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Starring William Conrad
Season 2 (CBS) (1972-73)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
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################## Cannon ##################
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CBS Wednesdays 10:00-11:00pm Eastern

2.01 [025] Cannon: BAD CATS AND SUDDEN DEATH
13Sep72
Produced by Harold Gast
w. Robert Lewin d. Phil Leacock
Guest Stars:
Michael Tollin ................Mike Arnold
Marj Dusay...................'Jimmie' Mitchell
James Luisi...................Sonny
Severn Darden ................
co-starring:
Kevin Dunn....................Dr. Sasha Dorn
Lawrence Linville.............Ed Barrows (MASH - Major Burns)
John Perak....................Sid Stevel
George Fisher.................Leo Stevel
With:
Arthur Adams Don Furneaux Irene Gilbert
Robert Hoy Donovan Jones Ben Marino
John Gilgreen
Assistant DA, Mike Arnold, is accused of killing his wife, but he had been decoyed to a phony meeting.
It all had to do with his investigation of a 'bad cat' auto theft scheme.

2.02 [26] Cannon: SKY ABOVE, DEATH BELOW
20Sep72
Filmed in and around Durango,CO.
Produced by Harold Gast
w. Hal Sitowitz d. George McCowan
Guest Stars:
Leslie Charleson..............Katherine Mason
Richard Lawrence Hatch........Lyle Barry
Ken Lynch.....................Mr. Flagg
co-starring:
Elaine Devry..................Irene Plevin
Nora Marlowe..................Bertha Johnson
Ken Scott.....................Tully
Norman Foster.................? Christopher Mason
With:
Tom Pittman Don Stickle Dennis Johnson
Gavin James Roy Craig Susanne Goodman
George Sawaya Alison Griffith Willett
A young draft evader, on his way to Canada, is the only witness to a murder on a ski lift.
Unknown to him, he is fleeing from the murderer as well as the government.

2.03 [27] Cannon: BITTER LEGION
27Sep72
w. George Bellak d. Michael O'Herlihy
Guest Cast:
Lloyd Bochner.................Ambrose
Scott Hyland..................Doug Rowan
Irene Tsu.....................Yvonne Rowan
Jim Watkins...................Buddy Loomis
Mark Roberts..................John Rainer
Jesse Vint....................Angel Mellhone
Micky Dolenz..................Cappy
With:
Les Lannom, James Oliver, Joe Tornatore, Allen Gast,
James Gerbo, Eric Lawson, Patrick O'Hara, Patrick Culleton
Hired by a Vietnamese woman to find her American husband, Cannon arranges a 'bad reputation' for
himself in order to infiltrate the gang her husband has joined.

2.04 [28] Cannon: THAT WAS NO LADY
4Oct72
Produced by Harold Gast
w. Richard Nelson d. George McCowan
Guest Star:
Jessica Walters...............Jane Butler
Special Guest Star:
Robert Webber..................Clay Spencer
co-starring:
Stacy Harris..................DA Cahill
Don Hanmer....................Burt Vincente
Clete Roberts.................Newscaster
With:
Jeff Davis, Booth Colman, Nancy Priddy, Mavis Neal,
James Chandler, Alex Gerry, Biff Elliot, John Hudson,
Patrick Riley, Glen Sipes, Glen Eckenroth
A woman lawyer is threatened with death when she defends a pair of hoods accused of
robbing "The Helping Hand" charity.

2.05 [29] Cannon: STAKEOUT (V)
11Oct72
Produced and Written by Harold Gast
d. Leo Penn
Guest Stars:
Patrick O'Neal................Arlo Hemming
Belinda J. Montgomery............Anne
Mike Farrell..................Ron
Special Guest Stars:
Sheree North..................Millie Carroll
Co-starring: (end credits)
Charles Bateman...............Lt. Tarcher (recurring)
Frank Maxwell.................DA Wayne Kerr
Kenneth Tobey.................Sgt. Fred Macklin
With:
Curt Conway, Rozelle Gayle, William Chiles, David Thorpe
While talking with the daughter of an old police friend, the place is held up and the girl shot.
To Cannon's surprise, she denies knowing the hold-up man, who was her date.

2.06 [30] Cannon: THE PREDATORS
18Oct72
Filmed in and around Silverton,CO.
w. Arthur Heinemann d. George McCowan
Guest Stars:
Phyllis Thaxter...............Rita McBain
Robert Pine...................Dep. Sheriff Freeman
David Sheiner.................Leo
Special Guest Star:
Pamela Franklin...............Cindy McBain
co-starring:
Eddie Firestone...............Buck Hamlin
Ruben Moreno..................Miguel
Victor Millan.................Sheriff Lopez
A trap for coyotes connects a dead man and illegal smuggling of aliens.

