Cannonball The Runaway Truck 1958. Two truckers find adventure as they haul cargo. Keep On Truckin' 

I got me one of those women. Been behind the wheel for 48 years... they're getting to be a rare breed, just like the drivers.

Never heard of this show until tonight. I was a trucker for over 25 years, and my dad was one too. Glad to have found this gem of a show.

Remember when every man who did a job and took it seriously was worthy of respect? I do. Barely.

Haven't finished watching yet, but WOW! Clean-cut truckers in uniforms and hats and no FLIP FLOPS! And they speak English too! My how times have changed.

Incredible how after 65 years I remember the theme song.

I was 7 years old when I first saw this episode...I absolutely LOVED this show, and watched faithfully every week! Have had a life long love of cabover trucks, and the GMC Cannonball is still my favorite. I'll be 74 in a couple months, and I consider this to be a GREAT birthday present...THANKS!!!

Spring brakes were originally designed in 1956 but didn't get installed on all trucks until well into the 60's. This film made the most of that with Jerry cutting the airbrake hose.

The late 1950s and early 1960s had some of the best television. Thanks for finding and sharing this one. I remember sitting on the edge of an oval braided rug watching the RCA. I can even hear my mom saying, "Stop setting so close."

I watched this show every week as a kid. I would draw countless pictures of their GMC cab-over, as well as Sky King's Songbird. What a time to be young.

Say! The seated guy at 2:09 is actor Stafford Repp, better known for his portrayal of Police Chief O'Hara on the 1960s "Batman" TV series.

LOVED this show when I was a kid in the 50's, I wanted so bad to become a pro driver, to the dismay of my middle-class university-track parents. Finally realized my dream age 52, but bus not trucks...

I loved this show as a kid when it was in first runs, we had a truck terminal, about 10 doors that was a 1/4 mile down the road from where I lived on a residential street, they used the GMC cabovers, I would stand in the yard as they drove by and pump my arm to beat the band to get them to blow their horn....and it always worked, amazing what a 7 year old kid can get a trucker to do....the terminal is still there all these 65 years later, but now is just some sort of storage area for used appliances.....but we sure have a ton of terminals in the Orlando, Florida area....thanks for sharing....Paul

I don't remember this show but I always wanted to be a truckdriver. Graduateed in 71. Could've went to college on a free ride but I was on the road by 1975. Saw most of this beautiful country before having to hang it up in my early 50s due to health reasons. I sure do miss it.

Before he was The Squire of Gothos, before he was Commander Koloth, he was a truck driver. RIP William Campbell

I'm 73 years old Born and raised in Portland Oregon Period I have never heard of this program before I happen to have a VPN that's turned on to Canada this the only reason that I caught this I thoroughly enjoyed it The old GMC with barely enough room for a sleeper and to listen to The Sound of that Detroit Diesel Human was a Real treat I Hope to Find this again Thank You very much Yes I enjoyed it More than I can say C](:>)-[❤#=]

Loved this show when I was a kid my grand father drove trucks and taught me how to drive them,and "cannonball was one of his favorite TV shows and was also his CB handle. I retired last year after 42 years of driving.

Those were great time s when trucker were truckers ❤❤❤❤

I REMEMBER THIS SHOW WHEN I WAS A KID !

Great old show, a forerunner to the 70's Movin' On...thanks for posting!

Love the closing theme as the road sign says Ventura Blvd and Topanga Canyon Blvd. Ooopsssss! Great show enjoyed it as a kid. 75 years old and still fun to watch.

I am from Australia and this takes me back to my kid days My family loved this show watched it every week. Thanks

I'm a Brit. Watched this in the UK when we first got a TV in 1960. Never forgotten that powerful opening sequence, that great truck powering straight out of the screen and that wonderful song. Loved the show. Blew my little 7 year old mind.

I'm 70 now and would you believe we got this programme in England, remember it well especially the theme tune and the GMC truck. I would guess it was shown in the early sixties. Cannonball.....

