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Director: Richard T. Heffron
Starring: George Peppard, Stella Stevens, Joel Fabiani, David Wayne, David Doyle, Murray Matheson, Ralph Manza, Richard Schaal, Ted Cassidy, George Lindsey and Michael Masters
When a priceless book vanishes from a sealed display case in a room that no thief could possibly escape from, it's up to Banacek to show how someone beat the supposedly foolproof alarms to make off with the artifact.
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Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Starring: George Peppard, Christine Belford, Anne Baxter, Richard Jordan, Jim Davis, Alan Fudge, Paul Richards, George Murdock, Murray Matheson, Ralph Manza and William Sylvester
One morning Max - a huge, complex medical computer system - is missing from the locked, alarmed and guarded building he filled just the night before. Banacek steps in to find out how tons of computer machinery could be sneaked out leaving only bare walls.
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Director: Lou Antonio
Starring: George Peppard, Brenda Vaccaro, Kevin McCarthy, Pernell Roberts, Janis Paige, Logan Ramsey, Roger C. Carmel, Murray Matheson, Ralph Manza, David Spielberg and Will Hare
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.
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Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Starring: George Peppard, Margot Kidder, Don Porter, Murray Matheson, Ralph Manza, Don Keefer, Barry Russo, Claire Brennen, William Bryant, Angela Greene and Russ Marin
Banacek must figure out who stole a million dollars from a supposedly tamper-proof display case.
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Director: George McCowan
Starring: George Peppard, Penny Fuller, Mike Farrell, John Hoyt, Lloyd Gough, Arch Johnson, Murray Matheson, Ralph Manza, David Spielberg, George Murdock, Garry Walberg and Eugene Troobnick
Banacek figures out how $23 million worth of paintings vanished from a moving truck transporting them from New York to Boston.
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Director: Jack Smight
Starring: George Peppard, Christine Belford, Ed Nelson, Russell Wiggins, Lou Frizzell, Don Dubbins, Murray Matheson, Ralph Manza, George Murdock, J. Pat O'Malley and Victor Mohica
Insurance investigator Thomas Banacek tries to find an armored car carrying gold bullion that disappeared in the middle of a deserted Texas highway.
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Director: Richard T. Heffron
Starring: George Peppard, Joanna Pettet, William Windom, Herb Edelman, Bert Convy, Peter Mark Richman, John Fiedler, Bruce Kirby, Stafford Repp, Murray Matheson, Ralph Manza and Percy Rodrigues
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.
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Director: Bernard McEveety
Starring: George Peppard, Nancy Olson, Gretchen Corbett, Pat Harrington, Jay Robinson, Murray Matheson, Ralph Manza, Peter Marshall and Lynnette Mettey
A stage magician vanishes in the middle of his act, as he is about to be arrested on suspicion of a $1,750,000 securities fraud. Banacek is called in to try to recover the missing money and solve the mystery of the disappearing man.
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Director: Richard T. Heffron
Starring: George Peppard, Christine Belford, Murray Matheson, Ralph Manza, Linden Chiles, Gary Lockwood, Don Stroud, Scott Brady, Candy Clark, Peggy Walton and Larry Pennell
"Man in Harmony," a 3-ton, 11-foot tall sculpture is missing at its gala unveiling. The 5-foot pedestal to which it was attached is all that remains to mark the theft. A ransom demand threatening to turn the large stone into gravel unless $500,000 is paid further complicates the case. Working, and competing, with a Boston Insurance Company colleague, Banacek has only two days to find the statue and collect his fee.
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Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Starring: George Peppard, Christine Belford, Linden Chiles, Murray Matheson, Ralph Manza, Arlene Martel, Don Knight, Dick Gautier, Titos Vandis and Hal Buckley
A three-million dollar wedding coach, being sent overseas, disappears shortly after being placed into a shipping container and loaded aboard ship, under the watchful eyes of two Boston Insurance Company employees. Enter Banacek, who must figure out the puzzling theft and find the coach before the ship sails to collect his ten percent.
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Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Starring: George Peppard, Sterling Hayden, Victoria Principal, Jack Kelly, Murray Matheson, Ralph Manza, Patricia Quinn, Richard Roat and Paul Cavonis
A charter company jetliner makes an emergency landing at a small desert airstrip, blowing all of its tyres and leaving a shaken flight crew. The next morning finds the pilot left guarding the plane dead and the airstrip empty of the immovable aircraft. Enter Banacek - in a chauffeur-driven jeep - to sort out the convolutions of pilots, stewardesses, old business partners and more to learn where the crippled plane has gone.
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Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Starring: George Peppard, Christine Belford, Linda Evans, Andrew Prine, Don Gordon, Tom Drake, Philip Carey, Dick Van Patten, Murray Matheson, Ralph Manza and George Murdock
A prototype rocket engine is stolen from a science and industry exposition during a 5 second diversion and Banacek is called in to figure out what happened.
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Director: Daryl Duke
Starring: George Peppard, Broderick Crawford, Louise Sorel, Gordon Pinsent, Jack MacGowran, Victor Jory, Peter Donat, Alan Fudge and Ralph Manza
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.
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Director: Herschel Daugherty
Starring: George Peppard, Anne Francis, Tim O'Connor, Lane Bradbury, Ramon Bieri, John Crawford, Linden Chiles, Murray Matheson, Ralph Manza, Harry Carey Jr. and Allen Ludden
A valuable race horse heads out on his last workout before being sold. The horse that returns from the trip around the track is not the same one that left and Banacek must discover what happened.
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Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Starring: George Peppard, Christine Belford, Cesar Romero, Eric Braeden, Sue Ane Langdon, John Saxon, Murray Matheson, Ralph Manza, Paul Picerni and George Murdock
A one of a kind Greek chalice is stolen from a museum, right in front of a group of onlookers.
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Director: Jack Smight
Starring: George Peppard, Murray Matheson, Ralph Manza, Stefanie Powers, Robert Webber, John Brodie, Chuck Morrell, Madlyn Rhue, Deacon Jones, Conrad Janis, Michael Lerner, Peggy Walton, John Finnegan, Anitra Ford, Marty Ingels and Jock Mahoney
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.
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Director: Richard T. Heffron
Starring: George Peppard, Jessica Walter, Andrew Duggan, Linden Chiles, David White, William Schallert, Jason Evers, Murray Matheson, Ralph Manza and Gregory Sierra
Just before the 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.
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A list of my favorite epidodes of the 1970s American television series Banacek (1972-74).
Thomas Banacek is a clever and well-to-do insurance investigator living in Boston. He makes good money by solving the most intricate and unusual mysteries, and is very proud of his Polish heritage. His contacts include his street-smart chauffeur Jay and British bookstore owner Felix.
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