

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.
Cast

William Conrad
Frank Cannon

Charles Bateman

Tim O'Connor

Keith Andes
A. R. Bennings / Kermit Matthews / Len Francisco
Seasons
E1Salinas Jackpot
Sep 14, 1971
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.
E2Death Chain
Sep 21, 1971
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.
E3Call Unicorn
Sep 28, 1971
Unexpected overhead in the trucking business as costly loads are hijacked, and private detectives murdered.
E4Country Blues
Oct 5, 1971
A wry tale with a twang and a twist: was the country singer's plane crash accidental or not?
E5Scream of Silence
Oct 12, 1971
The son of a gubernatorial candidate is kidnapped.

E6Fool's Gold
Oct 19, 1971
A deceptive premise: small town citizens harbor a thief on the promise of a cut.

E7The Girl in the Electric Coffin
Oct 26, 1971
The latest thing is a runaway on the lam.

E8Dead Pigeon
Nov 9, 1971
A perfect frame for a cop.

E9A Lonely Place to Die
Nov 16, 1971
A murder is witnessed, but the body disappears.

E10No Pockets in a Shroud
Nov 23, 1971
A newly-discovered heir comes home, and finds you can't get blood from a stone, and you can't take it with you.

E11Stone Cold Dead
Nov 30, 1971
A closed case gets reopened and leads to further consequences.

E12Death Is a Double Cross
Dec 7, 1971
A bridegroom's father-in-law suspects him.

E13The Nowhere Man
Dec 14, 1971
Should the weapons manufacturer be judged by its bookeeper?

E14Flight Plan
Dec 28, 1971
Cannon helps a supposed political refugee.

E15Devil's Playground
Jan 4, 1972
A policeman injured in a payroll robbery asks Cannon for help.

E16Treasure of San Ignacio
Jan 11, 1972
A bad day at the track leaves a race car driver with a taste for vengeance.

E17Blood On the Vine
Jan 18, 1972
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.

E18To Kill a Guinea Pig
Feb 1, 1972
Prison doctor and experimental pressures.

E19The Island Caper
Feb 8, 1972
An ex-con is blackmailed into crime.

E20A Deadly Quiet Town
Feb 15, 1972
Larry Bolinger, a charismatic young man, cons the youth of a quiet town into his cult.

E21A Flight of Hawks
Feb 22, 1972
A pilot's apparent suicide leads to plans for a military putsch by a predatory flock.

E22The Torch
Feb 29, 1972
Heat and light: a textile manufacturer is suspected of arson and murder in the death of his wife and the destruction of his factory.

E23Cain's Mark
Mar 7, 1972
Murder will out; an under-the-counter arms merchant is unmasked.

E24Murder By Moonlight
Mar 14, 1972
A young prisoner is forced to do the bidding of a gang boss.

E1Bad Cats and Sudden Death
Sep 13, 1972
That's about as unlucky as you can get. An assistant DA investigating a car theft ring is framed for his wife's murder.

E2Sky Above, Death Below
Sep 20, 1972
Keeping your double chin up. A draft dodger winesses a murder on his way to the Yukon.

E3Bitter Legion
Sep 27, 1972
Cannon goes undercover to find a missing man in a gang. ""Why did the barmaid champagne?""

E4That Was No Lady
Oct 4, 1972
That was my wife? A lady lawyer gets threatened with death for defending punks who robbed a charity.

E5Stakeout
Oct 11, 1972
Served with a good Victor Hugo sauce, preferably. A girl wounded in a holdup mysteriously refuses to identify the crook.

E6The Predators
Oct 18, 1972
Alien-smuggling.

E7A Long Way Down
Oct 25, 1972
A doctor is accused of drug-dealing.

E8The Rip-Off
Nov 1, 1972
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.

E9Child of Fear
Nov 15, 1972
A farmer is missing and guards have replaced the hands.

E10The Shadow Man
Nov 22, 1972
A corpse missing with valuable bonds.

E11Hear No Evil
Nov 29, 1972
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.

E12The Endangered Species
Dec 13, 1972
A murder suspect has a dubious counsel.

E13Nobody Beats the House
Dec 20, 1972
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.

E14Hard Rock Roller Coaster
Jan 3, 1973
A diamond smuggler is drugged to reveal his contraband.

E15The Dead Samaritan
Jan 10, 1973
A fellow who intervenes in a fight gets made the fall guy.

E16Death of a Stone Seahorse
Jan 17, 1973
A drug dealer's infirm sister takes the rap for a murder.

