The Best Episodes of Banacek

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   7.8/10(193 votes)

   #1 - Fly Me- If You Can Find Me

   S2:E72/19/1974

   A charter company jetliner makes an emergency landing at a small desert airstrip, blowing all of its tires and leaving a shaken flight crew. The next morning finds the pilot left guarding the plane dead and the airstrip empty of the immovable aircraft. Enter Banacek - in a chauffeur-driven jeep - to sort out the convolutions of pilots, stewardesses, old business partners and more to learn where the crippled plane has gone.

   Director:Bernard L. Kowalski

   Writer:Harold Livingston

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   Director:Bernard L. Kowalski

   Writer:Harold Livingston
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   7.7/10(198 votes)

   #2 - To Steal a King

   S1:E511/15/1972

   A king's ransom in precious coins vanishes from a hotel-suite vault while the owners sleep only a few feet away. Banacek arrives to figure out how the impossible to open vault was so easily breached without a sign left behind.

   Director:Lou Antonio

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Lou Antonio

   Writer:Unknown
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   7.7/10(174 votes)

   #3 - The Greatest Collection of Them All

   S1:E71/24/1973

   Banacek figures out how $23 million worth of paintings vanished from a moving truck transporting them from New York to Boston.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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   7.6/10(243 votes)

   #4 - Project Phoenix

   S1:E29/27/1972

   The multi-million dollar Phoenix, prototype for a revolutionary new car, disappears from a non-stop train en route to Boston - flat-car included. Banacek is called in to find the missing vehicle before a huge insurance claim must be paid.

   Director:Richard T. Heffron

   Writer:David Moessinger

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   Director:Richard T. Heffron

   Writer:David Moessinger
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   7.6/10(179 votes)

   #5 - No Stone Unturned

   S2:E110/3/1973

   "Man in Harmony," a 3-ton, 11-foot tall sculpture is missing at its gala unveiling. The 5-foot pedestal to which it was attached is all that remains to mark the theft. A ransom demand threatening to turn the large stone into gravel unless $500,000 is paid further complicates the case. Working, and competing, with a Boston Insurance Company colleague, Banacek has only two days to find the statue and collect his fee.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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   7.6/10(185 votes)

   #6 - The Three Million Dollar Piracy

   S2:E311/21/1973

   A three-million dollar wedding coach, being sent overseas, disappears shortly after being placed into a shipping container and loaded aboard ship, under the watchful eyes of two Boston Insurance Company employees. Enter Banacek, who must figure out the puzzling theft and find the coach before the ship sails to collect his ten percent.

   Director:Andrew V. McLaglen

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Andrew V. McLaglen

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   7.6/10(169 votes)

   #7 - Horse of a Slightly Different Color

   S2:E51/22/1974

   Thoroughbred-owner Katherine Wells finished an interview at the track, then in confidence tells her horse trainer that she is quitting racing and sold her prized thoroughbred for $5,000,000. That after morning workout, the transfer would be official. Before new owner and camera crew, Oxford Dunn starts his quarter run.. yet a different horse finishes - with no time to switch in the "Horse of a Slightly Different Color." It's another impossible puzzle for Banacek.

   Director:Herschel Daugherty

   Writer:Jimmy Sangster

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   Director:Herschel Daugherty

   Writer:Jimmy Sangster
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   7.5/10(198 votes)

   #8 - Ten Thousand Dollars a Page

   S1:E61/10/1973

   When a priceless book vanishes from a sealed display case in a room that no thief could possibly escape, it's up to Banacek to show how someone beat the supposedly foolproof alarms to make off with the artifact.

   Director:Richard T. Heffron

   Writer:Paul Playdon

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   Director:Richard T. Heffron

   Writer:Paul Playdon
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   7.4/10(280 votes)

   #9 - Let's Hear It for a Living Legend

   S1:E19/13/1972

   When a football player vanishes from the field in full view of network cameras and a live audience, it's up to Banacek to figure out how his kidnappers spirited him away without a trace.

   Director:Jack Smight

   Writer:Del Reisman

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   Director:Jack Smight

   Writer:Del Reisman
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    7.4/10(223 votes)

    #10 - No Sign of the Cross

    S1:E310/11/1972

    A golden cross, on its way from a Mexican church to an American gangster anxious to reform his image, turns into worthless junk without ever leaving the possession of the couriers sent to deliver it. Banacek must figure out where and how the switch was pulled off.

    Director:Daryl Duke

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Daryl Duke

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    7.4/10(221 votes)

    #11 - A Million the Hard Way

    S1:E411/1/1972

    Banacek must figure out who stole a million dollars from a supposedly tamper-proof display case.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.4/10(178 votes)

    #12 - If Max Is So Smart, Why Doesn't He Tell Us Where He Is?

    S2:E211/7/1973

    One morning Max - a huge, complex computer system - is missing from the locked, alarmed and guarded building he filled just the night before. Banacek steps in to find out how tons of computer machinery could be sneaked out leaving only bare walls.

    Director:Bernard L. Kowalski

    Writer:Robert Van Scoyk

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    Director:Bernard L. Kowalski

    Writer:Robert Van Scoyk
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    7.4/10(166 votes)

    #13 - The Vanishing Chalice

    S2:E41/15/1974

    A one-of-a-kind Greek chalice worth 1.5 million dollars is stolen in front of many witnesses.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.3/10(172 votes)

    #14 - The Two Million Clams of Cap'n Jack

    S1:E82/7/1973

    Just before Cap'n Jack's seafood restaurant franchise is set to go public, millions of dollars in stock certificates are stolen from a non-stop elevator, leaving Banacek to find them before someone walks through walls with a fortune.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.3/10(158 votes)

    #15 - Now You See Me, Now You Don't

    S2:E83/12/1974

    A stage magician vanishes in the middle of his act, as he is about to be arrested on suspicion of a $1,750,000 securities fraud. Banacek is called in to try to recover the missing money and solve the mystery of the disappearing man.

    Director:Bernard McEveety

    Writer:Stanley Roberts

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    Director:Bernard McEveety

    Writer:Stanley Roberts
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    7.2/10(166 votes)

    #16 - Rocket to Oblivion

    S2:E62/12/1974

    A small but powerful prototype engine sits sealed in a rotating display case in the middle of a crowded trade-show floor. A power failure turns out the lights for a few seconds, and when the lights return, the rocket engine has vanished. Banacek must beat his competition to the solution before Federal agents step in.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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