

Clutch Cargo
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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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.The Friendly Head Hunters
09-03-1959While 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.
- Ep 2
2.The Arctic Bird Giant
16-03-195920mClutch's tiny Eskimo friend needs him to save a friend from a bird giant.
- Ep 3
3.The Desert Queen
23-03-195922mA twenty-nine pound ruby is missing and Clutch must find it.
- Ep 4
4.The Pearl Pirates
30-03-1959Clutch's south seas island vacation is cut short when the natives tell him their rare black pearls are being stolen.
- Ep 5
5.The Vanishing Gold
06-04-1959On the way home from a mountain hideaway, Clutch encounters a miner whose gold is disappearing.
- Ep 6
6.The Race Car Mystery
13-04-1959Clutch's friend has his car sabotaged in a race. When Clutch shows up, the same thing happens to him.
- Ep 7
7.The Rocket Riot
20-04-1959When 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.
- Ep 8
8.Mystery in the Northwoods
27-04-1959 - Ep 9
9.Twaddle in Africa
04-05-1959Colonel Twaddle goes missing while on a secret mission in Africa and Clutch is called on to find him.
- Ep 10
10.The Lost Plateau
11-05-1959The medical association asks Clutch to go to the Amazon to find a rare plant that can cure night blindness.
- Ep 11
11.The Ghost Ship
18-05-1959While relaxing in a small fishing village, Clutch discovers that a ship piloted by ghosts is keeping the locals from fishing.
- Ep 12
12.The Rustlers
25-05-1959On the way home from an adventure, Clutch and friends stop to see a rancher friend and find that someone is stealing her cattle.
- Ep 13
13.The Missing Train
01-06-1959Clutch plans to take Spinner and Paddlefoot to the circus but has to change their plans when a train full of gold goes missing.
- Ep 14
14.The Devil Bird
08-06-1959After a giant bird makes the natives of Taka Napa flee to Rapa Tapa, Chief Mambo sends a message to Clutch asking for help.
- Ep 15
15.Pipeline to Danger
15-06-1959When Clutch is called upon to find out why a new oil pipeline isn't working, mysterious strangers try to eliminate him.
- Ep 16
16.Mister Abominable
22-06-1959A 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.
- Ep 17
17.Operation Moon Beam
29-06-1959Clutch and company enter a rocket race to the moon.
- Ep 18
18.Air Race
06-07-1959Clutch Races an airplane against the ace.
- Ep 19
19.The Haunted Castle
13-07-1959Clutch goes to Scotland to investigate his friend's haunted castle.
- Ep 20
20.The Elephant-Nappers
20-07-1959When a rare white elephant goes missing, Clutch is asked to find her.
- Ep 21
21.Dragon Fly
27-07-1959One of Clutch's old friends is being tormented by a giant dragonfly, or so he thinks.
- Ep 22
22.Sky Circus
03-08-1959Clutch enters a sky circus but the airport manager wants to make sure he doesn't win the $5,000 prize.
- Ep 23
23.The Midget Submarine
10-08-1959An atomic submarine is stuck on the ocean floor and Clutch must find it before another country discovers it and it's secrets.
- Ep 24
24.Cliff Dwellers
17-08-1959After crash landing in the desert, Clutch and company stumble upon the village of a lost Indian tribe.
- Ep 25
25.Jungle Train
24-08-1959Chubb 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.
- Ep 26
26.Space Station
31-08-1959Paddlefoot 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.
- Ep 27
27.The Swamp Swindlers
07-09-1959While 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.
- Ep 28
28.The Dinky Incas
14-09-1959An American expedition to a lost Incan temple has gone missing.
- Ep 29
29.Kangaroo Express
21-09-1959A plane loaded with treasure is forced to land in the Australian desert and Clutch must recover it.
- Ep 30
30.The Shipwreckers
28-09-1959 - Ep 31
31.The Ivory Counterfeiters
05-10-1959 - Ep 32
32.Dynamite Fury
12-10-1959 - Ep 33
33.Alaskan Pilot
19-10-1959Klondike Ike and Sourdough Mike are missing, but Gumboot Hogan and Moose Nose Mack don't want Clutch to find them.
- Ep 34
34.Swiss Mystery
26-10-1959The 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 th...
- Ep 35
35.Pirate Isle
02-11-1959Clutch gets a mysterious telegram telling him to go to the Galapagos Islands.
- Ep 36
36.Crop Dusters
09-11-1959Colonel Greenleaf Julip is losing his cotton crop because of an unusual amount of bugs and now he may lose his plantation to Mr. Hansen.
- Ep 37
37.The Smog Smuggler
16-11-1959A mysterious dirigible is dumping soot on Sunnydale and Clutch has to stop it.
- Ep 38
38.Global Test Flight
23-11-1959Clutch is test flying a new design for Andy Anderson but the competition tries to sabotage his global trip.
- Ep 39
39.Dead End Gulch
30-11-1959When stagecoach bandits come to Dead End Gulch, Clutch decides to run for marshal.
- Ep 40
40.The Missing Mermaid
07-12-1959Minnie the Mermaid has been abducted by spies and Clutch must save her.
- Ep 41
41.Flying Bus
14-12-1959The Smog brothers are trying to sabotage a new airbus design so they won't lose the city bus franchise.
- Ep 42
42.Road Race
21-12-1959Clutch enters the Forgonia Grand Prix but someone is trying to sabotage him.
- Ep 43
43.Feather Fuddle
28-12-1959Professor Chickadee has gone missing at Big Wet Lake.
- Ep 44
44.Water Wizards
04-01-1960Clutch and Spinner enter the boat races at the regatta and Spider Black tries to sabotage them.
- Ep 45
45.The Terrible Tiger
11-01-1960Clutch and company go to the Bingo Bengal jungle to save their friends from a giant tiger.
- Ep 46
46.The Circus
18-01-1960Someone is trying to wreck the circus and Clutch intends to find out who is responsible.
- Ep 47
47.Bush Pilots
25-01-1960Pete Moss sends a mayday from the Northern wilds and Clutch must rescue him.
- Ep 48
48.Cheddar Cheaters
01-02-1960Dutch cows are going missing and Clutch is asked to find them.
- Ep 49
49.The Blunderbird
08-02-1960The friendly headhunters ask Clutch to come to the Amazon and save them from a giant bird.
- Ep 50
50.The Case of Ripcord Van Winkle
15-02-1960A pilot who has been missing for 30 years suddenly appears and throws an air show.
- Ep 51
51.The Fortune Cookie Caper
22-02-1960Clutch gets a note in his fortune cookie from Chin Chew Chow, saying that he is being held prisoner in a cookie factory.
- Ep 52
52.Big "X"
29-02-1960Professor Stargazer sends a paper airplane to Clutch asking for help when a big thing is going to collide with the moon.
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