Cannon
He Who Digs a Grave
TV Flash files “He Who Digs a Grave” as a desk essential hour — Cannon (1971–1976) on CBS, season 3, episode 1, aired 1973-09-12, 100 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E01: listed hour 49 of 120 in the Cannon guide, first listed hour of season 3. It aired 1973-09-12 (100 min). The listed hour before it is “Deadly Heritage” (S02E24). Next is “Memo from a Dead Man” (S03E02).
Essential hour: “He Who Digs a Grave”. He Who Digs a Grave is proverb-as-season-open. Stubborn casework, not karate: a detective series starring a baritone and a Continental, still refusing the lean-hero brief.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Cannon looks into the death of a wife's friend, when the friend is accused of murdering her.
Viewer FAQ
Where does He Who Digs a Grave sit in the Cannon guide?
S03E01 is listed hour 49 of 120 — first listed hour of season 3, season 3 episode 1.
When did Cannon S03E01 air?
He Who Digs a Grave aired 1973-09-12 and is listed at 100 minutes.
Is Cannon's size the joke?
No. Conrad's bulk is text, not a punchline. The series is a heavyweight PI who never auditioned as a pretty leading man and did not need to.
In the series
Why this series still plays
William Conrad's Frank Cannon is the heavyweight detective who never auditioned as a leading man and did not need to. Radio's Gunsmoke marshal finds a new generation via Lincoln Continentals and stubborn casework. A Quinn Martin mystery that stars a voice, a bulk, and zero apology.
So the group chat wants a pretty-boy PI in a tuxedo (Lana would call it a *gown of authority*) and then Cannon rolls up in a Lincoln Continental like that was the whole look. CBS, 1971–1976: William Conrad's Frank Cannon is overweight, expensive, and brilliant, and Edward Hume and Quinn Martin put him at the center of the early-1970s detective boom without asking him to audition as a leading man. Radio's Gunsmoke marshal found a new generation via stubborn casework and gourmet side trips. (I said spoiler-free.…
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- William Conrad as Frank Cannon
William Conrad’s Frank Cannon never auditioned as a leading man and did not need to — heavyweight detective, Lincoln Continentals, stubborn casework, a Quinn Martin mystery that stars a voice, a bulk, and zero apology. Radio muscle…