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Banacek

TV·1972–1974·NBC·Drama, Crime, Mystery·1h 30m·6.8·Created by Anthony Wilson

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Thomas Banacek is an investigator who takes on "impossible cases" for insurance companies. In return for a finder's fee, Banacek will find a missing insured item. If a football player disappears in the middle of a play in front of thousands of fans, or an experimental rocket engine disappears in full view of a hundred witnesses at an exhibition hall... Banacek is the man to find them.

Cast

George PeppardGeorge PeppardThomas BanacekMurray MathesonMurray MathesonFelix MulhollandRalph ManzaRalph ManzaJay DruryChristine BelfordChristine BelfordCaroline "Carlie" Kirkland

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