List of Cannon episodes

Cannon is an American detective television series broadcast on CBS from 1971 to 1976, starring William Conrad as a private detective.

Series overview

Cannon consists of a 2-hour pilot, five seasons of episodes, and a 2-hour TV-movie.

Season	Episodes		Originally released		Rank	Rating
			First released	Last released
Pilot			March 26, 1971 (1971-03-26)		—	—
1	24		September 14, 1971 (1971-09-14)	March 14, 1972 (1972-03-14)	28[ citation needed ]	19.8[ citation needed ] [a]
2	24		September 13, 1972 (1972-09-13)	March 21, 1973 (1973-03-21)	14[ citation needed ]	22.4[ citation needed ]
3	25		September 12, 1973 (1973-09-12)	March 20, 1974 (1974-03-20)	9[ citation needed ]	23.1[ citation needed ] [b]
4	24		September 11, 1974 (1974-09-11)	April 2, 1975 (1975-04-02)	20[ citation needed ]	21.6[ citation needed ] [c]
5	25		September 10, 1975 (1975-09-10)	March 3, 1976 (1976-03-03)	39 [1]	— [d]
Television film			November 1, 1980 (1980-11-01)		—	—

Episodes

Pilot (1971)

Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
"Cannon"	George McCowan	Edward Hume	March 26, 1971 (1971-03-26)
Private detective Frank Cannon investigates the murder of a war-buddy to clear the man's wife (Vera Miles) of suspicion in his death and gets entangled in small-town corruption and incompetent law enforcement.

Season 1 (1971–72)

Main article: Cannon (season 1)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"The Salinas Jackpot"	George McCowan	Ken Trevey	September 14, 1971 (1971-09-14)
2	2	"Death Chain"	Jerry Jameson	Paul Playdon & David Moessinger	September 21, 1971 (1971-09-21)
3	3	"Call Unicorn"	Allen Reisner	S : E. Arthur Kean; T : David Moessinger & Paul Playdon	September 28, 1971 (1971-09-28)
4	4	"Country Blues"	Allen Reisner	Ronald Austin & James D. Buchanan	October 5, 1971 (1971-10-05)
5	5	"Scream of Silence"	Jerry Jameson	Robert Collins	October 12, 1971 (1971-10-12)
6	6	"Fool's Gold"	Don Medford	S : Bill Stratton; T : Edward Hume	October 19, 1971 (1971-10-19)
7	7	"Girl in the Electric Coffin"	Jerry Jameson	Robert Malcolm Young	October 26, 1971 (1971-10-26)
8	8	"Dead Pigeon"	Don Taylor	S : George Kirgo; S/T : James D. Buchanan & Ronald Austin	November 9, 1971 (1971-11-09)
9	9	"A Lonely Place to Die"	William Hale	Jack Turley	November 16, 1971 (1971-11-16)
10	10	"No Pockets in a Shroud"	William Hale	Ken Pettus	November 23, 1971 (1971-11-23)
11	11	"Stone, Cold Dead"	Seymour Robbie	Paul Playdon & David Moessinger	November 30, 1971 (1971-11-30)
12	12	"Death Is a Double-Cross"	Richard Donner	T : Edward Hume & George Eckstein	December 7, 1971 (1971-12-07)
13	13	"The Nowhere Man"	George McCowan	Michael Gleason	December 14, 1971 (1971-12-14)
14	14	"Flight Plan"	Richard Donner	Robert C. Dennis	December 28, 1971 (1971-12-28)
15	15	"Devil's Playground"	Marvin Chomsky	Ken Trevey	January 4, 1972 (1972-01-04)
16	16	"Treasure of San Ignacio"	Allen Reisner	T : Paul Playdon; S/T : Bill S. Ballinger	January 11, 1972 (1972-01-11)
17	17	"Blood on the Vine"	George McCowan	S : Ken Pettus; T : Stephen Kandel	January 18, 1972 (1972-01-18)
18	18	"To Kill a Guinea Pig"	Allen Reisner	Hal Sitowitz	February 1, 1972 (1972-02-01)
19	19	"The Island Caper"	Lewis Allen	George Bellak	February 8, 1972 (1972-02-08)
20	20	"A Deadly Quiet Town"	Seymour Robbie	Robert W. Lenski	February 15, 1972 (1972-02-15)
21	21	"A Flight of Hawks"	Charles S. Dubin	Stephen Kandel	February 22, 1972 (1972-02-22)
22	22	"The Torch"	Michael O'Herlihy	James D. Buchanan & Ronald Austin	February 29, 1972 (1972-02-29)
23	23	"Cain's Mark"	Don Taylor	George Bellak	March 7, 1972 (1972-03-07)
24	24	"Murder by Moonlight"	Seymour Robbie	Karl Tunberg	March 14, 1972 (1972-03-14)

