# List of Cannon episodes

Cannon is an American detective television series broadcast on CBS from 1971 to 1976, starring William Conrad as a private detective.

## Series overview

Cannon consists of a 2-hour pilot, five seasons of episodes, and a 2-hour TV-movie.
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally aired | Originally aired | Rank | Rating |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First aired | Last aired | Rank | Rating |
| Pilot | Pilot | Pilot | March 26, 1971 (1971-03-26) | March 26, 1971 (1971-03-26) | — | — |
| 1 | 24 | 24 | September 14, 1971 (1971-09-14) | March 14, 1972 (1972-03-14) | 28 | 19.8 |
| 2 | 24 | 24 | September 13, 1972 (1972-09-13) | March 21, 1973 (1973-03-21) | 14 | 22.4 |
| 3 | 25 | 25 | September 12, 1973 (1973-09-12) | March 20, 1974 (1974-03-20) | 9 | 23.1 |
| 4 | 24 | 24 | September 11, 1974 (1974-09-11) | April 2, 1975 (1975-04-02) | 20 | 21.6 |
| 5 | 25 | 25 | September 10, 1975 (1975-09-10) | March 3, 1976 (1976-03-03) | 39 | — |
| Television film | Television film | Television film | November 1, 1980 (1980-11-01) | November 1, 1980 (1980-11-01) | — | — |

## Episodes
### Pilot (1971)

| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| "Cannon" | George McCowan | Edward Hume | March 26, 1971 (1971-03-26) |
| Private detective Frank Cannon investigates the murder of a war-buddy to clear the man's wife (Vera Miles) of suspicion in his death and gets entangled in small-town corruption and incompetent law enforcement. ||||

### Season 1 (1971–72)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 1 | 1 | "The Salinas Jackpot" | George McCowan | Ken Trevey | September 14, 1971 (1971-09-14) |
| 2 | 2 | "Death Chain" | Jerry Jameson | Paul Playdon & David Moessinger | September 21, 1971 (1971-09-21) |
| 3 | 3 | "Call Unicorn" | Allen Reisner | S : E. Arthur Kean; T : David Moessinger & Paul Playdon | September 28, 1971 (1971-09-28) |
| 4 | 4 | "Country Blues" | Allen Reisner | Ronald Austin & James D. Buchanan | October 5, 1971 (1971-10-05) |
| 5 | 5 | "Scream of Silence" | Jerry Jameson | Robert Collins | October 12, 1971 (1971-10-12) |
| 6 | 6 | "Fool's Gold" | Don Medford | S : Bill Stratton; T : Edward Hume | October 19, 1971 (1971-10-19) |
| 7 | 7 | "Girl in the Electric Coffin" | Jerry Jameson | Robert Malcolm Young | October 26, 1971 (1971-10-26) |
| 8 | 8 | "Dead Pigeon" | Don Taylor | S : George Kirgo; S/T : James D. Buchanan & Ronald Austin | November 9, 1971 (1971-11-09) |
| 9 | 9 | "A Lonely Place to Die" | William Hale | Jack Turley | November 16, 1971 (1971-11-16) |
| 10 | 10 | "No Pockets in a Shroud" | William Hale | Ken Pettus | November 23, 1971 (1971-11-23) |
| 11 | 11 | "Stone, Cold Dead" | Seymour Robbie | Paul Playdon & David Moessinger | November 30, 1971 (1971-11-30) |
| 12 | 12 | "Death Is a Double-Cross" | Richard Donner | T : Edward Hume & George Eckstein | December 7, 1971 (1971-12-07) |
| 13 | 13 | "The Nowhere Man" | George McCowan | Michael Gleason | December 14, 1971 (1971-12-14) |
| 14 | 14 | "Flight Plan" | Richard Donner | Robert C. Dennis | December 28, 1971 (1971-12-28) |
| 15 | 15 | "Devil's Playground" | Marvin Chomsky | Ken Trevey | January 4, 1972 (1972-01-04) |
| 16 | 16 | "Treasure of San Ignacio" | Allen Reisner | T : Paul Playdon; S/T : Bill S. Ballinger | January 11, 1972 (1972-01-11) |
| 17 | 17 | "Blood on the Vine" | George McCowan | S : Ken Pettus; T : Stephen Kandel | January 18, 1972 (1972-01-18) |
| 18 | 18 | "To Kill a Guinea Pig" | Allen Reisner | Hal Sitowitz | February 1, 1972 (1972-02-01) |
| 19 | 19 | "The Island Caper" | Lewis Allen | George Bellak | February 8, 1972 (1972-02-08) |
| 20 | 20 | "A Deadly Quiet Town" | Seymour Robbie | Robert W. Lenski | February 15, 1972 (1972-02-15) |
| 21 | 21 | "A Flight of Hawks" | Charles S. Dubin | Stephen Kandel | February 22, 1972 (1972-02-22) |
| 22 | 22 | "The Torch" | Michael O'Herlihy | James D. Buchanan & Ronald Austin | February 29, 1972 (1972-02-29) |
| 23 | 23 | "Cain's Mark" | Don Taylor | George Bellak | March 7, 1972 (1972-03-07) |
| 24 | 24 | "Murder by Moonlight" | Seymour Robbie | Karl Tunberg | March 14, 1972 (1972-03-14) |

