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Crime
drama series. Polish-American
Thomas Banacek works for
insurance companies specialising
in tracking down stolen goods.
Banacek drove a 1941 Packard
Darrin and a 1973 Fleetwood
Cadillac, the series was part of
the NBC Mystery Movies series.
REGULAR
CAST
With:-
GEORGE PEPPARD as Thomas Banacek
/ RALPH MANZA as Jay Drury /
MURRAY MATHESON as Felix
Mulholland / CHRISTINE BELFORD
as Carlie Kirkland / LINDEN
CHILES as Penniman
Creators:
Richard Levinson, William Link /
Music: Billy Goldenberg /
Executive Producer:
George Eckstein / Producer:
Howie Horowitz
USA
/ Universal 'Mystery
Movie' / 17x90m-e /
1972-74
PILOT
MOVIE
1
Episode / 20 March 1972
1.
DETOUR TO NOWHERE
WRITER:
Anthony Wilson
Banacek
is hired to discover how a
bullion loaded armored car
managed a disappearing act.
With:-
DON DUBBINS / RUSSELL WIGGINS /
ED NELSON / CHARLES KNOX
ROBINSON / LOU FRIZZELL / GENE
DYNARSKI / DEE GARDNER
DIRECTOR:
Jack Smight
SEASON
ONE
8
Episodes / 13 September 1972 - 7
February 1973
(2)
1. LET'S HEAR IT FOR A LIVING
LEGEND
WRITER:
Del Reisman
During
a vital game a star football
player disappears - Banacek is
hired to find him.
With:-
STEFANIE POWERS / MADLYN RHUE /
ROBERT WEBBER / JOHN BRODIE /
DEACON JONES / BEN DAVIDSON /
CLANCY WILLIAMS / JOCK MAHONEY /
BUD FURILLO
DIRECTOR:
Jack Smight
(3)
2. PROJECT PHOENIX
WRITER:
David Moessinger
Banacek
looks into the disappearance of
a high tech and extremely
valuable prototype sports car.
With:-
JOANNA PETTET / WILLIAM WINDOM /
HERB EDELMAN / BERT CONVEY /
PETER MARK RICHMAN / PERCY
RODRIGUES / STAFFORD REPP / JOHN
FIELDER / ISSAC FIELDS
DIRECTOR:
Richard T. Heffron
(4)
3. NO SIGN OF THE CROSS
WRITER:
Robert Presnell Jr / STORY:
Howard Browne and Robert
Presnell Jr
Banacek's
latest case involves the
disappearance of a gold cross
that was handcuffed to a priest
when it went missing.
With:-
BRODERICK CRAWFORD / GILBERT
DERETZO / GORDON PINSENT / JACK
mACGOWRAN / VICTOR JORY / NED
ROMERO / ALAN FUDGE / AHNA CAPRI
/ PETER DONAT / PEDRO REGAS
DIRECTOR:
Daryl Duke
(5)
4. A MILLION THE HARD WAY
WRITER:
Stanley Ralph Ross
A
Las Vegas casino has been
fleeced of a million dollars.
With:-
MARGOT KIDDER / DON PORTER / DON
KEEFER / J. DUKE RUSSO / WILLIAM
BRYANT / ANGELA GREENE / DOLORES
QUINTON / RUSS MARIN
DIRECTOR:
Bernard Kowalski
(6)
5. TO STEAL A KING
WRITER:
Stephen Kandel
Banacek
tries to find the priceless
stolen coin collection of a
wealthy numismatist.
With:-
KEVIN McCARTHY / JANIS PAIGE /
BRENDA VACCARO / PERNELL ROBERTS
/ ROGER C. CARMEL / OLIVER
GARSON / TOD ANDREWS / DAVID
SPIELBERG / WILL HARE / ANTHONY
EUSTREL
DIRECTOR:
Louis Antonio
(7)
6. TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS A PAGE
WRITER:
Paul Playdon
A
murder case awaits Banacek as he
looks into the theft of a
valuable book.
With:-
DAVID WAYNE / STELLA STEVENS /
DAVID DOYLE / RICHARD SCHAAL /
JOEL FABIANI / TED CASSIDY /
GEORGE LINDSEY / MICHAEL MASTERS
DIRECTOR:
Richard T. Heffron
(8)
7. THE GREATEST COLLECTION OF
THEM ALL
WRITER:
Theodore J. Flicker
A
truck transporting millions of
dollars worth of paintings finds
its load has mysteriously
vanished.
With:-
PENNY FULLER / MIKE FARRELL /
LLOYD GOUGH / ARCH JOHNSON /
DAVID SPIELBERG / BARBARA STUART
/ GEORGE MURDOCK / GENE DYNARSKI
/ JOHN GILGREEN
DIRECTOR:
George McCowan
(9)
8. THE TWO MILLION CLAMS OF
CAP'N JACK
WRITER:
Stanley Ralph Ross / STORY:
Shirl Hendryx, Pat Fielder,
Richard Bluel
Banacek
has a case on his hands trying
to find stolen stock certificate
plates.
