The adventures of two young drifters across America
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.
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.
Season 1 episodes
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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
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Directed by Philip LeacockWritten by Stirling SilliphantGuest stars Robert Sorrells, Keir Dullea, Malcolm Atterbury, Everett Sloane, George Kennedy, Whit Bissell
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
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Written by Stirling SilliphantGuest stars Thomas Gomez, Janice Rule, Nico Minardos
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
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Directed by Elliot SilversteinWritten by Stirling SilliphantGuest stars Zina Bethune, Betty Field, Murray Hamilton, Henry Hull, Louis Zorich, Louis Guss, Elizabeth MacRae
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
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Written by Stirling SilliphantGuest stars Barnard Hughes, Lew Ayres, Ed Asner, Alfred Ryder, Frank Overton, Michael Conrad, Roger C. Carmel, Bruce Dern
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
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Directed by Arthur HillerWritten by Stirling SilliphantGuest stars Suzanne Pleshette, Warren Stevens, Hal Smith, Sheldon Allman, Tom Reese, John Larch
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
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Directed by Philip LeacockWritten by Howard RodmanGuest stars Don Beddoe, Sara Haden, Burt Brinckerhoff, Deborah Walley, Robert F. Simon, Oliver McGowan
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
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Directed by Philip LeacockWritten by Stirling SilliphantGuest stars Jay C. Flippen, Leo Gordon, Arlene Martel, John Larch
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
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Directed by Elliot SilversteinWritten by Stirling SilliphantGuest stars Charles McGraw, Bethel Leslie, William Benedict, Zohra Lampert, Richard Shannon, Elizabeth MacRae, Donna Douglas
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
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Guest stars Edward Binns, Inger Stevens, Edgar Buchanan
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
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Directed by Elliot SilversteinWritten by Stirling SilliphantGuest stars Phyllis Hill, Jon Lormer, Fay Spain, Leslie Nielsen, Conrad Nagel, Jimmy Carter
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
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Directed by William F. ClaxtonWritten by Stirling SilliphantGuest stars Stuart Nisbet, Carol Ohmart, Lee Marvin, Whitney Blake, Raymond Guth
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
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Written by Stirling SilliphantGuest stars Susan Kohner, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Regis Toomey, Frank Overton, Harvey Korman
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
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Directed by Lewis AllenWritten by Stirling SilliphantGuest stars Barbara Bostock, Anne Francis, Jack Lord, Harold J. Stone
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
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Directed by Arthur HillerGuest stars DeForest Kelley, Anne Helm, Arthur Batanides, Jack Warden
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
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Directed by Arthur HillerWritten by Stirling SilliphantGuest stars Jenny Maxwell, Bert Remsen, Dorothy Malone, Michael Rennie, Cathy Lewis
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
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Directed by Arthur HillerWritten by Stirling SilliphantGuest stars Jenny Maxwell, Bert Remsen, Dorothy Malone, Michael Rennie, Cathy Lewis, Ford Rainey
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
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Directed by Ted PostWritten by Stirling SilliphantGuest stars John Beradino, Larry Gates
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
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Written by Stirling SilliphantGuest stars Martha Hyer, Paul Richards, Herb Armstrong, Joseph Ruskin, Mary Webster, Lewis Charles, Forrest Compton
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
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Directed by David Lowell RichWritten by Howard RodmanGuest stars Ben Johnson, Jack Weston, Barbara Hines, Sylvia Sidney
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
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Written by Stirling SilliphantGuest stars Elizabeth Allen, Frank De Kova, Royal Dano, Beatrice Straight
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
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Written by Stirling SilliphantGuest stars Phil Arnold, Vaughn Taylor, Dan Duryea, Mary Jackson
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
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Directed by Arthur HillerWritten by Stirling SilliphantGuest stars Albert Dekker, Arlene Martel, Robert Duvall, Denver Pyle, Bing Russell, Fred Stromsoe
Tod stops a poacher Hump Humphrey from killing a deer. Hump then shoots out the tires of Tod's car and later frames the boys for poaching. Filming Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Directed by David Lowell RichWritten by Jack TurleyGuest stars Joanna Moore, Gene Evans, Harold J. Stone, Ted de Corsia, Bobby Jordan, Warren J. Kemmerling
Tod and Buz are kidnapped by New Mexican mountain townspeople who need a teacher. Tod addresses the New Mexico legislature about the culture of the people of Cordova and the need for teachers. Filming Location: Cordova, New Mexico
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Directed by Arthur HillerWritten by Stirling SilliphantGuest stars Dianne Foster, Thomas Gomez, Argentina Brunetti, Lee Roberts
A has-been boxer Johnny Copa is now throwing fights. Johnny trains Buz in boxing. Filming Location: Youngstown, Ohio
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Directed by David Lowell RichWritten by Leonard Freeman, Stirling SilliphantGuest stars David Clarke, Lois Nettleton, Al Lewis, Darren McGavin, Ed Asner
