BANACEK SERIES(1972)
One of several way too short of seasons! This was part of the
NBC Wendsday Mystery Movie lineup, along with Madigan and Cool
Millions and later on The Snoop Sisters, Tenafly & Faraday and
Company! Starring George Pepard(A-Team), Murray Matheson
& Ralph Manza(Newhart)!
With many guest stars of the time including: Stefanie Powers,
Margo Kidder, Broderick Crawford, William Windom, William
Schallert, Cesar Romero, Gary Lockwood, Pernell Roberts, Tim
O'Conner, David Doyle, Jack Kelly, Roger C. Carmel, Victor
Jory, Ted Cassidy, Peter Marshall, Dick Van Patton, J. Pat
O'Malley, Penny Marshall and many others!
SEASON 1:
EPISODE 1: DETOUR TO NOWHERE(Mar. 20, 1972):
This was the pilot for this series which shows the
set up for the series!!
Benacek hears of a fascinating case wherein an armoured
car with 1.6 million in gold is highjacked without a clue!
Well, ok, for Banacek, there's always a clue!
Guest starring: J. Pat O'Mally(Wendy And Me, several
Disney productions), George Murdock(Battlestar Galactica
[1979], Star Trek V: The Final Frotier)!
Star Trek Connection: George Murdock(Star Trek V: The Final
Frontier, TNG episodes "The Best Of Both Worlds" Pt. ! & 2),
Gene Dynarski(TOS episodes "Mudd's Women" & "The Mark Of Gideon",
TNG episode "11011001"), David Armstrong(TOS episodes "A Taste
Of Armageddpm" and "Opperation: Anhilate!" TNG episode "The
Royale"), Jim Michael(TOS episode "A Piece Of The Action"!)! A
EPISODE 2: LET'S HEAR IT FOR A LIOVING LEGEND(Sept. 13, 1972):
This is about a football player and his sudden dissapearance
from a game! Add to that the ransom that's demanded and
Bancek is on the job!!
Guest starring: Stephanie Powers(Hart To Hart, The Girl
From U.N.C.L.E.), Marty Ingles(comedian), Robert Webber
(Moonlighting, Three Steps To Heaven), John Brodey(QB SF
49ers), Deacon Jones(DE Las Angelas Rams), Gene Washington
(WR SF 49ers), Conrad Janis(Mork And Mindy), Jock Mahoney
(The Range Rider, Yancey Darringer), Kurt Gowdey(Sportscaster)!
Star Trek connection: Madlyn Rhue(TOS episode "Space Seed")! A
EPISODE 3: PROJECT PHOENIX(Sept. 27, 1972):
A prototype of a car is stolen, along with the flatcar
that it was being shipped on!!
Guest starring here is William Windom(Murder Sher Wrote,
The Farmer's Daughter), Herb Edelman(Murder She Wrote,
The Golden Girls), Bert Convy(The Snoop Sisters, many
game shows), Stafford Repp(Batman), John Fiedler
(most itterations of Winnie The Pooh as Piglet!)!
Star Trek conection: William Windom(TOS episode "The Doomsday
Machine", TNV episode "In Harm's Way), Percy Rodrigues(TOS
episode "Court Martial"), John Fiedler(TOS episode "Wolf
In The Fold")! A
EPISODE 4: NO SIGN OF THE CROSS(Oct. 11, 1972):
A former mob boss is trying to buy his way to Heaven by
giving a revered cross to a church! In the transport of
said cross, it disappeared!!
Guest starring here are Broderick Crawfort(Highway Patrol),
Victor Jory(Gone With The Wind,, The Virginian, Manhunt),
Peter Donat(The X-Files, The Game), Louise Sorel(Days Of
Our Lives)!
Star Trek connection: Louise Sorel(TOS episode "Requiem For
Methuselah"), Ned Romero(TOS episode "A Private Little War",
TNG episode "Journey's End", VOY episode "The Fight), Kermit
Murdock(TOS episode "All Our Yesterdays"), Peter Brocco(TOS
episode "errand Of Mercy"), Adele Yoshioka(TOS episode "The
Omega Glory"), Vic Christy(TOS episode "Friday's Child"),
Bob Harks(TNG episode "Times Arrow" Pt. II, DS9 episodes
"The Storyteller" & "In The Hands Of The Prophets"), Robert
Hitchcock(TOS episode "The Devil In The Dark"), Monty O'Grady
TOS episodes "A Taste Of Armageddon" & "The Devil In The
Dark"), Gary Wright(5 episodes of TOS)! A
EPISODE 5: A MILLION THE HARD WAY(Nov. 01, 1972):
A casino is robbed of a million dollars right in front
everyone's eyes!!
