The WORST episodes of Cannon
Every episode ever - ranked by fan votes!
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 - The Cure That Kills
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/20/1974
Cannon investigates the death of two women who were connected to a faith healer who preaches to his flock that modern medicine is the work of Satan. A young man with a brain tumor may be the next victim.
#2 - 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.
#3 - Killer on the Hill
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/29/1975
A contractor refuses to pay bribes, and is accused of plotting a political asassination.
#4 - 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.
#5 - The Conspirators
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/1/1975
A girl's suspicious death brings Cannon to Texas.
#6 - 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.
#7 - Devil's Playground
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/4/1972
A policeman injured in a payroll robbery asks Cannon for help.
#8 - Murder by Moonlight
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/14/1972
A young prisoner is forced to do the bidding of a gang boss.
#9 - The Man Who Couldn't Forget
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/20/1974
A Dutch Nazi-hunter is on the trail of an SS man.
#10 - Blood on the Vine
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/18/1972
Mike Tampa owns a vineyard in northern California... his land alone is worth $2 million, but he loves wine-making and is not considering selling. His father started the vineyards, handed them down to him, and he hopes that his son Johnny Tampa will be the third generation. Mike Tampa, however, has been the victim of three murder attempts—in the last one, his brakes were tampered with, and he barely survived when he took his car down a mountain road. At this point, his secretary calls on Cannon—secretly, because the stubborn Mike has refused to do anything. Cannon is brought in to investigate. We learn that Johnny Tampa had only been re-united with Mike two years ago... after not having seen him for 20 years (Mike and his wife went through a bitter divorce 22 years prior and she took their son down to San Francisco). Cannon suspects that Johnny may be pulling a con and that he is not really Mike's son. The winery accountant says that they had Johnny checked out by a PI down in SF n
#11 - Voice from the Grave
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/1974
Cannon reopens the case of an old shooting.
#12 - The Deadly Trail
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/1974
A general wants Cannon to find the daughter he put up for adoption years before, but there is opposition to the search.
#13 - The Sounds of Silence
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/4/1974
Cannon reluctantly takes the case of a disappearing bridegroom, but it's more than it appears.
#14 - Daddy's Little Girl
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/18/1974
A torpedo plays dead to testify, but the mob sniffs him out.
#15 - Missing at FL307
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/5/1975
A released prisoner disappears en route.
#16 - Tomorrow Ends at Noon
Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/19/1975
Palestinian terroists kidnap an Italian industrialist's daughter to free a jailed comrade.
#17 - 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.
#18 - Point After Death
Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/18/1976
A case of vengeance. The girlfriend of a pro ballplayer is murdered.
#19 - Moving Target
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/31/1973
The co-author of an industrialist's unauthorized biography is murdered.
#20 - 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.]
#21 - The Prisoner
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/11/1974
An ex-POW is in danger from a cowardly officer.
#22 - The Avenger
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/30/1974
A missing person case leads to a cop's death and the pursuit of vengeance.
#23 - Death of a Hunter
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/13/1974
A big game hunter is killed by a lion supposedly tranquilized.
#24 - 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.
#25 - 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.