Season 2 (1972–73)

Main article: Cannon (season 2)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
25	1	"Bad Cats and Sudden Death"	Philip Leacock	Robert Lewin	September 13, 1972 (1972-09-13)
26	2	"Sky Above, Death Below"	George McCowan	Hal Sitowitz	September 20, 1972 (1972-09-20)
27	3	"Bitter Legion"	Michael O'Herlihy	George Bellak	September 27, 1972 (1972-09-27)
28	4	"That Was No Lady"	George McCowan	Dick Nelson	October 4, 1972 (1972-10-04)
29	5	"Stakeout"	Leo Penn	Harold Gast	October 11, 1972 (1972-10-11)
30	6	"The Predators"	George McCowan	Arthur Heinemann	October 18, 1972 (1972-10-18)
31	7	"A Long Way Down"	George McCowan	Stephen Kandel	October 25, 1972 (1972-10-25)
32	8	"The Rip Off"	George McCowan	Douglas Day Stewart	November 1, 1972 (1972-11-01)
33	9	"Child of Fear"	David Lowell Rich	Robert W. Lenski	November 15, 1972 (1972-11-15)
34	10	"The Shadow Man"	Robert Douglas	Robert Lewin	November 22, 1972 (1972-11-22)
35	11	"Hear No Evil"	Charles S. Dubin	Robert W. Lenski	November 29, 1972 (1972-11-29)
36	12	"The Endangered Species"	Robert Douglas	Del Reisman	December 13, 1972 (1972-12-13)
37	13	"Nobody Beats the House"	Herbert Hirschman	Meyer Dolinsky	December 20, 1972 (1972-12-20)
38	14	"Hard Rock Roller Coaster"	Charles S. Dubin	S : Bill S. Ballinger; T : Meyer Dolinsky	January 3, 1973 (1973-01-03)
39	15	"The Dead Samaritan"	Jerry Jameson	S : Robert Van Scoyk; T : Stephen Kandel	January 10, 1973 (1973-01-10)
40	16	"Death of a Stone Seahorse"	William Wiard	Anthony Lawrence	January 17, 1973 (1973-01-17)
41	17	"Moving Target"	Lawrence Dobkin	Worley Thorne	January 31, 1973 (1973-01-31)
42	18	"Murder for Murder"	Herschel Daugherty	Arthur Heinemann	February 7, 1973 (1973-02-07)
43	19	"To Ride a Tiger"	Virgil W. Vogel	Robert W. Lenski	February 14, 1973 (1973-02-14)
44	20	"Prisoners"	Charles S. Dubin	Robert Lewin	February 21, 1973 (1973-02-21)
45	21	"The Seventh Grave"	John Badham	E. Arthur Kean	February 28, 1973 (1973-02-28)
46	22	"Catch Me If You Can"	William Hale	Douglas Day Stewart	March 7, 1973 (1973-03-07)
47	23	"Press Pass to the Slammer"	Leo Penn	Meyer Dolinsky	March 14, 1973 (1973-03-14)
48	24	"Deadly Heritage"	Seymour Robbie	Robert Lewin	March 21, 1973 (1973-03-21)

Season 3 (1973–74)

