"Route 66" (1960) TV series 1960-1964

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Creators:

Herbert B. Leonard
Stirling Silliphant
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

7 October 1960 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure

Plot:

Only fiction series written & shot all over North America: 2 young adventurers in a Corvette explore early 60's social problems and changing mores...

Plot Keywords:

Route 66 | Corvette | Highway | Traveling | Number In Title

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys.

Cast

Martin Milner	...	Tod Stiles / ... (44 episodes, 1960-1964)
George Maharis	...	Buz Murdock / ... (32 episodes, 1960-1963)

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Series Directed by
David Lowell Rich		(23 episodes, 1961-1963)
Arthur Hiller		(12 episodes, 1960-1962)
Alvin Ganzer		(9 episodes, 1960-1964)
Philip Leacock		(7 episodes, 1960-1963)
James Sheldon		(7 episodes, 1961-1963)
Elliot Silverstein		(5 episodes, 1960-1961)
Allen H. Miner		(5 episodes, 1963-1964)
Tom Gries		(4 episodes, 1962-1963)
Jack Smight		(3 episodes, 1961-1962)
Walter Grauman		(3 episodes, 1962-1963)
George Sherman		(3 episodes, 1962-1963)
Robert Gist		(3 episodes, 1962)
Robert Ellis Miller		(3 episodes, 1963)
Roger Kay		(2 episodes, 1960)
James Goldstone		(2 episodes, 1963)
Ralph Senensky		(2 episodes, 1963)
Jeffrey Hayden		(2 episodes, 1964)
Allen Reisner		(2 episodes, 1964)

Series Writing credits
Stirling Silliphant		(71 episodes, 1960-1964)
Howard Rodman		(7 episodes, 1960-1964)
Leonard Freeman		(4 episodes, 1961-1963)
Larry Marcus		(4 episodes, 1962-1963)
Alvin Sargent		(4 episodes, 1963-1964)
Will Lorin		(3 episodes, 1961-1962)
Frank L. Moss		(2 episodes, 1961-1962)
Frank Chase		(2 episodes, 1962)
Arnold Manoff		(2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Shimon Wincelberg		(2 episodes, 1963)
George Clayton Johnson		(1 episode, 1961)
Herbert B. Leonard		(1 episode, 1962)

Series Produced by
Herbert B. Leonard	....	executive producer / producer (2 episodes, 1960-1962)

Series Original Music by
Nelson Riddle		(2 episodes, 1960-1962)

Series Cinematography by
Ernesto Caparrós		(1 episode, 1960)
Irving Lippman		(1 episode, 1962)

Series Film Editing by
Aaron Nibley		(1 episode, 1960)
Thomas Stanford		(1 episode, 1960)
Harry Coswick		(1 episode, 1962)

Series Art Direction by
Malcolm C. Bert		(1 episode, 1960)
John T. McCormack		(1 episode, 1962)

Series Set Decoration by
William F. Calvert		(1 episode, 1962)
Bob Spear		(1 episode, 1963)

Series Makeup Department
Abe Haberman	....	makeup artist (1 episode, 1962)

Series Production Management
Leonard Katzman	....	production supervisor (1 episode, 1960)
Sam Manners	....	executive in charge of production (1 episode, 1962)
Lawrence Werner	....	post-production supervisor (1 episode, 1962)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Max Stein	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1961-1962)

Series Art Department
Arthur Wasson	....	property master (1 episode, 1962)

Series Sound Department
J.S. Westmoreland	....	sound (1 episode, 1960)
Jim Bullock	....	sound effects editor (1 episode, 1962)
Paul Franz	....	sound mixer (1 episode, 1962)
Carl Warner	....	sound recordist (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Nick Dimitri	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Bob Herron	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Max Kleven	....	stunt double: Martin Milner (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Jack Priestley	....	camera operator / photographer: second unit (1 episode, 1960)
Robert Johannas	....	camera operator (1 episode, 1962)
Harold Saunders	....	key grip (1 episode, 1962)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Charles Arrico	....	costumer (1 episode, 1962)

Series Editorial Department
Aaron Nibley	....	supervising editor (1 episode, 1962)

Series Music Department
Nelson Riddle	....	composer: theme music / conductor / ... (116 episodes, 1960-1964)
Ed Forsyth	....	music supervisor (2 episodes, 1960-1962)
Jack Lee	....	music contractor / music coordinator (2 episodes, 1960-1962)

Series Transportation Department
Al Schultz	....	transportation captain (1 episode, 1962)

Series Other crew
Jack Gannon	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 1960-1962)
Willeta Leonard	....	assistant to producer (2 episodes, 1960-1962)

Production Companies

• Lancer-Edling Productions
• Screen Gems Television

Distributors

• CBS Television (1960-1964) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001) (USA) (TV) (syndication)
• Sony Pictures Television (2002-) (USA) (TV) (syndication)
• Columbia Pictures Television
• Columbia TriStar Television
• Infinity Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD) (season 1)
• Screen Gems

Runtime:

60 min | 60 min (116 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA

Company:

Lancer-Edling Productions

Trivia:

Although the series was called "Route 66" many of the episodes were set in areas in the United States which Route 66 did not travel through. For example, Route 66 begins in Chicago and ends in L.A., but two episodes were shot in New England, one in Maine (Year 4, episode 2, Same Picture, Different Frame) and one in Vermont (year 4, episode 3, Come Out, Come Out, Wherever you are)--both aired in the fall of 1963 and starred Martin Milner and Glenn Corbett.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Route 66: Return to the Road with Martin Milner (1998) (V)

A series that was way ahead of its time

I have been living in Asia for the past 32 years so I don't know if

reruns of "Route 66" have ever been running on television in the States

over the past 3 decades. But 20 years ago when I read Alvin Toffler's

prediction in The Third Wave that the future would see professionals

not loyal to any one company but working with an honest fervor at a

given task and then moving on to the next worthy challenge, my

impression was, "this guy is describing the world of Buz and Tod on

'Route 66'." In an era when America was composed of white collar

office workers and blue collar union members, all working towards a

pension, 'Route 66' was a breath of fresh air, an escape, and a

challenge to try something different as well as a reminder that one

should move on not with a sense of despair but with a feeling of

jubilation and wonder at what is over the next hill. Against the

current economic climate in both Japan and the U.S.A., such a reminder

is especially needed today. Let's move on with a sense of jubilation

and wonder. And to help us do it, bring back the "Route 66" series.