An insurance company hires Cannon to track down the men who robbed a rodeo of $100,000.An insurance company hires Cannon to track down the men who robbed a rodeo of $100,000.An insurance company hires Cannon to track down the men who robbed a rodeo of $100,000.
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- GoofsAt the beginning of the pool game, the bet money is still on the table during the break, so much so that the balls roll into and onto it. You'd never play a game of pool for money that way.
- ConnectionsReferences The Hustler (1961)
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THE OFFICIAL FIRST EPISODE, NOT DIRECTED BY THE STAR
CANNON was off and running and there were a few raised eyebrows about this episode as it was extremely violent. It begins with a payroll office full of people being killed by creepy clown thieves at a rodeo. Even by today's standards, this is rough stuff. This episode was filmed at Salinas, California, the actual site of an annual rodeo competition. Behind the scenes, the production crew would travel across California to highlight various towns and communities, sort of a travelogue and with some beautiful scenery.
Ken Trevey wrote this story, long associated with westerns such as the BIG VALLEY and LANCER. It turns out one of the killers may be the estranged husband of Sharon Acker, who lives on a desert ranch with her son, well played by Vincent Van Patten. Vincent, who later became a tennis star, was so popular that this episode alone recorded over a million views on Youtube!
Cannon goes after the baddies lock, stock and barrel and just like MANNIX, it's bruising stuff. We kids loved it! Writers on both shows began keeping tabs on each other. Cannon endures a grueling chase and he's shot, but the real tense moments come at the end, which is also very clever, without giving too much away.
There are some poignant moments between Bill Conrad and Van Patten, a sort of father and son relationship that grows. This would be a theme on the series as the years went on, showing the tough, scowling detective as a fatherly figure, too. That was a very nice touch.
Canadian director George McCowan tackled this one while directing THE MOD SQUAD at the same time. However, in all his years as a director at Warner Brothers/ABC and Columbia Pictures, William Conrad DID NOT direct a single episode. And he was a director of many classic tv shows, and movies such as the cult thriller, BRAINSTORM (1965). No doubt, he wanted to give work to others, and many from his WB years, which is commendable.
The opening is not for all tastes, but an excellent desert adventure nonetheless, thanks to Ken Trevey. September 1971 Episode 1. The official CBS dvd box set was released in 2008.
TV LAND revived the series in the mid 1990s with a lot of hype after William Conrad passed. However, it still took many years to get CBS to release all five seasons on dvd, including the two hour 1980 tv movie. In fact, METV was running only the first four seasons on Sunday afternoons, before the switch to late night with MANNIX and BARNABY JONES. Dedicated to all us 70s tv fans.
Ken Trevey wrote this story, long associated with westerns such as the BIG VALLEY and LANCER. It turns out one of the killers may be the estranged husband of Sharon Acker, who lives on a desert ranch with her son, well played by Vincent Van Patten. Vincent, who later became a tennis star, was so popular that this episode alone recorded over a million views on Youtube!
Cannon goes after the baddies lock, stock and barrel and just like MANNIX, it's bruising stuff. We kids loved it! Writers on both shows began keeping tabs on each other. Cannon endures a grueling chase and he's shot, but the real tense moments come at the end, which is also very clever, without giving too much away.
There are some poignant moments between Bill Conrad and Van Patten, a sort of father and son relationship that grows. This would be a theme on the series as the years went on, showing the tough, scowling detective as a fatherly figure, too. That was a very nice touch.
Canadian director George McCowan tackled this one while directing THE MOD SQUAD at the same time. However, in all his years as a director at Warner Brothers/ABC and Columbia Pictures, William Conrad DID NOT direct a single episode. And he was a director of many classic tv shows, and movies such as the cult thriller, BRAINSTORM (1965). No doubt, he wanted to give work to others, and many from his WB years, which is commendable.
The opening is not for all tastes, but an excellent desert adventure nonetheless, thanks to Ken Trevey. September 1971 Episode 1. The official CBS dvd box set was released in 2008.
TV LAND revived the series in the mid 1990s with a lot of hype after William Conrad passed. However, it still took many years to get CBS to release all five seasons on dvd, including the two hour 1980 tv movie. In fact, METV was running only the first four seasons on Sunday afternoons, before the switch to late night with MANNIX and BARNABY JONES. Dedicated to all us 70s tv fans.
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What is the broadcast (satellite or terrestrial TV) release date of The Salinas Jackpot (1971) in Australia?
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