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Route 66
★ 6.7/10•1960•1h 0m•TV-Y7•Drama•Crime•Action & Adventure
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The adventures of two young drifters across America

After discovering that his late father has gone through most of the family fortune, Tod Stiles hits the title trans-America highway in his Corvette in search of adventure with friend Buz Murdock, a survivor of New York's mean streets. The two work odd jobs as they meet and interact with colorful characters and find themselves plunged into one situation after another, some of them romantic, some of them very dangerous. Later, Linc Case, a Vietnam war hero trying to find himself, takes over as Tod's travel companion.

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateOct 7, 1960

Episodes

Episode 1 - Black NovemberE160m

Black November

Tod's father dies leaving Tod the Corvette. Buz worked for Tod's father and the two decide to start driving. The Corvette breaks down in a small Mississippi town with some very nasty residents. The boys discover that the town hosted a POW camp during WW II and that the town boss had an escaped prisoner lynched when his son was killed in action. The boss plans to lynch Tod and Buz to keep the town's secret. Filming Location: Concord, Kentucky

Oct 7, 1960

Episode 2 - A Lance of StrawE260m

A Lance of Straw

Shrimp boat captain Charlotte Duval hires Tod and Buz as a crew for her boat. Suitor Jean Boussard gets very jealous of the male crew members. Buz falls in love with the captain. Filming Location: Grand Isle, Louisiana

Oct 14, 1960

Episode 3 - The Swan BedE360m

The Swan Bed

Tod and Buz arrive in New Orleans during a parrot-fever epidemic. They meet a girl named Carrie Purcell and ask her out for a date. Carrie doesn't have money to afford nice clothes. Filming Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

Oct 21, 1960

Episode 4 - The Man on the Monkey BoardE460m

The Man on the Monkey Board

Tod and Buz are working at a Louisana Gulf of Mexico off-shore oil-drilling tower. Lew Ayres plays a Nazi-hunter hunting an escaped Nazi on the drilling rig. Filming Location: Denage and Venice, Louisana

Oct 28, 1960

Episode 5 - The Strengthening AngelsE560m

The Strengthening Angels

Tod and Buz give a lift to Lotti Montana, a migrant worker who is going to help pick the peach crop. As they approach the town of Sparrow Falls she begs them to drive through as quickly as possible. They take her to the Coronet Club and the Silver Dollar cafe. Sheriff Hingle keeps her from leaving town. The boys work with a revivalist. Filming Location: Needles, California

Nov 4, 1960

Episode 6 - Ten Drops of WaterE660m

Ten Drops of Water

Vergil and Helen Page with their young brother Homer are owners of the family ranch. Fighting a desperate battle against drought they're too proud to accept Tod and Buz's offer to help. Filming Location: Kanab, Utah

Nov 11, 1960

Episode 7 - Three SidesE760m

Three Sides

The boys work on a ranch and encounter a rancher's son. Joey dances on a table. Filming Location: Grants Pass, Oregon

Nov 18, 1960

Episode 8 - Legacy for LuciaE860m

Legacy for Lucia

Tod and Buz are working as loggers in Oregon. They meet an Italian girl, Lucia Trapani, who has come from Sicily to buy a new Madonna for her church. She plans to do it by selling her only possessions. Filming Location: Merlin, Oregon

Nov 25, 1960

Episode 9 - Layout at Glen CanyonE960m

Layout at Glen Canyon

A group of models are sent to a construction camp at Glen Canyon to do some fashion shots for a magazine. Jeff Grady head of the crew working at the dam appoints Tod and Buz as bodyguards. Filming Location: Glen Canyon Dam and Page, Arizona

Dec 2, 1960

Episode 10 - The Beryllium EaterE1060m

The Beryllium Eater

Jack McConkie makes a find of Beryllium, a rare ore. Mine operator Fred Durant insists that he sell his claim. The old man refuses and is found badly beaten. Filming Location: Eureka, Arizona

Dec 9, 1960

Episode 11 - A Fury Slinging FlameE1160m

A Fury Slinging Flame

The boys meet scientist Mark Christopher and his friends who intend to remain in Carlsbad Caverns until a predicted nuclear war is over. Filming Location: Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico

Dec 30, 1960

Episode 12 - ShebaE1260m

Sheba

Laura Church is paroled from a Texas prison and prepares to take up a new life. Then she discovers that the man assigned as her advisor is none other than Woody Biggs, the rancher who sent her to jail in the first place. The boys work as cowboys. Filming Location: El Paso, Texas

Jan 6, 1961

Episode 13 - The Quick and the DeadE1360m

The Quick and the Dead

Tod and Buz work at the Riverside race track for the Grand Prix stock-car races. They get involved with a family's problems, including whether the father should continue stock-car racing. Tod drives a racecar. Filming Location: Riverside Racetrack and Mission Inn, Riverside, California

