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This series was a very simple expression, with very limited resources in the Brazilian TV. However, considering the time and the available resources, not only in Brasil, but also worldwide (speaking of the fifties) it has been a considerable accomplishment. The series started Brazilian film series in TV, and brought some good educational examples for the spectator. Avoided heavier violence, and it was well directed to young audience. The curious fact is that the main actor, became actually a road police. The series also reflected the Brasil of the 50's, when the country was basically an undeveloped area, but with some interesting features. In summary, all the Brazilians born before 1950 shall remember this series as a good memory, and the film has pioneered its time.

While I was growing up, I used to hear about this series on television shows and I always find amazing it's unlikely end; the leading actor (Carlos Miranda) became himself a Highway Patrolman (the English translation of the title) after the series end! (He did made some movies while on leave years later)

Through television series collectors I managed to see about ten episodes of the series, and I understood why, even 30/40 years after its end people still talked about it. It was good, albeit simple.

They didn't have too much money, so the scenes have to be shoot once, twice only if (by luck) they had enough film for it. The extras (and some of the week's supporting cast) were all amateurs and the show has no stuntmen, so sometimes the fight between the hero and the villain's thugs were real or the closest to it. Even with all this and many other odds against them, they delivered a new episode every week, in which Carlos brought justice to those who needed it.

True the plots couldn't be more plain, but so what? The kids back then wanted bad guys doing their villainies, some fights and pursues, and the good guy arriving in the end and saving the day. And they had it.