Clutch Cargo
Clutch Cargo
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Clutch Cargo

3.9 / 10
1959
1 season
52 episodes
AnimationAction & AdventureKids

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

    09-03-1959

    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.

  • Ep 2

    2.The Arctic Bird Giant

    16-03-195920m

    Clutch's tiny Eskimo friend needs him to save a friend from a bird giant.

  • Ep 3

    3.The Desert Queen

    23-03-195922m

    A twenty-nine pound ruby is missing and Clutch must find it.

  • Ep 4

    4.The Pearl Pirates

    30-03-1959

    Clutch'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

    06-04-1959

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

  • Ep 6

    6.The Race Car Mystery

    13-04-1959

    Clutch'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

    20-04-1959

    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.

  • Ep 8

    8.Mystery in the Northwoods

    27-04-1959
  • Ep 9

    9.Twaddle in Africa

    04-05-1959

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

  • Ep 10

    10.The Lost Plateau

    11-05-1959

    The 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

    18-05-1959

    While 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

    25-05-1959

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

  • Ep 13

    13.The Missing Train

    01-06-1959

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

  • Ep 14

    14.The Devil Bird

    08-06-1959

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

  • Ep 15

    15.Pipeline to Danger

    15-06-1959

    When 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

    22-06-1959

    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.

  • Ep 17

    17.Operation Moon Beam

    29-06-1959

    Clutch and company enter a rocket race to the moon.

  • Ep 18

    18.Air Race

    06-07-1959

    Clutch Races an airplane against the ace.

  • Ep 19

    19.The Haunted Castle

    13-07-1959

    Clutch goes to Scotland to investigate his friend's haunted castle.

  • Ep 20

    20.The Elephant-Nappers

    20-07-1959

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

  • Ep 21

    21.Dragon Fly

    27-07-1959

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

  • Ep 22

    22.Sky Circus

    03-08-1959

    Clutch 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

    10-08-1959

    An 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

    17-08-1959

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

  • Ep 25

    25.Jungle Train

    24-08-1959

    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.

  • Ep 26

    26.Space Station

    31-08-1959

    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.

  • Ep 27

    27.The Swamp Swindlers

    07-09-1959

    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.

  • Ep 28

    28.The Dinky Incas

    14-09-1959

    An American expedition to a lost Incan temple has gone missing.

  • Ep 29

    29.Kangaroo Express

    21-09-1959

    A 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

    19-10-1959

    Klondike 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

    26-10-1959

    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 th...

  • Ep 35

    35.Pirate Isle

    02-11-1959

    Clutch gets a mysterious telegram telling him to go to the Galapagos Islands.

  • Ep 36

    36.Crop Dusters

    09-11-1959

    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.

  • Ep 37

    37.The Smog Smuggler

    16-11-1959

    A mysterious dirigible is dumping soot on Sunnydale and Clutch has to stop it.

  • Ep 38

    38.Global Test Flight

    23-11-1959

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

  • Ep 39

    39.Dead End Gulch

    30-11-1959

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

  • Ep 40

    40.The Missing Mermaid

    07-12-1959

    Minnie the Mermaid has been abducted by spies and Clutch must save her.

  • Ep 41

    41.Flying Bus

    14-12-1959

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

  • Ep 42

    42.Road Race

    21-12-1959

    Clutch enters the Forgonia Grand Prix but someone is trying to sabotage him.

  • Ep 43

    43.Feather Fuddle

    28-12-1959

    Professor Chickadee has gone missing at Big Wet Lake.

  • Ep 44

    44.Water Wizards

    04-01-1960

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

  • Ep 45

    45.The Terrible Tiger

    11-01-1960

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

  • Ep 46

    46.The Circus

    18-01-1960

    Someone is trying to wreck the circus and Clutch intends to find out who is responsible.

  • Ep 47

    47.Bush Pilots

    25-01-1960

    Pete Moss sends a mayday from the Northern wilds and Clutch must rescue him.

  • Ep 48

    48.Cheddar Cheaters

    01-02-1960

    Dutch cows are going missing and Clutch is asked to find them.

  • Ep 49

    49.The Blunderbird

    08-02-1960

    The 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

    15-02-1960

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

  • Ep 51

    51.The Fortune Cookie Caper

    22-02-1960

    Clutch 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"

    29-02-1960

    Professor 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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