Storyline

Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet Corvette sports car. The show ran weekly on Fridays on CBS from October 7, 1960 to March 20, 1964. It starred Martin Milner as Tod Stiles and, for the first two and a half seasons, George Maharis as Buz Murdock. Maharis was ill for much of the third season, during which time Tod was shown traveling on his own. Tod met Lincoln Case, played by Glenn Corbett, late in the third season, and traveled with him until the end of the fourth and final season. Among the series more notable aspects were the featured Corvette convertible, and the program's instrumental theme song, which became a major pop hit.

First Aired

1960-10-07
Last Aired

1964-03-20
Creator

Stirling Silliphant
Genre

Drama, Crime
Seasons

4
Episodes

116
Status

Ended
Language

English
Network

CBS

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1. Black November

Tod's father dies leaving Tod the Corvette. Buz worked for Tod's father and the two decide to start ...More

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, KentuckyLess

60mins 1960-10-07

2. A Lance of Straw

Shrimp boat captain Charlotte Duval hires Tod and Buz as a crew for her boat. Suitor Jean Boussard ...More

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, LouisianaLess

60mins 1960-10-14

3. The Swan Bed

Tod and Buz arrive in New Orleans during a parrot-fever epidemic. They meet a girl named Carrie Pu...More

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, LouisianaLess

60mins 1960-10-21

4. 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 N...More

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, LouisanaLess

60mins 1960-10-28

5. The Strengthening Angels

Tod and Buz give a lift to Lotti Montana, a migrant worker who is going to help pick the peach crop....More

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, CaliforniaLess

60mins 1960-11-04

6. Ten Drops of Water

Vergil and Helen Page with their young brother Homer are owners of the family ranch. Fighting a desper...More

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, UtahLess

60mins 1960-11-11

7. Three Sides

The boys work on a ranch and encounter a rancher's son. Joey dances on a table. Filming Location: G...More

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

60mins 1960-11-18

8. Legacy for Lucia

Tod and Buz are working as loggers in Oregon. They meet an Italian girl, Lucia Trapani, who has come ...More

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, OregonLess

60mins 1960-11-25

9. Layout at Glen Canyon

A group of models are sent to a construction camp at Glen Canyon to do some fashion shots for a magazi...More

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, ArizonaLess

60mins 1960-12-02

10. The Beryllium Eater

Jack McConkie makes a find of Beryllium, a rare ore. Mine operator Fred Durant insists that he sell h...More

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, ArizonaLess

60mins 1960-12-09

11. A Fury Slinging Flame

The boys meet scientist Mark Christopher and his friends who intend to remain in Carlsbad Caverns unti...More

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 MexicoLess

60mins 1960-12-30

12. Sheba

Laura Church is paroled from a Texas prison and prepares to take up a new life. Then she discovers tha...More

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, TexasLess

60mins 1961-01-06

13. The Quick and the Dead

Tod and Buz work at the Riverside race track for the Grand Prix stock-car races. They get involved wi...More

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, CaliforniaLess

60mins 1961-01-13

14. Play It Glissando

Tod and Buz watch a show at a local night club where trumpeter Gabe Johnson and his group are appearin...More

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, CaliforniaLess

60mins 1961-01-20

15. The Clover Throne

The boys work on Adam Darcey's date farm. Adam loves his ward, ""Sweet Thing"", who wants to leave th...More

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, CaliforniaLess

60mins 1961-01-27

16. Fly Away Home (1)

Tod goes to work for the Windus Dusting Company as a crop duster. He meets Summers, a pilot. The co...More

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, ArizonaLess

60mins 1961-02-10

17. Fly Away Home (2)

A farmer wants his crops dusted with sulfur, which is very dangerous to the pilots. However, the risk...More

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, ArizonaLess

60mins 1961-02-17

18. Sleep on Four Pillows

Tod and Buz meet a teenage girl who claims to be running from gangsters. The girl's wealthy mother ...More

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, CaliforniaLess

60mins 1961-02-24

19. 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 ...More

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, CaliforniaLess

60mins 1961-03-03

20. 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 Bu...More

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, NevadaLess

60mins 1961-03-17

21. Effigy in Snow

A psychotic killer is killing women at the Squaw Valley ski resort. He leaves a body in the snow. F...More

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

60mins 1961-03-24

22. Eleven, the Hard Way

The gown of Broken Knee hand their money over to famous gambler Sam Keep to gamble it in Reno. Filmi...More

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, NevadaLess

60mins 1961-04-07

23. 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 A...More

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, CaliforniaLess

60mins 1961-04-14

24. Dont Count Stars

Tod and Buz meet a hotel owner Mike, who drinks and gambles. Mike is the guardian for his niece Lind...More

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, CaliforniaLess

60mins 1961-04-28

25. The Newborn

Tod and Buz work on a ranch belonging to Frank Ivy. Frank's son dies leaving an Indian girl Kawna pr...More

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 MexicoLess

60mins 1961-05-05

26. A Skill for Hunting

Tod stops a poacher Hump Humphrey from killing a deer. Hump then shoots out the tires of Tod's car ...More

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 MexicoLess

60mins 1961-05-12

27. Trap at Cordova

Tod and Buz are kidnapped by New Mexican mountain townspeople who need a teacher. Tod addresses the N...More

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 MexicoLess

60mins 1961-05-26

28. The Opponent

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

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

60mins 1961-06-02

29. Welcome to Amity

Joan Maslow wants to bury her mother in the cemetery outside of Amity. The entire community is determi...More

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

60mins 1961-06-09

30. Incident on a Bridge

Buz and Tod go to work for Volovich and live at his house. Two other boarders are courting Volovich's ...More

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, OhioLess