Jeeeeeeeez used to watch this in England UK as a kid…..68 now ! 👍🏻🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

This series was shown in my country, GB, back when I was a kid ....I'm now 71. As soon as the title song came on I started singing along with it, word perfect. An old but indelible memory. Great stuff!

I watched this when I was a kid but I was bitten by the truck bug long before that. But I ended up making a diversion in my goals; I ended up fixing trucks more than driving them. I actually get a kick out of the lines in this series. I remember on one where Mike was asked where he was from and he responded with, "Tor-on-To." To anyone familiar with Toronto the first reaction was: "No you're not; a real Torontonian is from "Torranna." Interesting that I'm not from that area but instead from a cattle ranch west of Sweetgrass, MT, but I met a lot of people from Torranna...

All Canadian. We are still like this.

Oh my gosh. My brother and I were going to be truckers after watching this. One of our favorite shows.

One of my favorite shows when I was a kid.

Can remember the theme song and watching the show but don't remember the episodes. I was born in '54, my dad was a trucker all of his life before and after WWII. Can remember spending Christmas eve in a motel in Mansfield OH one year. Mom and I followed dad in the car on a relay run from Chicago. Dad was a driver for Eastern Motor Express for a while. Dad went on to be an owner/operator after and my older brother and I followed the family tradition. I'm retired now after 43 years of it. Of course dad and brother are gone. This movie takes me back. I think when I was born they stuck a truck steering wheel in my mouth. These days I sit at the table building truck model kits. Something to do!

Love it. I rode with a trucker when i was a kid helped him unload at different stop for Caffeets mini market. Then in the 80s I drove in Texas and Ga. Tennessee Alabama. Across Monteagle that was fun. 25 miles down one side and as fast as the truck would go down the other.

This was one of favorite shows when I was a kid. Watched in Phoenix in the late 50s. My Dad drove for Texaco for 35 years there in Phoenix till he retired.

Well caught! I'm old enough to have seen these shows as a child in glorious black-and-white. Heck, I'm old enough to remember watching Kukla, Fran and Ollie on the tiny round screen of the only television in the neighborhood. The set belonged to a neighbor who was kind enough to let a dozen or so of us kids come in and sit on the living room floor to watch the show.

G'day to you! I am now 74 used to watch it as a Kid back in England in the 50s,thanks for the great memories ! Perth Western Aust!

Seventy this year, but i still remember the show & that theme music,❤

Watched this show in '58. I was ten years old, at the time. Noticed at end of this program, truck was approaching Topanga Canyon Blvd and Ventura Blvd. West San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, Ca. Ann Doran plays the wife in this series. She was a North Hollywood resident and fine and lovely actress.

I was 9 years old in 1958 and this was my favorite show on t v. I am a retired truck mechanic I drove truck also I guess I was born a truck nut.

I loved this show as a kid. Can't believe how corny it was.

The cop said go have coffee & we'll watch the rig. We'll do a level 3 inspection while we're at it.

I remember watching this as a child.

The sound of the 2 stroke Detroit Diesel brings back fond memories of my trucking days.

Thanks for the memories. I remember watching this show with my friends on their little black and white 12” TV. I didn’t realize it was Canadian!

My first time seeing this show, what a nice show to watch, and boy .. !! .. have things changed! Thanks for sharing this and I'll look for more in the future. :^)

Canadian here. I remember this like it was yesterday - one of the few shows the Dad and the kids watched together on our crappy little black and white TV. It was nice hearing Canadian references, too.

This is the sharpest print of this show I've ever seen

I love the corny & sentimental violin. I wonder if I would have liked this then. Paul Birch scared the crap out of me when I saw him in "Not of This Earth".

I'm 60 years old, I've been in trucking for 31 years & this is the first I've ever heard of this show. Apparently this is how the GMC cannonball got its moniker👍🏾

I thought that most of the episodes of Cannonball had been lost or destroyed by accident. Great to see they've found some of them. 1950s trucking, when a man made a decent living doing it. Industry has long since been ruined.

