| Shannon | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Written by | Todhunter Ballard Gene Roddenberry |
| Directed by | Fred Jackman, Jr. |
| Starring | George Nader Regis Toomey Jan Arvan |
| Composer(s) | Emil Cadkin Arthur Morton |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 36 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Jerry Briskin Robert Sparks |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Screen Gems Television |
| Distributor | Columbia TriStar Domestic Television Sony Pictures Television |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Syndication |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original run | September 26, 1961 – June 12, 1962 |
Shannon is an American crime drama series that aired in syndication from September 1961 to June 1962. The series stars George Nader as the title character.
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Nader stars as Joe Shannon, an insurance investigator for the Transport Bonding and Surety Company. Regis Toomey portrayed Shannon's boss, Bill Cochran. Shannon drove a modern 1961 Buick Special, equipped with cameras, a dictating machine, tape recorders, weapons, and notably, a mobile phone (decades before cell phones) when car phones were rare. The car required a long whip antenna required for the phone.
Jerry Briskin produced the series for Screen Gems. Gene Roddenberry did some of the teleplay.[2]