### Season 2 (1972–73)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 25 | 1 | "Bad Cats and Sudden Death" | Philip Leacock | Robert Lewin | September 13, 1972 (1972-09-13) |
| 26 | 2 | "Sky Above, Death Below" | George McCowan | Hal Sitowitz | September 20, 1972 (1972-09-20) |
| 27 | 3 | "Bitter Legion" | Michael O'Herlihy | George Bellak | September 27, 1972 (1972-09-27) |
| 28 | 4 | "That Was No Lady" | George McCowan | Dick Nelson | October 4, 1972 (1972-10-04) |
| 29 | 5 | "Stakeout" | Leo Penn | Harold Gast | October 11, 1972 (1972-10-11) |
| 30 | 6 | "The Predators" | George McCowan | Arthur Heinemann | October 18, 1972 (1972-10-18) |
| 31 | 7 | "A Long Way Down" | George McCowan | Stephen Kandel | October 25, 1972 (1972-10-25) |
| 32 | 8 | "The Rip Off" | George McCowan | Douglas Day Stewart | November 1, 1972 (1972-11-01) |
| 33 | 9 | "Child of Fear" | David Lowell Rich | Robert W. Lenski | November 15, 1972 (1972-11-15) |
| 34 | 10 | "The Shadow Man" | Robert Douglas | Robert Lewin | November 22, 1972 (1972-11-22) |
| 35 | 11 | "Hear No Evil" | Charles S. Dubin | Robert W. Lenski | November 29, 1972 (1972-11-29) |
| 36 | 12 | "The Endangered Species" | Robert Douglas | Del Reisman | December 13, 1972 (1972-12-13) |
| 37 | 13 | "Nobody Beats the House" | Herbert Hirschman | Meyer Dolinsky | December 20, 1972 (1972-12-20) |
| 38 | 14 | "Hard Rock Roller Coaster" | Charles S. Dubin | S : Bill S. Ballinger; T : Meyer Dolinsky | January 3, 1973 (1973-01-03) |
| 39 | 15 | "The Dead Samaritan" | Jerry Jameson | S : Robert Van Scoyk; T : Stephen Kandel | January 10, 1973 (1973-01-10) |
| 40 | 16 | "Death of a Stone Seahorse" | William Wiard | Anthony Lawrence | January 17, 1973 (1973-01-17) |
| 41 | 17 | "Moving Target" | Lawrence Dobkin | Worley Thorne | January 31, 1973 (1973-01-31) |
| 42 | 18 | "Murder for Murder" | Herschel Daugherty | Arthur Heinemann | February 7, 1973 (1973-02-07) |
| 43 | 19 | "To Ride a Tiger" | Virgil W. Vogel | Robert W. Lenski | February 14, 1973 (1973-02-14) |
| 44 | 20 | "Prisoners" | Charles S. Dubin | Robert Lewin | February 21, 1973 (1973-02-21) |
| 45 | 21 | "The Seventh Grave" | John Badham | E. Arthur Kean | February 28, 1973 (1973-02-28) |
| 46 | 22 | "Catch Me If You Can" | William Hale | Douglas Day Stewart | March 7, 1973 (1973-03-07) |
| 47 | 23 | "Press Pass to the Slammer" | Leo Penn | Meyer Dolinsky | March 14, 1973 (1973-03-14) |
| 48 | 24 | "Deadly Heritage" | Seymour Robbie | Robert Lewin | March 21, 1973 (1973-03-21) |

