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Route 66

  • TV Series
  • 1960–1964
  • TV-Y7
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
2.1K
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George Maharis and Martin Milner in Route 66 (1960)
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The adventures of two young drifters across America.The adventures of two young drifters across America.The adventures of two young drifters across America.

  • Creators
    • Stirling Silliphant
    • Herbert B. Leonard
  • Stars
    • Martin Milner
    • George Maharis
    • Glenn Corbett
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    2.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Creators
      • Stirling Silliphant
      • Herbert B. Leonard
    • Stars
      • Martin Milner
      • George Maharis
      • Glenn Corbett
    • 57User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

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    Martin Milner
    Martin Milner
    • Tod Stiles…
    • 1960–1964
    George Maharis
    George Maharis
    • Buz Murdock
    • 1960–1963
    Glenn Corbett
    Glenn Corbett
    • Linc Case
    • 1963–1964
    James Brown
    James Brown
    • Captain Strode…
    • 1960–1964
    Alex Cord
    Alex Cord
    • Michael Tiffin…
    • 1963–1964
    Edward Asner
    Edward Asner
    • Carl Selman…
    • 1960–1962
    Bert Remsen
    Bert Remsen
    • Skeats…
    • 1961–1963
    Lois Smith
    Lois Smith
    • Anna Volovich…
    • 1961–1964
    Nina Foch
    Nina Foch
    • Samantha…
    • 1961–1964
    Frank Overton
    Frank Overton
    • Andy Ferguson…
    • 1960–1963
    Guy Raymond
    Guy Raymond
    • Arty…
    • 1960–1963
    Elizabeth MacRae
    Elizabeth MacRae
    • Betsy…
    • 1960–1964
    Oliver McGowan
    Oliver McGowan
    • Ernie Bassard…
    • 1960–1963
    Janice Rule
    Janice Rule
    • Charlotte Duval…
    • 1960–1963
    Betty Field
    Betty Field
    • Dorothea Colby…
    • 1960–1962
    Susan Oliver
    Susan Oliver
    • Chris Sinclair…
    • 1961–1963
    Jack Warden
    Jack Warden
    • Adam Darcy…
    • 1961–1963
    Albert Salmi
    Albert Salmi
    • Aaron Kronberg…
    • 1962–1963
    • Creators
      • Stirling Silliphant
      • Herbert B. Leonard
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    stargazer24

    Where, oh where, did this kind of drama go?

    I got hooked on this through my obsession with Adam-12 and some tapes I bought off ebay. I've only seen 14 episodes, but they are 14 of the greatest TV episodes of any drama ever to make it into our homes. So few shows now make you think, but this does and that's good. Makes you think about human nature, the world, and your role in it. It's more than just a show about two cute guys in the world's coolest car (though there's nothing wrong with that), it's about people. I cry when I remember that no one has jumped at the opportunity to put this show on their network. What are they thinking??? This is the drama that all the dramas since have wanted to be but never succeeded at becoming.
    hatman-5

    Just look to your left and click on "Guest Appearances"

    Just look to your left and click on guest appearances. If you do you're in for one heck of a surprise! This show had some great writing in the early years. Reruns were on the Nick-At-Night TV network in the eighties, I was so disappointed I haven't watched the network since. Every episode was a full and complete story, the writing had to be excellent to be able to pull in the caliber of talent that you see on this list. Many current and back then, future stars ought to make this show more visible than it is but sadly that's not the case. It had a great music score from Nelson Riddle and great stories written by Sterling Silliphant. Last but not least, a great car! PLEASE, SOMEBODY BRING THIS SHOW INTO OUR HOMES AGAIN.
    camille-7

    My favorite 60's show!

    I was about ten when this show premiered and watched it with my parents every friday night between Rawhide and Twilight Zone. As you can see Friday was a good night for TV. I was fascinated with the show and its two stars, both of whom I had crushes on. They were both so natural in their acting and always delivered some words of wisdom by the shows end. The fact that the show was always on location made it much more interesting to watch. I was sorry too when Nick at Night quit airing it in the 80's. I watched as many of the reruns as I possibly could and even now have a few on tape. It's a show I think that still holds up today because of its uniqueness and naturalness.
    zippgun

    An excellent series, unjustly neglected

    Simply one of the finest shows from American t.v.This is an undeservedly "lost" show ,amazingly neglected when so many inferior 60's series are wildly overpraised.If you have never seen "Route 66" try to,it's a rare gem.The scripts are not just highly literate,but often close to poetic(no wonder Jim Aubrey,downmarketeer boss at CBS TV disliked it!).There's a great deal of acting talent in the guest roles-Boris Karloff,Lee Marvin,Robert Duvall,Warren Stevens,Lew Ayers,Michael Rennie,Martin Sheen,Dorothy Malone,Ed Asner,Walter Matthau,Edward Andrews,Leslie Nielson,Anne Francis,Jack Lord,William Shatner and Dan Duryea are just a few to look out for.The two part story "Fly away home" has a haunting tortured performance by Michael Rennie as a doomed pilot;"Welcome to Amity"featuring Susan Oliver is both uplifting and truly moving; in "A month of Sundays" the "Route 66" camera captures Anne Francis at the peak of her stunning beauty and series regular Martin Milner gives the performance of his life as a drug crazed Tod Stiles in "A thin white line".These are just some of the highlights in "Route 66".The location filming (unusual then and now),provides a marvellous time capsule of a now vanished America.
    dnegri1

    I too hit the road

    I saw many of the 1960 and 1961 episodes while in the service. I was so taken by the show that in my mind (confusing reality and television), I decided to hit the road when I got discharged in 1962. I purchased a 1961 Vette and a buddy and I set off from Sacramento, California sometime in May 1963 a la Tod and Buzz to find adventure and romance at every stop. Unfortunately we only got as far as southern Utah when we totally ran out of money. I guess we forgot that Buzz and Tod took time out to work here and there. Anyway, it was fun while it lasted and my only lasting regret was having sold the Corvette. Back to the show: one fascinating aspect is in the scripts. Silliphant in particular was a great writer both serious and comedic - but what is amusing today is the amount of beat-era language, as well as existentialist philosophy. Sterling must have read his Sartre and Camus - or at least Tod did while at Yale. The show had at times a strangely schizophrenic nature: trite, even stupid story lines, but some very profound dialogue (at least for television). And the need for at least one fist fight in every episode gives the lie to any myth of a "kinder and gentler nation" before the counter culture invasion in the mid 60's.

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      The Corvette was replaced every three thousand miles. Chevrolet was the show's sponsor. It was never explained how Tod was able to get a new Corvette so often.
    • Connections
      Featured in Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)

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    • Release date
      • October 7, 1960 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Searchers
    • Filming locations
      • Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA
    • Production companies
      • Lancer Productions Limited
      • Edling Productions
      • Screen Gems Television
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    • Runtime
      • 1h(60 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 4:3

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