Route 66

1960 • CBS
4.6
40 reviews
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Season 1 episodes (30)

1 Black November
10/7/60
Car trouble strands Tod and Buz in an isolated Mississippi lumber town named for and dominated by its unscrupulous ruler and haunted by a secret.
2 A Lance of Straw
10/14/60
Tod and Buz crew a Grand Isle, Louisiana shrimp trawler while its captain deals with a hurricane and a jealous boyfriend.
3 The Swan Bed
10/21/60
A young woman inadvertently interferes with a bird smuggling ring at the center of a psittacosis outbreak in New Orleans.
4 The Man on the Monkey Board
10/28/60
Tod assists an undercover Nazi hunter while working with Buz on an oil platform off the coast of Venice, Louisiana.
5 The Strengthening Angels
11/4/60
Buz attempts to prove the innocence of a single mother who killed the younger brother of a small-town sheriff in self-defense.
6 Ten Drops of Water
11/11/60
Three orphaned ranchers stubbornly fight a losing battle against chronic drought conditions near Kanab, Utah.
7 Three Sides
11/18/60
Tod and Buz help a Grants Pass, Oregon hops farmer reluctant to instill discipline in his spoiled son and daughter.
8 Legacy for Lucia
11/25/60
To finance a new Virgin Mary statue for her church, a Sicilian woman tries to sell Oregon land "bequeathed" to her by an American soldier during World War II.
9 Layout at Glen Canyon
12/2/60
Tod and Buz act as bodyguards to fashion models at the Glen Canyon Dam construction site.
10 The Beryllium Eater
12/9/60
Tod and Buz help an old prospector stake his claim after he finds beryllium ore.
11 A Fury Slinging Flame
12/30/60
Tod and Buz meet a scientist who intends to hide in Carlsbad Caverns with friends until an expected nuclear holocaust is over.
12 Sheba
1/6/61
Tod and Buz work for a cotton company and battle cowboy Woody Biggs, who is not done with the woman he sent to prison.
13 The Quick and the Dead
1/13/61
Tod becomes a race car driver as he and Buz get involved in a family controversy over whether an aging driver should retire.
14 Play It Glissando
1/20/61
Tod and Buz try to protect a woman from her jazz musician husband.
15 The Clover Throne
1/27/61
Tod and Buz work for a date farmer who fights the highway department while he "waits out" his sexy ward, hoping she will marry him.
16 Fly Away Home, Part 1
2/10/61
Tod becomes a crop duster for a struggling company.
17 Fly Away Home, Part 2
2/17/61
Tod and Buz get involved in a quandary over an extra-dangerous crop dusting contract.
18 Sleep on Four Pillows
2/24/61
Tod and Buz meet a teenage girl who claims to be on the run from gangsters -- but her family thinks she has been kidnapped.
19 An Absence of Tears
3/3/61
Tod and Buz try to protect a blind widow from her husband's murderers.
20 Like a Motherless Child
3/17/61
Buz and Tod split up over whether to return a runaway boy to an orphanage.
21 Effigy in Snow
3/24/61
Tod and Buz try to stop a murderer who has left his latest victim in the snow at Squaw Valley.
22 Eleven, the Hard Way
4/7/61
Tod and Buz meet a gambler, whom the people of Broken Knee have asked to save their town.
23 Most Vanquished, Most Victorious
4/14/61
At the request of his aunt, Tod traces the life of his saintly cousin through the Los Angeles slums.
24 Don't Count Stars
4/28/61
Tod and Buz get involved in a custody case over a 9-year-old heiress and her drunken, gambling "uncle."
25 The Newborn
5/5/61
Tod and Buz protect a Native American girl and her newborn from their employer, who rules the land like a feudal baron. (Robert Duvall as a nasty ranchhand)
26 A Skill for Hunting
5/12/61
Tod and Buz are framed as poachers after Tod interferes with a real poacher's hunting.
27 Trap at Cordova
5/26/61
Tod and Buz are coerced into teaching school children in rural New Mexico.
28 The Opponent
6/2/61
Buz visits and inspires his boyhood hero, a former boxing great who is now on the skids.
29 Welcome to Amity
6/9/61
Tod and Buz meet a woman, who wants to bury her mother in a nearby cemetery. The people of Amity want to stop her.
30 Incident on a Bridge
6/15/61
Tod and Buz board in a home with an abused, mute girl and her two jealous - and violent - suitors.

About this show

One of the most brilliant dramas to emerge from the 60s, Route 66 was famous for its catchy Nelson Riddle theme song, intriguing characters, top-drawer writing and stellar guest star appearances.

Ratings and reviews

4.6
40 reviews
A Google user
July 15, 2012
Great show, 4th session not the best would given it 5.
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dan o'keefe
April 22, 2015
Drama in vein of knights in shinning armor. Two men helping strangers
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Anton Von Neff
June 18, 2019
a fuel injected vette and couple of guys by the name buzz and Todd going from one town to the next all across the country
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