Highway Patrol: Gambling Story from November 1958 was a season four entry of this police story that stars Broderick Crawford as Chief Dan Mathews, the head of the highway patrol. This show is one that deals with a racketeer’s desire to take over a small gambling house in a tiny town. It all leads to murder, of course.
Mark Tapscott is the primary guest star, portraying Jim Garrett. He gets
a man named Nolan Beal to make a bet for him at the local gambling house that he wants to take over. Beal is happy to go along, but once inside, he decides he wants more of the action.
Ultimately, Beal is murdered after convincing a friend of his named Gil to come to the secret gambling place and take secretly part of the winnings.
This leads to more drama, but what ...