Episode
Route 66: An Absence of Tears
Overview
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
Details
- Series
- Route 66
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 19
- Air date
- 1961-03-03
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
An Absence of Tears is Episode 19 in Season 1 of Route 66. It aired on 1961-03-03. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 18: Sleep on Four Pillows
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 Location: Hollywood and Los Angeles, California
Episode 20: Like a Motherless Child
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 showgirls. Filming Location: Reno, Fallon, and Carson City, Nevada
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