Route 66
The adventures of two young drifters across America
The adventures of two young drifters across America
series not in production
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Seasons | 4
Episodes | 116
avg.Runtime | 60 min
First EP | 1960-10-07
Last EP | 1964-03-20
Overview
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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.
Created by
Produced by
Screen Gems Television
Lancer-Edling Productions
Lancer Productions Limited
Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 1960-10-07
1
Black November
1960-10-07
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
2
A Lance of Straw
1960-10-14
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
3
The Swan Bed
1960-10-21
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
4
The Man on the Monkey Board
1960-10-28
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
5
The Strengthening Angels
1960-11-04
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
6
Ten Drops of Water
1960-11-11
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
7
Three Sides
1960-11-18
The boys work on a ranch and encounter a rancher's son. Joey dances on a table. Filming Location: Grants Pass, Oregon
8
Legacy for Lucia
1960-11-25
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
9
Layout at Glen Canyon
1960-12-02
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
10
The Beryllium Eater
1960-12-09
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
11
A Fury Slinging Flame
1960-12-30
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
12
Sheba
1961-01-06
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
13
The Quick and the Dead
1961-01-13
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
14
Play It Glissando
1961-01-20
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
15
The Clover Throne
1961-01-27
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
16
Fly Away Home (1)
1961-02-10
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
17
Fly Away Home (2)
1961-02-17
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
18
Sleep on Four Pillows
1961-02-24
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
19
An Absence of Tears
1961-03-03
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
20
Like a Motherless Child
1961-03-17
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
21
Effigy in Snow
1961-03-24
A psychotic killer is killing women at the Squaw Valley ski resort. He leaves a body in the snow. Filming Location: Squaw Valley, California
22
Eleven, the Hard Way
1961-04-07
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
23
Most Vanquished, Most Victorious
1961-04-14
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
24
Dont Count Stars
1961-04-28
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
25
The Newborn
1961-05-05
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
26
A Skill for Hunting
1961-05-12
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
27
Trap at Cordova
1961-05-26
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
28
The Opponent
1961-06-02
A has-been boxer Johnny Copa is now throwing fights. Johnny trains Buz in boxing. Filming Location: Youngstown, Ohio
29
Welcome to Amity
1961-06-09
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
30
Incident on a Bridge
1961-06-16
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
CAST
charactor: Tod Stiles
Original: Martin Milner
Total EP: 116
charactor: Buz Murdock
Original: George Maharis
Total EP: 81
charactor: Linc Case
Original: Glenn Corbett
Total EP: 54
charactor:
Original: Ed Asner
Total EP: 6
charactor: Michael Tiffin
Original: Alex Cord
Total EP: 5
charactor:
Original: Bert Remsen
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: Lois Smith
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: Nina Foch
Total EP: 4
charactor: Andy Ferguson
Original: Frank Overton
Total EP: 4
charactor: Betsy
Original: Elizabeth MacRae
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: Susan Oliver
Total EP: 3
charactor:
Original: Jenny Maxwell
Total EP: 3
charactor:
Original: Lois Nettleton
Total EP: 3
charactor:
Original: Al Lewis
Total EP: 3
charactor:
Original: Frank Campanella
Total EP: 3
charactor:
Original: Jack Warden
Total EP: 3
charactor:
Original: Albert Salmi
Total EP: 3
charactor:
Original: Anne Helm
Total EP: 3
charactor:
Original: Betty Field
Total EP: 3
charactor:
Original: Dan Frazer
Total EP: 3
charactor: Lon Chaney
Original: Lon Chaney Jr.
Total EP: 3
charactor:
Original: Robert Duvall
Total EP: 3
charactor: Leon Tiffin
Original: Patrick O'Neal
Total EP: 3
charactor:
Original: Beatrice Straight
Total EP: 3
charactor:
Original: Conrad Nagel
Total EP: 3
charactor: Prudie Adams
Original: Janice Rule
Total EP: 3
charactor: Sandy Mason
Original: John Larch
Total EP: 3
charactor: Otis Tiffin
Original: Roger C. Carmel
Total EP: 3
charactor: Fighter on Balcony (uncredited)
Original: Fred Stromsoe
Total EP: 3
charactor:
Original: Peter Graves
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Zina Bethune
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Barnard Hughes
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Ben Johnson
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Lee Philips
Total EP: 2
charactor: Binky Klein
Original: Jacqueline Courtney
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Phyllis Hill
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Tammy Grimes
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: David Clarke
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Jon Lormer
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Mike Kellin
Total EP: 2
CREW
Fred Bentley
Director of Photography
Camera
Doug Downs
Director of Photography
Camera
David Lowell Rich
Director
Directing
Arthur Hiller
Director
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Philip Leacock
Director
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James Sheldon
Director
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Elliot Silverstein
Director
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Allen H. Miner
Director
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Tom Gries
Director
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Robert Ellis Miller
Director
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Robert Gist
Director
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George Sherman
Director
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Jack Smight
Director
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Sam Peckinpah
Director
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Jeffrey Hayden
Director
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William A. Graham
Director
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James Goldstone
Director
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Allen Reisner
Director
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Ralph Senensky
Director
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Walter Grauman
Director
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William Conrad
Director
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John Newland
Director
Directing
Paul Stanley
Director
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Robert Altman
Director
Directing
Charles F. Haas
Director
Directing
Ted Post
Director
Directing
Leonard Horn
Director
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Lewis Allen
Director
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Richard Donner
Director
Directing
Richard L. Bare
Director
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William Claxton
Director
Directing
Frank Pierson
Director
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Stirling Silliphant
Writer
Writing
Howard Rodman
Teleplay
Writing
Leonard Freeman
Writer
Writing
Shimon Wincelberg
Writer
Writing
John McGreevey
Writer
Writing
Ernest Kinoy
Writer
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William Kelley
Writer
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Sam Peckinpah
Writer
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