Only fiction series written & shot all over North America. Two young adventurers in a Corvette explore early 60′s social problems and changing mores, looking for the right place to settle down while seeking themselves. Route 66 was one of the most unique American television dramas of the 1960s.

Route 66

Season 1 Ep.01: Black November

Tod’s wealthy father dies, leaving the Yale grad penniless but for his 1960 blue Chevrolet Corvette. He meets Buz, who worked for Tod’s father, and the two decide to start driving across the country. The Corvette breaks down in a small Mississippi town with some very nasty residents. The boys discover that the town hosted a POW camp during WW II and that the town boss had an escaped prisoner lynched when his son was killed in action. The boss plans to lynch Tod and Buz to keep the town’s secret.

Only fiction series written & shot all over North America. Two young adventurers in a Corvette explore early 60′s social problems and changing mores, looking for the right place to settle down while seeking themselves. Debuting 3 years after “On the Road” transformed modern literature, while such newly available fast cars dominated the new teenage culture, Tod, an Ivy Leaguer, and Buz, an orphan from Hell’s Kitchen, cruise the U.S.A. coping with shifting relationships and lifestyles. The FCC’s Newton Minow characterized U.S. TV as a “vast wasteland,” in 1961, but “Route 66″ found important, compelling stories all over. Sterling Silliphant who won an Oscar for writing “In the Heat of the Night,” traveled around the U.S. and Canada scouting locales, while writing ¾ of the very dark, literate show’s episodes – a feat only Rod Serling matched with The Twilight Zone. Soon, a crew of 50 arrived at the location…

Cast and Crew:

* Martin Milner
* George Maharis
* Glenn Corbett

Creators: Herbert B. Leonard, Stirling Silliphant
Production Company: Lancer-Edling Productions, Screen Gems Television
Audio/Visual: mono, black & white
Date Release: 1960

Additional details in:

Route 66 in IMDB | Route 66 in Wikipedia

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