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The Best Episodes of Route 66 Season 1

Every episode of Route 66 Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Route 66 Season 1!

Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet Corvette sports car. The show ran weekly...
Genres:DramaCrime
Network:CBS
Episodes
30
Avg. Rating
7.4
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
7.5
6.8
6.9

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Black November" is the best rated episode of "Route 66" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 279 votes. Directed by Philip Leacock and written by Stirling Silliphant, it aired on 10/7/1960. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "A Lance of Straw".

  • Black November
    7.5/10(279)

    #1 - Black November

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 10/7/1960

    Tod's father dies leaving Tod the Corvette. Buz worked for Tod's father and the two decide to start driving. 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. Filming Location: Concord, Kentucky

    Director: Philip Leacock

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • A Lance of Straw
    6.8/10(164)

    #2 - A Lance of Straw

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 10/14/1960

    Shrimp boat captain Charlotte Duval hires Tod and Buz as a crew for her boat. Suitor Jean Boussard gets very jealous of the male crew members. Buz falls in love with the captain. Filming Location: Grand Isle, Louisiana

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • The Swan Bed
    6.9/10(152)

    #3 - The Swan Bed

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 10/21/1960

    Tod and Buz arrive in New Orleans during a parrot-fever epidemic. They meet a girl named Carrie Purcell and ask her out for a date. Carrie doesn't have money to afford nice clothes. Filming Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

    Director: Elliot Silverstein

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • The Man on the Monkey Board
    7.5/10(161)

    #4 - The Man on the Monkey Board

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 10/28/1960

    Tod and Buz are working at a Louisana Gulf of Mexico off-shore oil-drilling tower. Lew Ayres plays a Nazi-hunter hunting an escaped Nazi on the drilling rig. Filming Location: Denage and Venice, Louisana

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • The Strengthening Angels
    7.5/10(157)

    #5 - The Strengthening Angels

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 11/4/1960

    Tod and Buz give a lift to Lotti Montana, a migrant worker who is going to help pick the peach crop. As they approach the town of Sparrow Falls she begs them to drive through as quickly as possible. They take her to the Coronet Club and the Silver Dollar cafe. Sheriff Hingle keeps her from leaving town. The boys work with a revivalist. Filming Location: Needles, California

    Director: Arthur Hiller

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Ten Drops of Water
    7.5/10(164)

    #6 - Ten Drops of Water

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 11/11/1960

    Vergil and Helen Page with their young brother Homer are owners of the family ranch. Fighting a desperate battle against drought they're too proud to accept Tod and Buz's offer to help. Filming Location: Kanab, Utah

    Director: Philip Leacock

    Writer: Howard Rodman

  • Three Sides
    6.9/10(148)

    #7 - Three Sides

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 11/18/1960

    The boys work on a ranch and encounter a rancher's son. Joey dances on a table. Filming Location: Grants Pass, Oregon

    Director: Philip Leacock

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Legacy for Lucia
    6.9/10(124)

    #8 - Legacy for Lucia

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 11/25/1960

    Tod and Buz are working as loggers in Oregon. They meet an Italian girl, Lucia Trapani, who has come from Sicily to buy a new Madonna for her church. She plans to do it by selling her only possessions. Filming Location: Merlin, Oregon

    Director: Philip Leacock

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Layout at Glen Canyon
    6.6/10(138)

    #9 - Layout at Glen Canyon

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 12/2/1960

    A group of models are sent to a construction camp at Glen Canyon to do some fashion shots for a magazine. Jeff Grady head of the crew working at the dam appoints Tod and Buz as bodyguards. Filming Location: Glen Canyon Dam and Page, Arizona

    Director: Elliot Silverstein

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • The Beryllium Eater
    7.2/10(123)

    #10 - The Beryllium Eater

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 12/9/1960

    Jack McConkie makes a find of Beryllium, a rare ore. Mine operator Fred Durant insists that he sell his claim. The old man refuses and is found badly beaten. Filming Location: Eureka, Arizona

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Fury Slinging Flame
    6.5/10(118)

    #11 - A Fury Slinging Flame

    Season 1 Episode 11

    Aired 12/30/1960

    The boys meet scientist Mark Christopher and his friends who intend to remain in Carlsbad Caverns until a predicted nuclear war is over. Filming Location: Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico

    Director: Elliot Silverstein

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Sheba
    7.1/10(132)

    #12 - Sheba

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 1/6/1961

    Laura Church is paroled from a Texas prison and prepares to take up a new life. Then she discovers that the man assigned as her advisor is none other than Woody Biggs, the rancher who sent her to jail in the first place. The boys work as cowboys. Filming Location: El Paso, Texas

