TV series
Route 66
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.
Details
- First air date
- 1960-10-07
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 4 seasons
- Episodes
- 116 episodes
- Genres
- Drama, Crime, Action & Adventure, Mystery
- Network
- CBS
- Production
- Screen Gems Television, Lancer-Edling Productions, Lancer Productions Limited
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Martin Milner as Tod Stiles
- George Maharis as Buz Murdock
- Glenn Corbett as Linc Case
- Ed Asner as Second Man
- Alex Cord as Michael Tiffin
- Fred Stromsoe as Fighter in Bar (uncredited)
- Bert Remsen
- Lois Smith as Dana
- Nina Foch
- Frank Overton as Andy Ferguson
- Elizabeth MacRae as Randy Spring
- Susan Oliver
Creators and crew
- Stirling Silliphant - Creator
- Herbert B. Leonard - Creator
- David Lowell Rich - Director
- Arthur Hiller - Director
- Philip Leacock - Director
- James Sheldon - Director
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