Jan 13, 1961

Episode 14 - Play It GlissandoE1460m

Play It Glissando

Tod and Buz watch a show at a local night club where trumpeter Gabe Johnson and his group are appearing. While driving away, they witness Jana Johnson, Gabe's wife, crash her car. She tells the boys that Gabe is insanely jealous and tried to kill her. The boys watch over her. Gabe shoots Tod but Tod tells the hospital it was an accident. When Jana goes back with Gabe, the boys realize that Jana will keep returning to Gabe no matter what. Filming Location: Malibu, California

Jan 20, 1961

Episode 15 - The Clover ThroneE1560m

The Clover Throne

The boys work on Adam Darcey's date farm. Adam loves his ward, ""Sweet Thing"", who wants to leave the farm. Adam is also trying to stop a road from being built on his property. Filming Location: Indio, California

Jan 27, 1961

Episode 16 - Fly Away Home (1)E1660m

Fly Away Home (1)

Tod goes to work for the Windus Dusting Company as a crop duster. He meets Summers, a pilot. The company is losing money. Filming Location: Phoenix, Arizona

Feb 10, 1961

Episode 17 - Fly Away Home (2)E1760m

Fly Away Home (2)

A farmer wants his crops dusted with sulfur, which is very dangerous to the pilots. However, the risk means more money to for the crop-dusting company. Filming Location: Phoenix, Arizona

Feb 17, 1961

Episode 18 - Sleep on Four PillowsE1860m

Sleep on Four Pillows

Tod and Buz meet a teenage girl who claims to be running from gangsters. The girl's wealthy mother thinks her daughter has been kidnapped and calls the police and a detective. Filming Location: Hollywood and Los Angeles, California

Feb 24, 1961

Episode 19 - An Absence of TearsE1960m

An Absence of Tears

A blind widow listens for the voices of her dead husband's murderers. She asks Tod and Buz to buy her a pistol for self-protection. Filming Location: Hollywood, California

Mar 3, 1961

Episode 20 - Like a Motherless ChildE2060m

Like a Motherless Child

Tod and Buz pick up a small boy who has run away from an orphanage. Tod wants to return the boy but Buz, who has bad memories of an orphanage, refuses. The boys also get involved with showgirls. Filming Location: Reno, Fallon, and Carson City, Nevada

Mar 17, 1961

Episode 21 - Effigy in SnowE2160m

Effigy in Snow

A psychotic killer is killing women at the Squaw Valley ski resort. He leaves a body in the snow. Filming Location: Squaw Valley, California

Mar 24, 1961

Episode 22 - Eleven, the Hard WayE2260m

Eleven, the Hard Way

The gown of Broken Knee hand their money over to famous gambler Sam Keep to gamble it in Reno. Filming Location: Reno and Broken Knee, Nevada

Apr 7, 1961

Episode 23 - Most Vanquished, Most VictoriousE2360m

Most Vanquished, Most Victorious

Tod's aunt Kitty asks Tod to find her daughter Carole. The boys find that she was living in a Los Angeles slum and has been killed. Filming Location: Los Angeles, California

Apr 14, 1961

Episode 24 - Dont Count StarsE2460m

Dont Count Stars

Tod and Buz meet a hotel owner Mike, who drinks and gambles. Mike is the guardian for his niece Linda, a little girl. Linda's executor wants to remove the child from her uncle, and she asks Tod and Buz for help. Filming Location: San Diego, Sands Hotel, California

Apr 28, 1961

Episode 25 - The NewbornE2560m

The Newborn

Tod and Buz work on a ranch belonging to Frank Ivy. Frank's son dies leaving an Indian girl Kawna pregnant. Frank and Kawna's relatives fight over the baby. The boys arrange an ""adoption"" of the baby after the mother dies. Filming Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico

May 5, 1961

Episode 26 - A Skill for HuntingE2660m

A Skill for Hunting

Tod stops a poacher Hump Humphrey from killing a deer. Hump then shoots out the tires of Tod's car and later frames the boys for poaching. Filming Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico

May 12, 1961

Episode 27 - Trap at CordovaE2760m

Trap at Cordova

Tod and Buz are kidnapped by New Mexican mountain townspeople who need a teacher. Tod addresses the New Mexico legislature about the culture of the people of Cordova and the need for teachers. Filming Location: Cordova, New Mexico

May 26, 1961

Episode 28 - The OpponentE2860m

The Opponent

A has-been boxer Johnny Copa is now throwing fights. Johnny trains Buz in boxing. Filming Location: Youngstown, Ohio

Jun 2, 1961

Episode 29 - Welcome to AmityE2960m

Welcome to Amity

Joan Maslow wants to bury her mother in the cemetery outside of Amity. The entire community is determined to stop her. Filming Location: Amity, Ohio

Jun 9, 1961

Episode 30 - Incident on a BridgeE3060m

Incident on a Bridge

Buz and Tod go to work for Volovich and live at his house. Two other boarders are courting Volovich's mute daughter. Filming Location: Cleveland, Ohio

Jun 16, 1961

Actors

Glenn Corbett

Glenn Corbett

Linc Case

Martin Milner

Martin Milner

Tod Stiles

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