Clutch Cargo

Overview

Clutch Cargo is an animated television series produced by Cambria Productions and syndicated beginning on March 9, 1959. Notable for its very limited animation, yet imaginative stories, the series was a surprise hit at the time, and could be seen on 65 stations nationwide in 1960.

This animated series was broadcast in Italy in syndication in the early 1980s with two different titles: Tre contro tutti and Clutch Cargo.

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Episodes

S01E01 The Friendly Head Hunters

March 9, 1959
While Clutch is at an in-store signing for his new book he gets a telegraph telling him he must go to South America to find a lost friend.

S01E02 The Arctic Bird Giant

March 16, 1959 20 min
Clutch's tiny Eskimo friend needs him to save a friend from a bird giant.

S01E03 The Desert Queen

March 23, 1959 22 min
A twenty-nine pound ruby is missing and Clutch must find it.

S01E04 The Pearl Pirates

March 30, 1959
Clutch's south seas island vacation is cut short when the natives tell him their rare black pearls are being stolen.

S01E05 The Vanishing Gold

April 6, 1959
On the way home from a mountain hideaway, Clutch encounters a miner whose gold is disappearing.

S01E06 The Race Car Mystery

April 13, 1959
Clutch's friend has his car sabotaged in a race. When Clutch shows up, the same thing happens to him.

S01E07 The Rocket Riot

April 20, 1959
When their plane has mechanical problems, Clutch and friends are forced to land in the desert. After passing out from the heat, they are rescued by a rocket scientist.

S01E08 Mystery in the Northwoods

April 27, 1959

S01E09 Twaddle in Africa

May 4, 1959
Colonel Twaddle goes missing while on a secret mission in Africa and Clutch is called on to find him.

S01E10 The Lost Plateau

May 11, 1959
The medical association asks Clutch to go to the Amazon to find a rare plant that can cure night blindness.

S01E11 The Ghost Ship

May 18, 1959
While relaxing in a small fishing village, Clutch discovers that a ship piloted by ghosts is keeping the locals from fishing.

S01E12 The Rustlers

May 25, 1959
On the way home from an adventure, Clutch and friends stop to see a rancher friend and find that someone is stealing her cattle.

S01E13 The Missing Train

June 1, 1959
Clutch plans to take Spinner and Paddlefoot to the circus but has to change their plans when a train full of gold goes missing.

S01E14 The Devil Bird

June 8, 1959
After a giant bird makes the natives of Taka Napa flee to Rapa Tapa, Chief Mambo sends a message to Clutch asking for help.

S01E15 Pipeline to Danger

June 15, 1959
When Clutch is called upon to find out why a new oil pipeline isn't working, mysterious strangers try to eliminate him.

S01E16 Mister Abominable

June 22, 1959
A storm forces Clutch and friends to land in the Himalayas. There they meet Prince Gung Ho who tells them that a sacred blue yak has gone missing.

S01E17 Operation Moon Beam

June 29, 1959
Clutch and company enter a rocket race to the moon.

S01E18 Air Race

July 6, 1959
Clutch Races an airplane against the ace.

S01E19 The Haunted Castle

July 13, 1959
Clutch goes to Scotland to investigate his friend's haunted castle.

S01E20 The Elephant-Nappers

July 20, 1959
When a rare white elephant goes missing, Clutch is asked to find her.

S01E21 Dragon Fly

July 27, 1959
One of Clutch's old friends is being tormented by a giant dragonfly, or so he thinks.

S01E22 Sky Circus

August 3, 1959
Clutch enters a sky circus but the airport manager wants to make sure he doesn't win the $5,000 prize.

S01E23 The Midget Submarine

August 10, 1959
An atomic submarine is stuck on the ocean floor and Clutch must find it before another country discovers it and it's secrets.

S01E24 Cliff Dwellers

August 17, 1959
After crash landing in the desert, Clutch and company stumble upon the village of a lost Indian tribe.

S01E25 Jungle Train

August 24, 1959
Chubb Perkins sends a message to Clutch saying he needs help but Whiplash wants to make sure that Clutch doesn't make it to Chubb's plantation.

