Route 66: Black November

Tod Stiles and Buz Murdock are two young men traveling across the backroads of America in search of adventure and fortune. When their corvette breaks down in the small community of Garth, Mississippi, the boys find themselves in a hostile town ruled by the despotic head citizen "Mr. Garth" (Everett Sloane). It seems the town of Garth is protecting some ugly secret, and trying to find out what that secret is may cost Tod and Buz their lives.

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Episode Info

Episode number: 1x1
Production Number: 1
Airdate: Friday October 07th, 1960

Director: Philip Leacock (1)
Writer: Stirling Silliphant

Guest Stars

Guy Raymond As Libby Recurring	Malcolm Atterbury As Billy Bolton Recurring
Patricia McCormack (1) As Jenny Slade Recurring	Everett Sloane As Caleb Garth
George Kennedy As Thad Skinner	House Jameson As Clergyman
Keir Dullea As Paul	Robert Sorrells As Dickson
Whit Bissell As Slade

Main Cast

Martin Milner
As Tod Stiles

George Maharis
As Buz Murdock

Recap

When Tod Stiles’ bankrupt father died, he left the young man an inheritance consisting of little more than a brand new convertible Corvette. Now Tod and his close friend orphan Buz Murdock, a reformed gang member, have left New York in the automobile to seek their fortune across the country. Their first intended stop is Biloxi, Mississippi, where the two hope to obtain work on a shrimp fishing barge owned by a friend of Tod’s. ..

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Episode Notes

Filmed in Concord, Kentucky (February 3-17, 1960).