Cannon
L.A.'s biggest crime fighter!
Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976. The primary protagonist is the title character, private detective Frank Cannon, played by William Conrad. He also appeared on two episodes of Barnaby Jones. Cannon is the first Quinn Martin-produced series to be aired on a network other than ABC. A "revival" television film, The Return of Frank Cannon, was aired on November 1, 1980. In total, there were 124 episodes.
Type: tv
Season: 5
Episode: N/A
Duration: 60 minutes
Release: 1971-09-14
Rating: 6.5
Season 1 - Cannon
1971-09-14
Dressed as rodeo clowns, two men rob a rodeo. Cannon is summoned to figure out what's going on, after authorities spend six weeks and come up with nothing.
1971-09-21
If it isn't one thing, it's another: a bank manager's mistress is killed, and Cannon finds that's not the end of it.
1971-09-28
Unexpected overhead in the trucking business as costly loads are hijacked, and private detectives murdered.
1971-10-05
A wry tale with a twang and a twist: was the country singer's plane crash accidental or not?
1971-10-19
A deceptive premise: small town citizens harbor a thief on the promise of a cut.
1971-11-23
A newly-discovered heir comes home, and finds you can't get blood from a stone, and you can't take it with you.
1972-01-11
A bad day at the track leaves a race car driver with a taste for vengeance.
1972-01-18
Mike Tampa, a vineyard owner in northern California, has been the victim of three murder attempts. After the third attempt, his secretary calls on Cannon, secretly, because Mike has stubbornly refused to do anything.
1972-02-15
Larry Bolinger, a charismatic young man, cons the youth of a quiet town into his cult.
1972-02-22
A pilot's apparent suicide leads to plans for a military putsch by a predatory flock.
1972-02-29
Heat and light: a textile manufacturer is suspected of arson and murder in the death of his wife and the destruction of his factory.
Season 2 - Cannon
1972-09-13
That's about as unlucky as you can get. An assistant DA investigating a car theft ring is framed for his wife's murder.
1972-09-20
Keeping your double chin up. A draft dodger winesses a murder on his way to the Yukon.
1972-09-27
Cannon goes undercover to find a missing man in a gang. ""Why did the barmaid champagne?""
1972-10-04
That was my wife? A lady lawyer gets threatened with death for defending punks who robbed a charity.
1972-10-11
Served with a good Victor Hugo sauce, preferably. A girl wounded in a holdup mysteriously refuses to identify the crook.
1972-11-01
There's only one way to deal with that: serve equal portions. Freight shipments are stolen by computer, and Cannon's in the middle of a custody fight.
1972-11-29
Dale and Laura Corey are a happily married couple who own an electronics store; he does a lot of electronic eavesdropping for clients, she was a cop on the force with Cannon a few years back, and hires him because Dale is being threatened after bugging some hotel rooms for the owner.
1972-12-20
Toby Hauser is a compulsive gambler who is $200,000 in debt to Ben Logan (who runs local illegal gaming operations). The bill is due and Hauser has about $5000; they threaten to come after Hauser's wife Cathy if payment isn't made. Cathy, sensing one of them will be hurt, calls in Cannon to help.
1973-02-14
A kidnapping case involving the funds of a halfway house and a diabetic lawyer.
1973-02-21
A young man is persuaded to extort $50,000 from his father, who turns out to be bankrupt.
1973-02-28
One step forward, two steps back as Cannon hunts a mass murderer. Helping to cloud the facts: a police lab technician who's altering the evidence as quickly as it is found.
Season 3 - Cannon
1973-09-12
A writer is down for the murder of his wife and her lover, but she's left a contradictory note. ""Who builds stronger than a mason, a shipwright, or a carpenter?""
1973-09-12
Cannon begins to see a doubtful situation. ""The houses he makes last till doomsday.""
1973-10-03
A former syndicate henchman has information wanted by the police and the underworld.
1973-10-17
On behalf of an insurance company, Cannon investigates an airplane full of securities.
1973-10-24
Cannon's engaged to protect a gang boss from the innocent man he sent up the river.
1973-11-28
A blackmailer's murder brings his Swiss wife to America, and Cannon discovers still more dealings.
1974-01-02
A former general hires former policeman Cannon to investigate his brother's murder.
1974-01-23
A recluse asks Cannon to clear up the presumed death of her sister in a boating accident five years before.
1974-03-20
One of Cannon's old busts is a mass murderer, who comes after him on a fishing trip.
Season 4 - Cannon
1974-09-11
""Anybody Ask About Me?"" A former hooker goes back on the hoof to catch a big wheel.
1974-09-18
Not a vocation, more like a calling. Cannon is mistaken for a bishop's assassin.
1974-10-16
A general wants Cannon to find the daughter he put up for adoption years before, but there is opposition to the search.
1974-10-23
A Cuban exile wants revenge for his brother's death at the hands of police.
1974-11-06
Cannon deals with an insurance company in a suspicious auto accident.
1974-11-13
A psychiatric patient falls in with bad company and is accused of rape and murder.
1974-12-04
Cannon reluctantly takes the case of a disappearing bridegroom, but it's more than it appears.
1975-01-29
A contractor refuses to pay bribes, and is accused of plotting a political asassination.
1975-02-12
A case of mistaken identity: Cannon is greeted by a stranger, and later almost killed.
1975-03-05
The wife of an industrialist is missing, and the search is a difficult one.
1975-03-19
Palestinian terroists kidnap an Italian industrialist's daughter to free a jailed comrade.
1975-04-02
Cannon searches for a missing girl who's on the lam after witnessing a murder.
Season 5 - Cannon
1975-09-17
Cannon and Barnaby Jones investigate the death of a young woman who was about to expose the illegal activities of the large corporation she was working for.
The crossover continues on Barnaby Jones S04E01 The Deadly Conspiracy (II).
1975-09-24
Not what the doctor ordered. He's accused of administering in error, and claims his innocence.
1975-10-01
He who cools your vegetables. A man falsely convicted of murder comes under the reluctant eye of Cannon, with more murders and new evidence at his heels.
1975-10-08
He who pays the bills. Cannon looks into the curious disappearance of a pop singer.
1975-10-15
A case of mistaken identity. Eight years dead, a crooked cop re-emerges.
1975-10-22
A little bit goes a long way; Cannon is poisoned with 72 hours to find the antidote.
1975-10-29
Cannon to the right... Cannon to the left... an old buddy's last request: go to Mexico and bring back his son's body.
1975-11-12
A desert heiress is terrified by the sight of a snowman with an ominous axe in its noggin.
1975-11-26
A figure of fame, the son of a general is thought to have killed a gang leader.
1975-12-03
Dead men tell no tales out of school. A leader of the black community is murdered on the verge of uncovering a wrong.
1975-12-17
Who will believe a child who has seen an Arabian heir made off with?
1976-02-25
A well-to-do young man's death in Acapulco is ruled an accident, but his family hires Cannon to investigate.
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