S01E26 Space Station

August 31, 1959
Paddlefoot is chosen to pilot a spacecraft due to his high dog IQ. However, when the spacecraft gets lost, Clutch and Spinner must journey to find him.

S01E27 The Swamp Swindlers

September 7, 1959
While in the Florida swamp lands looking for rare turtle eggs Clutch, Spinner and Paddlefoot run into some men trying to claim the oil in the area.

S01E28 The Dinky Incas

September 14, 1959
An American expedition to a lost Incan temple has gone missing.

S01E29 Kangaroo Express

September 21, 1959
A plane loaded with treasure is forced to land in the Australian desert and Clutch must recover it.

S01E30 The Shipwreckers

September 28, 1959

S01E31 The Ivory Counterfeiters

October 5, 1959

S01E33 Alaskan Pilot

October 19, 1959
Klondike Ike and Sourdough Mike are missing, but Gumboot Hogan and Moose Nose Mack don't want Clutch to find them.

S01E34 Swiss Mystery

October 26, 1959
The Greenwich clock has a broken main spring and the only person who can make one, Hans Clockenspiel has gone missing. Clutch and company must travel to Tickertocken to find out the correct time before...

S01E35 Pirate Isle

November 2, 1959
Clutch gets a mysterious telegram telling him to go to the Galapagos Islands.

S01E36 Crop Dusters

November 9, 1959
Colonel Greenleaf Julip is losing his cotton crop because of an unusual amount of bugs and now he may lose his plantation to Mr. Hansen.

S01E37 The Smog Smuggler

November 16, 1959
A mysterious dirigible is dumping soot on Sunnydale and Clutch has to stop it.

S01E38 Global Test Flight

November 23, 1959
Clutch is test flying a new design for Andy Anderson but the competition tries to sabotage his global trip.

S01E39 Dead End Gulch

November 30, 1959
When stagecoach bandits come to Dead End Gulch, Clutch decides to run for marshal.

S01E40 The Missing Mermaid

December 7, 1959
Minnie the Mermaid has been abducted by spies and Clutch must save her.

S01E41 Flying Bus

December 14, 1959
The Smog brothers are trying to sabotage a new airbus design so they won't lose the city bus franchise.

S01E42 Road Race

December 21, 1959
Clutch enters the Forgonia Grand Prix but someone is trying to sabotage him.

S01E43 Feather Fuddle

December 28, 1959
Professor Chickadee has gone missing at Big Wet Lake.

S01E44 Water Wizards

January 4, 1960
Clutch and Spinner enter the boat races at the regatta and Spider Black tries to sabotage them.

S01E45 The Terrible Tiger

January 11, 1960
Clutch and company go to the Bingo Bengal jungle to save their friends from a giant tiger.

S01E46 The Circus

January 18, 1960
Someone is trying to wreck the circus and Clutch intends to find out who is responsible.

S01E47 Bush Pilots

January 25, 1960
Pete Moss sends a mayday from the Northern wilds and Clutch must rescue him.

S01E48 Cheddar Cheaters

February 1, 1960
Dutch cows are going missing and Clutch is asked to find them.

S01E49 The Blunderbird

February 8, 1960
The friendly headhunters ask Clutch to come to the Amazon and save them from a giant bird.

S01E50 The Case of Ripcord Van Winkle

February 15, 1960
A pilot who has been missing for 30 years suddenly appears and throws an air show.

S01E51 The Fortune Cookie Caper

February 22, 1960
Clutch gets a note in his fortune cookie from Chin Chew Chow, saying that he is being held prisoner in a cookie factory.

S01E52 Big "X"

February 29, 1960
Professor Stargazer sends a paper airplane to Clutch asking for help when a big thing is going to collide with the moon.

Cast

Richard Cotting
Clutch Cargo / Narrator (voice)
Margaret Kerry
Margaret Kerry
Spinner / Mary Perkins / Paddlefoot (voice)
Hal Smith
Hal Smith
Narrator (voice)

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