Jim Hyland

A former student is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, the student struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.

Highway Patrol was a syndicated, fictional police action series produced from 1955 to 1959, concerning the activities of the highway patrol and their leader, Dan Matthews (who held no rank). Although filmed in and around the Los Angeles area, the state setting for the stories was never identified, and city and street names were fictionalized.