# Cannon season 5

This is a list of episodes from the fifth and final season of Cannon.

## Broadcast history

The season originally aired Wednesdays at 9:00-10:00 pm (EST).

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 98 | 1 | "Nightmare" | Paul Stanley | Robert Lenski | September 10, 1975 (1975-09-10) |
| A dying man confesses to causing the deaths of Cannon's wife and child, but dies before revealing his motive. ||||||
| 99 | 2 | "The Deadly Conspiracy: Part 1" | Michael Caffey | Stephen Kandel | September 17, 1975 (1975-09-17) |
| Cannon teams up with Barnaby Jones to investigate the activities of a large corporation that may include murder. Note: The story-line finishes in the Barnaby Jones episode "The Deadly Conspiracy: Part 2". Note: For syndication, the ending was re-filmed to resolve the case in one episode, with Bud McKenna (Murray Hamilton) surviving instead of being murdered by Alex Parks (Diana Douglas). Although Miss Douglas is listed in the opening titles, her role is completely edited out of the syndicated version of the Cannon episode. ||||||
| 100 | 3 | "The Wrong Medicine" | Paul Stanley | Norman Lessing | September 24, 1975 (1975-09-24) |
| Cannon probes a malpractice suit filed against a young resident. ||||||
| 101 | 4 | "The Iceman" | William Wiard | Larry Alexander | October 1, 1975 (1975-10-01) |
| Cannon reopens a murder case in the hope that he can find evidence to clear an imprisoned friend. ||||||
| 102 | 5 | "The Victim" | Lawrence Dobkin | Jimmy Sangster | October 8, 1975 (1975-10-08) |
| A singer says that friend, a famed vocalist, is being held hostage. ||||||
| 103 | 6 | "The Man Who Died Twice" | William Wiard | S.S. Schweitzer | October 15, 1975 (1975-10-15) |
| A corrupt cop who was presumed dead is the prime suspect in the murder of a loan shark. ||||||
| 104 | 7 | "A Touch of Venom" | Chris Robinson | Larry Alexander | October 22, 1975 (1975-10-22) |
| Radicals poison Cannon and withhold the antidote in an attempt to make him subject to their whims. ||||||
| 105 | 8 | "Man in the Middle" | Allen Reisner | Richard Landau | October 29, 1975 (1975-10-29) |
| Cannon heads to Mexico to pick up the body of a friend's son, who apparently died under strange circumstances. ||||||
| 106 | 9 | "Fall Guy" | Lawrence Dobkin | Howard Dimsdale | November 5, 1975 (1975-11-05) |
| Cannon attempts to vindicate the vice-president of an oil company who's accused of misappropriating funds. ||||||
| 107 | 10 | "The Melted Man" | Leo Penn | Norman Lessing | November 12, 1975 (1975-11-12) |
| A wealthy heiress believes she sees a snowman with a hatchet in its head on her desert estate. ||||||
| 108 | 11 | "The Wedding March" | Leo Penn | Brad Radnitz | November 19, 1975 (1975-11-19) |
| Cannon hunts for a psychopath who's beating women. ||||||
| 109 | 12 | "The Hero" | William Wiard | Irving Pearlberg | November 26, 1975 (1975-11-26) |
| Frank investigates the death of a member of a sadistic drug gang, who seems to have been killed by the son of a General and war hero. ||||||
| 110 | 13 | "To Still the Voice" | Leo Penn | S : Robert Heverly; S/T : S.S. Schweitzer | December 3, 1975 (1975-12-03) |
| Cannon probes a black leader's assassination. This episode is notable because a key suspect from a very wealthy, very conservative family refuses to divulge information that would exonerate himself from the assassination because the information would expose the fact that he was homosexual. ||||||
| 111112 | 1415 | "The Star" | William Wiard | Margaret Armen | December 10, 1975 (1975-12-10) |
| A former movie star's son disappears without a trace and when Cannon finds him, he must figure out why the boy is being stalked by assassins. ||||||
| 113 | 16 | "The Games Children Play" | Margaret Armen | S : Jack Turley; T : Albert Aley | December 17, 1975 (1975-12-17) |
| A boy tries to convince everyone that he saw a kidnapping. ||||||
| 114 | 17 | "The Reformer" | Lawrence Dobkin | Larry Forrester | January 7, 1976 (1976-01-07) |
| A crusading editor accused of murder hires Cannon to vindicate him. ||||||
| 115 | 18 | "The House of Cards" | Kenneth Gilbert | Robert I. Holt | January 14, 1976 (1976-01-14) |
| An accountant vanishes after he finds records containing evidence of fraud committed within his company. ||||||
| 116 | 19 | "Revenge" | Paul Stanley | Gene Thompson | January 21, 1976 (1976-01-21) |
| Cannon is implicated in a mob boss's murder. Note: The Appeals court would not have reversed Lucius Delgado's conviction. He would, instead, have been granted a new trial. Also, Cannon commits Battery On a Law Enforcement Officer, Assault With a Firearm On a Law Enforcement Officer, Theft of a Firearm, Escape From Custody, and Grand Theft Auto, all felonies, and he is never charged. Also, upon Cannaon's arrest, a search warrant for his home would have been immediately obtained. Upon Cannon's escape, his home would have been under 24 hour surveillance. ||||||
| 117 | 20 | "Cry Wolf" | Lawrence Dobkin | T : Carey Wilber; S/T : Stephen Kandel | January 28, 1976 (1976-01-28) |
| A multimillionaire suspects foul play in his grandson's supposed kidnapping. ||||||
| 118 | 21 | "The Quasar Kill" | William Wiard | Terence Tunberg & Karl Tunberg | February 4, 1976 (1976-02-04) |
| Cannon investigates the bizarre case of a scientist getting killed by a laser beam. ||||||
| 119 | 22 | "Snapshot" | Michael Caffey | Leonard Kantor | February 11, 1976 (1976-02-11) |
| An ex-enforcer hires Cannon to find out why a hit man is stalking him. ||||||
| 120 | 23 | "Point After Death" | Chris Robinson | T : Mann Rubin; S/T : Robert I. Holt | February 18, 1976 (1976-02-18) |
| Cannon probes the killing of a star quarterback's girlfriend. This episode is notable for the second homosexual-themed storyline of the season, and the series. ||||||
| 121 | 24 | "Bloodlines" | David Whorf | T : Anthony Spinner & Gene Thompson; S/T : Robert C. Dennis | February 25, 1976 (1976-02-25) |
| A millionaire tries to frame his daughter-in-law for murder. ||||||
| 122 | 25 | "Madman" | William Wiard | Larry Forrester | March 3, 1976 (1976-03-03) |
| A scientist at an Army base, who's a friend of Cannon's, behaves irrationally, so the detective tries to help him. ||||||