Guest starring here are Margot Kidder(Duh, Lois Lane!)!
Star Trek connection: Don Keefer(TOS episode "Assignment:
Earth"), Barry Russo(TOS episodes "The Devil In The Dark" &
"The Ultimate Computer"), Robert Hitchcock(TOS episode "The
Devil In The Dark"), Ed McCready(5 episodes of TOS)! A
EPISODE 6: TO STEAL A KING(Nov. 15, 1972):
A man who's spent a years getting together a collection
or rare coins comes to a hotel where he has a private vault
with a combination that only he knows! Of course they get
stolen which seems impossible! Enter Banacek!!
Guest starring: Kevin McCarthy(Invasion Of The Body Snatchers),
Pernell Roberts(Bonanza, Trapper John M.D>))!
Star Trek connection: Roger C. Carmel(TOS episodes "Mudd's
Women" & "I, Muss"), Logan Ramsey(TOS episode "Bread And
Circuses"), David Spielberg(TNG episode "Starship Mine")! A
EPISODE 7: TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS A PAGE(Jan. 10, 1973):
A very valuabble book is protected by an unbeatable security
system! Welp, no it isn't!!
Guest starring: Stella Stevens(Playboy playmate, The Silencer,
The Nutty Professor, The Poisidon Adventure), David Doyle(Charlie's
Angels), David Wayne(Ellery Queen. Batman as the Mad Hatter), George
Linday(The Andy Griffith Show), Ted Cassidy(The Addams Family)!
Star Trek connection: Ted Cassidy(Three episodes of TOS),
Bob Harks(TNG episode "Times Arrow" Pt. II, DS9 episodes
"The Storyteller" & "In The Hands Of The Prophets"), Victor
Paul("Day Of The Dove")! A
EPISODE 8: THE GREATEST COLLECTION OF THEM ALL(Jan. 24, 1973):
A bunch of masters are are stolen en-route to a showing
with a security car in front of the truck and in back!!
Guest starring: Mike Farell(M*A*S*H[TV]), Penny Marshall
(Laverne And Shirley), Lloyd Gough(Green Hornet), Garry
Walberg(Quincy),!
Star Trek connection: David Spielberg(TNG episode "Starship
Mine"), George Murdock(Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, TNG
episodes "The Best Of Both Worlds" Pt. ! & 2), John Hoyt(TOS
episode "The Cage"), Garry Walberg(TOS episode "Balance Of
Terror"), Gene Dynarski(TOS episodes "Mudd's Women" & "The
Mark Of Gideon", TNG episode "111001001"), Robert DoQui(DS9
episode "Sons Of Mogh"), Bob Harks(TNG episode "Times Arrow"
Pt. II, DS9 episodes "The Storyteller" & "In The Hands Of
The Prophets"), Monty O'Grady TOS episodes "A Taste Of Armageddon"
& "The Devil In The Dark")! A
EPISODE 9: THE TWO MILLION CLAMS OF CAP'N JACK(Feb. 07, 1973):
Some blank securities are stolen and Banacek is out after
the perp!!
Guest starring: Jessica Walter(Arrested Development, Archer),
Andrew Duggan(Backstairs At The White House, Lancer, In Like
Flint, Burbon Street Blues), David White(Bewitched), William
Schallert(Nancy Drew Mysteries, Patty Duke Show, The Many
Loves Of Dobbie Gillis)!
Star Trek connection: William Schallert(TOS episode "The Trouble
With Tribbles", DS9 episode "Sanctuary"), Jason Evers(TOS
episode "The Wink Of An Eye"), Gregory Sierra(DS9 episode
"Second Skin"), Joan Pringle(ENT episode "Horizon")! A-
SEASON 2:
First things first: They've added a new character, another
insurance investigator named Charlie(played by Christine
Belford) who is incredibly irritating!!
EPISODES 1: NO STONE UNTURNED(Oct. 03, 1973):
A man has disappeared!! Nothing strange in that, 'cept
this particular man is 11 plus feet tall and mad of cement!
Guest starring here are: Gary Lockwood(The Lieutenent,
Follow The Sun, 2001: A Space Odyssey), Don Stroud(The
New Mike Hammer, Mrs. columbo)!