2.07 [31] Cannon: A LONG WAY DOWN
25Oct72
Produced by Harold Gast
w. Stephen Kandel d. George McCowan
Guest Stars:
Rosemary Murphy...............Nurse
Dana Elcar....................Mr. Ryan
Ned Romero....................Lt. Ben
James A. Watson...............Dr. Simeon Grant
co-starring:
Sandy Kenyon..................Matt Seaver
Lawrence Cook.................Janniver
Tracy Reed....................Bonnie Davis
Victor Campos.................Mike Duran
With:
Andy Romano, Rosana Soto, Renata Vanni, Joseph Mell,
David Moses, Justin Smith, Charles Cyphers, Kathleen O'Malley
Douglas Mitchell, Ray Kellogg, Ralph Adano, Kent Jarvis,
Rick Richards
Drug thefts and murder have Cannon combing a hospital for clues.

2.08 [32] Cannon: THE RIP OFF (V)
1Nov72
Produced by Harold Gast
w. Douglas Day Stewart d. George McCowan
Guest Stars:
George Maharis................Paul Stubber
Gene Andrusco.................Justin
Special Guest Star:
Stefanie Powers...............Renee Stubber
Co-Starring:
Robert Mandan.................Gordon Kreeler
Martin Braddock...............Morrison
Kathleen Freeman..............Mama Abner
Lee DeBroux...................Henry Abner
Barney Phillips...............Sharkley
Sam Chew......................Tom Harwin
Max Gail, Jr..................Eddie
With:
Brett Parker, Susan French, Jeanne Bater, David Toll,
Nick Ferrari, Geoffrey Scott, Arthur Koulias, Willian Long,Jr.
When Cannon arrives home to find his apartment stripped, he is very angry and then finds it
is tied into a custody battle of a friend and thefts from trains by hacking the computer.

2.09 [33] Cannon: CHILD OF FEAR
15Nov72
Produced by Harold Gast
w. Robert W. Lenski d. David Lowell Rich
Guest Stars
Clu Gulager...................Burdick
Julie Adams...................Mrs Lucas
Warren Kemerlin...............Sheriff
Co-starring: (end credits)
H.M. Wynant...................Lt. Paul Milo
John Lasell...................Dale Lucas
Murray MacLeod................Jeff Miller
With:
John Garwood, Jay Morran, Richard B. Taylor, David Ankrum,
Gavin James, Pamela Powell, Heather Lowe, Vince Deadrick,
Jerry Summers
A worried wife calls Cannon to search for her missing husband and find out why their farm is run
by hired guards instead of farm hands.

2.10 [34] Cannon: THE SHADOW MAN
22Nov72
Produced by Harold Gast
w. Robert Lewin d. Robert Douglas
Guest Stars:
Lois Nettleton................Linda Dean
Simon Scott...................Mr. Kehoe
Bert Freed....................Lt. Asher
Co-starring: (end credits)
Jared Martin..................Joe Asher (son)
Scott Walker..................Wallace Spear
Richard Eastham...............Whipple
Bill Joyce....................Roger Dean
With:
Walker Edmiston Paul Hahn Keven Dobson
Dick Dinman Bard Stevens
A woman claims her husband fell off a cliff, but the body vanished along with a fortune in bonds.

2.11 [35] Cannon: Cannon: HEAR NO EVIL
29Nov72
Produced by Harold Gast
w. Robert W. Lenski d. Charles S. Dubin
Guest Stars
William Daniels...............Dale Corey
Lynden Chiles.................Larry Manning
Louise Troy...................Mrs. Manning
Alex Rocco....................Hit Man
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Lynnette Mettey...............Laura Corey
Wesley Lau....................Ray Norman
Felice Orlandi................Al Price
Larry Haddon..................Paul
With:
Ben Wright Stack Pierce Geoffrey Scott Patrick Culliton
An electrician, who served time for wire-tapping, is persuaded to do one more job. He is in
big trouble when three men think he has made tapes and is blackmailing them.

2.12 [36] Cannon: THE ENDANGERED SPECIES (V)
13Dec72
w. Del Reisman d. Robert Douglas
Guest Stars (order to be verified)
Carl Betz.....................Arthur Bellamy
Katherine Justice.............Lisa Carter
Billy Green Bush..............Gardner Finney
Neva Patterson................Judge Eleanor Table
Andrew Duggan.................Bill Coates
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Hal England...................Marvin Forman
Olan Soule....................Westervelt
Steve Vaughan.................Joe Horgan
With:
Pat Patterson, J.H. Lawrence, Jack Warford, Richard Di Sante,
Ted Du Domaine
Charged with murder, Cannon's friend has the real killer for a lawyer.

