8.6/1098 votesLoading...#1 - Nightmare
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/1975
History of a Dedalus.
Director: Paul Stanley
Writer: Robert Lenski
8.5/10118 votesLoading...#2 - Hounds of Hell
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 9/26/1973
Former soliders in Vietnam come fearfully to Cannon.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: Jack Turley
8.5/10107 votesLoading...#3 - Perfect Fit for a Frame
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 1/22/1975
Cannon gets set up for a murder charge.
Director: William Wiard
Writer: Robert Hamner
8.4/10108 votesLoading...#5 - The Star (1)
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 12/10/1975
A film star's son is missing, or is he?
Director: William Wiard
Writer: N/A
8.3/1094 votesLoading...#6 - A Killing in the Family
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1974
Cannon deals with an insurance company in a suspicious auto accident.
Director: George McCowan
Writer: N/A
8.3/1096 votesLoading...#7 - Daddy's Little Girl
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 12/18/1974
A football player doesn't know his father-in-law is a mob boss.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Writer: N/A
8.3/10102 votesLoading...#8 - The Deadly Conspiracy (I)
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/1975
Cannon and Barnaby Jones investigate the death of a young woman who was about to expose the illegal activities of the large corporation she was working for. The crossover continues on Barnaby Jones S04E01 The Deadly Conspiracy (II).
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/1085 votesLoading...#9 - The Wrong Medicine
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 9/24/1975
Not what the doctor ordered. He's accused of administering in error, and claims his innocence.
Director: Paul Stanley
Writer: Norman Lessing
8.3/1086 votesLoading...#10 - Snap Shot
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 2/11/1976
Deporting an old gangster proves fraught with peril.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/10115 votesLoading...#11 - The Rip-Off
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/1/1972
There's only one way to deal with that: serve equal portions. Freight shipments are stolen by computer, and Cannon's in the middle of a custody fight.
Director: George McCowan
Writer: Douglas Day Stewart
8.2/1084 votesLoading...#12 - The Victim
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/8/1975
He who pays the bills. Cannon looks into the curious disappearance of a pop singer.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: Jimmy Sangster
8.1/10132 votesLoading...#13 - He Who Digs a Grave (1)
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1973
A writer is down for the murder of his wife and her lover, but she's left a contradictory note. ""Who builds stronger than a mason, a shipwright, or a carpenter?""
Director: Richard Donner
Writer: N/A
8.1/1090 votesLoading...#14 - Voice From the Grave
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/1974
Cannon reopens the case of an old shooting.
Director: William Wiard
Writer: Robert Hamner
8.1/1092 votesLoading...#15 - Flashpoint
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/13/1974
A psychiatric patient falls in with bad company and is accused of rape and murder.
Director: William Wiard
Writer: N/A
8.1/1091 votesLoading...#16 - The Conspirators
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 1/1/1975
A girl's suspicious death brings Cannon to Texas.
Director: George McCowan
Writer: N/A
8.1/1085 votesLoading...#17 - Search and Destroy
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 4/2/1975
Cannon searches for a missing girl who's on the lam after witnessing a murder.
Director: Edward M. Abroms
Writer: N/A
8.1/1076 votesLoading...#18 - Man in the Middle
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 10/29/1975
Cannon to the right... Cannon to the left... an old buddy's last request: go to Mexico and bring back his son's body.
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: N/A
8.1/1079 votesLoading...#19 - The Games Children Play
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 12/17/1975
Who will believe a child who has seen an Arabian heir made off with?
Director: William Wiard
Writer: N/A
8.0/10112 votesLoading...#20 - Cain's Mark
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/7/1972
Murder will out; an under-the-counter arms merchant is unmasked.
Director: Don Taylor
Writer: George Bellak
8.0/10107 votesLoading...#21 - 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.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: N/A
8.0/10112 votesLoading...#22 - The Endangered Species
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/13/1972
A murder suspect has a dubious counsel.
Director: Robert Douglas
Writer: N/A
8.0/10100 votesLoading...#23 - Night Flight to Murder
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/17/1973
On behalf of an insurance company, Cannon investigates an airplane full of securities.
Director: N/A
Writer: Carey Wilber
8.0/10104 votesLoading...#24 - Come Watch Me Die
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 10/24/1973
Cannon's engaged to protect a gang boss from the innocent man he sent up the river.
Director: George McCowan
Writer: N/A
8.0/10107 votesLoading...#25 - The Limping Man
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/14/1973
A cop feels guilty over a man he injured.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Cannon
Every episode of Cannon ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Cannon!
Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976. The primary protagonist is...
Genres:DramaAction & Adventure
Network:CBS
Best Episodes Summary
"Nightmare" is the best rated episode of "Cannon". It scored 8.6/10 based on 98 votes. Directed by Paul Stanley and written by Robert Lenski, it aired on 9/10/1975. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Hounds of Hell".
