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Cannon: Season One, Vol. 1

directed by: Alf Kjellin, Michael O'Herlihy, John Badham, William Hale (II), E. Arthur Kean

: Cannon: Season One, Vol. 1
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
EAN: 0097368924246
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 08, 2008
Running Time: 615 minutes
Sales Rank: 5762
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: September 14, 1971



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The weekly adventures of Frank Cannon an overweight balding ex-cop with a deep voice and expensive tastes in culinary pleasures who becomes a high-priced private investigator. Since Cannon's girth didn't allow for many fist-fights and gun battles (although there were many) the series substituted car chases and high production values in their place.System Requirements:Running Time: 615 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 097368924246 Manufacturer No: 892424

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William Conrad became television's first plus-sized detective in this Quinn Martin production that ran for six seasons. His girth makes him the butt of snide comments. In the episode, 'Salinas Jackpot,' a good 'ol boy invites Cannon to shoot a game of pool. Referring to The Hustler, he says, 'Ever since I seen that movie, I've always wanted to take on a champion fat man.' In the pilot episode, a little boy bluntly asks him, 'How'd you get that fat?' But the balding, pipe-smoking Cannon has a style all his own (check out his boating shorts in the episode, 'A Lonely Place to Die.'). Fleeing miscreants may be just as surprised as viewers at just how fleet he is on his feet in a chase. The pilot episode fleshes out Cannon's backstory: He is a former Los Angeles cop-turned-private insurance investigator. He is introduced in his swank apartment (that comes complete with personal firing range), but the rest of the episodes find him in outlying locations that are at odds with his bon vivant lifestyle. Though expensive and 'the best,' he does handle desperate personal cases, as in the pilot episode, in which his investigation of a Korean War buddy's death leads him to 'a town that reeks of bad money.' Cannon is nothing but intuitive. He tracks down the bar from which a threatening phone call was made by noting the sound of a phone booth ceiling fan's faulty bearing. His imposing size, gruff manner, and blunt talk do not win him many friends. 'Go back where you came from' is a representative greeting from those who don't want to be bothered by 'the fella with all the questions.' Among the most compelling episodes include 'Death Chain,' in which a married man turns to Cannon when his mistress is murdered, and 'Stone Cold Dead,' in which he defends a Viet Nam veteran falsely accused of murder. Cannon has no sidekick or office staff to banter with, but Conrad deftly carries the show on his hefty shoulders. Guest stars of note include Vera Miles, Earl Holliman, Keenan Wynn, and John 'Tigger' Fiedler in the pilot, Tom Skerritt as a killer disguised as a rodeo clown in 'Jackpot,' and a pre-Star Wars Mark Hamill as a farm boy in 'Country Blues.' While Cannon may not rank in the pantheon of TV detectives, it's good to have him back pounding the beat on DVD. --Donald Liebenson



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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Enjoying TV shows from the past.
My Husband and I are in our sixties and although we do enjoy many shows that are currently on TV, ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Cannon Lives Again
William Conrad has been one of my favorite actors since his days on radio and film after retiring ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Buy this today!
Short, fat and balding, William Conrad is such a bizarre leading man for a tough-guy detective series, ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Cannon Season One, Volume One
Cannon is a great series. If you missed it in the 70s you missed a real detective. Cannon is a fat man ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - BEST BIG MAN DETECTIVE THERE IS.
Best big man detective there is. Gas drinking car and a man that uses his weight to get around. A man like ... Read More

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