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Banacek (one of the rotating elements of The NBC Mystery Movie) is a short-lived, light-hearted detective TV series starring George Peppard which aired on NBC from 1972 to 1974. Peppard played Thomas Banacek, a suave, Polish-American freelance investigator based in Boston, who solved seemingly impossible thefts. He then collected from the insurance companies 10% of the insured value of the recovered property. Also featured were Ralph Manza as Banacek's chauffeur Jay Drury, Murray Matheson as rare-bookstore owner and information source Felix Mulholland and Christine Belford as Carlie Kirkland, Banacek's sometime-lover and always-rival.

Banacek was part of the NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie lineup, and was the only spoke of this Wheel Program to run in both seasons.

Banacek provides examples of:

Cool Car: The AMX-400 from the second episode.
Girl of the Week
Hey, It's That Guy!: Harry Mudd and Proconsul Claudius are brothers. And crooks too... who'd a thought?
Insurance Fraud: The only type of crime investigated.
Locked Room Mystery
Mile-High Club: "A Million the Hard Way"
No Pronunciation Guide: Banacek has to correct someone's pronunciation of his name in every episode. Not Banna-seck but Banna-check. (And sometimes he corrects the spelling: "B-A-N-A-C-E-K, just like it sounds.")
Once an Episode: Jay suggests a solution to the mystery, which Banacek immediatly finds a flaw with.
Running Gag: Banacek's Polish proverbs, Jay suggests his solution to the mystery.
Wheel Program

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 * [[Cool Car]]: The AMX-400 from the second episode.
 * [[Girl of the Week]]
-* [[Hey It's That Guy]]: [[Star Trek the Original Series|Harry Mudd and Proconsul Claudius]] are brothers. {{spoiler|And crooks too... who'd a thought?}}
+* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[Star Trek the Original Series|Harry Mudd and Proconsul Claudius]] are brothers. {{spoiler|And crooks too... who'd a thought?}}
 * [[Insurance Fraud]]: The only type of crime investigated.
 * [[Locked Room Mystery]]
-* [[Mile High Club]]: "A Million the Hard Way"
+* [[Mile-High Club]]: "A Million the Hard Way"
 * [[No Pronunciation Guide]]: Banacek has to correct someone's pronunciation of his name in ''every'' episode. Not Banna-seck but Banna-check. (And sometimes he corrects the spelling: "B-A-N-A-C-E-K, just like it sounds.")
 * [[Once an Episode]]: Jay suggests a solution to the mystery, which Banacek immediatly finds a flaw with.