### Season 3 (1973–74)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 4950 | 12 | "He Who Digs a Grave" | Richard Donner | T : Stephen Kandel | September 12, 1973 (1973-09-12) |
| 51 | 3 | "Memo from a Dead Man" | Richard Donner | Robert C. Dennis | September 19, 1973 (1973-09-19) |
| 52 | 4 | "Hounds of Hell" | Lawrence Dobkin | Jack Turley | September 26, 1973 (1973-09-26) |
| 53 | 5 | "Target in the Mirror" | Gene Nelson | Robert Blees | October 3, 1973 (1973-10-03) |
| 54 | 6 | "Murder by Proxy" | Robert Douglas | Robert W. Lenski | October 10, 1973 (1973-10-10) |
| 55 | 7 | "Night Flight to Murder" | Michael Caffey | Carey Wilber | October 17, 1973 (1973-10-17) |
| 56 | 8 | "Come Watch Me Die" | George McCowan | Herb Meadow | October 24, 1973 (1973-10-24) |
| 57 | 9 | "The Perfect Alibi" | Robert Douglas | Ray Brenner & Jack Guss | October 31, 1973 (1973-10-31) |
| 58 | 10 | "Dead Lady's Tears" | Virgil W. Vogel | Steve Fisher | November 7, 1973 (1973-11-07) |
| 59 | 11 | "The Limping Man" | Michael Caffey | Shirl Hendryx | November 14, 1973 (1973-11-14) |
| 60 | 12 | "Trial by Terror" | Robert Douglas | Larry Brody | November 21, 1973 (1973-11-21) |
| 61 | 13 | "Murder by the Numbers" | George McCowan | S : Michael McTaggart; T : Robert Blees | November 28, 1973 (1973-11-28) |
| 62 | 14 | "Valley of the Damned" | Lawrence Dobkin | Carey Wilber | December 5, 1973 (1973-12-05) |
| 63 | 15 | "A Well-Remembered Terror" | Seymour Robbie | Robert I. Holt | December 12, 1973 (1973-12-12) |
| 64 | 16 | "Arena of Fear" | Marc Daniels | Collier Young & Meyer Dolinsky | December 19, 1973 (1973-12-19) |
| 65 | 17 | "Photo Finish" | George McCowan | John Hawkins | January 2, 1974 (1974-01-02) |
| 66 | 18 | "Duel in the Desert" | William Wiard | Robert C. Dennis | January 16, 1974 (1974-01-16) |
| 67 | 19 | "Where's Jennifer?" | Gene Nelson | Robert White & Phyllis White | January 23, 1974 (1974-01-23) |
| 68 | 20 | "Blood Money" | William Wiard | Stephen Kandel | February 6, 1974 (1974-02-06) |
| 69 | 21 | "Death of a Hunter" | George McCowan | Meyer Dolinsky | February 13, 1974 (1974-02-13) |
| 70 | 22 | "The Cure That Kills" | Seymour Robbie | Worley Thorne | February 20, 1974 (1974-02-20) |
| 71 | 23 | "Bobby Loved Me" | Lawrence Dobkin | Joel Murcott | February 27, 1974 (1974-02-27) |
| 72 | 24 | "Triangle of Terror" | George McCowan | Carey Wilber | March 13, 1974 (1974-03-13) |
| 73 | 25 | "The Stalker" | Lawrence Dobkin | Richard Newhafer | March 20, 1974 (1974-03-20) |

