Episode
Route 66: I'm Here to Kill a King
Overview
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
Details
- Series
- Route 66
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 21
- Air date
- 1964-03-20
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
I'm Here to Kill a King is Episode 21 in Season 4 of Route 66. It aired on 1964-03-20. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 20: Follow the White Dove With the Broken Wing
A disturbed teenager kills his friend. Filming Location: Unknown
Episode 22: 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
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Episode 19: 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
Episode 23: 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
Episode 18: 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
Episode 17: Cries of Persons Close to One
Tod and Linc meet Tank, a boxer who likes rum, and Tank's girlfriend Gaybee. Filming Location: Unknown
Episode 16: 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
Episode 15: 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
Episode 14: 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
Episode 13: 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
Episode 12: 93 Percent in Smiling
Two children leave their little brother on a doorstep. Filming Location: Erie Canal
Episode 11: Come Home Greta Inger Gruenchaffen
Tod and Linc meet physical culturist Greta. Filming Location: Mt. Snow, Vermont and Buffalo, New York (?)