S01E01 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.
Banacek
S01E06: 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.
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
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...
S01E03 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....
S01E04 A Million the Hard Way
Banacek must figure out who stole a million dollars from a supposedly tamper-proof display case.
S01E05 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...
S01E06 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...
S01E07 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.
S01E08 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...
Cast
George Peppard
Thomas Banacek
George Murdock
Cavanaugh
Ralph Manza
Jay Drury
Murray Matheson
Felix Mulholland
Christine Belford
Carlie Kirkland
