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Banacek: Created by Anthony Wilson. With George Peppard, Ralph Manza, Murray Matheson, Christine Belford. The adventures of proud Polish-American freelance insurance investigator Thomas Banacek.
May 1, 2021 · Banacek is a well remembered 1970’s crime drama series that aired as part of the NBC Mystery Movie series and starred George Peppard as Thomas Banacek, an insurance investigator of Polish descent. The series aired for 17 feature length episodes and ran from 1972 through to 1974.
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.
Peppard originally signed to star in a weekly hour series, but NBC instead chose to make "Banacek" a 90-minute show that would alternate with two other series on NBC "Wednesday Mystery Movie." Peppard's contract was not modified, however, leaving him free to leave the series after two seasons to pursue other projects.
Jan 1, 2015 · I’ve just discovered that several (and possibly all) episodes of the great 1970s TV series Banacek are now available for free viewing on YouTube. For two seasons, in 1972-1974, Banacek ran as part of the NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie anthology program. The mystery movie “wheel” was a great concept: a new mystery movie each week in a ninety-minute […]
No Stone Unturned: Directed by Richard T. Heffron. With George Peppard, Christine Belford, Gary Lockwood, Don Stroud. Discord at a museum when Man in Harmony, an 11' tall, 3-ton stone sculpture, disappears at its own unveiling.
Project Phoenix: Directed by Richard T. Heffron. With George Peppard, Joanna Pettet, William Windom, Herb Edelman. The multi-million dollar Phoenix, prototype for a revolutionary new car, disappears from a non-stop train en route to Boston - flat-car included.