2.13 [37] Cannon: NOBODY BEATS THE HOUSE
20Dec72
Produced by Harold Gast
w. Meyer Dolinsky
d. Herbert Hirschman
Guest Stars:
Tom Skerrit................Toby Hauser
Corinne Comallo............Cathy Hauser
John Marley................Ben Logan
Co-starring: (end credits)
Michael Glaser.............Jason Logan (Paul Michael Glaser)
Geoffrey Lewis.............James Bancroft
Gary Clarke................Mel Warren
Charles Bateman............Lt. Tarcher (recurring)
With:
Maxine Stuart, James Nolan, Maida Severn, Gary Pagett,
Richard DiSante, Bill Brooker, Joliuett Cato, Steven Benson
Pay or die. That's the ultimatum faced by a gambler in debt. They will kill his wife if not him.

2.14 [38] Cannon: HARD ROCK ROLLER COASTER
3Jan73
w. Meyer Dolinsky d. Charles S. Dubin
Guest Cast:
John Vernon...................Ross McClintock
Charlotte Stewart.............Dawn
Fritz Weaver..................Raymond Thurston
Kelly Thordsen................Carl
Greg Mullavey.................Lee
William Sargent...............Lt. Driscoll
Kathryn Reynolds..............Lt. Rea Eller
William Hansen................Bellman
With:
Sidney Clute, Anita Alberts, Peggy Walton, Gregory Kent Smith
Ray Oliver, Colin Male, Patrick Culliton, Ron McIver
A man who has been heavily drugged has the key to the location
of smuggled diamonds. Song: Baby Boomerang by Ariel

2.15 [39] Cannon: Cannon: THE DEAD SAMARITAN *****
10Jan73
Produced by Harold Gast
Teleplay by Stephen Kandel / Story by Robert Van Scoyk
Directed by Jerry Jameson
Guest Stars:
Arlene Golonka................B.J.Franklin
Michael Whitney...............Beau
Barbara Babcock...............Ruth Gardner
Special Guest Star:
David Hedison.................Bell
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Beverlee McKinsey.............Rita Bell
William Sargent...............Lt. Driscoll
Dean Harens...................Tony Nevins
With:
Stuart Nisbet, Priscilla Morrill, Paul Micale, Bill Erwin,
Vincent Van Lynn, Shirley O'Hara, Keith Rogers,
Stephen Nardi, Michael Palmer
A sidewalk samaritan is tricked into thinking he has caused a man's death.
(One of the best episodes of the series up to this point)

2.16 [40] Cannon: Cannon: DEATH OF A STONE SEAHORSE
17Jan73
Produced by Harold Gast
w. Anthony Laurence
d. William Wiard
Guest Stars:
Sondra Locke..................Trish
David Soul....................Sean
Malachi Stone.................Lt. Norris
Special Guest Star:
Tim O'Connor..................Peter
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Don Eitner....................Capt. Bart Weller
Keith Charles.................Paul Bridges
With:
Eldon Quick, Nancy Gast
A murderer is trying to pin the crime on his own mentally ill
sister.

x.xx [--] Barnaby Jones: (pilot episode) REQUIEM FOR A SON
28Jan73
Starring
Buddy Ebsen .................. Barnaby Jones
Guest Stars
Erica Hagen
Bradford Dillman
Robert Hogan
Robert Patten
Keith Charles
Special Guest Star
William Conrad ................ Frank Cannon
Barnaby Jones comes out of retirement and teams up with his detective friend Frank Cannon,
to track down his son's killer

2.17 [41] Cannon: MOVING TARGET
31Jan73
Produced by Harold Gast
w. Worley Thorne d. Lawrence Dobkin
Guest Stars:
Susan Oliver..................Jill
Gordon Pinsent................Phillip Trask
Richard Carlson...............Mr. Archibald
Keith Andes...................A.R. Benning
Co-Starring:
Charles Bateman...............Lt. Tarcher (recurring)
Richard Roat..................Harold Pacquin
Paul Bertoya..................Director
Tom Kennedy...................Tommy Corbin
With:
Meg Wyllie, Cathleen Cordell, Ben Marino, Mark Thomas
The 'World's Greatest Liar' fakes an autobiography of a billionaire and becomes a murder target.

