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"Route 66" Sheba (1961)
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"Route 66" (1960)Original Air Date:
6 January 1961 (Season 1, Episode 12)Plot:
A modern version of the old "David and Bathsheba" story in which King David fell in love with a married... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Nicely Acted by Blake, Marvin, and Ohmart moreCast
(Episode Credited cast) | Martin Milner | ... | Tod Stiles |
| George Maharis | ... | Buz Murdock |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Rico Alaniz | ... | Pedro Regal |
| Whitney Blake | ... | Laura Church |
| Raymond Guth | ... | Johnny Langway |
| Doris Karnes | ... | Prison Matron |
 | Lee Marvin | ... | Woody Biggs |
| Stuart Nisbet | ... | Bartender |
| Carol Ohmart | ... | Hanna Martin |
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Filming Locations:
El Paso, Texas, USAFAQ
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Although most of this Season One episode takes place inside the Hilton Inn outside El Paso, Texas; the title character "Sheba" (Whitney Blake) is a biblical reference. It is a modern (1960-ish anyway) version of the old "David and Bathsheba" story in which King David falls in love with a married woman (Bathsheba). David arranges for Bathsheba's husband (Uriah) to be killed during a battle. He marries Bathsheba but the Lord is displeased and things do not go well for the couple.
Lee Marvin has the David role in this production (rich cattleman Woody Biggs) and when the widowed Laura Church (Blake-who he calls Sheba) continues to reject him, he has her framed for embezzlement and sent to prison. Then he pulls some strings and gets her paroled, intending to pressure her to marry him. Woody's female bookkeeper is the third side of the triangle; she is played by "House on Haunted Hill's" (1959) hot bad girl; Carol Ohmart, a former Miss Utah.
This was the "to die for" female role of the whole series and Blake (best know as Mrs. Baxter on "Hazel") is very impressive. The story is nothing that great but the episode is worth seeing just for Blake's performance.
Tod and Buz get themselves pretty deeply involved in this episode's story, at one point Marvin punches them both out; later Buz returns the favor. With their recurring concussions is it safe for these guys to keep operating a motor vehicle on the public highways?
Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.