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Banyon (1971)

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, Rovi

Starring:: Robert Forster, Darren McGavin, (more)

Director(s):: Robert Day

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Synopsis of Banyon

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, Rovi

Complete Cast of Banyon

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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