Frank cannon revolver, 70s tv series?

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I loved this fat tv detective as a kid, and wish the reruns would return. William Conrad was the actor. I cant remember if he carried a SW 36, or a Colt Detective, but it was a blue snub .38. Anyone know for sure?
 
I can't remember, did Cannon like Steve Mcgarret (Hawaii 5 0) jump out of his car, draw his snubby 38 spl and blow out a tire at 100 yds.
 
MeTV had the "Cannon" series on just a few weeks ago. And like the OP I liked the series and watched it as a kid in the 70s. I think he had a dick special. Thats what it looked like to me.

I also like Jim Rockford "The Rockford Files" and have the complete set on DVDs. He also carried a DS when he totes a gun. I liked it on one episode when he gets his gun out of the cookie jar where he keeps it and the woman asked,

"are you going to shoot them?"

"Naw,you don't shoot 'em, you just point it at 'em."

What great shows they had back then.

Also Cannon had a phone in his car. Rockford had to use payphones but did have an answering machine.
 
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Do a google search on William Conrad (Cannon). The guy had a pretty notible career. Anybody remember "Bullwinkle"?
 
I always liked the old TV detective shows and Westerns. Some folks wonder how come the hero never missed, but I explain about shooting ability, practice, and mainly that the script writer was on their side. :)

Jim
 
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Can't really tell.
 
William Conrad was the RADIO Gunsmoke's Matt Dillon.
Wonderful voice for the part.
He probably looked the part more than James Arness, too.
More short tubby lawmen than tall, tall, lanky ones, I bet.
Would have needed a longer moustache, though.
 
More short tubby lawmen than tall, tall, lanky ones, I bet.
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I don't know about that. I think folks were lean and better excersized back then. I always makes me laugh when I see civil war reinactors and they are all fat. Those guys were slim from all the marching and the boys from the south looked like scarecrows. They were some very hungry people. And from the photos I have seen from the later western period they didn't look too overfed either.

I think life in the 1840s and even a few decades later were very tough times for most people. I don't think most living today have even the slightest clue what people lived a century ago. Or even what they lived 60-80 years ago.
 
I can't remember, did Cannon like Steve Mcgarret (Hawaii 5 0) jump out of his car, draw his snubby 38 spl and blow out a tire at 100 yds.
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I remember a scene where he was bending over a body when the BG appeared on a balcony behind him to his left. Cannon poked his snubby under his left armpit and shot the guy without even looking.

Funny the things that stick with you.
 
Well, pictures don't lie. I thought I saw an ejector rod, but couldn't see it on the Youtube clips. Thanks Guys. Now I just hope they bring back the reruns!
 
I only seen one episode where anti-gunner, in real life, steve mcgarret(five-o) have a gun in his hand and it was for just a few seconds.
 
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