2.18 [42] Cannon: MURDER FOR MURDER
7Feb73
Produced Harold Gast
w. Arthur Heinemann
d. Herschel Daugherty
Guest Stars:
Jason Evers...................Edgar Bruce
Dick Van Patten...............George Abel
Don Chastine..................Norman Bruce
Noam Fidless..................Charlie Owens
Mary Fran.....................Peggy Abel
Co-Starring
Charles Bateman...............Lt. Tarcher (recurring)
With:
Peter D. Greene, Ruby Persson,Helen Boll, Richard Doyle,
Lesley Rogers, Stanley Clay, William Vaughan
Cannon tails a revenge-bent teacher whose daughter died at a jet-set party.

2.19 [43] Cannon: TO RIDE A TIGER
14Feb73
w. Robert W. Lenski d. Virgil W. Vogel
Guest Cast:
Scott Marlowe.................Pappy Harris
John Larch....................Sgt. Nelson
Ramon Bieri...................Chief
Stuart Moss...................Rackheim
Christine Belford.............Miss Granger
Michael Pataki................Orville Britton
Arch Whiting..................Elmo Stocker
James McCallion...............Pharmacist
With:
Paul Lukather, Donovan Jones, Douglas Mitchell, Dave Cass,
Gary Rethaneier, Gavin James
A half-way house for cons is in danger of closing when the lawyer vanishes with the funds.

2.20 [44] Cannon: THE PRISONERS
21Feb73
Produced by Harold Gast
w. Robert Lewin
d. Charles S. Dubin
Guest Stars:
Geraldine Brooks..............Nina Jardine
Harold Gould..................Robert L. Jardine
James McMullen................Claude
John David Hudson.............Tim Jardine
Co-Starring:
Julie Cobb....................Amy Gladstone
Richard Angarola..............Alexandre Korfezi
With:
Maurice Sherbanee, Susan Quick, Elliott Apstein, Sally Marr
Extortion backfires when a son tries to squeeze $50,000 out
of his father.

2.21 [45] Cannon: THE SEVENTH GRAVE
28Feb73
w. E. Arthur Kean d. John Badham
Guest Stars:
Barry Nelson..................Quigley
Lou Frizell..................Lou Shain
Jim Davis.....................Roden
Robert Donner.................Chief
Co-Starring:
Eldon Quick...................Thomas Pittman
Jeff Donnell..................Mrs. Holt
Shelley Duvall................Liz Christie
With:
Paul Tulley, Laura Rose, Tom Stewart
A lab worker is altering the evidence to confuse the search for a mass murderer.

2.22 [46] Cannon: CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
7Mar73
Produced by Harold Gast
w. Douglas Day Stewart d. William Hale
Guest Star:
Anthony Zerbe.................Morris W. Talbot
Special Guest Star:
Dana Wynter...................Dr. Pace
Co-Starring:
William Sargent...............Lt. Barry Driscoll
Jack Riley....................Programmer
Jay W. MacIntosh..............Mrs. Talbot
Kate Hawley...................Betty
With:
Florida Friebus, Geoffrey Scott, Shawn Michaels, Matt Pelto,
Patrick Culliton, Jack Krupnick, Bob Golden, Bobby Glove
A psychotic killer keeps after Cannon to catch him. He phones and sends money along
with the address of his newest victim.

2.23 [47] Cannon: PRESS PASS TO THE SLAMMER
14Mar73
Produced by Harold Gast
w. Meyer Dolinsky d. Leo Penn
Guest Stars:
Marlyn Mason..................Molly Sawyer
Ron Hayes.....................Harry Gibbons
Stuart Margolin...............Roger Henry
Co-Starring:
Hanna Hertelendy..............Natasha Mosoroff
Oscar Beregi..................Van Hagen
Hank Brandt...................Howie Bennett
Geoffrey Horne................US Attorney
Harrison Page.................Dennis Martin
John Zaremba..................Judge Holcomb
Lane Bradford.................Walt Morgan
With:
Charles Isen, Raymond kark, Don Carrara, Alizia Gur,
Than Wyenn, Eileen Ryan, David Brandon, David Brandon,
Glenn Wilder
A columnist must name her source or she will go to jail for contempt unless Cannon can
solve the murder first.

2.24 [48] Cannon: DEADLY HERITAGE
21Mar73
Produced by Harold Gast
w. Robert Lewin d. Seymour Robbie
Guest Stars:
Beverly Garland...............Cecilia Thatcher
John Anderson.................Major Bliss
Lynne Marta...................Lorna Newcomb
David Macklin.................Martin Newcomb
Co-Starring:
Glynn Turman..................Jamal
Larry Golden..................Jessie Bliss
Kathryn Reynolds..............Lt.Rea Eller
With:
Olive Dunbar, Margaret Fairchild, Bill Zuckert, Herman Poppe,
Craig Ludwin
A woman hires Cannon to search for the son her husband abandoned years ago.

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