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.
Seasons
1. Salinas Jackpot
Air Date: 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.
2. Death Chain
Air Date: 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.
3. Call Unicorn
Air Date: 1971-09-28
Unexpected overhead in the trucking business as costly loads are hijacked, and private detectives murdered.
4. Country Blues
Air Date: 1971-10-05
A wry tale with a twang and a twist: was the country singer's plane crash accidental or not?
5. Scream of Silence
Air Date: 1971-10-12
The son of a gubernatorial candidate is kidnapped.
6. Fool's Gold
Air Date: 1971-10-19
A deceptive premise: small town citizens harbor a thief on the promise of a cut.
7. The Girl in the Electric Coffin
Air Date: 1971-10-26
The latest thing is a runaway on the lam.
8. Dead Pigeon
Air Date: 1971-11-09
A perfect frame for a cop.
9. A Lonely Place to Die
Air Date: 1971-11-16
A murder is witnessed, but the body disappears.
10. No Pockets in a Shroud
Air Date: 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.
11. Stone Cold Dead
Air Date: 1971-11-30
A closed case gets reopened and leads to further consequences.
12. Death Is a Double Cross
Air Date: 1971-12-07
A bridegroom's father-in-law suspects him.
13. The Nowhere Man
Air Date: 1971-12-14
Should the weapons manufacturer be judged by its bookeeper?
14. Flight Plan
Air Date: 1971-12-28
Cannon helps a supposed political refugee.
15. Devil's Playground
Air Date: 1972-01-04
A policeman injured in a payroll robbery asks Cannon for help.
16. Treasure of San Ignacio
Air Date: 1972-01-11
A bad day at the track leaves a race car driver with a taste for vengeance.
17. Blood On the Vine
Air Date: 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.
18. To Kill a Guinea Pig
Air Date: 1972-02-01
Prison doctor and experimental pressures.
19. The Island Caper
Air Date: 1972-02-08
An ex-con is blackmailed into crime.
20. A Deadly Quiet Town
Air Date: 1972-02-15
Larry Bolinger, a charismatic young man, cons the youth of a quiet town into his cult.
21. A Flight of Hawks
Air Date: 1972-02-22
A pilot's apparent suicide leads to plans for a military putsch by a predatory flock.
22. The Torch
Air Date: 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.
23. Cain's Mark
Air Date: 1972-03-07
Murder will out; an under-the-counter arms merchant is unmasked.
24. Murder By Moonlight
Air Date: 1972-03-14
A young prisoner is forced to do the bidding of a gang boss.
1. Bad Cats and Sudden Death
Air Date: 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.
2. Sky Above, Death Below
Air Date: 1972-09-20
Keeping your double chin up. A draft dodger winesses a murder on his way to the Yukon.
3. Bitter Legion
Air Date: 1972-09-27
Cannon goes undercover to find a missing man in a gang. ""Why did the barmaid champagne?""
4. That Was No Lady
Air Date: 1972-10-04
That was my wife? A lady lawyer gets threatened with death for defending punks who robbed a charity.
5. Stakeout
Air Date: 1972-10-11
Served with a good Victor Hugo sauce, preferably. A girl wounded in a holdup mysteriously refuses to identify the crook.
6. The Predators
Air Date: 1972-10-18
Alien-smuggling.
7. A Long Way Down
Air Date: 1972-10-25
A doctor is accused of drug-dealing.
8. The Rip-Off
Air Date: 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.
9. Child of Fear
Air Date: 1972-11-15
A farmer is missing and guards have replaced the hands.
10. The Shadow Man
Air Date: 1972-11-22
A corpse missing with valuable bonds.
11. Hear No Evil
Air Date: 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.
12. The Endangered Species
Air Date: 1972-12-13
A murder suspect has a dubious counsel.
13. Nobody Beats the House
Air Date: 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.
14. Hard Rock Roller Coaster
Air Date: 1973-01-03
A diamond smuggler is drugged to reveal his contraband.
15. The Dead Samaritan
Air Date: 1973-01-10
A fellow who intervenes in a fight gets made the fall guy.
16. Death of a Stone Seahorse
Air Date: 1973-01-17
A drug dealer's infirm sister takes the rap for a murder.
17. Moving Target
Air Date: 1973-01-31
The co-author of an industrialist's unauthorized biography is murdered.
18. Murder for Murder
Air Date: 1973-02-07
A case of revenge for a daughter's death at a swinging affair.
19. To Ride a Tiger
Air Date: 1973-02-14
A kidnapping case involving the funds of a halfway house and a diabetic lawyer.
