Cannonball
Followed the adventures of Mike Malone and Jerry Austin as they drove trucks across the US and Canada for the fictitious C&A Transport Company Ltd. "Cannonball" was a half-hour family drama featuring truckers Mike Malone and Jerry Austin hauling freight across Canada and the U.S.A. Paul Birch and William Campbell portrayed the main characters, with Canadian actors Beth Lockerbie, Beth Morris, Steve Barringer, Howard Milsom, and others in supporting roles.
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This pilot episode sets the premise: ""Cannonball"" is the adventures of 2 truck drivers who haul freight across the highways of the United States and...
Truck drivers doing long hauls often use caffeine pills to stay alert. The highway patrol puts out a warning that some truckstops are selling stay-aw...
Mike and Jerry pick up a hitchhiker named Willy who has gotten into trouble.
When Mike and Jerry are under pressure to deliver a load in a big hurry, a near-accident makes them learn that they must keep their Sights on Safety.
Mike and Jerry deliver a cargo consisting of an iron lung to help a polio patient.
Mike Malone loves truckstop food, and has meals and snacks on a long haul. When Mike gets some stomach pains, Jerry thinks it's just indigestion. Bu...
Mike and Jerry intercede when a hostage is taken at a truckstop, and diffuse what could turn out to be a dangerous situation.
Mike and Jerry are taking some freight on a long haul, but when they look in the back of their truck they find out they've also got some small cargo--...
Jerry is just like one of the family at Mike Malone's house. But since Jerry is more like a buddy to Mike's kids Butch and Ginny, while sometimes Mik...
There are some funny complications when Mike and Jerry are trucking during moose hunting season.
There's a new parts manager for C & A Transport: Ben Handley. Mike and Jerry wind up taking Ben along on a run; Ben doesn't seem to know much about t...
Mike and Jerry have a dangerous load this time, nitro glycerin to be used by a fuel company drilling for oil.
While out on the road doing a long haul, Mike and Jerry stop at Joe's place for coffee. Mike is a happily married man, but Jerry is single and lookin...
When Mike and Jerry haul some valuable cargo, they find themselves under attack by some would-be hijackers.
Mike and Jerry wind up hauling some high-powered fuel for an airplane called the Flying Goose. [Airplanes named ""Goose"": Eccentric billionaire Howa...
A fellow truck driver at C & A, Frank Peters, is going through a rough time-- first his son died, and then his wife left him. This causes him to miss...
Mike and Jerry find a stray dog on the road and try to find its rightful owner.
Mike's son Butch has been getting some poor grades in school. Mike has to be strict with him. Later, they patch things up and Butch says he wants to...
Mike has a really hot load to haul this week: radioactive Iridium-192, which is used principally in industry, to detect small cracks in large metal pi...
When a valuable necklace turns up missing, Mike and Jerry retrace their route to find out who could have taken it.
Mike can't believe it when Jerry is accused of stealing on the job, and gets fired. Even stranger is the fact that Mike can't get any explanations fr...
An old girlfriend of Jerry's, named Nanette, shows up and wants to get together with Jerry again.
Big Buck Harris is an independent trucker, and they are sometimes at odds with the truckers from C & A. Big Buck is also an incorrigible practical jo...
When Mike and Jerry come across a little old man on the road, it turns out he has a past that surprises both of them.
When Mike and Jerry's truck breaks down in a desolate region of Canada, they find themselves marooned.
There are many welcome truckstops along the highways, but when Mike and Jerry pull into Lil's place, a surprise awaits them.
Mike Malone served in the military during WWII. Mike had to discipline one of his men who kept shooting at enemy soldiers after they had already surr...
When a new girl reporter for the newspaper wants to do a story on truckers, Mike and Jerry wind up getting unwanted publicity.
Mike and Jerry pick up a hitchhiker on the road; the guy is big, like a wrestler. When they have a meal at a truckstop, they run into a boxer, and fi...
Mike and Jerry have a valuable load to haul this time: fur pelts. To make matters worse, there's a gang of thieves on the road. No sooner do they st...
In order to show off their skills, just like cowboys have a Rodeo, truck drivers have a Roadeo. Mike has already won the annual competition twice, an...
Mike and Jerry make a scenic haul through Niagara Falls and wind up in Buffalo, New York.
In a change-of-pace episode, Mike and Jerry haul some equipment for a band, and after the gig a wild party ensues.
Mike Malone puts the pedal to the metal to get home in time for Ginny's 10th birthday.
Mike and Jerry always have a steady paycheck by working for C & A trucking. One day they find out how rough some independent truckers have it, they l...
After Jerry gets a couple of traffic tickets, and has a near-miss on the road, he is faced with having to take driving school.
Mike and Jerry become eyewitnesses to a killing. They are determined to testify in court as to what they saw-- but in the meantime, Mike and Jerry wi...
Some unscrupulous businessmen want Mike and Jerry to haul gambling equipment for them, but their scheme turns up snake eyes: a loser.
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