The BEST episodes of Cannon
Every episode of Cannon ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Cannon!
Frank Cannon is a tough, middle-aged, portly ex-cop turned private eye. A gourmet, with expensive tastes, he mostly took cases at a substantial fee so he could afford indulging in personal luxuries. He was a shrewd investigator, dedicated, clever and despite his bulk, was not afraid of getting physical if he had to.
#1 - A Touch of Venom
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/22/1975
A group of terrorists have drugged Cannon with a poison, giving him 72 hours to give them a defector and receive the antidote or die.
#2 - To Kill a Guinea Pig
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/1/1972
Prison doctor and experimental pressures.
#3 - Perfect Fit for a Frame
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/22/1975
Cannon gets set up for a murder charge.
#4 - The Wedding March
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/19/1975
Cannon and a female vice squad officer who's on leave after being viciously beaten while undercover posing as a prostitute go after this same man who has previously beaten prostitutes to death while playing the music "The Wedding March".
#5 - The Reformer
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/7/1976
Frank Cannon takes up the case when it appears that the head of a newspaper is being framed for the murder of a prostitute.
#6 - Memo from a Dead Man
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/19/1973
Cannon's latest client is a dead man via a will.
#7 - Press Pass to the Slammer
Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/14/1973
A columnist faces contempt charges; Cannon takes the case.
#8 - Flight Plan
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/28/1971
Cannon helps a supposed political refugee.
#9 - Bad Cats and Sudden Death
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1972
That's about as unlucky as you can get. An assistant DA investigating a car theft ring is framed for his wife's murder.
#10 - Arena of Fear
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/19/1973
A boxer is blackmailed into throwing a fight.
#11 - Target in the Mirror
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/3/1973
A former syndicate henchman has information wanted by the police and the underworld.
#12 - Trial by Terror
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/21/1973
A mob boss on trial has the judge's daughter kidnapped.
#13 - Child of Fear
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/1972
Called in to find a missing rancher, Cannon attempts to discover why the farm hands have been replaced with security guards.
#14 - Sky Above, Death Below
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1972
Cannon seeks the only witness to the murder of a trade union boss: a draft dodger on his way to the Yukon.
#15 - Bitter Legion
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1972
Hired to find a missing husband, Cannon infiltrates a paramilitary gang that's planning a major heist.
#16 - Catch Me if You Can
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/7/1973
A serial killer begs Cannon to catch him before he kills again.
#17 - The Shadow Man
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/22/1972
When a real estate tycoon disappears with a fortune in bonds, Cannon is hired to investigate.
#18 - Dead Lady's Tears
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/7/1973
A young model's death leads to many suspects.
#19 - The Rip-Off
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/1/1972
The burglary of his apartment leads Cannon to a computer-controlled freight train robbery.
#20 - The Salinas Jackpot
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1971
Tom Skerritt plays Dude Donaldson: dressed as rodeo clowns, he and an accomplice rob a rodeo (rather brutally, killing half-a-dozen people). Cannon is summoned to figure out what's going on, after authorites spend 6 weeks and come up with nothing. There's a home movie taken at the time of the robbery, in the vicinity of the buliding... Cannon and the others watch this film over and over, like the Zapruder film, and eventually it dawns on Cannon that the clowns may be involved. He tracks a clown suit to a Texan who died in Vietnam the previous winter... the man's widow (Sharon Acker) is less than forthcoming... though her young son (Vincent Van Patten) gives Cannon some leads... Skerritt took the suit from the widow's barn and used it in the robbery. Skerritt goes to Acker's house and threatens her and her son against saying anything to Cannon...Cannon senses what's going on, and after almost being snipered by Skerritt...finally subdues him with a bear hug.
#21 - The Predators
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/1972
The death of an undocumented immigrant puts Cannon on the trail of a human trafficking ring.
#22 - Stakeout
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/1972
A girl wounded during a bar robbery denies knowing the shooter even though she was his date.
#23 - The Quasar Kill
Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/4/1976
Cannon investigates the death of a scientist who designed a computer that searches for extra terrestrial signals. But was he murdered by an entity from outer space or by a fellow scientist with something to hide?
#24 - Cry Wolf
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/28/1976
Cannon investigates when the grandson of the billionaire fakes his own kidnapping to get his trust fund money, but get gets involved with the wrong type of people.
#25 - The Games Children Play
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/17/1975
The mastermind behind the kidnapping of an infirm prince is also the man helping Cannon with his investigation.
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