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Banacek
 USA
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NBC-Universal 'Mystery Movie'
/ 17x90m-e (including pilot) / 1972-74
Creators: Richard Levinson, William Link / Music: Billy Goldenberg /
Executive Producer: George Eckstein / Producer: Howie Horowitz
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 Crime
drama series with a slight twist in the premise
in that Thomas Banacek was actually worked as an
investigator for insurance companies winning
back their stolen property taking 10% of its
worth as his fee. Banacek only took big cases
and unusual ones at that too such as tracing
paintings stolen from a sealed truck and so on.
Of Polish-American descent Banacek drove both a
1973 Fleetwood Cadillac and a 1941 Packard
Darrin and also lived in Boston's upmarket
Beacon Hill area. Regulars in the show included
Banacek's chauffeur Jay Drury, his confidante
Felix Mulholland who ran an antiquarian
bookshop.
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during the shows second season Banacek regularly
tangled with fellow investigator Carlie
Kirkland.
The show (made up of feature length episodes)
originally appeared as part of NBC's Mystery
Movie series.
The show's creators Levinson and Link were also
behind two other biggies with Columbo
and Murder She Wrote. This show
was also actually George Peppard's TV lead
debut.
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Cast
GEORGE PEPPARD as
Thomas Banacek / RALPH MANZA as
Jay Drury / MURRAY MATHESON as
Felix Mulholland / CHRISTINE BELFORD as
Carlie Kirkland / LINDEN CHILES as Penniman
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