ROUTE 66 . 4/4 . Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Lon Chaney, Martita Hunt

Episode 6 of Season 3: "Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing."

Witness classic horror history! Boris Karloff and Lon Chaney Jr. don their classic character makeup for the last time!

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• the wolf man
• universal horror
• route 66
• classic television

[LateNiteTeeVee]

Thanks for visiting, suttonguy!

[WanderLink]

I see Captain Janeway is leading the female convention.

[broncolady4ever]

@jsilence418 No, most of the other episodes were brilliantly written and superbly acted by both Milner and Maharis (who was SOOOO pleasant to look at, IMO!), as well as the many guest stars who are now major film or television stars! This episode was NOT representative of the entire series, thank goodness; this is the first time I've seen it, and I wasn't overly impressed with the writing OR the acting------and we didn't get to see enough of George Maharis!

[scorejames]

One of the best remembered Route 66 episodes and the hardest to find

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[jsilence418]

This show was a bit before my time,were all the episodes this bad??

[MrWesdotcom]

Lorre never actually played a monster, so I assume he's dressed up as Dracula here. It is pretty logical. What else could they do? Put an "M" on Lorre's shoulder? lol

[deriter64]

When I was a teenager this show made me want a Vette so bad my teeth ached. Never got one but I did manage a Square Bird. Sigh.

[Monsternutt]

Thanks for posting!

[stuthehistoryguy]

This show is corny and sexist as hell, but it's good to see the old heroes turn in a solid performance.

[TheBabyboomkidof53]

hey thanks for posting this old classic tv bit. I seen it originally halloween 1964 and now halloween 2010 almost half a centrury later. route 66 aired on friday nights back then so I watched it friday this time too. last time karloff and chaney, donned the makeup they made Immortal.

[Timesobserver]

Thanks for posting this. Once I found out that Lon Chaney Jr. and Boris Karloff appeared in their monster makeup, I just had to see it.

It's a shame it wasn't the original makeup, but it was still great to see them again. Thanks!