evidence—brisk pacing, location photography, ordinary looking people. Trouble is the shoot-outs are poorly staged. For example, a shot is fired into a door that leaves no mark! Then too, the fusillade between Patrol and robber again show no effects. Come on series producers, how much does it cost for exploding caps in the woodwork, the way it's usually done. Then too, there's the roadblock on a deserted dirt road with no backstory for why it's in such an isolated spot (Did I maybe miss something). All in all, the half-hour is definitely not among the series best.

The plot of this episode is a charitable collection that is stolen. It's interesting to see how $10,563 in 1958 was collected for charity by going door-to-door, and then added up using a pencil and paper- no calculators or smartphones. This equates to over $87,110 in 2015, a great amount for a rural county. Nothing "viral", no hashtags, just face-to-face communication and generosity that is so rare in modern America.

It is neat to see people slide over and enter/exit from the passenger side of cars. The same with motorcycle riders with no protective gear- well I guess that part is still the same in many states in modern America.

Despite advice from his wife (Lillian Culver, who lived to age 103 as contrasted to Linné Ahlstrand the dispatcher who died at age 30), Mr. Briscoe refuses to ask for protection from the highway patrol and takes the funds to his store to put into his safe. Gun thug Harve Case is waiting for him and relieves him of his briefcase and blue convertible. Case unlike other criminals in the series does not wear a hat, suit and tie, opting instead for a ball cap and leather jacket.

While suspicion initially falls on a beauty shop owner that is part of the fundraising team, we soon find out she is an innocent party. Despite several goofs such as the suspect's description (Briscoe failed to answer most of Matthews' questions yet the officer put out a full description), the type/amount of money raised (over $8,000 in coins would weigh over 220 pounds), and Matthews' 8-shot revolver (it's actually 5 but TV cops rarely reload), Matthews and company solve the case and arrest the robber. All but $15 of the funds are recovered and Matthews "chips" in the difference. This was an enjoyable slice of an America that no longer exists.