Cannon (TV series)

Cannon
Developed by	Edward Hume
Starring	William Conrad
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	124 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Quinn Martin
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	QM Productions
Distributor	Viacom Enterprises Paramount Domestic Television CBS Television Distribution
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 14, 1971 – March 3, 1976
Chronology
Related shows	Barnaby Jones

Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from 1971 to 1976. The primary protagonist is the title character, private detective Frank Cannon, played by William Conrad. He also appeared on two crossover episodes of Barnaby Jones.

Cannon is the first Quinn Martin-produced series to be aired on a network other than ABC. A "revival" television film, The Return of Frank Cannon, was aired on November 1, 1980. In total, there were 124 episodes.

Frank Cannon was a detective with the Los Angeles Police Department, however he retired after the deaths of his wife and son in a car accident and later became a private detective. The series begins at the point where Cannon is just beginning this new career (the pilot film picks up after Cannon has just spent 2 1/2 months overseas on an investigation). The cause of death of Cannon's wife and child was not clear through the first four seasons of the show. However, the first episode of the fifth and final season revolves around Cannon's investigation of the deaths, and he finally finds out the reason they were killed.

The noticeably overweight Frank Cannon had expensive tastes, especially in food and automobiles. His primary vehicle was an ice-blue '72 Lincoln Continental Mark IV, but over the course of the series' run, his ride would range from a Lincoln 1971 Mark III to a 1976 Mark IV in various color schemes, all dark over light blue exteriors, with interiors ranging from red velour to dark-blue leather. Cannon's investigations were mostly for clients in the Southern California area, although on occasion he was called in for investigations much farther away (e.g., New Mexico in the pilot).

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