8.1/10132 votes#1 - 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
7.9/10121 votes#2 - He Who Digs a Grave (2)
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/12/1973
Cannon begins to see a doubtful situation. ""The houses he makes last till doomsday.""
Director: Richard Donner
Writer: N/A
7.5/10107 votes#3 - Memo From a Dead Man
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/19/1973
Cannon's latest client is a dead man via a will.
Director: Richard Donner
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
8.5/10118 votes#4 - 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
7.7/10104 votes#5 - Target in the Mirror
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/3/1973
A former syndicate henchman has information wanted by the police and the underworld.
Director: Gene Nelson
Writer: N/A
7.7/10104 votes#6 - Murder by Proxy
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/10/1973
A prima facie murder case involving a lady journalist.
Director: Robert Douglas
Writer: N/A
8.0/10100 votes#7 - 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 votes#8 - 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
7.8/10103 votes#9 - The Perfect Alibi
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 10/31/1973
A payroll robbery has one main suspect who happens to be in prison.
Director: Robert Douglas
Writer: N/A
7.7/1095 votes#10 - Dead Lady's Tears
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/7/1973
A young model's death leads to many suspects.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10107 votes#11 - 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
8.0/10110 votes#12 - Trial by Terror
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 11/21/1973
A mob boss on trial has the judge's daughter kidnapped.
Director: Robert Douglas
Writer: Larry Brody
7.6/10102 votes#13 - Murder by the Numbers
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 11/28/1973
A blackmailer's murder brings his Swiss wife to America, and Cannon discovers still more dealings.
Director: George McCowan
Writer: N/A
7.9/10108 votes#14 - Valley of the Damned
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 12/5/1973
Airport drug smugglers frame a worker for murder.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: Carey Wilber
7.5/1089 votes#15 - A Well Remembered Terror
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 12/12/1973
An ex-stewardess is haunted by a hijacking.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: N/A
7.9/10108 votes#16 - Arena of Fear
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 12/19/1973
A boxer is blackmailed into throwing a fight.
Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: Meyer Dolinsky
8.0/10105 votes#17 - Photo Finish
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 1/2/1974
A former general hires former policeman Cannon to investigate his brother's murder.
Director: George McCowan
Writer: N/A
7.2/1097 votes#18 - Duel in the Desert
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 1/16/1974
Cannon suffers amnesia after a ransom drop goes afoul.
Director: William Wiard
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
7.8/1088 votes#19 - Where's Jennifer?
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 1/23/1974
A recluse asks Cannon to clear up the presumed death of her sister in a boating accident five years before.
Director: Gene Nelson
Writer: N/A
7.3/10104 votes#20 - Blood Money
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 2/6/1974
A doctor is accused of helping a prisoner escape.
Director: William Wiard
Writer: N/A
8.0/1086 votes#21 - Death of a Hunter
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 2/13/1974
A big game hunter is killed by a lion supposedly tranquilized.
Director: George McCowan
Writer: Meyer Dolinsky
7.9/10100 votes#22 - The Cure That Kills
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 2/20/1974
A con man of God.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Worley Thorne
7.9/1088 votes#23 - Bobby Loved Me
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 2/27/1974
The murder of a con man.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: N/A
7.6/10105 votes#24 - Triangle of Terror
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 3/13/1974
A banker's daughter finds his suicide in the Caribbean incredible.
Director: George McCowan
Writer: Carey Wilber
NaN/100 votes#25 - The Stalker
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 3/20/1974
One of Cannon's old busts is a mass murderer, who comes after him on a fishing trip.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: N/A
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Season 3 Ratings Summary
"He Who Digs a Grave (1)" is the best rated episode of "Cannon" season 3. It scored 8.1/10 based on 132 votes. Directed by Richard Donner and written by N/A, it aired on 9/12/1973. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "He Who Digs a Grave (2)".