Main article: Cannon (season 3)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
49 50	1 2	"He Who Digs a Grave"	Richard Donner	T : Stephen Kandel	September 12, 1973 (1973-09-12)
51	3	"Memo from a Dead Man"	Richard Donner	Robert C. Dennis	September 19, 1973 (1973-09-19)
52	4	"Hounds of Hell"	Lawrence Dobkin	Jack Turley	September 26, 1973 (1973-09-26)
53	5	"Target in the Mirror"	Gene Nelson	Robert Blees	October 3, 1973 (1973-10-03)
54	6	"Murder by Proxy"	Robert Douglas	Robert W. Lenski	October 10, 1973 (1973-10-10)
55	7	"Night Flight to Murder"	Michael Caffey	Carey Wilber	October 17, 1973 (1973-10-17)
56	8	"Come Watch Me Die"	George McCowan	Herb Meadow	October 24, 1973 (1973-10-24)
57	9	"The Perfect Alibi"	Robert Douglas	Ray Brenner & Jack Guss	October 31, 1973 (1973-10-31)
58	10	"Dead Lady's Tears"	Virgil W. Vogel	Steve Fisher	November 7, 1973 (1973-11-07)
59	11	"The Limping Man"	Michael Caffey	Shirl Hendryx	November 14, 1973 (1973-11-14)
60	12	"Trial by Terror"	Robert Douglas	Larry Brody	November 21, 1973 (1973-11-21)
61	13	"Murder by the Numbers"	George McCowan	S : Michael McTaggart; T : Robert Blees	November 28, 1973 (1973-11-28)
62	14	"Valley of the Damned"	Lawrence Dobkin	Carey Wilber	December 5, 1973 (1973-12-05)
63	15	"A Well-Remembered Terror"	Seymour Robbie	Robert I. Holt	December 12, 1973 (1973-12-12)
64	16	"Arena of Fear"	Marc Daniels	Collier Young & Meyer Dolinsky	December 19, 1973 (1973-12-19)
65	17	"Photo Finish"	George McCowan	John Hawkins	January 2, 1974 (1974-01-02)
66	18	"Duel in the Desert"	William Wiard	Robert C. Dennis	January 16, 1974 (1974-01-16)
67	19	"Where's Jennifer?"	Gene Nelson	Robert White & Phyllis White	January 23, 1974 (1974-01-23)
68	20	"Blood Money"	William Wiard	Stephen Kandel	February 6, 1974 (1974-02-06)
69	21	"Death of a Hunter"	George McCowan	Meyer Dolinsky	February 13, 1974 (1974-02-13)
70	22	"The Cure That Kills"	Seymour Robbie	Worley Thorne	February 20, 1974 (1974-02-20)
71	23	"Bobby Loved Me"	Lawrence Dobkin	Joel Murcott	February 27, 1974 (1974-02-27)
72	24	"Triangle of Terror"	George McCowan	Carey Wilber	March 13, 1974 (1974-03-13)
73	25	"The Stalker"	Lawrence Dobkin	Richard Newhafer	March 20, 1974 (1974-03-20)

Season 4 (1974–75)

Main article: Cannon (season 4)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
74	1	"Kelly's Song"	William Wiard	S.S. Schweitzer	September 11, 1974 (1974-09-11)
75	2	"The Hit Man"	William Wiard	Robert Heverly	September 18, 1974 (1974-09-18)
76	3	"Voice from the Grave"	William Wiard	Robert Hamner	September 25, 1974 (1974-09-25)
77	4	"Lady in Red"	William Wiard	Max Hodge	October 2, 1974 (1974-10-02)
78	5	"The Deadly Trail"	George McCowan	Calvin Clements	October 16, 1974 (1974-10-16)
79	6	"The Exchange"	George McCowan	Jackson Gillis	October 23, 1974 (1974-10-23)
80	7	"The Avenger"	Corey Allen	Robert Sherman	October 30, 1974 (1974-10-30)
81	8	"A Killing in the Family"	George McCowan	Larry Alexander	November 6, 1974 (1974-11-06)
82	9	"Flashpoint"	William Wiard	Robert Heverly	November 13, 1974 (1974-11-13)
83	10	"The Man Who Couldn't Forget"	George McCowan	Robert I. Holt	November 20, 1974 (1974-11-20)
84	11	"The Sounds of Silence"	George McCowan	T : Anthony Spinner; S/T : Stephen Kandel	December 4, 1974 (1974-12-04)
85	12	"The Prisoner"	William Wiard	Norman Hudis	December 11, 1974 (1974-12-11)
86	13	"Daddy's Little Girl"	Leslie H. Martinson	Larry Alexander	December 18, 1974 (1974-12-18)
87	14	"The Conspirators"	George McCowan	Margaret Armen	January 1, 1975 (1975-01-01)
88	15	"Coffin Corner"	George McCowan	S : Rick Husky; T : Robert I. Holt	January 15, 1975 (1975-01-15)
89	16	"Perfect Fit for a Frame"	William Wiard	Robert Hamner	January 22, 1975 (1975-01-22)
90	17	"Killer on the Hill"	Harry Falk	Carey Wilber	January 29, 1975 (1975-01-29)
91	18	"Missing at FL307"	William Wiard	Carey Wilber	February 5, 1975 (1975-02-05)
92	19	"The Set Up"	George McCowan	Robert Sherman	February 12, 1975 (1975-02-12)
93	20	"The Investigator"	George McCowan	Robert C. Dennis	February 26, 1975 (1975-02-26)
94	21	"Lady on the Run"	George McCowan	Gerald Sanford	March 5, 1975 (1975-03-05)
95	22	"Vengeance"	Alf Kjellin	Robert I. Holt	March 12, 1975 (1975-03-12)
96	23	"Tomorrow Ends at Noon"	William Wiard	Robert C. Dennis	March 19, 1975 (1975-03-19)
97	24	"Search and Destroy"	Edward M. Abroms	S : Robert Mitchell & Esther Mitchell; T : Stephen Kandel	April 2, 1975 (1975-04-02)