20. The Prisoners
Air Date: 1973-02-21
A young man is persuaded to extort $50,000 from his father, who turns out to be bankrupt.
21. The Seventh Grave
Air Date: 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.
22. Catch Me If You Can
Air Date: 1973-03-07
A serial killer dogs Cannon to put him out of his misery.
23. Press Pass to the Slammer
Air Date: 1973-03-14
A columnist faces contempt charges; Cannon takes the case.
24. Deadly Heritage
Air Date: 1973-03-21
A terrorized woman asks Cannon to find her husband's illegitimate son.
1. He Who Digs a Grave (1)
Air Date: 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?""
2. He Who Digs a Grave (2)
Air Date: 1973-09-12
Cannon begins to see a doubtful situation. ""The houses he makes last till doomsday.""
3. Memo From a Dead Man
Air Date: 1973-09-19
Cannon's latest client is a dead man via a will.
4. Hounds of Hell
Air Date: 1973-09-26
Former soliders in Vietnam come fearfully to Cannon.
5. Target in the Mirror
Air Date: 1973-10-03
A former syndicate henchman has information wanted by the police and the underworld.
6. Murder by Proxy
Air Date: 1973-10-10
A prima facie murder case involving a lady journalist.
7. Night Flight to Murder
Air Date: 1973-10-17
On behalf of an insurance company, Cannon investigates an airplane full of securities.
8. Come Watch Me Die
Air Date: 1973-10-24
Cannon's engaged to protect a gang boss from the innocent man he sent up the river.
9. The Perfect Alibi
Air Date: 1973-10-31
A payroll robbery has one main suspect who happens to be in prison.
10. Dead Lady's Tears
Air Date: 1973-11-07
A young model's death leads to many suspects.
11. The Limping Man
Air Date: 1973-11-14
A cop feels guilty over a man he injured.
12. Trial by Terror
Air Date: 1973-11-21
A mob boss on trial has the judge's daughter kidnapped.
13. Murder by the Numbers
Air Date: 1973-11-28
A blackmailer's murder brings his Swiss wife to America, and Cannon discovers still more dealings.
14. Valley of the Damned
Air Date: 1973-12-05
Airport drug smugglers frame a worker for murder.
15. A Well Remembered Terror
Air Date: 1973-12-12
An ex-stewardess is haunted by a hijacking.
16. Arena of Fear
Air Date: 1973-12-19
A boxer is blackmailed into throwing a fight.
17. Photo Finish
Air Date: 1974-01-02
A former general hires former policeman Cannon to investigate his brother's murder.
18. Duel in the Desert
Air Date: 1974-01-16
Cannon suffers amnesia after a ransom drop goes afoul.
19. Where's Jennifer?
Air Date: 1974-01-23
A recluse asks Cannon to clear up the presumed death of her sister in a boating accident five years before.
20. Blood Money
Air Date: 1974-02-06
A doctor is accused of helping a prisoner escape.
21. Death of a Hunter
Air Date: 1974-02-13
A big game hunter is killed by a lion supposedly tranquilized.
22. The Cure That Kills
Air Date: 1974-02-20
A con man of God.
23. Bobby Loved Me
Air Date: 1974-02-27
The murder of a con man.
24. Triangle of Terror
Air Date: 1974-03-13
A banker's daughter finds his suicide in the Caribbean incredible.
25. The Stalker
Air Date: 1974-03-20
One of Cannon's old busts is a mass murderer, who comes after him on a fishing trip.
26. Endangered Species
Air Date:
1. Kelly's Song
Air Date: 1974-09-11
""Anybody Ask About Me?"" A former hooker goes back on the hoof to catch a big wheel.
2. The Hit Man
Air Date: 1974-09-18
Not a vocation, more like a calling. Cannon is mistaken for a bishop's assassin.
3. Voice From the Grave
Air Date: 1974-09-25
Cannon reopens the case of an old shooting.
4. Lady in Red
Air Date: 1974-10-02
Cannon bodyguards a securities courier.
5. The Deadly Trail
Air Date: 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.
6. The Exchange
Air Date: 1974-10-23
A Cuban exile wants revenge for his brother's death at the hands of police.
7. The Avenger
Air Date: 1974-10-30
A missing person case leads to a cop's death and the pursuit of vengeance.
8. A Killing in the Family
Air Date: 1974-11-06
Cannon deals with an insurance company in a suspicious auto accident.
9. Flashpoint
Air Date: 1974-11-13
A psychiatric patient falls in with bad company and is accused of rape and murder.
