Banyon (1971)
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Banyon is an A-number-one detective yarn set (very accurately) in the 1930s. Robert Forster, emulating John Garfield in virtually every scene, plays private eye Miles C. Banyon. Right now he's in dutch because a beautiful young woman has been found murdered--and Banyon's gun was the murder weapon. This state of affairs plunges the detective into a maelstrom of deceit and double-cross involving (among many elements) a Winchell-style radio commentator (Jose Ferrer), a paroled big-time gangster, a scar-faced assassin, and a Nazi Bund camp. Once he solves the main mystery, Banyon is faced with the unhappy Maltese Falcon task of exposing a close friend as a murderer. First telecast March 15, 1971, Banyon spawned a brief TV series one year later, with Robert Forster still in the lead. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Robert Forster - Myles C. Banyon
- José Ferrer - Lee Jennings
- Herb Edelman - Harry Sprague
- Leslie Parrish - Ruth Sprague
- Deirdre Daniels - Irene Portolla
- Carla Borelli - Joan
- Paul Hampton - David
- Joseph Ruskin - Carl Horner
- Anne Randall - Linda Hayden
- Ned Glass - Lou Moran
- John Craig - Doorman
- Cathleen Cordell - Mrs. Fontaine
- Darren McGavin - Lt. Pete Cordova
- Anjanette Comer - Diane Jennings
- Hermione Gingold - Peggy Revere
- Ray Danton - Victor Pappas
- Stanley Adams - Eddie Dolan
- Ted Hartley - Sonny Arnheim
- Alvin Childress - Mr. Clayton
- Jeff Morris - Billly
- John Lawrence - Willie Douglas
- Jason Wingreen - Dr. Greenbaum
- Florence Lake - Elderly Witness
- Robert Shields - Mechanical Man
- Director(s):
- Robert Day
- Writer(s):
- Ed Adamson
- Producer(s):
- Richard Alan Simmons, Ed Adamson
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