Season 5 (1975–76)

Main article: Cannon (season 5)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
98	1	"Nightmare"	Paul Stanley	Robert Lenski	September 10, 1975 (1975-09-10)
99	2	"The Deadly Conspiracy: Part 1"	Michael Caffey	Stephen Kandel	September 17, 1975 (1975-09-17)
100	3	"The Wrong Medicine"	Paul Stanley	Norman Lessing	September 24, 1975 (1975-09-24)
101	4	"The Iceman"	William Wiard	Larry Alexander	October 1, 1975 (1975-10-01)
102	5	"The Victim"	Lawrence Dobkin	Jimmy Sangster	October 8, 1975 (1975-10-08)
103	6	"The Man Who Died Twice"	William Wiard	S.S. Schweitzer	October 15, 1975 (1975-10-15)
104	7	"A Touch of Venom"	Chris Robinson	Larry Alexander	October 22, 1975 (1975-10-22)
105	8	"Man in the Middle"	Allen Reisner	Richard Landau	October 29, 1975 (1975-10-29)
106	9	"Fall Guy"	Lawrence Dobkin	Howard Dimsdale	November 5, 1975 (1975-11-05)
107	10	"The Melted Man"	Leo Penn	Norman Lessing	November 12, 1975 (1975-11-12)
108	11	"The Wedding March"	Leo Penn	Brad Radnitz	November 19, 1975 (1975-11-19)
109	12	"The Hero"	William Wiard	Irving Pearlberg	November 26, 1975 (1975-11-26)
110	13	"To Still the Voice"	Leo Penn	S : Robert Heverly; S/T : S.S. Schweitzer	December 3, 1975 (1975-12-03)
111 112	14 15	"The Star"	William Wiard	Margaret Armen	December 10, 1975 (1975-12-10)
113	16	"The Games Children Play"	William Wiard	S : Jack Turley; T : Albert Aley	December 17, 1975 (1975-12-17)
114	17	"The Reformer"	Lawrence Dobkin	Larry Forrester	January 7, 1976 (1976-01-07)
115	18	"The House of Cards"	Kenneth Gilbert	Robert I. Holt	January 14, 1976 (1976-01-14)
116	19	"Revenge"	Paul Stanley	Gene Thompson	January 21, 1976 (1976-01-21)
117	20	"Cry Wolf"	Lawrence Dobkin	T : Carey Wilber; S/T : Stephen Kandel	January 28, 1976 (1976-01-28)
118	21	"The Quasar Kill"	William Wiard	Terence Tunberg & Karl Tunberg	February 4, 1976 (1976-02-04)
119	22	"Snapshot"	Michael Caffey	Leonard Kantor	February 11, 1976 (1976-02-11)
120	23	"Point After Death"	Chris Robinson	T : Mann Rubin; S/T : Robert I. Holt	February 18, 1976 (1976-02-18)
121	24	"Bloodlines"	David Whorf	T : Anthony Spinner & Gene Thompson; S/T : Robert C. Dennis	February 25, 1976 (1976-02-25)
122	25	"Madman"	William Wiard	Larry Forrester	March 3, 1976 (1976-03-03)

Television film (1980)

Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
The Return of Frank Cannon	Corey Allen	James David Buchanan & Ronald Austin	November 1, 1980 (1980-11-01)
Private detective Frank Cannon comes out of retirement to investigate the murder of an ex-girlfriend's husband.

Home releases

The first three season were released between 2008 and 2013. A Complete Series edition was released on September 8, 2015 by VEI Entertainment ^[2]

DVD set		Episodes	Release date
	Cannon: Season 1, Volume 1	12	8 August 2008 (2008-08-08)
	Cannon: Season 1, Volume 2	13	2 December 2008 (2008-12-02)
	Cannon: Season 2, Volume 1	12	2 June 2009 (2009-06-02)
	Cannon: Season 2, Volume 2	12	16 February 2010 (2010-02-16)
	Cannon: Season 3	25	10 January 2013 (2013-01-10)
	Complete Series	122 + Pilot movie + "Return of Frank Cannon"	8 September 2015

See also

• List of Barnaby Jones episodes - includes Part 2 of "The Deadly Conspiracy of the Dropped Flower Pot"

References

1. Tied with Room 222
2. Tied with The Mary Tyler Moore Show
3. Tied with Mannix
4. Tied with Hawaii Five-0

1. "1975-76 Ratings History". thetvratingsguide.com. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
2. Cannon // The Complete Collection 122 Episodes Plus 2 TV Movies:& Pilot And Return Of Frank Cannon, Vei, 8 September 2015, retrieved 6 October 2021

External links

• Cannon at IMDb
• Cannon at epguides.com