"Banacek" Detour to Nowhere (1972)

Director:

Jack Smight

Writer:

Anthony Wilson (written by)

TV Series:

"Banacek" (1972)

Original Air Date:

20 March 1972 (Season 1, Episode 0)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

An insurance investigator tries to find an armored car carrying gold bullion that disappeared in the middle of a deserted Texas highway. |

Plot Keywords:

Detective

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Cast

George Peppard	...	Thomas Banacek
Christine Belford	...	Carlie Kirkland
Don Dubbins	...	Sheriff Jessup
Murray Matheson	...	Felix Mulholland
Russell Wiggins	...	Earl Lewis
Charles Robinson	...	Arthur Patrick McKinney (as Charles Knox Robinson)
Ralph Manza	...	Jay Drury
George Murdock	...	Cavanaugh
Ed Nelson	...	Geoff Holden
Bill Vint	...	Mackey
Victor Mohica	...	Indian Joe Hawk
Lou Frizzell	...	Denny
J. Pat O'Malley	...	Hank
Gene Dynarski	...	Loser Griffin
Mario Machado	...	1st Newscaster

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

San Diego, California, USA

Company:

Universal TV

Movie Connections:

Followed by "Banacek" (1972)

not really a TV movie

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

This is not a TV movie, but an episode, a pilot one for the series.

Nevertheless a good episode, talkative with a few action, but inventive.

Banacek - a mix up between private investigator and bounty hunter - go for search about a vanishing armored truck in the middle of the desert. Of course he faces the local population: sheriff, drunken guys, Indian worker just out of jail and a big land owner. The prime suspect, of course.

But...

For me, it is not a TV movie. I guess the other episodes look the same.