Banacek: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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.

Series details

• Title: Banacek
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery
• Premiere date: 1972-03-20
• Final broadcast date listed: 1974-03-12
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NBC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 90 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 4043

Cast and credited roles

• George Peppard — Thomas Banacek
• Murray Matheson — Felix Mulholland
• Ralph Manza — Jay Drury
• Christine Belford — Caroline "Carlie" Kirkland

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1972-03-20; final listed air date 1973-02-07; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 1973-10-03; final listed air date 1974-03-12; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Banacek on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.