S01E01 The Friendly Head Hunters
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.
Clutch Cargo
S01E07: The Rocket Riot
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.
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.
Episodes
S01E02 The Arctic Bird Giant
Clutch's tiny Eskimo friend needs him to save a friend from a bird giant.
S01E04 The Pearl Pirates
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
On the way home from a mountain hideaway, Clutch encounters a miner whose gold is disappearing.
S01E06 The Race Car Mystery
Clutch's friend has his car sabotaged in a race. When Clutch shows up, the same thing happens to him.
S01E07 The Rocket Riot
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
S01E09 Twaddle in Africa
Colonel Twaddle goes missing while on a secret mission in Africa and Clutch is called on to find him.
S01E10 The Lost Plateau
The medical association asks Clutch to go to the Amazon to find a rare plant that can cure night blindness.
S01E11 The Ghost Ship
While relaxing in a small fishing village, Clutch discovers that a ship piloted by ghosts is keeping the locals from fishing.
S01E12 The Rustlers
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
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
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
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
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.
S01E19 The Haunted Castle
Clutch goes to Scotland to investigate his friend's haunted castle.
S01E20 The Elephant-Nappers
When a rare white elephant goes missing, Clutch is asked to find her.
S01E21 Dragon Fly
One of Clutch's old friends is being tormented by a giant dragonfly, or so he thinks.
S01E22 Sky Circus
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
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
After crash landing in the desert, Clutch and company stumble upon the village of a lost Indian tribe.
S01E25 Jungle Train
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
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
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.
S01E29 Kangaroo Express
A plane loaded with treasure is forced to land in the Australian desert and Clutch must recover it.
S01E30 The Shipwreckers
S01E31 The Ivory Counterfeiters
S01E32 Dynamite Fury
S01E33 Alaskan Pilot
Klondike Ike and Sourdough Mike are missing, but Gumboot Hogan and Moose Nose Mack don't want Clutch to find them.
S01E34 Swiss Mystery
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
Clutch gets a mysterious telegram telling him to go to the Galapagos Islands.
S01E36 Crop Dusters
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
A mysterious dirigible is dumping soot on Sunnydale and Clutch has to stop it.
S01E38 Global Test Flight
Clutch is test flying a new design for Andy Anderson but the competition tries to sabotage his global trip.
S01E39 Dead End Gulch
When stagecoach bandits come to Dead End Gulch, Clutch decides to run for marshal.
S01E40 The Missing Mermaid
Minnie the Mermaid has been abducted by spies and Clutch must save her.
S01E41 Flying Bus
The Smog brothers are trying to sabotage a new airbus design so they won't lose the city bus franchise.
S01E42 Road Race
Clutch enters the Forgonia Grand Prix but someone is trying to sabotage him.
S01E44 Water Wizards
Clutch and Spinner enter the boat races at the regatta and Spider Black tries to sabotage them.
S01E45 The Terrible Tiger
Clutch and company go to the Bingo Bengal jungle to save their friends from a giant tiger.
S01E46 The Circus
Someone is trying to wreck the circus and Clutch intends to find out who is responsible.
S01E47 Bush Pilots
Pete Moss sends a mayday from the Northern wilds and Clutch must rescue him.
S01E49 The Blunderbird
The friendly headhunters ask Clutch to come to the Amazon and save them from a giant bird.
S01E50 The Case of Ripcord Van Winkle
A pilot who has been missing for 30 years suddenly appears and throws an air show.
S01E51 The Fortune Cookie Caper
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"
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
Spinner / Mary Perkins / Paddlefoot (voice)
Hal Smith
Narrator (voice)
