Cannonball (series)
| Cannonball | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Adventure/Drama |
| Directed by |
Harry Keller Lesley Selander Les Goodwins |
| Starring |
Paul Birch William Campbell |
| Opening theme | Cannonball theme song |
| Country of origin | Canada United Kingdom United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 39 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Bolton, Ontario, Canada |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Incorporated Television Company |
| Release | |
| Original network |
CBC Television (Canada) ABC Weekend TV (United Kingdom) Syndication (United States) |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original release | October 6, 1958 – July 13, 1959 |
Cannonball is a British/Canadian adventure drama series starring Paul Birch and William Campbell, and aired on CBC Television in Canada, ABC Weekend TV in the United Kingdom, and in syndication in the United States. Produced by Normandie Productions and ITC Entertainment, the series' interiors were filmed at Canadian Film Industries Limited, a studio in Canada. Exteriors were shot in and around Toronto.
The series is one of the few ITC productions to air on ABC Weekend TV in the UK. Because Associated TeleVision (ATV) owners of ITC, also ran the London weekend and Midlands weekdays ITV companies, they tended to hold the rights for ITC series in order to show each one in the Midlands (where ABC was the weekend operator) during the week. The series aired from October 6, 1958 to July 13, 1959, for 39 episodes in black-and-white.
The series follows the adventures of Mike Malone (Paul Birch) and Jerry Austin (William Campbell), two truckers who haul cargo across the US and Canada for the fictitious Toronto-based C&A Transport Company Ltd. The truck depicted in the series is believed to be that of a GMC Model 950 COE (cab-over engine) diesel tractor built and sold in the same decade by General Motors. The supporting cast includes Beth Lockerbie as Mary Malone, Mike's wife, and Beth Morris as Ginny Malone
The duo's adventures come to an end in the series' final episode, "Tunnel Vision". Austin, who is Malone's co-driver on the truck, has an opportunity to go back and finish college. Malone knows this but realizes Austin will not take the opportunity because it will break up their partnership. In his yearly medical check up, Malone pretends to have tunnel vision (lack of peripheral vision) which means he no longer qualifies to drive trucks. This frees Austin who is able to finish his college education.
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