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Banyon(TV show/series, 1972-1973)

45min per episode | Genre: Drama

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 15 episodes

BanyonRating: 3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Banyon is a detective series broadcast in the United States by NBC as part of its 1972–73 television schedule, though a standalone two-hour television movie was broadcast first in March 1971. The series was a Quinn Martin Production (in association with Warner Bros. Television), the first-ever show Martin made for the NBC network, though he did not produce the pilot. Banyon was a period drama set in the late 1930s in Los Angeles. It concerned the life of private investigator Miles C. Banyon (Robert Forster), a tough-but-honest detective who would accept essentially any case for US$20/day. Located in the same complex (the famed Bradbury Building) as Banyon's office was the secretarial school operated by Peggy Revere (Joan Blondell). By an agreement between Banyon and Revere, part of the training provided to these young women was a period serving as Banyon's secretary; this gave him the advantage of not having to provide a salary for a secretary but meant that he never had the same one long enough for her to become a truly knowledgeable or reliable assistant. Besides Revere, the other ongoing femal... ()
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About Banyon

The adventures of 1930's Los Angeles private eye Miles Banyon.

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Banyon Seasons and Episodes

09/15/1972Season 1 - 15 episodes
#1 | 09/15/1972The Decent Thing to Do
When a man who hires Banyon as his bodyguard is murdered, Banyon does his best to solve the crime.
#2 | 09/22/1972The Old College Try
Banyon solves a campus killing and saves a bereaved father from the clutches of a greedy woman.
#3 | 09/29/1972The Graveyard Vote
Banyon discovers that politics makes strange dead fellows.
#4 | 10/06/1972Completely Out of Print
Banyon turns literary detective and finds himself involved in another murder case.
#5 | 10/13/1972Meal Ticket
When a hulking Basque prize fighter refuses to purposely lose a match for some dishonest gamblers, it means murder and another case for Banyon.
#6 | 10/27/1972The Clay Clarinet
A band leader hires Banyon to find out who is trying to kill him.
#7 | 11/03/1972Dead End
Banyon lays to rest a ""ghost"" that has been haunting his friend, Police Lt. Pete McNeil, for seven years.
#8 | 11/10/1972Time to Kill
Behind the scenes of a dance marathon of the 1930s, Banyon exposes a death hoax and the ""second lift"" of an ex-Busby Berkeley chorus girl.
#9 | 11/17/1972Think of Me Kindly
Banyon walks in a dead man's shoes to solve two murders for the price of one.
#10 | 11/24/1972A Date with Death
Banyon probes the sordid past of a taxi dancer to find out who killed her.
#11 | 12/01/1972Sally Overman Is Missing
Stolen information smuggled in the brain of Banyon's beautiful secretary makes her a target for murder.
#12 | 12/08/1972The Lady Killer
Banyon solves a murder in Pasadena's millionaires' row.
#13 | 12/15/1972The Murder Game
A former girlfriend re-enters Banyon's life in a case involving a missing diamonds.
#14 | 12/22/1972Just Once
To solve a brand new murder, Banyon pieces together the solution to a five-year-old financial district heist.
#15 | 01/12/1973Time Lapse
Banyon exposes a phony gang slaying and frees a double-crossing beauty from an ivory tower.

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 3 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Italian (IT)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 09/15/1972
Last episode released on: 01/12/1973

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