Route 66

1960

Route 66

7.7 | TV-Y7 | en | Drama

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.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP23 Where There's a Will, There's a Way (2)

Mar. 13,1964

Believing that Tod has been killed, Linc and Margo set out to catch his murderer. Tod turns up alive and marries Margo. Linc leaves the Corvette with Tod. Filming Location: Tampa, Florida

EP22 Where There's a Will, There's a Way (1)

Mar. 06,1964

In Florida, Tod and Linc meet the Tiffins, a family of con men and criminals who are squabbling over a will. Tod becomes involved romantically with family member Margo who stands to inherit the money if she marries. Tod is thrown off a bridge. Filming Location: Tampa, Florida

EP21 I'm Here to Kill a King

Mar. 20,1964

Tod is vacationing by himself in Canada near Niagara Falls. He meets a professional assassin who looks exactly like him. Middle-Eastern plotters have hired the assassin to kill their king and he plans to do so with a high-powered sniper rifle. The assassin complains to Tod that his deprived childhood has caused him to become what he is. Filming Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

EP20 Follow the White Dove With the Broken Wing

Feb. 21,1964

A disturbed teenager kills his friend. Filming Location: Unknown

EP19 This is Going to Hurt Me More Than It Hurts You

Feb. 14,1964

Tod and Linc meet Harlan Livingston III, a naive millionaire who is surrounded by women who are pretending to be hurt. Filming Location: St. Augustine, Florida

EP18 Who in His Right Mind Needs a Nice Girl

Feb. 07,1964

Tod and Linc encounter a Daytona Florida librarian and a murderer. Filming Location: Daytona Beach, Florida

EP17 Cries of Persons Close to One

Jan. 31,1964

Tod and Linc meet Tank, a boxer who likes rum, and Tank's girlfriend Gaybee. Filming Location: Unknown

EP16 Kiss the Monster, Make Him Sleep

Jan. 24,1964

Link stops Nola Nielsen from committing suicide and romances her. Her possessive brother Hamar dissaproves. Filming Location: Minneapolis, MN

EP15 Like This It Means Father, Like This Bitter, Like This Tiger

Jan. 17,1964

Linc beats up a man (Cam) in a Georgia bar. The man was in Linc's unit in Vietnam and his cowardice in battle caused the death of a Vietnamese girl. Filming Location: Savannah, Georgia

EP14 Is it True There Are Poxies at the Bottom of Landfair Lake?

Jan. 10,1964

Tod and Linc work on a neon sign in a small Georgia town. Simon rips the sign down. Filming Location: Savannah, Georgia

EP13 Child of a Night

Jan. 03,1964

Tod and Linc witness a plane crash and a dying passenger asks Linc to deliver money to a child in Savannah. Filming Location: Savannah, Georgia

EP12 93 Percent in Smiling

Dec. 20,1963

Two children leave their little brother on a doorstep. Filming Location: Erie Canal

EP11 Come Home Greta Inger Gruenchaffen

Dec. 13,1963

Tod and Linc meet physical culturist Greta. Filming Location: Mt. Snow, Vermont and Buffalo, New York (?)

EP10 A Long Way From St. Louie

Dec. 06,1963

Tod and Linc encounter five lady instrumentalists in Toronto. Filming Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

EP9 A Cage in Search of a Bird

Nov. 29,1963

Tod and Linc meet Stephanie. Filming Location: Denver, Colorado.

EP8 I Wouldn't Start From Here

Nov. 15,1963

Tod and Linc work for a Vermont farmer and get involved in a pulling horse race. Filming Location: Vermont

EP7 The Stone Guest

Nov. 08,1963

Spinster Hazel comes to Colorado. She meets Ben Beldon, who was in the Army with Linc. Ben is now a miner amd a trouble-maker. Ben and Hazel get trapped in a mine. Filming Location: Central City, Colorado

EP6 And Make Thunder His Tribute

Nov. 01,1963

Tod and Linc meet Mike Donato, an eccentric raspberry farmer. Filming Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota

EP5 Build Your Houses With Their Backs to the Sea

Oct. 25,1963

Tod and Linc go fishing for lobsters with Thayer Faxon. Thayer's problem son Mamomsha returns to cause more trouble. Filming Location: Maine coast

EP4 Where Are the Sounds of Celli Brahms

Oct. 18,1963

Tod and Linc work at a beauty contest with Celli who is an acoustical engineer. Filming Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota

EP3 Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are

Oct. 11,1963

In Maine, Tod and Linc work at a sawmill and board with a French Canadian one-armed former logger Poppa and his beautiful daughter Marie. Marie tries to be what ever a man wants her to be. Marie and Link are having a romance and Marie tells Tod "I'm going to hurt your friend". Sailor Jack arrives in town between ships and has a fling with Marie. Marie decides to leave home to "find herself" but Tod and Linc talk her out of it.