E17Moving Target
Jan 31, 1973
The co-author of an industrialist's unauthorized biography is murdered.

E18Murder for Murder
Feb 7, 1973
A case of revenge for a daughter's death at a swinging affair.

E19To Ride a Tiger
Feb 14, 1973
A kidnapping case involving the funds of a halfway house and a diabetic lawyer.

E20The Prisoners
Feb 21, 1973
A young man is persuaded to extort $50,000 from his father, who turns out to be bankrupt.

E21The Seventh Grave
Feb 28, 1973
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.

E22Catch Me If You Can
Mar 7, 1973
A serial killer dogs Cannon to put him out of his misery.

E23Press Pass to the Slammer
Mar 14, 1973
A columnist faces contempt charges; Cannon takes the case.

E24Deadly Heritage
Mar 21, 1973
A terrorized woman asks Cannon to find her husband's illegitimate son.

E1He Who Digs a Grave (1)
Sep 12, 1973
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?""

E2He Who Digs a Grave (2)
Sep 12, 1973
Cannon begins to see a doubtful situation. ""The houses he makes last till doomsday.""

E3Memo From a Dead Man
Sep 19, 1973
Cannon's latest client is a dead man via a will.

E4Hounds of Hell
Sep 26, 1973
Former soliders in Vietnam come fearfully to Cannon.

E5Target in the Mirror
Oct 3, 1973
A former syndicate henchman has information wanted by the police and the underworld.

E6Murder by Proxy
Oct 10, 1973
A prima facie murder case involving a lady journalist.

E7Night Flight to Murder
Oct 17, 1973
On behalf of an insurance company, Cannon investigates an airplane full of securities.

E8Come Watch Me Die
Oct 24, 1973
Cannon's engaged to protect a gang boss from the innocent man he sent up the river.

E9The Perfect Alibi
Oct 31, 1973
A payroll robbery has one main suspect who happens to be in prison.

E10Dead Lady's Tears
Nov 7, 1973
A young model's death leads to many suspects.

E11The Limping Man
Nov 14, 1973
A cop feels guilty over a man he injured.

E12Trial by Terror
Nov 21, 1973
A mob boss on trial has the judge's daughter kidnapped.

E13Murder by the Numbers
Nov 28, 1973
A blackmailer's murder brings his Swiss wife to America, and Cannon discovers still more dealings.

E14Valley of the Damned
Dec 5, 1973
Airport drug smugglers frame a worker for murder.

E15A Well Remembered Terror
Dec 12, 1973
An ex-stewardess is haunted by a hijacking.

E16Arena of Fear
Dec 19, 1973
A boxer is blackmailed into throwing a fight.

E17Photo Finish
Jan 2, 1974
A former general hires former policeman Cannon to investigate his brother's murder.

E18Duel in the Desert
Jan 16, 1974
Cannon suffers amnesia after a ransom drop goes afoul.

E19Where's Jennifer?
Jan 23, 1974
A recluse asks Cannon to clear up the presumed death of her sister in a boating accident five years before.

E20Blood Money
Feb 6, 1974
A doctor is accused of helping a prisoner escape.

E21Death of a Hunter
Feb 13, 1974
A big game hunter is killed by a lion supposedly tranquilized.

E22The Cure That Kills
Feb 20, 1974
A con man of God.

E23Bobby Loved Me
Feb 27, 1974
The murder of a con man.

E24Triangle of Terror
Mar 13, 1974
A banker's daughter finds his suicide in the Caribbean incredible.

E25The Stalker
Mar 20, 1974
One of Cannon's old busts is a mass murderer, who comes after him on a fishing trip.

E26Endangered Species
Mar 27, 1974

E1Kelly's Song
Sep 11, 1974
A former hooker goes back on the hoof to catch a big wheel.

E2The Hit Man
Sep 18, 1974
Not a vocation, more like a calling. Cannon is mistaken for a bishop's assassin.

E3Voice From the Grave
Sep 25, 1974
Cannon reopens the case of an old shooting.

E4Lady in Red
Oct 2, 1974
Cannon bodyguards a securities courier.

E5The Deadly Trail
Oct 16, 1974
A general wants Cannon to find the daughter he put up for adoption years before, but there is opposition to the search.

E6The Exchange
Oct 23, 1974
A Cuban exile wants revenge for his brother's death at the hands of police.

E7The Avenger
Oct 30, 1974
A missing person case leads to a cop's death and the pursuit of vengeance.

E8A Killing in the Family
Nov 6, 1974
Cannon deals with an insurance company in a suspicious auto accident.

