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(Cozi) October 17 (#1.7) 'The Greatest Collection of Them All'

posted 11 years ago by Evariste-Galois
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Banacek

WTHR-DT2 - 13.2 - Mon, 10/14, 8:00 PM 1 hr 30 min

"The Greatest Collection of Them All"

1/24/1973, Crime, Drama

Twenty-three million dollars' worth of paintings goes missing while being transported from New York to Boston for a charity art exhibit, and Banacek must track them down in order to keep the art show from being shut down.

Credits: David Spielberg (Actor), George Peppard (Actor), John Hoyt (Actor), Ralph Manza (Actor), Eugene Troobnick (Actor), Murray Matheson (Actor), Garry Walberg (Actor), Christine Belford (Actor), Gene Dynarski (Actor), Robert Doqui (Actor), George McCowan (Director), Theodore J. Flicker (Screenwriter)

e.g.

"When you're good at something, never do it for free."
Joker, "The Dark Knight"

[–] cind5 11 years ago

Where are the other actors? The always horrible Mike Farrell? And the always alluring Penny Fuller, of course when she's not playing Mrs. Drysdale from the Beverly Hillbillies.
Trivia note: My man Gene Dynarski along with George Peppard, Ralph Manza and Murray Matheason are the only actors to appear in the pilot of BANACEK and the last episode as well.
BOO-YEAH!

[–] Evariste-Galois 11 years ago

and Murray Matheason are the only actors to appear in the pilot of BANACEK and the last episode as well.

But Murray wasn't in every episode. His exception? "No Sign of the Cross". I've watched it several times and I haven't figured out a good place they could inject him into the episode...other than for him to supply the info about the mob connections Thomas knows from memory.

[–] cind5 11 years ago

I wrote that poorly, those 4 actors were in the pilot and in the last episode, not every episode.
BTW, that's the reason that SIGN OF THE CROSS is my least favorite 1st season BANACEK episode. When there is no Felix the episode suffers, alot. I was always hoping that if there was a 3rd season, they would have used Felix more.
BOO-YEAH!

[–] Evariste-Galois 11 years ago

I've wondered if it would have been too much of a cliché if someone had grabbed Felix and tasked Banacek with finding (or stealing) some particular object.

or Carlie (+/- Felix) rescuing Thomas

or Thomas rescuing Carlie

e.g.

"When you're good at something, never do it for free."
Joker, "The Dark Knight"