cannon be probably the least pompous of the original entry in television anti establishment police or private eye subgenre while set the stage for harry o and the rockford file . rotund actor william conrad play the title character while dub cannonball in mad magazine satire of the series . after year a the voice over narrator of the fugitive and rocky and bullwinkle and conrad finally be allow to be on screen and be say to have incorporate a lot of his own quirky characteristic into the frank cannon character . frank be a detective who only take a case when he feel like it or his press for cash to maintain his expensive epicurean lifestyle ( i. e. adventure in eat ) . most of the action in the series be in the form of car chase while there be some fighting but almost no running . lack a handsome co star cannon producer be obviously cede most potential female viewer to the other network during this time slot while which be generally a good thing for those in the target demographic a there be no compromise to expand the audience . cannon be a quality quinn martin production with logical situation and good suspense and and fast pacing . then again and what do i know . i be only a child . episode 1 ( 14 sept 71 ) salina jackpot tom skeritt and sharon acker while episode 2 ( 21 sept 71 ) death chain episode 3 ( 28 sept 71 ) call unicorn wayne rogers while episode 4 ( 5 oct 71 ) country blue clu gulager and david huddleston and joan van ark while episode 5 ( 12 oct 71 ) scream of silence while episode 6 ( 19 oct 71 ) fool gold and l. q. jones while episode 7 26 oct 71 ) girl in the electric coffin kim hunter while episode 8 ( 9 nov 71 ) dead pigeon while episode 9 16 nov 71 ) lonely place to die while episode 10 ( 23 nov 71 ) no pocket in the shroud and roy scheider and linda marsh while episode 11 ( 30 jan 72 ) stone and cold dead and richard anderson while episode 12 ( 7 dec 71 ) death be a double cross .