Star Trek connection: Gary Lockwood(TOS episode "Where No
Man Has Gone Before"), Benjie Bancroft(TOS episodes "A Piece
Of The Action" & "Patterns Of Force", Star Trek III: The
Search For Spock), Robert Hitchcock(TOS episode "The
Devil In The Dark")! A
EPISODE 2: IF MAX IS SO SMART, WHY DOESN'T HE TELL US WHERE HE IS(Nov. 07, 1973):
A sophisticated computer is stolen, and it's REALLY
big!!
Guest Starring: Anne Bancroft(Hotel, The Ten Commandments,
All About Eve, Batman), Jim Davis(Dallas)!
Star Trek connection: Sabrina Schraf(TOS episode "The
Paradise Syndrome"), George Murdock(Star Trek V: The
Final Frontier, TNG episodes "The Best Of Both Worlds"
Pt. ! & 2), Charlie Picerni(TOS episode "Day Of The
Dove")!! A-
EPISODE 3: THE THREE MILLION DOLLAR PIRACY(Nov. 21, 1973):
A wedding carraige for a shaw and his new bride is
being shipped across the seas in a boxcar when it
suddenly disappears!
Guest starring Dick Goutier(Get Smart, many game shows)!
Star Trek connection: Arlene Martel(TOS episode "Amok
Time"), Byron Morrow(TOS episodes "Amok Time" & "For
The World Is Hollow And I Have Touched The Sky'), Hal
Baylor(TOS episodes "The City On The Edge Of Forever" &
"Elaan Of Troyius"), David Armstrong(TOS episodes "A Taste
Of Armageddpm" and "Opperation: Anhilate!" TNG episode "The
Royale")!! A
EPISODE 4: THE VANISHING CHALICE(Jan. 15, 1974):
A valuable Greek chalice is stolen right in fornt of a
bunch of museum visitors! Banacek is called on to find
it, but he is forced to work with Charlie!!
Guest starring here is Cesar Romero(Batman[The Joker], Ocean's
Eleven[1960], ), Sue Ane Langdon(Frankie And JOhnnie,
Bachelor Father), John Saxson(Falcon Crest, The Bold
Ones)!
Star Trek connection: George Murdock(Star Trek V: The
Final Frontier, TNG episodes "The Best Of Both Worlds"
Pt. ! & 2), Robert Hitchcock(TOS episode "The Devil In
The Dark"), Clark Ross(TOS episode "A Piece Of The
Action)! A
EPISODE 5: HORSE OF A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT COLOR(Jan. 22, 1974):
A race horse is just not himself lately! Banacek is the
vet to find out why!!!
Guest starring: Anne Francis(Forbidden Planet, Honey West),
Tim O'Conner(Buck Rogers), Pamela Hensley(Buck Rogers, Matt
Houston, Marcus Welby M.D.), Harry Carry Jr.(Disney's Spin
& Marty), Allen Ludden(mostly known for Password, husband
of Betty White), Terry Wilson(Wagon Train)!
Star Trek connection: Tim O'Connor(TNG episode "The Perfect
Mate"), Willard Sage(TOS episode "The Empath")! A
EPISODE 6: ROCKET TO OBLIVION(Feb. 12, 1974):
An experimental rocket engine is stole from an expo!
There's some really bad acting in this!!
Guest starring: Linda Eveas(Big Valley, Dynasty), Dick Van
Patton(Eight Is Enough)
Star Trek connection: Andrew Prine(TNG episode "Frame Of Mind",
DS9 episode "Life Support"), Monty O'Grady(TOS episodes "A Taste
Of Armageddon" & "The Devil In The Dark"),!
EPISODE 7: FLY ME - IF YOU CAN FIND ME(Feb. 19, 1974):
A plane goes missing!
Guest starring: Victoria Principal(Dallas), Jack Kelly(Maverick)!
Star Trek connection: James Daris(TOS episode "Spock's Brain"),
Dick Durock(TOS episode "Elaan Of Troyius")!
EPISODE 8: NOW YOU SEE ME, NOW YOU DON'T(Mar. 12, 1974):
Last episode of the series!!
A magician who's deep in dept goes missing during an
magic act in a show done for handicapped children!!
Guest starring: Nancy Olson(Polyanna), Pat Harringrton
(One Day At A Time, Easy Come, Easy Go), Peter Marshall
(Hollywood Squares)!
Star Trek connection: Kathie Browne(TOS episode "Wink
Of An Eye"), Gene Dynarski(TOS episodes "Mudd's Women"
& "The Mark Of Gideon", TNG episode "111001001"), Ed
McCready(5 episodes of TOS), Clark Ross(TOS episode
"A Piece Of The Action)! A
From another reviewer at IMDb.com:
A great look back at TV show history and the times. Classic
list of actors in every episode. - vintagegeek