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Route 66
"The adventures of two young drifters across America"
Overview
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.
Status
Ended
Created By
Stirling Silliphant, Herbert B. Leonard
Network
CBS
Seasons & Episodes
Season 4
Episodes
Two Strangers and an Old Enemy
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
Same Picture, Different Frame
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
Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are
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.
Where Are the Sounds of Celli Brahms
Tod and Linc work at a beauty contest with Celli who is an acoustical engineer. Filming Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Build Your Houses With Their Backs to the Sea
Tod and Linc go fishing for lobsters with Thayer Faxon. Thayer's problem son Mamomsha returns to cause more trouble. Filming Location: Maine coast
And Make Thunder His Tribute
Tod and Linc meet Mike Donato, an eccentric raspberry farmer. Filming Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Stone Guest
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
I Wouldn't Start From Here
Tod and Linc work for a Vermont farmer and get involved in a pulling horse race. Filming Location: Vermont
A Cage in Search of a Bird
Tod and Linc meet Stephanie. Filming Location: Denver, Colorado.
A Long Way From St. Louie
Tod and Linc encounter five lady instrumentalists in Toronto. Filming Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Come Home Greta Inger Gruenchaffen
Tod and Linc meet physical culturist Greta. Filming Location: Mt. Snow, Vermont and Buffalo, New York (?)
93 Percent in Smiling
Two children leave their little brother on a doorstep. Filming Location: Erie Canal
Child of a Night
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
Is it True There Are Poxies at the Bottom of Landfair Lake?
Tod and Linc work on a neon sign in a small Georgia town. Simon rips the sign down. Filming Location: Savannah, Georgia
Like This It Means Father, Like This Bitter, Like This Tiger
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
Kiss the Monster, Make Him Sleep
Link stops Nola Nielsen from committing suicide and romances her. Her possessive brother Hamar dissaproves. Filming Location: Minneapolis, MN
Cries of Persons Close to One
Tod and Linc meet Tank, a boxer who likes rum, and Tank's girlfriend Gaybee. Filming Location: Unknown
Who in His Right Mind Needs a Nice Girl
Tod and Linc encounter a Daytona Florida librarian and a murderer. Filming Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
This is Going to Hurt Me More Than It Hurts You
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
Follow the White Dove With the Broken Wing
A disturbed teenager kills his friend. Filming Location: Unknown
I'm Here to Kill a King
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
Where There's a Will, There's a Way (1)
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
Where There's a Will, There's a Way (2)
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
Top Cast
Glenn Corbett
Linc Case