I've never seen this. I love it. I drove in the 80s Texas and Ga.

Notice in the closing credits of "Cannonball" you can see California road signs at 25:34 such as US 101 and Ventura Blvd (left and right of the trailer).

Used to love thos show when I was a kid growing up. Still a great show.

Love the old GMC cabover truck tractor

Watched weekly as a kid

I remember watching that I was a young kid. Made Me Love trucks. Northern Cal. Lake 80s I became a truck driver. At the age of 8 I was driving trucks on a farm. Yes I became a truck driver. 2024 still have a CDL. Cannonball Cannonball adley. Jimmy with a 218 Detroit.. great show.👍🏼🤙🏽🤟🏽😊😎🌉🚛 I hauled Lumber. Walking floors from Mills flatbed doubles transfer trucks dump trucks end dumps mixers Ed powder Matic trailers yes even a reefer once. Big wheels Rollin Movin On sound familiar BJ and the bear sound familiar. The good old days😢😊😎✌🏽🙋🏽‍♂️🙏🏽

As a professional truck driver in 2024 I think it is awesome to see that old GMC. But it's also very cool to see a time when the drivers actually cared about the job they did. This show was very amazing to watch.

Many episodes I don't remember as I was born 1953, but the episode when they transported a person in an iron lung and the helper had to manually pump the lung to help the patient breathe. Great show along with others like Sky King and Rescue 8. Ah, the great years!

That was a great movie C l i p. My grandpa had a truck similar to that one back in the early 50's until he sold it to move his family to TAMPA BAY FLORIDA USA in 57. There a few short years later mom met my dad and the rest was a new chapter for a start for a new family life in Tampa Town USA 🇺🇲 thanks for sharing this classic cannon ball trucker movie. I honor all truckers this week as memorial weekend has come and gone. I honor each trucker for bringing everything to our homes and businesses as you the truckers are the lifeline and strong backbone to any nation for without the trucker we would be in such wicked poverty . 💪🚛🚚🛻🇺🇲👍

Wish i was a teen in the fifties born in 62 but still had a great childhood

Its a darn good trick pulling off an airline by hand, and it didnt even leak

I watched this show as a kid

My Grandfather was a TEAMSTER back in the 50s. He drove for White Motors in NJ.

Remember the show fondly. Never missed an episode.

like the in cab shots how smooth the ride is them old trucks would be beating the hell out of them

William Campbell also appeared twice on Star Trek. Quite a character.

was just thinking of this show the other day and why its never on other channels....watched it every week as a kid......thanks for posting

When there's no air the brakes lock up. The truck won't move. That's how it was on my 53 COE.

Very good. Post some more. Thanks.

I remember this show from many years back and this is the first time I have seen in decades. I even sang along with the theme song.

Never heard of it, but will see as many as I can....

I love the hats!

I used to love this show as a kid in the 1950s. My brother and I would lie on our backs on the living room floor with our feet under the TV during the opening sequence so we could let the truck drive over us.

34 years Long Haul trucker ; Learned NEVER EVER DRIVE a truck unless it was EQUIPPED with A JAKE BRAKE ; NO MORE SMOKING BRAKES)

Watched this as a 6 year old back in the day. "Orders from Ottawa" would have meant nothing to me. Then again, so would "Orders from Washington". That's Ann Doran playing Mary in this pilot episode. She's got a ton of credits including one for playing Eddie Haskell's mom.

Canadian programming in those days was great. Same era as The Forest Rangers, Terry LaFronde, and Rainbow Country

I remember the younger trucker on a episode of Star Trek!

Watched this show on Channel 5 in New York. First time I'd seen "Cannonball" since around 1960. I remember this episode vividly.

