Clutch Cargo (1959)
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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Episode 1 - The Friendly Head Hunters
Release Date: 1959-03-09While 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.
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Episode 2 - The Arctic Bird Giant
Release Date: 1959-03-16Clutch's tiny Eskimo friend needs him to save a friend from a bird giant.
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Episode 3 - The Desert Queen
Release Date: 1959-03-23A twenty-nine pound ruby is missing and Clutch must find it.
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Episode 4 - The Pearl Pirates
Release Date: 1959-03-30Clutch's south seas island vacation is cut short when the natives tell him their rare black pearls are being stolen.
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Episode 5 - The Vanishing Gold
Release Date: 1959-04-06On the way home from a mountain hideaway, Clutch encounters a miner whose gold is disappearing.
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Episode 6 - The Race Car Mystery
Release Date: 1959-04-13Clutch's friend has his car sabotaged in a race. When Clutch shows up, the same thing happens to him.
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Episode 7 - The Rocket Riot
Release Date: 1959-04-20When 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.
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Episode 8 - Mystery in the Northwoods
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Episode 9 - Twaddle in Africa
Release Date: 1959-05-04Colonel Twaddle goes missing while on a secret mission in Africa and Clutch is called on to find him.
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Episode 10 - The Lost Plateau
Release Date: 1959-05-11The medical association asks Clutch to go to the Amazon to find a rare plant that can cure night blindness.
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Episode 11 - The Ghost Ship
Release Date: 1959-05-18While relaxing in a small fishing village, Clutch discovers that a ship piloted by ghosts is keeping the locals from fishing.
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Episode 12 - The Rustlers
Release Date: 1959-05-25On the way home from an adventure, Clutch and friends stop to see a rancher friend and find that someone is stealing her cattle.
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Episode 13 - The Missing Train
Release Date: 1959-06-01Clutch plans to take Spinner and Paddlefoot to the circus but has to change their plans when a train full of gold goes missing.
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Episode 14 - The Devil Bird
Release Date: 1959-06-08After a giant bird makes the natives of Taka Napa flee to Rapa Tapa, Chief Mambo sends a message to Clutch asking for help.
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Episode 15 - Pipeline to Danger
Release Date: 1959-06-15When Clutch is called upon to find out why a new oil pipeline isn't working, mysterious strangers try to eliminate him.
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Episode 16 - Mister Abominable
Release Date: 1959-06-22A 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.
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Episode 17 - Operation Moon Beam
Release Date: 1959-06-29Clutch and company enter a rocket race to the moon.
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Episode 18 - Air Race
Release Date: 1959-07-06Clutch Races an airplane against the ace.
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Episode 19 - The Haunted Castle
Release Date: 1959-07-13Clutch goes to Scotland to investigate his friend's haunted castle.
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Episode 20 - The Elephant-Nappers
Release Date: 1959-07-20When a rare white elephant goes missing, Clutch is asked to find her.
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Episode 21 - Dragon Fly
Release Date: 1959-07-27One of Clutch's old friends is being tormented by a giant dragonfly, or so he thinks.
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Episode 22 - Sky Circus
Release Date: 1959-08-03Clutch enters a sky circus but the airport manager wants to make sure he doesn't win the $5,000 prize.
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Episode 23 - The Midget Submarine
Release Date: 1959-08-10An atomic submarine is stuck on the ocean floor and Clutch must find it before another country discovers it and it's secrets.
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Episode 24 - Cliff Dwellers
Release Date: 1959-08-17After crash landing in the desert, Clutch and company stumble upon the village of a lost Indian tribe.
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Episode 25 - Jungle Train
Release Date: 1959-08-24Chubb 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.
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Episode 26 - Space Station
Release Date: 1959-08-31Paddlefoot 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.
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Episode 27 - The Swamp Swindlers
Release Date: 1959-09-07While 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.
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Episode 28 - The Dinky Incas
Release Date: 1959-09-14An American expedition to a lost Incan temple has gone missing.
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Episode 29 - Kangaroo Express
Release Date: 1959-09-21A plane loaded with treasure is forced to land in the Australian desert and Clutch must recover it.
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Episode 30 - The Shipwreckers
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Episode 31 - The Ivory Counterfeiters
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Episode 32 - Dynamite Fury
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Episode 33 - Alaskan Pilot
Release Date: 1959-10-19Klondike Ike and Sourdough Mike are missing, but Gumboot Hogan and Moose Nose Mack don't want Clutch to find them.
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Episode 34 - Swiss Mystery
Release Date: 1959-10-26The 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 they can begin to search for Hans.
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Episode 35 - Pirate Isle
Release Date: 1959-11-02Clutch gets a mysterious telegram telling him to go to the Galapagos Islands.
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Episode 36 - Crop Dusters
Release Date: 1959-11-09Colonel Greenleaf Julip is losing his cotton crop because of an unusual amount of bugs and now he may lose his plantation to Mr. Hansen.
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Episode 37 - The Smog Smuggler
Release Date: 1959-11-16A mysterious dirigible is dumping soot on Sunnydale and Clutch has to stop it.
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Episode 38 - Global Test Flight
Release Date: 1959-11-23Clutch is test flying a new design for Andy Anderson but the competition tries to sabotage his global trip.
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Episode 39 - Dead End Gulch
Release Date: 1959-11-30When stagecoach bandits come to Dead End Gulch, Clutch decides to run for marshal.
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Episode 40 - The Missing Mermaid
Release Date: 1959-12-07Minnie the Mermaid has been abducted by spies and Clutch must save her.
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Episode 41 - Flying Bus
Release Date: 1959-12-14The Smog brothers are trying to sabotage a new airbus design so they won't lose the city bus franchise.
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Episode 42 - Road Race
Release Date: 1959-12-21Clutch enters the Forgonia Grand Prix but someone is trying to sabotage him.
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Episode 43 - Feather Fuddle
Release Date: 1959-12-28Professor Chickadee has gone missing at Big Wet Lake.
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Episode 44 - Water Wizards
Release Date: 1960-01-04Clutch and Spinner enter the boat races at the regatta and Spider Black tries to sabotage them.
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Episode 45 - The Terrible Tiger
Release Date: 1960-01-11Clutch and company go to the Bingo Bengal jungle to save their friends from a giant tiger.
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Episode 46 - The Circus
Release Date: 1960-01-18Someone is trying to wreck the circus and Clutch intends to find out who is responsible.
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Episode 47 - Bush Pilots
Release Date: 1960-01-25Pete Moss sends a mayday from the Northern wilds and Clutch must rescue him.
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Episode 48 - Cheddar Cheaters
Release Date: 1960-02-01Dutch cows are going missing and Clutch is asked to find them.
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Episode 49 - The Blunderbird
Release Date: 1960-02-08The friendly headhunters ask Clutch to come to the Amazon and save them from a giant bird.
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Episode 50 - The Case of Ripcord Van Winkle
Release Date: 1960-02-15A pilot who has been missing for 30 years suddenly appears and throws an air show.
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Episode 51 - The Fortune Cookie Caper
Release Date: 1960-02-22Clutch gets a note in his fortune cookie from Chin Chew Chow, saying that he is being held prisoner in a cookie factory.
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Episode 52 - Big "X"
Release Date: 1960-02-29Professor Stargazer sends a paper airplane to Clutch asking for help when a big thing is going to collide with the moon.