Cannon (season 2)

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Season of television series

Cannon

Season 2
Country of origin| United States
No. of episodes| 24
Release
Original network| CBS
Original release| September 13, 1972 (1972-09-13) –
March 21, 1973 (1973-03-21)
Season chronology

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List of episodes

This is a list of episodes from the second season of Cannon.

## Broadcast history[edit]

The season originally aired Wednesdays at 10:00-11:00 pm (EST).

## Episodes[edit]

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season| Title| Directed by| Written by| Original air date

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25| 1| "Bad Cats and Sudden Death"| Philip Leacock| Robert Lewin| September 13, 1972 (1972-09-13)
Cannon attempts to clear a friend on murder charges, but the more he uncovers, the worse it looks.
26| 2| "Sky Above, Death Below"| George McCowan| Hal Sitowitz| September 20, 1972 (1972-09-20)
Cannon's only witness to a murder is a fugitive draft dodger.
27| 3| "Bitter Legion"| Michael O'Herlihy| George Bellak| September 27, 1972 (1972-09-27)
Cannon plays dirty to keep a Vietnam veteran on the straight and narrow.
28| 4| "That Was No Lady"| George McCowan| Dick Nelson| October 4, 1972 (1972-10-04)
A lawyer puts her life at stake when she defends suspects in a robbery.
29| 5| "Stakeout"| Leo Penn| Harold Gast| October 11, 1972 (1972-10-11)
A crooked ex-cop's daughter is set up in a robbery - and all the witnesses and police forensic scientists and detectives refuse to cooperate.
30| 6| "The Predators"| George McCowan| Arthur Heinemann| October 18, 1972 (1972-10-18)
A coyote trap connects a dead man to smugglers.
31| 7| "A Long Way Down"| George McCowan| Stephen Kandel| October 25, 1972 (1972-10-25)
Cannon searches a hospital for clues when drugs are stolen and a murder is committed.
32| 8| "The Rip Off"| George McCowan| Douglas Day Stewart| November 1, 1972 (1972-11-01)
When Cannon's apartment is burglarized, his pursuit of the thief leads him to discover thefts at an airport.
33| 9| "Child of Fear"| David Lowell Rich| Robert W. Lenski| November 15, 1972 (1972-11-15)
A wealthy rancher is missing, and his foolish wife allows her private security force to have free rein over her ranch.
34| 10| "The Shadow Man"| Robert Douglas| Robert Lewin| November 22, 1972 (1972-11-22)
A woman says her husband fell off a cliff, but the body is gone - along with a fortune in bonds.
35| 11| "Hear No Evil"| Charles S. Dubin| Robert W. Lenski| November 29, 1972 (1972-11-29)
Cannon investigates when a convicted wiretapper seems to have taken up blackmailing.
36| 12| "The Endangered Species"| Robert Douglas| Del Reisman| December 13, 1972 (1972-12-13)
A friend of Cannon's is charged with murder - and the real killer is his attorney.
37| 13| "Nobody Beats the House"| Herbert Hirschman| Meyer Dolinsky| December 20, 1972 (1972-12-20)
A gambler in debt is given an ultimatum: pay or die.
38| 14| "Hard Rock Roller Coaster"| Charles S. Dubin| S : Bill S. Ballinger;
T : Meyer Dolinsky| January 3, 1973 (1973-01-03)
A smuggler (Fritz Weaver) uses Cannon to find a cache of diamonds.
39| 15| "The Dead Samaritan"| Jerry Jameson| S : Robert Van Scoyk;
T : Stephen Kandel| January 10, 1973 (1973-01-10)
In a faux pas episode, a good Samaritan saves a woman from which has the appearance of an assault in broad daylight in front of 11-15 witnesses (Cannon claims there were only 4), and the Samaritan is charged with murder.
40| 16| "Death of a Stone Seahorse"| William Wiard| Anthony Lawrence| January 17, 1973 (1973-01-17)
A murderer attempts to frame his mentally-unstable sister for his crime.
41| 17| "Moving Target"| Lawrence Dobkin| Worley Thorne| January 31, 1973 (1973-01-31)
An author is targeted for murder when he starts writing a fake autobiography of a billionaire.
42| 18| "Murder for Murder"| Herschel Daugherty| Arthur Heinemann| February 7, 1973 (1973-02-07)
Cannon follows a teacher bent on revenge after his daughter dies at a jet-set party.
43| 19| "To Ride a Tiger"| Virgil W. Vogel| Robert W. Lenski| February 14, 1973 (1973-02-14)
An ex-con's lawyer disappears after winning a case.
44| 20| "Prisoners"| Charles S. Dubin| Robert Lewin| February 21, 1973 (1973-02-21)
A young man's plot to extort money from his father backfires.
45| 21| "The Seventh Grave"| John Badham| E. Arthur Kean| February 28, 1973 (1973-02-28)
Cannon's search for a murderer is clouded by a lab worker altering the evidence.
46| 22| "Catch Me If You Can"| William Hale| Douglas Day Stewart| March 7, 1973 (1973-03-07)
A psychopathic killer asks Cannon for help.
47| 23| "Press Pass to the Slammer"| Leo Penn| Meyer Dolinsky| March 14, 1973 (1973-03-14)
Cannon must solve a murder before a columnist is sent to prison.
48| 24| "Deadly Heritage"| Seymour Robbie| Robert Lewin| March 21, 1973 (1973-03-21)
A friend of Cannon's searches for her stepson, who had been abandoned by her husband years ago.
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