E9Flashpoint
Nov 13, 1974
A psychiatric patient falls in with bad company and is accused of rape and murder.

E10The Man Who Couldn't Forget
Nov 20, 1974
A Dutch Nazi-hunter is on the trail of an SS man.

E11The Sounds of Silence
Dec 4, 1974
Cannon reluctantly takes the case of a disappearing bridegroom, but it's more than it appears.

E12The Prisoner
Dec 11, 1974
An ex-POW is in danger from a cowardly officer.

E13Daddy's Little Girl
Dec 18, 1974
A football player doesn't know his father-in-law is a mob boss.

E14The Conspirators
Jan 1, 1975
A girl's suspicious death brings Cannon to Texas.

E15Coffin Corner
Jan 15, 1975
A torpedo plays dead to testify, but the mob sniffs him out.

E16Perfect Fit for a Frame
Jan 22, 1975
Cannon gets set up for a murder charge.

E17Killer On the Hill
Jan 29, 1975
A contractor refuses to pay bribes, and is accused of plotting a political asassination.

E18Missing at FL307
Feb 5, 1975
A released prisoner disappears en route.

E19The Set Up
Feb 12, 1975
A case of mistaken identity: Cannon is greeted by a stranger, and later almost killed.

E20The Investigator
Feb 26, 1975
A case of police corruption and the death of a reporter.

E21Lady On the Run
Mar 5, 1975
The wife of an industrialist is missing, and the search is a difficult one.

E22Vengeance
Mar 12, 1975
Cannon's help is sought by a man who went to jail without reason.

E23Tomorrow Ends at Noon
Mar 19, 1975
Palestinian terroists kidnap an Italian industrialist's daughter to free a jailed comrade.

E24Search and Destroy
Apr 2, 1975
Cannon searches for a missing girl who's on the lam after witnessing a murder.

E1Nightmare
Sep 10, 1975
History of a Daedalus.

E2The Deadly Conspiracy (I)
Sep 17, 1975
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).

E3The Wrong Medicine
Sep 24, 1975
Not what the doctor ordered. He's accused of administering in error, and claims his innocence.

E4The Iceman
Oct 1, 1975
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.

E5The Victim
Oct 8, 1975
He who pays the bills. Cannon looks into the curious disappearance of a pop singer.

E6The Man Who Died Twice
Oct 15, 1975
A case of mistaken identity. Eight years dead, a crooked cop re-emerges.

E7A Touch of Venom
Oct 22, 1975
A little bit goes a long way; Cannon is poisoned with 72 hours to find the antidote.

E8Man in the Middle
Oct 29, 1975
Cannon to the right... Cannon to the left... an old buddy's last request: go to Mexico and bring back his son's body.

E9Fall Guy
Nov 5, 1975
Down for the count, an oil company VP turns to Cannon to prove his innocence.

E10The Melted Man
Nov 12, 1975
A desert heiress is terrified by the sight of a snowman with an ominous axe in its noggin.

E11The Wedding March
Nov 19, 1975
Down the primrose path, a judge is compromised by his wife.

E12The Hero
Nov 26, 1975
A figure of fame, the son of a general is thought to have killed a gang leader.

E13To Still the Voice
Dec 3, 1975
Dead men tell no tales out of school. A leader of the black community is murdered on the verge of uncovering a wrong.

E14The Star (1)
Dec 10, 1975
A film star's son is missing, or is he?

E15The Star (2)
Dec 10, 1975
Snapshots reveal a dubious link between policy and high crime.

E16The Games Children Play
Dec 17, 1975
Who will believe a child who has seen an Arabian heir made off with?

E17The Reformer
Jan 7, 1976
A publisher is accused of murder, for various reasons.

E18House of Cards
Jan 14, 1976
An embezzler has disappeared, but there's more than meets the eye.

E19Revenge
Jan 21, 1976
Cannon is menaced by memories of his service in Korea.

E20Cry Wolf
Jan 28, 1976
A bad speculation leads to an apparent abduction.

E21Quasar Kill
Feb 4, 1976
A suspicious death in a space lab.

E22Snap Shot
Feb 11, 1976
Deporting an old gangster proves fraught with peril.

E23Point After Death
Feb 18, 1976
A case of vengeance. The girlfriend of a pro ballplayer is murdered.

E24Blood Lines
Feb 25, 1976
A well-to-do young man's death in Acapulco is ruled an accident, but his family hires Cannon to investigate.

E25Mad Man
Mar 3, 1976
An Army researcher goes berserk; his wife pleads with Cannon to intervene.
Storyline
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.