    Director: William Claxton

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • The Quick and the Dead
    7.0/10(119)

    #13 - The Quick and the Dead

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 1/13/1961

    Tod and Buz work at the Riverside race track for the Grand Prix stock-car races. They get involved with a family's problems, including whether the father should continue stock-car racing. Tod drives a racecar. Filming Location: Riverside Racetrack and Mission Inn, Riverside, California

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Play It Glissando
    7.2/10(130)

    #14 - Play It Glissando

    Season 1 Episode 14

    Aired 1/20/1961

    Tod and Buz watch a show at a local night club where trumpeter Gabe Johnson and his group are appearing. While driving away, they witness Jana Johnson, Gabe's wife, crash her car. She tells the boys that Gabe is insanely jealous and tried to kill her. The boys watch over her. Gabe shoots Tod but Tod tells the hospital it was an accident. When Jana goes back with Gabe, the boys realize that Jana will keep returning to Gabe no matter what. Filming Location: Malibu, California

    Director: Lewis Allen

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • The Clover Throne
    6.4/10(113)

    #15 - The Clover Throne

    Season 1 Episode 15

    Aired 1/27/1961

    The boys work on Adam Darcey's date farm. Adam loves his ward, ""Sweet Thing"", who wants to leave the farm. Adam is also trying to stop a road from being built on his property. Filming Location: Indio, California

    Director: Arthur Hiller

    Writer: N/A

  • Fly Away Home (1)
    8.0/10(111)

    #16 - Fly Away Home (1)

    Season 1 Episode 16

    Aired 2/10/1961

    Tod goes to work for the Windus Dusting Company as a crop duster. He meets Summers, a pilot. The company is losing money. Filming Location: Phoenix, Arizona

    Director: Arthur Hiller

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Fly Away Home (2)
    7.8/10(99)

    #17 - Fly Away Home (2)

    Season 1 Episode 17

    Aired 2/17/1961

    A farmer wants his crops dusted with sulfur, which is very dangerous to the pilots. However, the risk means more money to for the crop-dusting company. Filming Location: Phoenix, Arizona

    Director: Arthur Hiller

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Sleep on Four Pillows
    6.8/10(104)

    #18 - Sleep on Four Pillows

    Season 1 Episode 18

    Aired 2/24/1961

    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

    Director: Ted Post

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • An Absence of Tears
    7.0/10(100)

    #19 - An Absence of Tears

    Season 1 Episode 19

    Aired 3/3/1961

    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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Like a Motherless Child
    8.0/10(126)

    #20 - Like a Motherless Child

    Season 1 Episode 20

    Aired 3/17/1961

    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

    Director: David Lowell Rich

    Writer: N/A

  • Effigy in Snow
    7.1/10(109)

    #21 - Effigy in Snow

    Season 1 Episode 21

    Aired 3/24/1961

    A psychotic killer is killing women at the Squaw Valley ski resort. He leaves a body in the snow. Filming Location: Squaw Valley, California

    Director: David Lowell Rich

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Eleven, the Hard Way
    8.2/10(107)

    #22 - Eleven, the Hard Way

    Season 1 Episode 22

    Aired 4/7/1961

    The gown of Broken Knee hand their money over to famous gambler Sam Keep to gamble it in Reno. Filming Location: Reno and Broken Knee, Nevada

    Director: William A. Graham

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Most Vanquished, Most Victorious
    8.2/10(108)

    #23 - Most Vanquished, Most Victorious

    Season 1 Episode 23

    Aired 4/14/1961

    Tod's aunt Kitty asks Tod to find her daughter Carole. The boys find that she was living in a Los Angeles slum and has been killed. Filming Location: Los Angeles, California

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • Dont Count Stars
    8.2/10(105)

    #24 - Dont Count Stars

    Season 1 Episode 24

    Aired 4/28/1961

    Tod and Buz meet a hotel owner Mike, who drinks and gambles. Mike is the guardian for his niece Linda, a little girl. Linda's executor wants to remove the child from her uncle, and she asks Tod and Buz for help. Filming Location: San Diego, Sands Hotel, California

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant

  • The Newborn
    7.6/10(101)

    #25 - The Newborn

    Season 1 Episode 25

    Aired 5/5/1961

    Tod and Buz work on a ranch belonging to Frank Ivy. Frank's son dies leaving an Indian girl Kawna pregnant. Frank and Kawna's relatives fight over the baby. The boys arrange an ""adoption"" of the baby after the mother dies. Filming Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico

    Director: Arthur Hiller

    Writer: Stirling Silliphant