Banacek (part of the NBC Mystery Movie series of the 1970s) was a short lived light hearted detective TV series on NBC from 1972 to 1974. George Peppard played Thomas Banacek, a Boston-based freelance investigator who worked mostly for finder's fees offered by insurance companies by solving seemingly impossible theft cases. The show had a mixture of humor combined with rather intricate plots that never generated the ratings needed to keep it on the air. Banacek's catch-phrase was, "There's an old Polish proverb that says ...". The NBC Mystery Movie was an American television cycle of movies that aired on NBC from 1971 to 1977. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American radio and television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... George Peppard George Peppard (October 1, 1928 - May 8, 1994) was an American film and television actor. ... Nickname: Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe), Athens of America Location in Massachusetts Founded -Incorporated September 17, 1630 1820, as a city County Suffolk County Mayor Thomas Menino (Dem) Area - Total - Water 232. ...
Also featured were Ralph Manza as Banacek's chauffeur Jay Drury, Murray Matheson as rare-bookstore owner Felix Mulholland, and Christine Belford as Carlie Kirkland.
Episodes
Pilot 1. Banacek: Detour to Nowhere
Season One 2. Let's Hear It For A Living Legend 3. Project Phoenix 4. No Sign of the Cross 5. A Million the Hard Way 6. To Steal A King 7. Ten Thousand Dollars A Page 8. The Greatest Collection of Them All 9. The Two Million Clams of Cap'n Jack
Season Two 10. No Stone Unturned 11. If Max Is So Smart, Why Doesn't He Tell Us Where He Is? 12. The Three Million Dollar Piracy 13. The Vanishing Chalice 14. Horse of A Slightly Different Color 15. Rocket to Oblivion 16. Fly Me- If You Can Find Me 17. Now You See Me, Now You Don't
Banacek's catch-phrase was, "There's an old Polish proverb that says...".
Also featured were Ralph Manza as Banacek's chauffeur Jay Drury, Murray Matheson as rare-bookstore owner Felix Mulholland, and Christine Belford as Carlie Kirkland.
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