Banacek: Detour to Nowhere
Episode: S01 Special | Airdate: Mar 20, 1972 (120 min)
An insurance investigator seeks to locate an armored vehicle transporting gold bars that vanished along a remote Texas highway.
Episode: S01 Special | Airdate: Mar 20, 1972 (120 min)
An insurance investigator seeks to locate an armored vehicle transporting gold bars that vanished along a remote Texas highway.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 13, 1972
A player disappears... on the football field, in front of several thousand fans, in the middle of a tackle.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Sep 27, 1972
The Phoenix, a multi-million-dollar prototype of a ground-breaking new car, mysteriously vanishes from a nonstop train heading to Boston - along with the flatbed car carrying it. Banacek is brought in to track down the missing vehicle before a massive insurance pay out becomes necessary.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 11, 1972
A priceless gold crucifix appears to turn into worthless iron while being transported from a retired gangster in Mexico to a church in Los Angeles.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Nov 1, 1972
In the heart of a bustling casino, under the watchful eyes of guards, a million dollars showcased beneath a glass dome vanishes without a single clue.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Nov 15, 1972
A fortune in rare coins disappears from a hotel suite vault while the owners sleep just a few feet away. Banacek is called in to uncover how the supposedly impenetrable vault was so effortlessly accessed without leaving a trace.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Jan 10, 1973
When an invaluable book disappears from a locked display case in a room no thief could seemingly escape, Banacek must uncover how someone bypassed the so-called fool-proof alarms to steal the artifact.
Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Jan 24, 1973
Banacek unravels the mystery of how $23 million in paintings disappeared from a truck while being transported from New York to Boston.
Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Feb 7, 1973
As Cap'n Jack's seafood chain prepares to go public, millions in stock certificates vanish from a 24-hour elevator, leaving Banacek to recover them before a fortune is lost.
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Oct 3, 1973
Chaos erupts at a museum when the colossal "Man in Harmony" statue vanishes during its own unveiling. Banacek has 48 hours to recover the stolen sculpture.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Nov 7, 1973
A massive medical super-computer (abbreviated MAX) disappears from the high-security building where it was kept.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Nov 21, 1973
Carlie is on the spot when a jeweled royal carriage disappears on the same ocean liner that her and her fiancee are taking a triip,
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Jan 15, 1974
A perplexing disappearance of a priceless Greek chalice casts a shadow over a private preview. Cavanaugh turns to Banacek to unravel the mystery, but with a surprising twist: Carlie Kirkland is assigned as his partner.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Jan 22, 1974
A valuable race horse goes missing... in the middle of a time trial in the few seconds when it is out of sight behind a billboard.
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Feb 12, 1974
An experimental rocket engine on display disappears in the middle of an exhibition... surrounded by a hundred spectators, when the lights go out for three seconds.
Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Feb 19, 1974
An airliner makes an emergency landing at a desert airfield in Hangston, Nevada after a malfunction, blowing out all six tires. The next day, the sheriff informs them that the plane has disappeared without a trace and the fight engineer watching it was murdered.
Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Mar 12, 1974
An amateur magician at a charity performance mysteriously disappears right before the police can arrest him for the theft of over $20 million in securities.