As a kid, I had a scale toy truck similar to this rig. The tractor was exactly the same; GMC Cannonball single screw painted red but with McClean Trucking markings. The trailer was tandem axle, and had a metal floor part painted black with a gray plastic exterior post van body also with McClean Trucking markings. I believe it was approximately 1/43rd scale and looked very realistic. I seem to remember it was make by Dinky, which I think was an English company that made very nice scale die cast cars and trucks. I wish I still had it.

That's funny.....I don't recall them being Canadian. But then again I wasn't aware of much back then.

The same thing happened to me last month !! 😂

THANKS MOVIECRAFT! WOW, TALK ABOUT A BLAST FROM THE PAST!!

Movin' On in the 70's. Sonny and Will. Remember that?

Hear that 6-71 detiot. Brings back memories!

THANK YOU FOR OLD SHOW USED ON TV

O-H-I-O Porter greetings 🇺🇸 I found this to be one quite cool episode! I come from a trucking family that started back in the 1930s & continues to this day. Quite enjoyable! Good stuff! 🥰🤩✌️

I remember my dad coming home after hauling a load for Denver - Chicago (DC) trucking. He and Hardy, who he drove with had picked it up somewhere in the Midwest and brought it to Denver. I still remember him talking about pulling in and parking and seeing the hostler immediately grab the trailer And put it in the shop. When he went upstairs to sign in and turn in the paperwork, there were two federal agents there. They asked him about a detour that he and Hardy had made in Nebraska. They had no idea the load was under escort so they just hauled it like normal. Hardy had a sister that had a farm there so they pulled off at her place for an hour and had supper. That's when the agent told him that the trailer had $7 million worth of gold going to the Denver mint. It wasn't the decoy load either. It was real. The trailer had a number painted on top and they had an aircraft escort every inch of the way that they didn't know about. That's why the unanticipated detour had screwed things up. Apparently DC held those loads fairly regularly after that and nobody even knew they had it until they got to the yard.

Holy Shit,,,,His Missus Was A Diamond,,,,She Could De-Stress Any Wagon Driver With A Go Do Attitude Like That,,,When Your Tramping All Week,,, Its The Last Thing U Want Is A Nagging Wife To Come Home To😉❤

Well, well , well , never ever i thought that i would see this again. Great in its day. Now i can reminisce . Nice one thank you. 😊

This is a show I have no memory of!

Just listen to that Detroit 2 stroke !

Good god I forgot about this show ! Bloody wonderful . Thanks 🇬🇧

ORDERS from Ottawa! Made me laugh. Yea, we will send out Chris Barber in Big Red! LOL. (You have to be a Canadian to get what i am referring too)

Had one of those rigs as a toy as a kid. The local combined 'Spotless' branded Rx and hardware store on Chamberlayne Ave., Richmond VA had a hand spun, hang-up toy display with the toys in plastic cellophane packages marketed as buses, truck rigs, etc. 1961-64 range of time. I remember the logo on the stapled top placards but the actual brand escapes me right now. It was a widely circulated brand too.This one (post) definitely jogged my memories exactly. Thanks!

Yeah buddy! It's like Highway Patrol meets Movin'On!

This played in Britain, early 70's.. I've been a driver 30 odd years now ! 😂

I used to love this show when I was 6 years old.

Real big rig cowboys

2:00 WOW.....truck drivers made great money back then.

I was at an antique truck show in Macungie PA, a few yrs ago and i guy came in driving a rig just like this one. It was all original the paint was faded and a little rust on the lower corners of the cab. His story board said he found it in a barn. This old lady said her husband bought it new and drove it until a heart attack took his license from him, but he just couldn't part with it. Stored it in the barn until his death and she didnt know what to do with it. The that bought it, heard about it, checked it out and made her an offer that she accepted. He said he went through it mechanically so it was road worthy and this was the first event that he drove it to. He got a lot of people looking it over. Great find. I was jealous but happy for him.

You know i Bet it was A great time to be alive. No drugs no gang's. Just the Mob and I'll take that any day

You can't get a woman like that anymore. Or a truck like that either.