Homer Bedloe, trouble-shooter for the C&F W Railroad, is sent by railroad president Norman P. Curtis to the little community of Hooterville to find out why a branch line doesn’t connect with the main line. The branch line carries the « Cannonball » train, and is vital to the Shady Rest Hotel, run by Kate Bradley, her three grown daughters and « Uncle Joe » Carson. If Bedloe succeeds in shutting down the Cannonball, Kate faces ruin. John Ashley appears as passenger Fred.





































