Highway Patrol (TV Series)

Foster Child (1958)

Broderick Crawford: Dan Mathews

Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  Danny Sears : [gives his rifle to Dan Mathews]  It's okay. It's empty.

  Dan Mathews : [checks to make sure the rifle is empty]  Let's go.

  [They go to where Officer Hoffman and Lyle Bates are waiting] 

  Lyle Bates : I don't know what to say.

  Dan Mathews : You knew Danny was hidin' there and you wouldn't tell us. You wanted to punish 'im yourself. Look, Danny's an orphan. Orphans get pushed around. Let me tell you somethin' Bates: They're not criminals, just kids; remember that. Another thing: A gun isn't a toy, it's a killer. Whadaya say we go down to the hospital. Danny, we'll drop you over at the house. Your mom's waitin' for ya. Let's go.