Route 66
The adventures of two young drifters across America
Created by Stirling Silliphant, Herbert B. Leonard
On CBS
A episodic road-trip adventure built on the warmth of human connection and the romance of American mobility, where danger and romance arrive weekly but the format resets.
After discovering that his late father has gone through most of the family fortune, Tod Stiles hits the title trans-America highway in his Corvette in search of adventure with friend Buz Murdock, a survivor of New York's mean streets. The two work odd jobs as they meet and interact with colorful characters and find themselves plunged into one situation after another, some of them romantic, some of them very dangerous. Later, Linc Case, a Vietnam war hero trying to find himself, takes over as Tod's travel companion.
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