Season 1 • Episode 38
LatestSome unscrupulous businessmen want Mike and Jerry to haul gambling equipment for them, but their scheme turns up snake eyes: a loser.
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.
Production
Actual location shooting across North American highways
Acting
Paul Birch's inexplicably commanding screen presence as Mike
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired when the Trans-Canada Highway was still being completed, making truckers literal symbols of national connection.
William Campbell later played a Klingon in Star Trek—quite the career pivot from gentle Jerry Austin.
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