Episodes
1. Salinas Jackpot
September 14, 1971
60 min
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.
Guest Stars:
Sharon Acker, Vincent Van Patten, Lucille Benson, Charles Bateman, Tom Skerritt
2. Death Chain
8.5
September 21, 1971
60 min
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.
Guest Stars:
Christopher Dark, Don Gordon, Judith McConnell, William Windom, Sorrell Booke
3. Call Unicorn
September 28, 1971
60 min
Unexpected overhead in the trucking business as costly loads are hijacked, and private detectives murdered.
Guest Stars:
Jenny Sullivan, Patricia Smith, Charles Cioffi, Joe Maross, Wayne Rogers
4. Country Blues
October 5, 1971
60 min
A wry tale with a twang and a twist: was the country singer's plane crash accidental or not?
Guest Stars:
Ford Rainey, David Huddleston, Dick Peabody, Sam Edwards, Joan Van Ark
5. Scream of Silence
October 12, 1971
60 min
The son of a gubernatorial candidate is kidnapped.
Guest Stars:
Charles Dierkop, Curt Conway, Radames Pera, Tim O'Connor, Gregg Palmer
6. Fool's Gold
October 19, 1971
60 min
A deceptive premise: small town citizens harbor a thief on the promise of a cut.
Guest Stars:
Vic Tayback, Mitchell Ryan, Ron Harper, L.Q. Jones, Pamela Payton-Wright
7. The Girl in the Electric Coffin
October 26, 1971
60 min
The latest thing is a runaway on the lam.
Guest Stars:
Signe Hasso, Frank Aletter, Bill Erwin, Kim Hunter, Eldon Quick
8. Dead Pigeon
November 9, 1971
60 min
A perfect frame for a cop.
Guest Stars:
David Bailey, Brooke Bundy, Barnard Hughes, Martin E. Brooks, Sue England
9. A Lonely Place to Die
November 16, 1971
60 min
A murder is witnessed, but the body disappears.
Guest Stars:
Rose Hobart, Eric Christmas, R.G. Armstrong, Harold Gould, John Calvin
10. No Pockets in a Shroud
November 23, 1971
60 min
A newly-discovered heir comes home, and finds you can't get blood from a stone, and you can't take it with you.
Guest Stars:
Linda Marsh, Arthur O'Connell, Paul Comi, Paul Mantee, Mary Jackson
11. Stone Cold Dead
November 30, 1971
60 min
A closed case gets reopened and leads to further consequences.
Guest Stars:
Lou Antonio, Frank Ferguson, Richard Anderson, Dack Rambo, Don Chastain
12. Death Is a Double Cross
December 7, 1971
60 min
A bridegroom's father-in-law suspects him.
Guest Stars:
Leif Garrett, Ernie Anderson, Marlo Dwyer, Hal Williams, Roger E. Mosley
13. The Nowhere Man
December 14, 1971
60 min
Should the weapons manufacturer be judged by its bookeeper?
Guest Stars:
Fritz Weaver, Robert Webber, Jeanne Cooper, Lynn Carlin, Barney Phillips
14. Flight Plan
December 28, 1971
60 min
Cannon helps a supposed political refugee.
Guest Stars:
Cesare Danova, Roberto Contreras, BarBara Luna, Pepe Serna, Victor Millan
15. Devil's Playground
January 4, 1972
60 min
A policeman injured in a payroll robbery asks Cannon for help.
Guest Stars:
Daniel J. Travanti, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Ned Glass, Martin Sheen, James B. Sikking
16. Treasure of San Ignacio
January 11, 1972
60 min
A bad day at the track leaves a race car driver with a taste for vengeance.
Guest Stars:
Val Avery, Warren Stevens, Tab Hunter, Judson Pratt, Alejandro Rey
17. Blood On the Vine
January 18, 1972
60 min
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.
Guest Stars:
Theodore Bikel, Murray MacLeod, Ross Elliott, Ivor Francis, Christopher Connelly
18. To Kill a Guinea Pig
February 1, 1972
60 min
Prison doctor and experimental pressures.
Guest Stars:
Michael Strong, Geoffrey Lewis, Robert Mandan, Vera Miles, Arthur Franz
19. The Island Caper
February 8, 1972
60 min
An ex-con is blackmailed into crime.
Guest Stars:
Noah Beery Jr., Jacqueline Scott, James Olson, Keenan Wynn, H.M. Wynant
20. A Deadly Quiet Town
February 15, 1972
60 min
Larry Bolinger, a charismatic young man, cons the youth of a quiet town into his cult.
Guest Stars:
Keith Andes, Anne Lockhart, Fred Sadoff, Allyn Ann McLerie, John Rubinstein
21. A Flight of Hawks
February 22, 1972
60 min
A pilot's apparent suicide leads to plans for a military putsch by a predatory flock.
Guest Stars:
Willie Aames, Joyce Van Patten, Joseph V. Perry, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Martin Sheen
22. The Torch
February 29, 1972
60 min
Heat and light: a textile manufacturer is suspected of arson and murder in the death of his wife and the destruction of his factory.
Guest Stars:
Larry Blyden, Richard Carlson, George Sawaya, Michael Masters, Anthony Zerbe
23. Cain's Mark
March 7, 1972
60 min
Murder will out; an under-the-counter arms merchant is unmasked.
Guest Stars:
David Birney, Tom Drake, Bradford Dillman, Dana Elcar
