Season 1 (1972)
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Episodes 8
Let's Hear It for a Living Legend
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.
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Project Phoenix
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.
Read MoreNo Sign of the Cross
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.
Read MoreA Million the Hard Way
Banacek must figure out who stole a million dollars from a supposedly tamper-proof display case.
Read MoreTo Steal a King
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.
Read MoreTen Thousand Dollars a Page
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.
Read MoreThe Greatest Collection of Them All
Banacek figures out how $23 million worth of paintings vanished from a moving truck transporting them from New York to Boston.
Read MoreThe Two Million Clams of Cap'n Jack
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.
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