With:-
JESSICA WALTER / ANDREW DUGGAN /
LINDEN CHILES / DAVID WHITE /
JASON EVERS / WALLY TAYLOR /
FREDD WAYNE / JOAN PRINGLE /
LIAM DUNN / FREDERICKA MYERS
DIRECTOR:
Richard T. Heffron
SEASON
TWO
8
Episodes / 3 October 1973 - 12
March 1974
(10)
1. NO STONE UNTURNED
WRITER:
George Sheldon Smith, Lee
Santley, Robert Van Scoyk /
STORY: Stephen Lord
Banacek
goes on the trail of a hard to
miss 3 ton statue that has gone
missing.
With:-
GARY LOCKWOOD / DON STROUD /
SCOTT BRADY / CANDACE CLARK /
JOE MAROSS / LINDEN CHILES /
ALRRY PENNELL / PEGGY WALTON
DIRECTOR:
Richard T. Heffron
(11)
2. IF MAX IS SO SMART, WHY
DOESN'T HE TELL US WHERE HE IS?
WRITER:
Robert Van Scoyk
A
heavily guard new super medical
based computer goes walkabout.
With:-
ANNE BAXTER / RICHARD JORDAN /
JIM DAVIS / PAUL RICHARDS /
SABRINA SCHARF / ALAN FUDGE /
GEORGE MURDOCK / JULIE ROGERS
DIRECTOR:
Bernard Kowalski
(12)
3. THE THREE MILLION DOLLAR
PIRACY
WRITER:
Stanley Ralph Ross and Robert
Van Scoyk / STORY: Jack Turley
A
coach (covered in jewels) due to
be used in a Shah's Eastern
wedding goes missing from a boat
just before its transportation.
With:-
LINDEN CHILES / DON KNIGHT /
DICK GAUTIER / TITOS VANDIS /
ARLENE MARTELL / SUSAN DAMANTE /
RUDY CHALLENGER / LADA EDMUND /
JEAN MANSON
DIRECTOR:
Andrew V. McLaglen
(13)
4. THE VANISHING CHALICE
WRITER:
Mort Fine
A
valuable Greek artifact goes
missing from a crowded museum.
With:-
CESAR ROMERO / ERIC BRAEDEN /
SUE ANNE LANGDON / JOHN SAXON /
ROBERT WOLDERS / DON COLLIER /
GEORGE MURDOCK / RUTH PRINCE /
CARLE BENSEN / ELIZABETH
TALBOT-MARTIN
DIRECTOR:
Bernard Kowalski
(14)
5. HORSE OF A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
COLOR
WRITER:
Jimmy Sangster / STORY: Harold
Livingston
A
highly valuable race horse is
swapped for a ringer.
With:-
ANNE FRANCIS / TIM O'CONNOR /
LANE BRADBURY / RAMON BIERI /
JOHN CRAWFORD / LINDEN CHILES /
HARRY CAREY JR / ALLEN LUDDEN /
WILLARD SAGE / ROCKY FRIER /
ROBERT SWAN
DIRECTOR:
Herschel Daugherty
(15)
6. ROCKET TO OBLIVION
WRITER:
Robert Van Scoyk
A
new highly experimental rocket
disappears - Banacek faces the
task of recovering it.
With:-
LINDA EVANS / ANDREW PRINE / DON
GORDON / BUCK POWELL / TOM DRAKE
/ PHILIP CAREY / ROY POOLE /
GEORGE MURDOCK / DICK VAN PATTEN
/ POLLY MIDDLETON / JAYNE
KENNEDY / JIMMY JOYCE
DIRECTOR:
Andrew V. McLaglen
(16)
7. FLY ME - IF YOU CAN FIND ME
WRITER:
Harold Livingston
Banacek
tries to find an entire plane
that has disappeared off a
runaway.
With:-
STERLING HAYDEN / VICTORIA
PRINCIPAL / JACK KELLY / PAT
QUINN / JAMES DARIS / CHARLES H.
GSAY / CARLOS ROMERO / PAUL
CAVONIS / LARRY WARD / BYRON
MABE
DIRECTOR:
Bernard Kowalski
(17)
8. NOW YOU SEE ME, NOW YOU DON'T
WRITER:
Stanley Roberts
A
magician's daughter is suspected
of pulling off a major robbery
but she then goes missing.
With:-
NANCY OLSON / GRETCHEN CORBETT /
JAY ROBINSON / PAT HARRINGOTN JR
/ LYNNETTE METTEY / BRUCE GORDON
/ FRANK MAXWELL / GENE DYNARSKY
/ GERALD S. PETERS / SHARYN
WYNTERS
DIRECTOR:
Bernard McEveety
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