The Best Episodes of Banacek Season 1

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.4/10(280 votes)

   #1 - 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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   7.6/10(243 votes)

   #2 - 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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   7.4/10(223 votes)

   #3 - 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

   Writer:Unknown
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   7.4/10(221 votes)

   #4 - 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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   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown
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   7.7/10(198 votes)

   #5 - 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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   7.5/10(198 votes)

   #6 - 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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   7.7/10(174 votes)

   #7 - 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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   Director:Unknown

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   7.3/10(172 votes)

   #8 - 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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   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown