Banacek
1972 · TV Series · TV-PG · 90 min · ★ 8.5
A stylish 1970s mystery series follows a wealthy freelance insurance investigator who takes on baffling, high-value disappearances and fraud cases. Each episode focuses on unraveling how an impossible-looking scheme was pulled off, with dry humor, confidence, and a polished old-school mystery feel.
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Details
- Years
- 1972–1974
- Release date
- 1972-09-13
- Network
- NBC
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Max quality
- SD
- TMDB rating
- 8.5/10 (19 votes)
About
You’ll like this if you enjoy vintage mystery shows with confident puzzle-solving and upscale cases, especially near The Rockford Files or 77 Sunset Strip; Not for you if dated attitudes quickly bother you.
Pros: clever impossible puzzles; stylish lead appeal; breezy humor | Cons: dated gender attitudes; predictable patterns; brief run
Themes
- boston, massachusetts
- theft
- private detective
Cast & crew
George Peppard
as Thomas Banacek
George Murdock
as Cavanaugh
Ralph Manza
as Jay Drury
Murray Matheson
as Felix Mulholland
Christine Belford
as Carlie Kirkland
- SP
Stefanie Powers
as Angie Ives
- MR
Madlyn Rhue
as Holly Allencamp
- RW
Robert Webber
as Jerry Brinkman
- JB
John Brodie
as Ritchie Mulligan
- BD
Ben Davidson
as Mangine
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, Bernard L. Kowalski, Bernard McEveety +5 more
Created by Anthony Wilson
Episodes2 seasons · 16 episodes
Season 18 episodes
- S1E1Let's Hear It for a Living Legend70m
- S1E2Project Phoenix70m
- S1E3No Sign of the Cross70m
- S1E4A Million the Hard Way70m
- S1E5To Steal a King70m
- S1E6Ten Thousand Dollars a Page70m
- S1E7The Greatest Collection of Them All70m
- S1E8The Two Million Clams of Cap'n Jack70m
Season 28 episodes
- S2E1No Stone Unturned70m
- S2E2If Max Is So Smart, Why Doesn't He Tell Us Where He Is?70m
- S2E3The Three Million Dollar Piracy70m
- S2E4The Vanishing Chalice70m
- S2E5Horse of a Slightly Different Color75m
- S2E6Rocket to Oblivion70m
- S2E7Fly Me- If You Can Find Me70m
- S2E8Now You See Me, Now You Don't70m