The BEST episodes of Cannon season 2

Every episode of Cannon season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Cannon season 2!

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.

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Press Pass to the Slammer
star
8.80
5 votes

#1 - Press Pass to the Slammer

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/14/1973

A columnist faces contempt charges; Cannon takes the case.

Directors: Leo Penn
Bad Cats and Sudden Death
star
8.50
6 votes

#2 - 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.

Directors: Philip Leacock
Writer: Robert Lewin
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Child of Fear
star
8.33
6 votes

#3 - 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.

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Sky Above, Death Below
star
8.29
7 votes

#4 - 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.

Directors: George McCowan
Writer: Hal Sitowitz
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Bitter Legion
star
8.25
8 votes

#5 - 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.

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Catch Me if You Can
star
8.25
4 votes

#6 - 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.

Directors: William Hale
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The Shadow Man
star
8.20
5 votes

#7 - 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.

Directors: Robert Douglas
Writer: Robert Lewin
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The Rip-Off
star
8.12
34 votes

#8 - 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.

Directors: George McCowan
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The Predators
star
8.03
37 votes

#9 - 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.

Directors: George McCowan
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Stakeout
star
8.02
61 votes

#10 - 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.

Directors: Leo Penn
Writer: Harold Gast
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A Long Way Down
star
7.94
33 votes

#11 - A Long Way Down

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/25/1972

When a hospital orderly accuses a doctor of stealing drugs, Cannon is brought in to investigate.

Directors: George McCowan
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The Dead Samaritan
star
7.80
5 votes

#12 - The Dead Samaritan

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/10/1973

Hired to clear a man falsely accused of murder, Cannon uncovers a trail leading to the victim's business partner.

Directors: Jerry Jameson
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Deadly Heritage
star
7.60
5 votes

#13 - Deadly Heritage

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/21/1973

A terrorized woman asks Cannon to find her husband's illegitimate son.

Directors: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Robert Lewin
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That Was No Lady
star
7.57
7 votes

#14 - That Was No Lady

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1972

Cannon is hired to protect a lawyer who has received death threats after defending her clients, two small-time crooks, suspected of a safe-cracking at a charitable foundation.

Directors: George McCowan
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Hard Rock Roller Coaster
star
7.50
2 votes

#15 - Hard Rock Roller Coaster

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/3/1973

A diamond smuggler is drugged to reveal his contraband.

Directors: Charles S. Dubin
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The Seventh Grave
star
7.50
2 votes

#16 - The Seventh Grave

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/28/1973

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.

Directors: John Badham
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Death of a Stone Seahorse
star
7.40
5 votes

#17 - Death of a Stone Seahorse

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/17/1973

A drug smuggler's mentally ill sister takes the rap for a murder, and it's up to Cannon to prove her innocence.

Directors: William Wiard
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Murder for Murder
star
7.33
3 votes

#18 - Murder for Murder

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/7/1973

Cannon is hired to prevent a vengeful teacher from killing the two men he blames for his daughter's death.

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The Endangered Species
star
7.20
5 votes

#19 - The Endangered Species

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/13/1972

When a hunting accident turns out to be murder, Cannon steps in to clear his friend.

Directors: Robert Douglas
Writer: Del Reisman
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Nobody Beats the House
star
7.17
6 votes

#20 - Nobody Beats the House

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/20/1972

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. Toby will turn himself over to Logan rather than have anything happen to Cathy, who, sensing one of them will be hurt, calls in Cannon to help. Cannon tries to broker a deal with Logan. Cannon can get $25,000 paid up front and the rest on installment. Logan rejects this deal, because it would ruin his reputation if anybody got a break like that. Jason Logan (Ben's son) runs a gambling operation on his own—competing against his father in a juvenile attempt to come out from his father's shadow. Toby takes one last shot to get the $200,000. He shows up at Jason's house to get in a poker game. Jason has a couple of card-marking plants at Toby's table, but Toby gets $35,000 ahead. Then Cannon shows up undercover as Billy Thompson (owner of Thompson Tool),

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To Ride a Tiger
star
7.06
33 votes

#21 - To Ride a Tiger

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/14/1973

When the lawyer for a halfway house vanishes along with his funds, Cannon is hired to find him.

Directors: Virgil W. Vogel
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Hear No Evil
star
7.00
4 votes

#22 - Hear No Evil

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/29/1972

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 and catching three guests in compromising positions. The three are being blackmailed, and think Dale is behind it. Cannon interviews them and determines that one of the three is blackmailing the other two.

Directors: Charles S. Dubin
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Prisoners
star
7.00
3 votes

#23 - Prisoners

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/21/1973

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

Directors: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Robert Lewin
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Moving Target
star
6.67
6 votes

#24 - Moving Target

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/31/1973

The co-author of an industrialist's unauthorized biography is murdered.

Directors: Lawrence Dobkin