Banacek

S01E02: 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.

Overview

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.

Episodes

Let's Hear It for a Living Legend

S01E01 Let's Hear It for a Living Legend

September 13, 1972 70 min
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.

S01E02 Project Phoenix

September 27, 1972 70 min
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...

S01E03 No Sign of the Cross

October 11, 1972 1.0 70 min
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....

S01E04 A Million the Hard Way

November 1, 1972 1.0 70 min
Banacek must figure out who stole a million dollars from a supposedly tamper-proof display case.

S01E05 To Steal a King

November 15, 1972 70 min
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...

S01E06 Ten Thousand Dollars a Page

January 10, 1973 70 min
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...

S01E07 The Greatest Collection of Them All

January 24, 1973 70 min
Banacek figures out how $23 million worth of paintings vanished from a moving truck transporting them from New York to Boston.

S01E08 The Two Million Clams of Cap'n Jack

February 7, 1973 70 min
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...

Cast

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

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