The BEST episodes of Cannon season 5
Every episode of Cannon season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Cannon season 5!
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 - 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".
#3 - 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.
#4 - The Star (2)
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/10/1975
Snapshots reveal a dubious link between policy and high crime.
#5 - The Victim
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/8/1975
Cannon is hired to find a popular recording artist who he believes is being held against her will. But when he finally finds her he begins to understand that there is a much more sinister reason for her being kept from the outside world.
#6 - The Man Who Died Twice
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/15/1975
Cannon teams up with former officers who were on the force the same time he was. Their task is to find another colleague who they believed was dead for the past eight years, but now suspected of killing those he was involved with in crime.
#7 - The Hero
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/26/1975
Cannon protects a man and his wife from the members of a small motorcycle riding cult that are bent on avenging the death of one of their own.
#8 - The Star (1)
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/10/1975
When the son of a famous actress disappears the police think its another instance of his recurring drug problem. Cannon is hired to find him, but no one is telling him the whole truth.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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?
#12 - Revenge
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/21/1976
Cannon becomes a hunted man when a young South Korean man comes after him seeking revenge for his late father who was a tortured prisoner of war during the Korean War-and he believes Cannon is solely responsible for it.
#13 - Nightmare
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/1975
A dying prisoner, a former hit man confesses to Cannon that he killed his wife and child 14 years ago when Cannon was a cop. Cannon investigates.
#14 - The Iceman
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/1/1975
Cannon reinvestigates a 10 year old murder from when he was on the police force and begins to question if the man in prison is really innocent.
#15 - The Melted Man
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/12/1975
Cannon unravels a murder plot that was made to look like it involved the Chinese Tongs gang. But the intended victim turns the tables on the real man behind the plot and try's eliminate Cannon in the process.
#16 - To Still the Voice
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/3/1975
Cannon investigates the possibility that there is a conspiracy behind the assassination of a black female politician.
#17 - The House of Cards
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/14/1976
A small town newspaperman takes on a duel identity and fakes his own murder. Cannon is hired by his wife to investigate.
#18 - Madman
Season 5 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/3/1976
An Army researcher goes berserk; his wife pleads with Cannon to intervene.
#19 - The Wrong Medicine
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/24/1975
A doctor treats a diabetic in the emergency room and she then dies. He claims that the patient was wearing an indicator bracelet that has seemed to have vanished. Cannon is hired to investigate.
#20 - Point After Death
Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/18/1976
A case of vengeance. The girlfriend of a pro ballplayer is murdered.
#21 - The Deadly Conspiracy (1)
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/1975
Frank Cannon and Barnaby Jones investigate the rape and murder of a young woman who was about to blow the whistle on the company she was involved. But they are investigating for different clients and from totally different angles. [NOTE: Part two of this story continues on the TV series "Barnaby Jones.]
#22 - Man in the Middle
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/29/1975
An old friend hires Cannon to bring back the body of his dead son from Mexico and to find his killer. Cannon agrees, but he uncovers a few surprises in the process.
#23 - Fall Guy
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/5/1975
Cannon investigates on the behalf of a oil executive who claims he is being framed for fraud and embezzlement. But he runs into heavy resistance in his investigation from the corporations domineering female president.
#24 - Bloodlines
Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/25/1976
A well-to-do young man's death in Acapulco is ruled an accident, but his family hires Cannon to investigate.
#25 - Snapshot
Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/11/1976
A mobster hires Cannon to find out who tried to kill his ex-wife in a failed hit attempt. But Cannon suspects the mobster himself may be the actual target after another attempt is made on him and not his ex-wife.