Cannon//The Complete Collection/5 Seasons ,122 Episodes

Very happy with purchase of cannon The complete series, one of my favourite TV shows, good to see it also contained the bonus disc The return of frank cannon movie.

Cannon is a P I and it is excellent as it has Action/ Drama and very good storys in the 50 minutes episodes. Dvd all fine

Considering it's 45 years old this series has great, action-packed stories, famous guest stars before they were famous and a tough, charismatic lead. I've been waiting for an affordable DVD set for some years and now I've got it. 'All Your Music' sell this VAT paid, so you don't have to worry about the postal service holding your goods to ransom (£8) to recoup £4 in VAT! I would say the picture is better than video quality, although it does not appear to have been re-mastered. There's no greater voice in the American acting profession than William Conrad, a talented actor, director, narrator and apparently WW2 fighter pilot.

For the price , this is excellent value. Too many people have moaned about the quality of the picture and sound, but with decent equipment they're good, 8/10

Nice detective series with memories from watching in my younger days. Received promptly. Item as listed. Excellent trader

Let's be honest, there's only been a few really great cop shows. Kojak will always be my favourite, but Frank Cannon is up there with Theo. He was a gourmet and drove his Lincoln Continental - impressive if you were British back in the day. We never had anyone like that on British TV. Plus Cannon isn't your Starsky or Hutch - he's a big heavy guy, not a piece of cheesecake. Great TV from when TV was great. Well worth your cash and a rare treat. Reminds you how glorious 70's TV was, can't believe it's over 40 years ago. Go get 'em Frank.

Brilliant series remember watching this in the early 70s not seen it since William Conrad is superb as Cannon great stories and action considering it's nearly 50 years old the picture is not bad at all they don't make em like this anymore and you get a proper score unlike the constant drone you hear nowadays well worth it if you like 70s cop shows

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Le très sympathique William Conrad. Les années 70. Dès enquêtes musclées. Génial.

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Excellent transaction. Product is fantastic. For a DVD set the packaging is amazing. No multiple hangers trying to hold DVDs that break the first time you open them. Very solid case and set up love it.

Very impressed with the quality of the hard plastic case and how well the disc's were secured inside thier individual holder's. Not like most complete sets where they come with a flimsy case you open it and the disc's fall out 😞 The play quality is very good. Always loved this show back in the 70's. Funny haven't probably seen Cannon since the early 80's but still remember a few episodes here and there. Always great to be able to remember what life was like back then (I'm getting so old)

Cannon was a TV show that ran for 5 seasons from 1971 to 1976. The star, William Conrad, played Frank Cannon, an ex-cop who became a private cop (detective) as Cannon would say. He often went at it alone but sometimes had help from law enforcement. He seems to have known a lot of people on various police forces. He had a reputation of being the best private detective in the business and highly sought after. The show ran on average from 49 to 51 minutes, the Pilot episode ran for 1 hour & 37 minutes. The show was produced by Quinn Martin who had a long history (over 20 years) of making hits. It was only in the 5th season of the show that we heard the familiar voice stating that it was a “Quinn Martin Production”. There were many guest starts on Cannon. Russell Johnson (the professor on Gilligan’s island) appeared on 2 episodes, and Tina Louise (Ginger on Gilligan’s Island) on 1 episode. There were many other guest stars, some taking on recurring roles. Frank Cannon drove different Lincoln Continentals during the show. For awhile it seemed like Frank, the Police and even the bad guys all drove Fords, but every once in a while we’d see a Chevy or Mercedes. Frank had a car phone in the car. Growing up in the 60’s and 70’s this seemed like such a cool thing. With on TV in the house and no way to record shows back then, this was not the show that was watched most of the time. The seasons had 24 episodes and each season is on 4 DVD’s (an average run time of just under 6 hours per disk). Season 1 is on the inside cover on a pair of spindles (2 per spindle), Season 2 & 3 share the 1st page, Season 4 and the first half of Season 5 on the 2nd page and the second half of Season 5 on the inside back cover. This is the first time I have seen spindles used and all I can say is that it’s different. I removed the disks as I watched each season and then replaced all 4 after I finished watching the season. I suppose it was a cost saving measure to ship each season on 4 disks vs. 6 disks (i.e. a total savings of 10 disks). See the attached photos. Personally, I found the show enjoyable to watch. Frank uses his wits and logic to solve cases. He knows he’s on the heavy side and seems to make fun of it himself as do others in the show. He loves good food and good wine. He also knows how to defend himself and often seen using Karate and/or Judo on those attacking him as well as a gun (snub-nose 0.38 special). The show also gives us an insight in what life was like in the early 70’s. The show was filmed in 4:3 and I watched it on a large screen CRT (tube) set that has a resolution of 480i. There were only 1 or 2 spots where there was some distortion in the last season that show up in 480i, (not sure what it would look like on a 1080p TV set), but for the most part it played well in SDTV format. We have a pair of 480i TV’s in the house that we use to watch old shows. There is a TV movie that came out in 1980 called “The Return of Frank Cannon” that I have to track down. It does not appear to be sold on Amazon or other sites. It’s too bad it was not included in this release. There is another “complete” set sold here on Amazon that includes TV movie along with the series released on 31 disks (see: https://www.amazon.com/Cannon-Complete-Collection-Episodes-Movies/dp/B014I4IUXC) but it sells for $49.99 as of this writing. To the best of my knowledge neither box set has been re-mastered. Cannon was shot in 35mm which could be made HD if someone took the time to do so. I suspect the “demand” is not there to do this yet. Plus the show was shot in mono and to make into passable 5.1 or 7.1 could be costly.