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.
Air Date: 1958-10-06
This pilot episode sets the premise: ""Cannonball"" is the adventures of 2 truck drivers who haul freight across the ...
Air Date: 1958-10-13
Truck drivers doing long hauls often use caffeine pills to stay alert. The highway patrol puts out a warning that so...
Air Date: 1958-10-20
Mike and Jerry pick up a hitchhiker named Willy who has gotten into trouble.
Air Date: 1958-10-27
When Mike and Jerry are under pressure to deliver a load in a big hurry, a near-accident makes them learn that they m...
Air Date: 1958-11-03
Mike and Jerry deliver a cargo consisting of an iron lung to help a polio patient.
Air Date: 1958-11-10
Mike Malone loves truckstop food, and has meals and snacks on a long haul. When Mike gets some stomach pains, Jerry ...
Air Date: 1958-11-17
Mike and Jerry intercede when a hostage is taken at a truckstop, and diffuse what could turn out to be a dangerous si...
Air Date: 1958-12-01
Mike and Jerry are taking some freight on a long haul, but when they look in the back of their truck they find out th...
Air Date: 1958-12-08
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 But...
Air Date: 1958-12-15
There are some funny complications when Mike and Jerry are trucking during moose hunting season.
Air Date: 1958-12-29
There's a new parts manager for C & A Transport: Ben Handley. Mike and Jerry wind up taking Ben along on a run; Ben ...
Air Date: 1959-01-05
Mike and Jerry have a dangerous load this time, nitro glycerin to be used by a fuel company drilling for oil.
Air Date: 1959-01-12
While out on the road doing a long haul, Mike and Jerry stop at Joe's place for coffee. Mike is a happily married ma...
Air Date: 1959-01-19
When Mike and Jerry haul some valuable cargo, they find themselves under attack by some would-be hijackers.
Air Date: 1959-01-26
Mike and Jerry wind up hauling some high-powered fuel for an airplane called the Flying Goose. [Airplanes named ""Go...
Air Date: 1959-02-02
A fellow truck driver at C & A, Frank Peters, is going through a rough time-- first his son died, and then his wife l...
Air Date: 1959-02-09
Mike and Jerry find a stray dog on the road and try to find its rightful owner.
Air Date: 1959-02-16
Mike's son Butch has been getting some poor grades in school. Mike has to be strict with him. Later, they patch thi...
Air Date: 1959-02-23
Mike has a really hot load to haul this week: radioactive Iridium-192, which is used principally in industry, to dete...
Air Date: 1959-03-02
When a valuable necklace turns up missing, Mike and Jerry retrace their route to find out who could have taken it.
Air Date: 1959-03-09
Mike can't believe it when Jerry is accused of stealing on the job, and gets fired. Even stranger is the fact that M...
Air Date: 1959-03-16
An old girlfriend of Jerry's, named Nanette, shows up and wants to get together with Jerry again.
Air Date: 1959-03-23
Big Buck Harris is an independent trucker, and they are sometimes at odds with the truckers from C & A. Big Buck is ...
Air Date: 1959-03-30
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.
Air Date: 1959-04-06
When Mike and Jerry's truck breaks down in a desolate region of Canada, they find themselves marooned.
Air Date: 1959-04-13
There are many welcome truckstops along the highways, but when Mike and Jerry pull into Lil's place, a surprise await...
Air Date: 1959-04-20
Mike Malone served in the military during WWII. Mike had to discipline one of his men who kept shooting at enemy sol...
Air Date: 1959-04-27
When a new girl reporter for the newspaper wants to do a story on truckers, Mike and Jerry wind up getting unwanted p...
Air Date: 1959-05-04
Mike and Jerry pick up a hitchhiker on the road; the guy is big, like a wrestler. When they have a meal at a truckst...
Air Date: 1959-05-11
Mike and Jerry have a valuable load to haul this time: fur pelts. To make matters worse, there's a gang of thieves o...
Air Date: 1959-05-18
In order to show off their skills, just like cowboys have a Rodeo, truck drivers have a Roadeo. Mike has already won...
Air Date: 1959-05-25
Mike and Jerry make a scenic haul through Niagara Falls and wind up in Buffalo, New York.
Air Date: 1959-06-01
In a change-of-pace episode, Mike and Jerry haul some equipment for a band, and after the gig a wild party ensues.
Air Date: 1959-06-08
Mike Malone puts the pedal to the metal to get home in time for Ginny's 10th birthday.
Air Date: 1959-06-15
Mike and Jerry always have a steady paycheck by working for C & A trucking. One day they find out how rough some ind...
Air Date: 1959-06-22
After Jerry gets a couple of traffic tickets, and has a near-miss on the road, he is faced with having to take drivin...
Air Date: 1959-06-29
Mike and Jerry become eyewitnesses to a killing. They are determined to testify in court as to what they saw-- but i...
Air Date: 1959-07-06
Some unscrupulous businessmen want Mike and Jerry to haul gambling equipment for them, but their scheme turns up snak...