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Banacek

Banacek
★ 8.4/10•1972•1h 10m•TV-PG•Crime•Drama•Mystery
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Banacek is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network from 1972 to 1974. The series was part of the rotating NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie anthology. It alternated in its time slot with several other shows but was the only one to last beyond its first season.

StatusCanceled
Runtime1h 10m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 13, 1972

Episodes

Episode 1 - Let's Hear It for a Living LegendE170m

Let's Hear It for a Living Legend

When a football player vanishes from the field in full view of network cameras and a live audience, it's up to Banacek to figure out how his kidnappers spirited him away without a trace.

Sep 13, 1972

E270m

Project Phoenix

The multi-million dollar Phoenix, prototype for a revolutionary new car, disappears from a non-stop train en route to Boston - flat-car included. Banacek is called in to find the missing vehicle before a huge insurance claim must be paid.

Sep 27, 1972

E370m

No Sign of the Cross

A golden cross, on its way from a Mexican church to an American gangster anxious to reform his image, turns into worthless junk without ever leaving the possession of the couriers sent to deliver it. Banacek must figure out where and how the switch was pulled off.

Oct 11, 1972

E470m

A Million the Hard Way

Banacek must figure out who stole a million dollars from a supposedly tamper-proof display case.

Nov 1, 1972

E570m

To Steal a King

A king's ransom in precious coins vanishes from a hotel-suite vault while the owners sleep only a few feet away. Banacek arrives to figure out how the impossible to open vault was so easily breached without a sign left behind.

Nov 15, 1972

E670m

Ten Thousand Dollars a Page

When a priceless book vanishes from a sealed display case in a room that no thief could possibly escape, it's up to Banacek to show how someone beat the supposedly foolproof alarms to make off with the artifact.

Jan 10, 1973

E770m

The Greatest Collection of Them All

Banacek figures out how $23 million worth of paintings vanished from a moving truck transporting them from New York to Boston.

Jan 24, 1973

E870m

The Two Million Clams of Cap'n Jack

Just before Cap'n Jack's seafood restaurant franchise is set to go public, millions of dollars in stock certificates are stolen from a non-stop elevator, leaving Banacek to find them before someone walks through walls with a fortune.

Feb 7, 1973

Actors

George Peppard

George Peppard

Thomas Banacek

George Murdock

George Murdock

Cavanaugh

Ralph Manza

Ralph Manza

Jay Drury

Murray Matheson

Murray Matheson

Felix Mulholland

Christine Belford

Christine Belford

Carlie Kirkland

Recommendations

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Baretta
Sherlock Holmes
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Steal
Kojak
Dragnet
The Rockford Files
A Touch of Frost
Father Brown
Murder in a Small Town
Professor T
Murder in Suburbia
Elementary
Inspector George Gently
Vega$
Agatha Christie's Marple
Homicide: Life on the Street
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

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