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Banyon

TV·1972–1973·1 season, 15 episodes·NBC·Drama·45m

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The adventures of 1930's Los Angeles private eye Miles Banyon.

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Episodes by season

Season0115Episodes1972–73AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01The Decent Thing to DoSeptember 15, 1972When a man who hires Banyon as his bodyguard is murdered, Banyon does his best to solve the crime.
  2. S01E02The Old College TrySeptember 22, 1972Banyon solves a campus killing and saves a bereaved father from the clutches of a greedy woman.
  3. S01E03The Graveyard VoteSeptember 29, 1972Banyon discovers that politics makes strange dead fellows.
  4. S01E04Completely Out of PrintOctober 6, 1972Banyon turns literary detective and finds himself involved in another murder case.
  5. S01E05Meal TicketOctober 13, 1972When a hulking Basque prize fighter refuses to purposely lose a match for some dishonest gamblers, it means murder and another case for Bany
  6. S01E06The Clay ClarinetOctober 27, 1972A band leader hires Banyon to find out who is trying to kill him.
  7. S01E07Dead EndNovember 3, 1972Banyon lays to rest a ""ghost"" that has been haunting his friend, Police Lt. Pete McNeil, for seven years.
  8. S01E08Time to KillNovember 10, 1972Behind the scenes of a dance marathon of the 1930s, Banyon exposes a death hoax and the ""second lift"" of an ex-Busby Berkeley chorus girl.
  9. S01E09Think of Me KindlyNovember 17, 1972Banyon walks in a dead man's shoes to solve two murders for the price of one.
  10. S01E10A Date with DeathNovember 24, 1972Banyon probes the sordid past of a taxi dancer to find out who killed her.
  11. S01E11Sally Overman Is MissingDecember 1, 1972Stolen information smuggled in the brain of Banyon's beautiful secretary makes her a target for murder.
  12. S01E12The Lady KillerDecember 8, 1972Banyon solves a murder in Pasadena's millionaires' row.
  13. S01E13The Murder GameDecember 15, 1972A former girlfriend re-enters Banyon's life in a case involving a missing diamonds.
  14. S01E14Just OnceDecember 22, 1972To solve a brand new murder, Banyon pieces together the solution to a five-year-old financial district heist.
  15. S01E15Time LapseJanuary 12, 1973Banyon exposes a phony gang slaying and frees a double-crossing beauty from an ivory tower.

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