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Cannon: Summary

Airs Next:CBS at Tuesday 9:30 PM (60 min.)
Status:Ended
Premiered:September 14, 1971
Last Aired:March 3, 1976
Show Categories:Drama

Frank Cannon lives in a penthouse on the Sunset Strip, where his passion is gourmet cuisine prepared by himself. In between meals he hires out as a private investigator to select clients in need of top-drawer work from a professional trained in the ways of the world.

George McCowan's work on this series sets a new standard by treating television as simply a more mobile cinema. He registers the descendance of television from film, not merely radio.

After creating Marshal Dillon in Gunsmoke on radio, and a great deal of film work, Cannon is the great achievement of William Conrad's career as an actor: genial, witty and acute. Frank Cannon lives in a penthouse on the Sunset Strip, where his passion is gourmet cuisine prepared by himself. In between meals he hires out as a private investigator to select clients in need of top-drawer work from a professional trained in the ways of the world.

George McCowan's work on this series sets a new standard by treating television as simply a more mobile...

The Return of Frank Cannon

Aired: Saturday November 1, 1980

An old Intelligence comrade-in-arms kills himself, apparently.

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jamoon2006
member since: Jun 21, 2005
The Bottom Line: "Underappreciated"
Proof positive that the right casting can make or break a show. ...Continue »
09/24/08 06:00am | report abuse
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frank91165
member since: Jun 18, 2005
The Bottom Line: "Personal favorite"
Another series from QM(Quinn Martin) Productions. William Conrad was the voice of Marshal Matt Dillon in the radio version of "Gunsmoke" and another Quinn Martin show "The Fugitive". He plays a rotund detective with a penchant for expensive things. ...Continue »
02/25/07 12:50pm | report abuse
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SoylentYellow
member since: Oct 5, 2006
The Bottom Line: "A decent show"
Ahhhh the 70s, the decade where detectives and cops drove around in cars the size of aircraft carriers. ...Continue »
12/15/06 05:22am | report abuse
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victor_venango
member since: Apr 25, 2006
The Bottom Line: "A decent show"
Still Worth the Watching ...Continue »
05/09/06 03:23am | report abuse
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arawat66
member since: Mar 18, 2006
The Bottom Line: "Personal favorite"
You could tell right from the start that tonight�s episode was going to be a good one. In the previous cliff-hanger we were left with a fatal car crash, not knowing anything else about the accident besides the fact that it happened. ...Continue »
04/13/06 09:44am | report abuse