10. The Man Who Couldn't Forget
Air Date: 1974-11-20
A Dutch Nazi-hunter is on the trail of an SS man.
11. The Sounds of Silence
Air Date: 1974-12-04
Cannon reluctantly takes the case of a disappearing bridegroom, but it's more than it appears.
12. The Prisoner
Air Date: 1974-12-11
An ex-POW is in danger from a cowardly officer.
13. Daddy's Little Girl
Air Date: 1974-12-18
A football player doesn't know his father-in-law is a mob boss.
14. The Conspirators
Air Date: 1975-01-01
A girl's suspicious death brings Cannon to Texas.
15. Coffin Corner
Air Date: 1975-01-15
A torpedo plays dead to testify, but the mob sniffs him out.
16. Perfect Fit for a Frame
Air Date: 1975-01-22
Cannon gets set up for a murder charge.
17. Killer On the Hill
Air Date: 1975-01-29
A contractor refuses to pay bribes, and is accused of plotting a political asassination.
18. Missing at FL307
Air Date: 1975-02-05
A released prisoner disappears en route.
19. The Set Up
Air Date: 1975-02-12
A case of mistaken identity: Cannon is greeted by a stranger, and later almost killed.
20. The Investigator
Air Date: 1975-02-26
A case of police corruption and the death of a reporter.
21. Lady On the Run
Air Date: 1975-03-05
The wife of an industrialist is missing, and the search is a difficult one.
22. Vengeance
Air Date: 1975-03-12
Cannon's help is sought by a man who went to jail without reason.
23. Tomorrow Ends at Noon
Air Date: 1975-03-19
Palestinian terroists kidnap an Italian industrialist's daughter to free a jailed comrade.
24. Search and Destroy
Air Date: 1975-04-02
Cannon searches for a missing girl who's on the lam after witnessing a murder.
1. Nightmare
Air Date: 1975-09-10
History of a Dedalus.
2. The Deadly Conspiracy (I)
Air Date: 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).
3. The Wrong Medicine
Air Date: 1975-09-24
Not what the doctor ordered. He's accused of administering in error, and claims his innocence.
4. The Iceman
Air Date: 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.
5. The Victim
Air Date: 1975-10-08
He who pays the bills. Cannon looks into the curious disappearance of a pop singer.
6. The Man Who Died Twice
Air Date: 1975-10-15
A case of mistaken identity. Eight years dead, a crooked cop re-emerges.
7. A Touch of Venom
Air Date: 1975-10-22
A little bit goes a long way; Cannon is poisoned with 72 hours to find the antidote.
8. Man in the Middle
Air Date: 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.
9. Fall Guy
Air Date: 1975-11-05
Down for the count, an oil company VP turns to Cannon to prove his innocence.
10. The Melted Man
Air Date: 1975-11-12
A desert heiress is terrified by the sight of a snowman with an ominous axe in its noggin.
11. Wedding March
Air Date: 1975-11-19
Down the primrose path, a judge is compromised by his wife.
12. The Hero
Air Date: 1975-11-26
A figure of fame, the son of a general is thought to have killed a gang leader.
13. To Still the Voice
Air Date: 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.
14. The Star (1)
Air Date: 1975-12-10
A film star's son is missing, or is he?
15. The Star (2)
Air Date: 1975-12-10
Snapshots reveal a dubious link between policy and high crime.
16. The Games Children Play
Air Date: 1975-12-17
Who will believe a child who has seen an Arabian heir made off with?
17. The Reformer
Air Date: 1976-01-07
A publisher is accused of murder, for various reasons.
18. House of Cards
Air Date: 1976-01-14
An embezzler has disappeared, but there's more than meets the eye.
19. Revenge
Air Date: 1976-01-21
Cannon is menaced by memories of his service in Korea.
20. Cry Wolf
Air Date: 1976-01-28
A bad speculation leads to an apparent abduction.
21. Quasar Kill
Air Date: 1976-02-04
A suspicious death in a space lab.
22. Snap Shot
Air Date: 1976-02-11
Deporting an old gangster proves fraught with peril.
23. Point After Death
Air Date: 1976-02-18
A case of vengeance. The girlfriend of a pro ballplayer is murdered.
24. Blood Lines
Air Date: 1976-02-25
A well-to-do young man's death in Acapulco is ruled an accident, but his family hires Cannon to investigate.
25. Mad Man
Air Date: 1976-03-03
An Army researcher goes berserk; his wife pleads with Cannon to intervene.
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Rating
6.5/10
Release Date
1971-09-14
Episodes
123 (5 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Production Companies
Quinn Martin Productions (QM)