Cannon investigates the murder of a woman who was the girlfriend of a professional football quarterback.Cannon investigates the murder of a woman who was the girlfriend of a professional football quarterback.Cannon investigates the murder of a woman who was the girlfriend of a professional football quarterback.
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Richard Dysart
- Hartford Dunne
- (as Richard A. Dysart)
Melvin F. Allen
- Guard
- (as Mel Allen)
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- TriviaThe stock football footage in the opening scene appear to be from the USC vs Texas game played in 1967 in Los Angeles. The Longhorn logo has been obscured, but the rest of the jersey is obvious,
- GoofsThe football game in the story opening has the Leopards team attempting to kick a 39-yard field goal. However, in the next scene the quarterback (Joe Gantry), fakes the attempt and makes a pass from their own 30-yard line which is 70 yards from the opposing goal line.
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Nice to see the series got back on track with this one.
The two prior episodes of "Cannon" were big disappointments. One ended up being the worst "Cannon" episode ever ("The Quasar Kill") and the next was also below average. So, it was gratifying to see "Point After Death"...an excellent episode which returned the series to form.
The episode is about a very young woman who was living the wild life in many, many ways. When she's murdered, her boyfriend (a pro football player named Joe) was too stoned to know what he'd done...though the police do not think he's a suspect. Her father, however, is judge, jury and soon...executioner! He knows the ball player is guilty...and he's going to make him pay. As for Cannon, he's looking for the killer...and hopefully he'll find them before the father does something he'll regret.
This episode was very modern in many ways. First, it actually talked about chronic traumatic encephalopathy--head injuries that result in brain damage in athletes and this was LONG before the recent discussion about it. Second, there is a lesbian relationship in the show...something you would NOT expect back in the 1970s on TV! Overall, very exciting and different!
The episode is about a very young woman who was living the wild life in many, many ways. When she's murdered, her boyfriend (a pro football player named Joe) was too stoned to know what he'd done...though the police do not think he's a suspect. Her father, however, is judge, jury and soon...executioner! He knows the ball player is guilty...and he's going to make him pay. As for Cannon, he's looking for the killer...and hopefully he'll find them before the father does something he'll regret.
This episode was very modern in many ways. First, it actually talked about chronic traumatic encephalopathy--head injuries that result in brain damage in athletes and this was LONG before the recent discussion about it. Second, there is a lesbian relationship in the show...something you would NOT expect back in the 1970s on TV! Overall, very exciting and different!
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- planktonrules
- Aug 18, 2018
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- Bell Canyon Equestrian Center, 29 Baymare Rd, Bell Canyon, CA 91307, United States(Frank Cannon meets with Karen Jennings)
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