The Best Episodes of Cannon Season 1

Murder will out; an under-the-counter arms merchant is unmasked.

Director: Don Taylor

Writer: George Bellak

A bridegroom's father-in-law suspects him.

Director: Richard Donner

Writer: Edward Hume, George Eckstein

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

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

A closed case gets reopened and leads to further consequences.

Director: Seymour Robbie

Writer: Paul Playdon, David Moessinger

An ex-con is blackmailed into crime.

Director: Lewis Allen

Writer: George Bellak

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

The son of a gubernatorial candidate is kidnapped.

Director: Jerry Jameson

Writer: Robert L. Collins

A deceptive premise: small town citizens harbor a thief on the promise of a cut.

Director: Don Medford

Writer: Edward Hume

A perfect frame for a cop.

Director: Don Taylor

Writer: James D. Buchanan, Ronald Austin

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

A young prisoner is forced to do the bidding of a gang boss.

Director: Seymour Robbie

Writer: N/A

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

Unexpected overhead in the trucking business as costly loads are hijacked, and private detectives murdered.

Director: Allen Reisner

Writer: Paul Playdon, David Moessinger

The latest thing is a runaway on the lam.

Director: Jerry Jameson

Writer: N/A

Cannon helps a supposed political refugee.

Director: Richard Donner

Writer: Robert C. Dennis

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

Prison doctor and experimental pressures.

Director: Allen Reisner

Writer: N/A

A policeman injured in a payroll robbery asks Cannon for help.

Director: Marvin J. Chomsky

Writer: N/A

A pilot's apparent suicide leads to plans for a military putsch by a predatory flock.

Director: Charles S. Dubin

Writer: N/A

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

A murder is witnessed, but the body disappears.

Director: N/A

Writer: Jack Turley

Larry Bolinger, a charismatic young man, cons the youth of a quiet town into his cult.

Director: Seymour Robbie

Writer: N/A

Should the weapons manufacturer be judged by its bookeeper?

Director: George McCowan

Writer: Michael Gleason