Banacek

Season 21972

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.

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8 Episodes

E01 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.

September 13, 1972

E02 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 claim must be paid.

September 27, 1972

E03 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. Banacek must figure out where and how the switch was pulled off.

October 11, 1972

E04 A Million the Hard Way

Banacek must figure out who stole a million dollars from a supposedly tamper-proof display case.

November 1, 1972

E05 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 without a sign left behind.

November 15, 1972

E06 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.

January 10, 1973

E07 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.

January 24, 1973

E08 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 a fortune.

February 7, 1973

Banacek

E01 Let's Hear It for a Living Legend

E02 Project Phoenix

E03 No Sign of the Cross

E04 A Million the Hard Way

E05 To Steal a King

E06 Ten Thousand Dollars a Page

E07 The Greatest Collection of Them All

E08 The Two Million Clams of Cap'n Jack

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E01 Let's Hear It for a Living Legend

E02 Project Phoenix

E03 No Sign of the Cross

E04 A Million the Hard Way

E05 To Steal a King

E06 Ten Thousand Dollars a Page

E07 The Greatest Collection of Them All

E08 The Two Million Clams of Cap'n Jack