EP2 Same Picture, Different Frame

Oct. 04,1963

Tod and Linc encounter Morgan Harper who is back to reopen an estate. Her psycho husband Eric is back to kill her. Filming Location: Poland Springs, Maine

EP1 Two Strangers and an Old Enemy

Sep. 27,1963

While in a Florida swamp, Tod and Linc meet Major Barben, an American World War II ace and Takasuka, a Japanese officer who are still fighting the war. Filming Location: Everglades and Cape Coral, Florida

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Released: 1960-10-07 | Released Producted By: Screen Gems Television , Lancer Productions Limited Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Reviews

GUENOT PHILIPPE As a french collector, I don't know if this superb TV show was released in France, back in the sixties. I can't remember. Anyway, it was never shown in the seventies, I am positive about that.It is a famous TV series in the USA. And I understand why. I just discover it. Terrific screenplays and acting for this dramas and sometimes crime adventures stories. It describes very well all the aspects of the American way of life. The odyssey of two pals all over the USA, where they are always involved in family feuds, or social struggles. I repeat, the characters study is always outstanding.The only negative point - as far if it is actually a negative one - is that there is always a happy ending in each episode.I would have preferred a more bittersweet way of finishing each story. But besides this, it is really a must see TV show. I guess one of the best ever made.

mozli There are too many great episodes to go into and so many future stars to list. The episode with Julie Newmar, 'Vicki', sticks with me. It seemed like a set up for a spin-off. Maybe not. Many of the episodes had Buzz and Tod resolving others problems. Some dealt with their own search for female companionship. They weren't Lotharios, that is clear. There's a streak of conservatism in some of Buzz's basic outlook on life. The show is quite liberal in what it delivers to the audience. Tod, though a college grad hasn't gotten enough street smarts for some of the situations he encounters. Its also clear how shows like Twin Peaks, ER, Miami Vice owe a small debt to this program. Something must have happened in the second season because Martin Milner was doing introductory v.o. for many of the episodes in the latter part of that season. Many fascinating actresses passed through: Sylvia Miles, Marion Ross, Lois Nettleton, De Ann Mears and Inger Stevens among them. Big directors as well with Arthur Hiller, Sam Peckinpaugh and Robert Altman. A rich piece of television if you've been avoiding it because perhaps Milner might turn you off. These shows reveal that he could've gone on to better projects if fate were kinder to him.

mso88 Route 66 remains television's greatest series ever. The combination of an engaging duo, solid writing (most of the time), fresh locations,theme music, and the Corvette, provided three astounding seasons. The show generated a unique mood and atmosphere that has never been duplicated on TV since. The stories, though well-intentioned, were trumped by the visual, visceral energy of the 'Vette, every time; shaping the car consumerist dreams of millions (including me-a 10-year-old at the time). Pure gold, especially for Chevrolet. Today's DVDs are always a treat to look at, and conjure up that same magic. Best wishes, and thank you to Marty and George, Stirling, Nelson, and the crew... wherever they may be.

ruffrider It was 1960, when the country was far less crowded and open roads beckoned just outside the cities. This was before the country lost its innocence via Vietnam and Watergate, a time when the rest of the world bought our manufactured goods and America had saved the world from Hitler and fascism within recent memory. Cynicism and paranoia hadn't yet taken hold, many people would actually stop to help if your car broke down on the highway and altruism was a viable concept on TV and in real life. Into this world rode 2 young guys in a Corvette convertible (Corvettes were still somewhat exotic at the time), who met unusual people everywhere they went, which was all over the USA and even Canada. The two young men were total opposites, who made a fascinating personality clash and a winning pair of adventurers and Good Samaritans. Dark-haired Buz Murdock (played by George Maharis) was the brooder and battler with street smarts, who spoke like the hep-cat and jazz buff he was, while sophisticated, red-haired Yale grad Tod Stiles (Martin Milner) quoted literature and poetry, charmed the ladies and handled his share of the bullies. Sometimes the two boys were the center of the stories, other times just onlookers.The dramatic, socially-conscious scripts met the tough issues head-on, from runaway kids and juvenile delinquency (this was long before young kids routinely carried guns to school) to substance abuse, terrorism and mercy killing. The quality of the scripts demanded high-powered acting, which it got from its stars Maharis and Milner and the impressive list of guest stars, including Rob't Duvall, Rob't Redford, Lee Marvin, Ed Asner, Martin Balsam, Alan Alda, Janice Rule and Jack Warden, to name only a few."Route 66" was so progressive socially because its producer (Herbert Leonard) allowed his chief writer (Stirling Silliphant) to tackle just about any subject he wanted, with no interference from the network or sponsors - a very unusual situation, even in 1960. There are so many out-of-the-ordinary elements in this show it's hard to list them all and in retrospect it seems like a kind of avant-garde television, with 100% location filming, travelogue, adventure and even a sort of Playhouse-90-like dramatic quality, all rolled into one. Perhaps the show's most striking element was the remarkable dialog, usually relegated to the guest actors, which often took the form of meditations on life or the ruminations of demoralized characters forced to confront their demons. This dialog can be seen today as nothing less than brilliant free-verse poetry, into which (future Oscar-winning Hollywood screenwriter) Silliphant poured his deepest thoughts. Looking back it seems remarkable such a show was ever made at all. Having written a book on this program, I've come to know "Route 66" quite well and feel privileged to have watched it.