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Highway Patrol Radioactive (1955–1959) Online

Highway Patrol Radioactive (1955–1959) Online
1955–1959 Broderick Crawford Jack Stang Cyril Delevanti Paul Guilfoyle
Original Title :
Radioactive
Genre :
TV Episode / Action / Crime / Drama
Year :
1955–1959
Directror :
Paul Guilfoyle
Cast :
Broderick Crawford,Jack Stang,Cyril Delevanti
Writer :
Gene Levitt
Type :
TV Episode
Time :
26min
Rating :
8.1/10

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Highway Patrol Radioactive (1955–1959) Online

Sneak thief Herb Williams steals an oil indicating device containing highly radioactive beryllium pellets and jettisons it in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid capture. A scavenger named Adams finds the device and sells it to a junkyard where Mel (a ham radio operator) buys it for parts. Dan Mathews and the device's handler, Mr. Hoyt, remain a frustrating few steps behind the device despite reluctant assistance from Williams and Adams. Dan asks the American Radio Relay League to warn area radio operators about the device on its evening broadcast. The League does so, but Mel's pregnant wife Ann opens the device and is exposed to the pellets. Dan, Mel, and Mr. Hoyt have only seconds to prevent a tragedy.
Episode cast overview:
Broderick Crawford Broderick Crawford - Chief Dan Mathews
Jack Stang Jack Stang - Herb Williams
Cyril Delevanti Cyril Delevanti - Mr. Hoyt
George Meader George Meader - Mr. Adams
Kathleen Mulqueen Kathleen Mulqueen - Mrs. Wright
Ralph Neff Ralph Neff - Paloger
Pat Conway Pat Conway - Mel
Ray Lennert Ray Lennert - Mr. Jordan (as Roy Lennert)
Claudia Barrett Claudia Barrett - Ann
Carl Princi Carl Princi - Eric Pride
Richard Deems Richard Deems - Officer

The "American Radio Relay League" that was mentioned in the episode is a national association for amateur radio. It is still in existence today.

The call sign used in this episode, "QTQRT2," is not now, nor has it ever been, a legal call sign. All amateur radio call signs in the United States begin with the letter A, K, N or W.


User reviews

Altad

Altad

I found this to be a very tense and even scary episode, perhaps because I grew up in the 1950s and everybody was fearful of atomic explosions. I still remember the civil defense shelters and the drills we had to go through, including crouching under one's desk at school as though that was any protection against a nuclear explosion. But to see the radioactive container pass from person to person, all the time hoping they wouldn't try to open it, made this a swift moving episode. The tracing of the container involved both luck and cop smarts. The ham operating business was interesting - it was a very popular hobby back then. I wonder if that is still so. Remember until next time: "It isn't what you drive but how you drive."
Asyasya

Asyasya

Amateur Radio is featured... but a lot of the details are wrong. The 'ARRL ham station' identifies as "This is Amateur station QTQRT2, of the Amateur Radio Relay League." (The ARRL has a real station, W1AW, which mainly runs Morse code practice transmissions) The announcers are all old-school (but typical of the era) well-modulated, deep voiced and super articulate... rare today! Hams will notice all the arcane details, but anyone who enjoys the pre-satellite days of law enforcement and the obvious pacing typical of TV shows from the mid 1950's will find this and other episodes amusing and full of "drinking game" moments. The "10-4" catchphrase so associated with Broderick Crawford isn't heard much, if at all, in this episode.