Episode guide
Route 66: Season 1
30 episodes · first aired Oct 7, 1960
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- 1 Black November Oct 7, 1960 · 1h 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…
- 2 A Lance of Straw Oct 14, 1960 · 1h 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…
- 3 The Swan Bed Oct 21, 1960 · 1h 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…
- 4 The Man on the Monkey Board Oct 28, 1960 · 1h 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…
- 5 The Strengthening Angels Nov 4, 1960 · 1h 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…
- 6 Ten Drops of Water Nov 11, 1960 · 1h 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…
- 7 Three Sides Nov 18, 1960 · 1h 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 Nov 25, 1960 · 1h 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…
- 9 Layout at Glen Canyon Dec 2, 1960 · 1h 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…
- 10 The Beryllium Eater Dec 9, 1960 · 1h 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…
- 11 A Fury Slinging Flame Dec 30, 1960 · 1h 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 Jan 6, 1961 · 1h 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…
- 13 The Quick and the Dead Jan 13, 1961 · 1h 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…
- 14 Play It Glissando Jan 20, 1961 · 1h 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…
- 15 The Clover Throne Jan 27, 1961 · 1h 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…
- 16 Fly Away Home (1) Feb 10, 1961 · 1h 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) Feb 17, 1961 · 1h 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 Feb 24, 1961 · 1h 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…
- 19 An Absence of Tears Mar 3, 1961 · 1h 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 Mar 17, 1961 · 1h 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…
- 21 Effigy in Snow Mar 24, 1961 · 1h 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 Apr 7, 1961 · 1h 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 Apr 14, 1961 · 1h 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 Apr 28, 1961 · 1h 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…
- 25 The Newborn May 5, 1961 · 1h 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…
- 26 A Skill for Hunting May 12, 1961 · 1h 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 May 26, 1961 · 1h 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…
- 28 The Opponent Jun 2, 1961 · 1h A has-been boxer Johnny Copa is now throwing fights. Johnny trains Buz in boxing. Filming Location: Youngstown, Ohio
- 29 Welcome to Amity Jun 9, 1961 · 1h 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 Jun 16, 1961 · 1h 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