### Season 4 (1974–75)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 74 | 1 | "Kelly's Song" | William Wiard | S.S. Schweitzer | September 11, 1974 (1974-09-11) |
| 75 | 2 | "The Hit Man" | William Wiard | Robert Heverly | September 18, 1974 (1974-09-18) |
| 76 | 3 | "Voice from the Grave" | William Wiard | Robert Hamner | September 25, 1974 (1974-09-25) |
| 77 | 4 | "Lady in Red" | William Wiard | Max Hodge | October 2, 1974 (1974-10-02) |
| 78 | 5 | "The Deadly Trail" | George McCowan | Calvin Clements | October 16, 1974 (1974-10-16) |
| 79 | 6 | "The Exchange" | George McCowan | Jackson Gillis | October 23, 1974 (1974-10-23) |
| 80 | 7 | "The Avenger" | Corey Allen | Robert Sherman | October 30, 1974 (1974-10-30) |
| 81 | 8 | "A Killing in the Family" | George McCowan | Larry Alexander | November 6, 1974 (1974-11-06) |
| 82 | 9 | "Flashpoint" | William Wiard | Robert Heverly | November 13, 1974 (1974-11-13) |
| 83 | 10 | "The Man Who Couldn't Forget" | George McCowan | Robert I. Holt | November 20, 1974 (1974-11-20) |
| 84 | 11 | "The Sounds of Silence" | George McCowan | T : Anthony Spinner; S/T : Stephen Kandel | December 4, 1974 (1974-12-04) |
| 85 | 12 | "The Prisoner" | William Wiard | Norman Hudis | December 11, 1974 (1974-12-11) |
| 86 | 13 | "Daddy's Little Girl" | Leslie H. Martinson | Larry Alexander | December 18, 1974 (1974-12-18) |
| 87 | 14 | "The Conspirators" | George McCowan | Margaret Armen | January 1, 1975 (1975-01-01) |
| 88 | 15 | "Coffin Corner" | George McCowan | S : Rick Husky; T : Robert I. Holt | January 15, 1975 (1975-01-15) |
| 89 | 16 | "Perfect Fit for a Frame" | William Wiard | Robert Hamner | January 22, 1975 (1975-01-22) |
| 90 | 17 | "Killer on the Hill" | Harry Falk | Carey Wilber | January 29, 1975 (1975-01-29) |
| 91 | 18 | "Missing at FL307" | William Wiard | Carey Wilber | February 5, 1975 (1975-02-05) |
| 92 | 19 | "The Set Up" | George McCowan | Robert Sherman | February 12, 1975 (1975-02-12) |
| 93 | 20 | "The Investigator" | George McCowan | Robert C. Dennis | February 26, 1975 (1975-02-26) |
| 94 | 21 | "Lady on the Run" | George McCowan | Gerald Sanford | March 5, 1975 (1975-03-05) |
| 95 | 22 | "Vengeance" | Alf Kjellin | Robert I. Holt | March 12, 1975 (1975-03-12) |
| 96 | 23 | "Tomorrow Ends at Noon" | William Wiard | Robert C. Dennis | March 19, 1975 (1975-03-19) |
| 97 | 24 | "Search and Destroy" | Edward M. Abroms | S : Robert Mitchell & Esther Mitchell; T : Stephen Kandel | April 2, 1975 (1975-04-02) |

