Banacek (1972)
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Banacek was the two-hour pilot film for the 1972-74 detective series starring George Peppard. The cigar-smoking, aphorism-spouting Peppard plays T. Banacek, Polish/American investigator for a major Boston insurance company. Independently wealthy, Banacek will only accept cases that have been deemed "unsolvable" by all previous investigators. In this pilot episode, Banacek tackles the case of a Brink's-truck hijacking in the middle of a Texas roadway. The truck and its costly cargo has seemingly vanished into thin air, and the cops are stymied. But with Banacek on the case, we learn that the whole affair was an elaborately orchestrated inside job. The subsequent Banacek series was a component of The NBC Wednesday Movie. The pilot film has been reissued to TV as Detour to Nowhere. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- George Peppard - Thomas Banacek
- Don Dubbins - Sheriff Jessup
- Russell Wiggins - Earl Lewis
- Ralph Manza - Jay Drury
- Ed Nelson - Geoff Holden
- Victor Mojica - Joe Hawk
- Gene Dynarski - Loser Griffin
- J. Pat O'Malley - Hawk
- Larry Burrell - 2nd Newscaster
- Christine Belford - Charlie Kirkland
- Murray Matheson - Felix Mulholland
- Charles Knox Robinson - Arthur Patrick McKinley
- George Murdock - Cavanaugh
- Bill Vint - Deputy Bill Macey
- Lou Frizzell - Denny
- Mario Machado - 1st Newscaster
- Dee Gardner - Sharon
- Director(s):
- Jack Smight
- Writer(s):
- Anthony Wilson
- Producer(s):
- George Eckstein, Steven Bochco
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