Banacek

Banacek

Canceled First aired 13/Sep/1972 United States English 3 season(s) 17 episode(s)
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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.
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Season 2 · Season 2
8 episode(s) · Air date: 03/Oct/1973
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S2E8
Now You See Me, Now You Don't
Air date: 12/Mar/1974 · Runtime: 70 min
Summary

A stage magician vanishes in the middle of his act, as he is about to be arrested on suspicion of a $1,750,000 securities fraud. Banacek is called in to try to recover the missing money and solve the mystery of the disappearing man.

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A stage magician vanishes in the middle of his act, as he is about to be arrested on suspicion of a $1,750,000 securities fraud. Banacek is called in to try to recover the missing money and solve the mystery of the disappearing man.

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S2E7
Fly Me- If You Can Find Me
Air date: 19/Feb/1974 · Runtime: 70 min
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A charter company jetliner makes an emergency landing at a small desert airstrip, blowing all of its tires and leaving a shaken flight crew. The next morning finds the pilot left guarding the plane dead and the airstrip empty of the immovable aircraft. Enter Banacek - in a chauffeur-driven jeep - to sort out the convolutions of pilots, stewardesses, old business partners and more to learn where the crippled plane has gone.

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A charter company jetliner makes an emergency landing at a small desert airstrip, blowing all of its tires and leaving a shaken flight crew. The next morning finds the pilot left guarding the plane dead and the airstrip empty of the immovable aircraft. Enter Banacek - in a chauffeur-driven jeep - to sort out the convolutions of pilots, stewardesses, old business partners and more to learn where the crippled plane has gone.

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S2E6
Rocket to Oblivion
Air date: 12/Feb/1974 · Runtime: 70 min
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A small but powerful prototype engine sits sealed in a rotating display case in the middle of a crowded trade-show floor. A power failure turns out the lights for a few seconds, and when the lights return, the rocket engine has vanished. Banacek must beat his competition to the solution before Federal agents step in.

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A small but powerful prototype engine sits sealed in a rotating display case in the middle of a crowded trade-show floor. A power failure turns out the lights for a few seconds, and when the lights return, the rocket engine has vanished. Banacek must beat his competition to the solution before Federal agents step in.

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S2E5
Horse of a Slightly Different Color
Air date: 22/Jan/1974 · Runtime: 75 min
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Thoroughbred-owner Katherine Wells finished an interview at the track, then in confidence tells her horse trainer that she is quitting racing and sold her prized thoroughbred for $5,000,000. That after morning workout, the transfer would be official. Before new owner and camera crew, Oxford Dunn starts his quarter run.. yet a different horse finishes - with no time to switch in the "Horse of a Slightly Different Color." It's another impossible puzzle for Banacek.

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Thoroughbred-owner Katherine Wells finished an interview at the track, then in confidence tells her horse trainer that she is quitting racing and sold her prized thoroughbred for $5,000,000. That after morning workout, the transfer would be official. Before new owner and camera crew, Oxford Dunn starts his quarter run.. yet a different horse finishes - with no time to switch in the "Horse of a Slightly Different Color." It's another impossible puzzle for Banacek.

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S2E3
The Three Million Dollar Piracy
Air date: 21/Nov/1973 · Runtime: 70 min
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A three-million dollar wedding coach, being sent overseas, disappears shortly after being placed into a shipping container and loaded aboard ship, under the watchful eyes of two Boston Insurance Company employees. Enter Banacek, who must figure out the puzzling theft and find the coach before the ship sails to collect his ten percent.

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A three-million dollar wedding coach, being sent overseas, disappears shortly after being placed into a shipping container and loaded aboard ship, under the watchful eyes of two Boston Insurance Company employees. Enter Banacek, who must figure out the puzzling theft and find the coach before the ship sails to collect his ten percent.

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S2E2
If Max Is So Smart, Why Doesn't He Tell Us Where He Is?
Air date: 07/Nov/1973 · Runtime: 70 min
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One morning Max - a huge, complex computer system - is missing from the locked, alarmed and guarded building he filled just the night before. Banacek steps in to find out how tons of computer machinery could be sneaked out leaving only bare walls.

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One morning Max - a huge, complex computer system - is missing from the locked, alarmed and guarded building he filled just the night before. Banacek steps in to find out how tons of computer machinery could be sneaked out leaving only bare walls.

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S2E1
No Stone Unturned
Air date: 03/Oct/1973 · Runtime: 70 min
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"Man in Harmony," a 3-ton, 11-foot tall sculpture is missing at its gala unveiling. The 5-foot pedestal to which it was attached is all that remains to mark the theft. A ransom demand threatening to turn the large stone into gravel unless $500,000 is paid further complicates the case. Working, and competing, with a Boston Insurance Company colleague, Banacek has only two days to find the statue and collect his fee.

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"Man in Harmony," a 3-ton, 11-foot tall sculpture is missing at its gala unveiling. The 5-foot pedestal to which it was attached is all that remains to mark the theft. A ransom demand threatening to turn the large stone into gravel unless $500,000 is paid further complicates the case. Working, and competing, with a Boston Insurance Company colleague, Banacek has only two days to find the statue and collect his fee.

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Season 1 · Season 1
8 episode(s) · Air date: 13/Sep/1972
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S1E8
The Two Million Clams of Cap'n Jack
Air date: 07/Feb/1973 · Runtime: 70 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E6
Ten Thousand Dollars a Page
Air date: 10/Jan/1973 · Runtime: 70 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E5
To Steal a King
Air date: 15/Nov/1972 · Runtime: 70 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E3
No Sign of the Cross
Air date: 11/Oct/1972 · Runtime: 70 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E2
Project Phoenix
Air date: 27/Sep/1972 · Runtime: 70 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E1
Let's Hear It for a Living Legend
Air date: 13/Sep/1972 · Runtime: 70 min
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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.

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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.

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Season 0 · Specials
1 episode(s) · Air date: 20/Mar/1972
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S0E1
Detour to Nowhere
Air date: 20/Mar/1972 · Runtime: 70 min
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An insurance investigator tries to find an armored car carrying gold bullion that disappeared in the middle of a deserted Texas highway.

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An insurance investigator tries to find an armored car carrying gold bullion that disappeared in the middle of a deserted Texas highway.

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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
Stefanie Powers
Stefanie Powers
Angie Ives
Madlyn Rhue
Madlyn Rhue
Holly Allencamp
Robert Webber
Robert Webber
Jerry Brinkman
John Brodie
John Brodie
Ritchie Mulligan
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Ben Davidson
Mangine
Deacon Jones
Deacon Jones
Joe Fabian
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Tom Mack
Ed Wolinski
Gene Washington
Gene Washington
Clay Mills
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Clancy Williams
Walt Hicks
Conrad Janis
Conrad Janis
Video Technician
Michael Lerner
Michael Lerner
Bartender
Jock Mahoney
Jock Mahoney
Albert Bates
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Curt Gowdy
Curt Gowdy

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George C. Webb
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Frank Rafferty
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Jerry Adams
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John P. Austin
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Wayne Fitzgerald
Title Designer
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Grady Hunt
Costume Designer
Sam Leavitt
Sam Leavitt
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Jesse Wayne
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Foster H. Phinney
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Jack Barry
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Reuben Watt
Assistant Director
Andrew V. McLaglen
Andrew V. McLaglen
Director

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