### Season 5 (1975–76)

| 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) |
| 99 | 2 | "The Deadly Conspiracy: Part 1" | Michael Caffey | Stephen Kandel | September 17, 1975 (1975-09-17) |
| 100 | 3 | "The Wrong Medicine" | Paul Stanley | Norman Lessing | September 24, 1975 (1975-09-24) |
| 101 | 4 | "The Iceman" | William Wiard | Larry Alexander | October 1, 1975 (1975-10-01) |
| 102 | 5 | "The Victim" | Lawrence Dobkin | Jimmy Sangster | October 8, 1975 (1975-10-08) |
| 103 | 6 | "The Man Who Died Twice" | William Wiard | S.S. Schweitzer | October 15, 1975 (1975-10-15) |
| 104 | 7 | "A Touch of Venom" | Chris Robinson | Larry Alexander | October 22, 1975 (1975-10-22) |
| 105 | 8 | "Man in the Middle" | Allen Reisner | Richard Landau | October 29, 1975 (1975-10-29) |
| 106 | 9 | "Fall Guy" | Lawrence Dobkin | Howard Dimsdale | November 5, 1975 (1975-11-05) |
| 107 | 10 | "The Melted Man" | Leo Penn | Norman Lessing | November 12, 1975 (1975-11-12) |
| 108 | 11 | "The Wedding March" | Leo Penn | Brad Radnitz | November 19, 1975 (1975-11-19) |
| 109 | 12 | "The Hero" | William Wiard | Irving Pearlberg | November 26, 1975 (1975-11-26) |
| 110 | 13 | "To Still the Voice" | Leo Penn | S : Robert Heverly; S/T : S.S. Schweitzer | December 3, 1975 (1975-12-03) |
| 111112 | 1415 | "The Star" | William Wiard | Margaret Armen | December 10, 1975 (1975-12-10) |
| 113 | 16 | "The Games Children Play" | Margaret Armen | S : Jack Turley; T : Albert Aley | December 17, 1975 (1975-12-17) |
| 114 | 17 | "The Reformer" | Lawrence Dobkin | Larry Forrester | January 7, 1976 (1976-01-07) |
| 115 | 18 | "The House of Cards" | Kenneth Gilbert | Robert I. Holt | January 14, 1976 (1976-01-14) |
| 116 | 19 | "Revenge" | Paul Stanley | Gene Thompson | January 21, 1976 (1976-01-21) |
| 117 | 20 | "Cry Wolf" | Lawrence Dobkin | T : Carey Wilber; S/T : Stephen Kandel | January 28, 1976 (1976-01-28) |
| 118 | 21 | "The Quasar Kill" | William Wiard | Terence Tunberg & Karl Tunberg | February 4, 1976 (1976-02-04) |
| 119 | 22 | "Snapshot" | Michael Caffey | Leonard Kantor | February 11, 1976 (1976-02-11) |
| 120 | 23 | "Point After Death" | Chris Robinson | T : Mann Rubin; S/T : Robert I. Holt | February 18, 1976 (1976-02-18) |
| 121 | 24 | "Bloodlines" | David Whorf | T : Anthony Spinner & Gene Thompson; S/T : Robert C. Dennis | February 25, 1976 (1976-02-25) |
| 122 | 25 | "Madman" | William Wiard | Larry Forrester | March 3, 1976 (1976-03-03) |

## Television film (1980)

| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| The Return of Frank Cannon | Corey Allen | James David Buchanan & Ronald Austin | November 1, 1980 (1980-11-01) |
| Private detective Frank Cannon comes out of retirement to investigate the murder of an ex-girlfriend's husband. ||||

## Home releases

The first three season were released between 2008 and 2013. A Complete Series edition was released on September 8, 2015 by VEI Entertainment
| DVD set | Episodes | Release date |
| Cannon: Season 1, Volume 1 | 12 | 8 August 2008 (2008-08-08) |
| Cannon: Season 1, Volume 2 | 13 | 2 December 2008 (2008-12-02) |
| Cannon: Season 2, Volume 1 | 12 | 2 June 2009 (2009-06-02) |
| Cannon: Season 2, Volume 2 | 12 | 16 February 2010 (2010-02-16) |
| Cannon: Season 3 | 25 | 10 January 2013 (2013-01-10) |
| Complete Series | 122 + Pilot movie + "Return of Frank Cannon | 8 September 2015 |