- 7.2/10166 votes7.2/10(166)
#1 - Salinas Jackpot
Season 1 Episode 1
Aired 9/14/1971
Dressed as rodeo clowns, two men rob a rodeo. Cannon is summoned to figure out what's going on, after authorities spend six weeks and come up with nothing.
Director: George McCowan
Writer: Ken Trevey
- 7.4/10143 votes7.4/10(143)
#2 - Death Chain
Season 1 Episode 2
Aired 9/21/1971
If it isn't one thing, it's another: a bank manager's mistress is killed, and Cannon finds that's not the end of it.
Director: Jerry Jameson
Writer: Paul Playdon, David Moessinger
- 7.4/10152 votes7.4/10(152)
#3 - Call Unicorn
Season 1 Episode 3
Aired 9/28/1971
Unexpected overhead in the trucking business as costly loads are hijacked, and private detectives murdered.
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: Paul Playdon, David Moessinger
- 7.5/10156 votes7.5/10(156)
#4 - Country Blues
Season 1 Episode 4
Aired 10/5/1971
A wry tale with a twang and a twist: was the country singer's plane crash accidental or not?
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: James D. Buchanan, Ronald Austin
- 7.5/10138 votes7.5/10(138)
#5 - Scream of Silence
Season 1 Episode 5
Aired 10/12/1971
- 7.5/10146 votes7.5/10(146)
#6 - Fool's Gold
Season 1 Episode 6
Aired 10/19/1971
A deceptive premise: small town citizens harbor a thief on the promise of a cut.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: Edward Hume
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- 7.4/10132 votes7.4/10(132)
#7 - The Girl in the Electric Coffin
Season 1 Episode 7
Aired 10/26/1971
- 7.5/10123 votes7.5/10(123)
#8 - Dead Pigeon
Season 1 Episode 8
Aired 11/9/1971
- 7.2/10132 votes7.2/10(132)
#9 - A Lonely Place to Die
Season 1 Episode 9
Aired 11/16/1971
- 7.5/10125 votes7.5/10(125)
#10 - No Pockets in a Shroud
Season 1 Episode 10
Aired 11/23/1971
A newly-discovered heir comes home, and finds you can't get blood from a stone, and you can't take it with you.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10120 votes7.6/10(120)
#11 - Stone Cold Dead
Season 1 Episode 11
Aired 11/30/1971
A closed case gets reopened and leads to further consequences.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Paul Playdon, David Moessinger
- 7.8/10140 votes7.8/10(140)
#12 - Death Is a Double Cross
Season 1 Episode 12
Aired 12/7/1971
A bridegroom's father-in-law suspects him.
Director: Richard Donner
Writer: Edward Hume, George Eckstein
- 7.0/10123 votes7.0/10(123)
#13 - The Nowhere Man
Season 1 Episode 13
Aired 12/14/1971
Should the weapons manufacturer be judged by its bookeeper?
Director: George McCowan
Writer: Michael Gleason
- 7.4/10120 votes7.4/10(120)
#14 - Flight Plan
Season 1 Episode 14
Aired 12/28/1971
- 7.3/10126 votes7.3/10(126)
#15 - Devil's Playground
Season 1 Episode 15
Aired 1/4/1972
A policeman injured in a payroll robbery asks Cannon for help.
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10114 votes7.4/10(114)
#16 - Treasure of San Ignacio
Season 1 Episode 16
Aired 1/11/1972
A bad day at the track leaves a race car driver with a taste for vengeance.
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: Paul Playdon, Bill S. Ballinger
- 7.8/10114 votes7.8/10(114)
#17 - Blood On the Vine
Season 1 Episode 17
Aired 1/18/1972
Mike Tampa, a vineyard owner in northern California, has been the victim of three murder attempts. After the third attempt, his secretary calls on Cannon, secretly, because Mike has stubbornly refused to do anything.
Director: George McCowan
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10123 votes7.4/10(123)
#18 - To Kill a Guinea Pig
Season 1 Episode 18
Aired 2/1/1972
- 7.6/10124 votes7.6/10(124)
#19 - The Island Caper
Season 1 Episode 19
Aired 2/8/1972
- 7.1/10125 votes7.1/10(125)
#20 - A Deadly Quiet Town
Season 1 Episode 20
Aired 2/15/1972
Larry Bolinger, a charismatic young man, cons the youth of a quiet town into his cult.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10126 votes7.3/10(126)
#21 - A Flight of Hawks
Season 1 Episode 21
Aired 2/22/1972
A pilot's apparent suicide leads to plans for a military putsch by a predatory flock.
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10121 votes7.7/10(121)
#22 - The Torch
Season 1 Episode 22
Aired 2/29/1972
Heat and light: a textile manufacturer is suspected of arson and murder in the death of his wife and the destruction of his factory.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: James D. Buchanan, Ronald Austin
- 8.0/10117 votes8.0/10(117)
#23 - 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
- 7.5/10116 votes7.5/10(116)
#24 - Murder By Moonlight
Season 1 Episode 24
Aired 3/14/1972
The Best Episodes of Cannon Season 1
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Genres:DramaAction & Adventure
Network:CBS
Episodes
24
Avg. Rating
7.5
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Salinas Jackpot" is the best rated episode of "Cannon" season 1. It scored 7.2/10 based on 166 votes. Directed by George McCowan and written by Ken Trevey, it aired on 9/14/1971. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Death Chain".