Banacek (Complete Season 1) - 4-DVD Set (1972) ( Banacek - Season One )

Banacek (Complete Season 1) - 4-DVD Set (1972) (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Banacek - Season One
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Emmy Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
670 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1972 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Richard T. Heffron

Written By:
Anthony Wilson
George Sheldon Smith

Actors:
George Peppard ..... Thomas Banacek
Christine Belford ..... Carlie Kirkland
Gary Lockwood ..... Owen Russell
Don Stroud ..... Vince O'Hara
Scott Brady ..... Davey Collier
Candy Clark ..... Gretel (as Candace Clark)
Murray Matheson ..... Felix Mulholland
Joe Maross ..... Lt. Nash
Linden Chiles ..... Henry DeWitt
Ralph Manza ..... Jay Drury
Larry Pennell ..... Pete Biesecker
Peggy Walton-Walker ..... Jennier Nesburn (as Peggy Walton)

Synopsis:

High class and high mystery is the world of suave, Polish-American Thomas Banacek (George Peppard - Breakfast at Tiffany's, The A-Team), Boston's leading insurance investigator. Banacek is called in to investigate the most baffling and ingenious of crimes which have exhausted the minds of all others. Using logic and with the aid of his chauffeur, his chess-playing associate and a bevy of beautiful women, Banacek launches intricate investigations to reveal, like a magician, the solution to inexplainable crimes.
This 4 DVD set includes the original feature-length pilot movie that launched the hit series, plus all 7 feature-length episodes from the first season including guest appearances from: STEFANIE POWERS (Hart to Hart), MADLYN RHUE (Murder She Wrote), BRODERICK CRAWFORD (All The Kings Men), MARGOT KIDDER (Superman), STELLA STEVENS (The Nutty Professor), JESSICA WALTER (Arrested Development).

Banacek is a Boston Brahmin who maintains his lifestyle by locating or recovering stolen or missing items that were stolen in an extraordinary or peculiar manner, for insurance companies for 10% of their insured value. He is assisted by his friend, Felix. He is also not liked by Henry Dewitt, the insurance company rep who doesn't like being beholden to him. And during the second season, he had a rival-love interest in Carlie Kirkland, an insurance investigator who works for DeWitt.
Season 1
Detour to Nowhere
S1, Ep0 Mar. 20, 1972
An insurance investigator tries to find an armored car carrying gold bullion that disappeared in the middle of a deserted Texas highway.
Let's Hear It for a Living Legend
S1, Ep1 Sep. 13, 1972
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.
Project Phoenix
S1, Ep2 Sep. 27, 1972
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.
No Sign of the Cross
S1, Ep3 Oct. 11, 1972
A golden cross, on it's 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.
A Million the Hard Way
S1, Ep4 Nov. 1, 1972
Banacek must figure out who stole a million dollars from a supposedly tamper-proof display case.
To Steal a King
S1, Ep5 Nov. 15, 1972
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.
Ten Thousand Dollars a Page
S1, Ep6 Jan. 10, 1973
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.
The Greatest Collection of Them All
S1, Ep7 Jan. 24, 1973
Banacek figures out how $23 million worth of paintings vanished from a moving truck transporting them from New York to Boston.
The Two Million Clams of Cap'n Jack
S1, Ep8 Feb. 7, 1973
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.

High class and mystery is the world of suave, Polish-American Thomas Banacek. Boston's leading insurance investigator, he is called in to investigate the most baffling and ingenious of crimes which have exhausted the minds of all others. Using logic and with the aid of his chauffeur and a bevy of beautiful women, Banacek launches intricate investigations to reveal, like a magician, the solution to inexplicable crimes.

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