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.

Last Updated: 11/17/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
A Touch of Venom
star
10.00
2 votes

#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.

Directors: Chris Robinson
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The Wedding March
star
9.33
3 votes

#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".

Directors: Leo Penn
Writer: Brad Radnitz
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The Reformer
star
9.33
3 votes

#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.

Directors: Lawrence Dobkin
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The Star (2)
star
8.67
3 votes

#4 - The Star (2)

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/10/1975

Snapshots reveal a dubious link between policy and high crime.

Directors: William Wiard
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The Victim
star
8.00
1 votes

#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.

Directors: Lawrence Dobkin
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The Man Who Died Twice
star
8.00
1 votes

#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.

Directors: William Wiard
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The Hero
star
8.00
1 votes

#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.

Directors: William Wiard
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The Star (1)
star
8.00
2 votes

#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.

Directors: William Wiard
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The Games Children Play
star
8.00
1 votes

#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.

Directors: William Wiard
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Cry Wolf
star
8.00
1 votes

#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.

Directors: Lawrence Dobkin
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The Quasar Kill
star
8.00
2 votes

#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?

Directors: William Wiard
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Revenge
star
7.75
4 votes

#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.

Directors: Paul Stanley
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Nightmare
star
7.67
3 votes

#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.

Directors: Paul Stanley
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The Iceman
star
7.50
2 votes

#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.

Directors: William Wiard
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The Melted Man
star
7.50
2 votes

#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.

Directors: Leo Penn
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To Still the Voice
star
7.50
2 votes

#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.

Directors: Leo Penn
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The House of Cards
star
7.50
2 votes

#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.

Directors: Kenneth Gilbert
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Madman
star
7.20
5 votes

#18 - Madman

Season 5 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/3/1976

An Army researcher goes berserk; his wife pleads with Cannon to intervene.

Directors: William Wiard
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The Wrong Medicine
star
7.00
3 votes

#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.

Directors: Paul Stanley
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Point After Death
star
6.60
5 votes

#20 - Point After Death

Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/18/1976

A case of vengeance. The girlfriend of a pro ballplayer is murdered.

Directors: Chris Robinson
The Deadly Conspiracy (1)
star
6.50
4 votes

#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.]

Directors: Michael Caffey
Man in the Middle
star
6.50
4 votes

#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.

Directors: Allen Reisner
Fall Guy
star
6.50
4 votes

#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.

Directors: Lawrence Dobkin
Bloodlines
star
6.40
5 votes

#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.

Directors: David Whorf
Snapshot
star
6.00
3 votes

#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.

Directors: Michael Caffey