American detective television series starring George Peppard aired on NBC from 1972 to 1974. Peppard played Thomas Banacek, a freelance, Boston-based private investigator who solves seemingly impossible thefts. The series was part of the rotating NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie anthology.
Thomas Banacek is a Polish-American freelance, Boston-based private investigator who solves seemingly impossible thefts. He collects from the insurance companies 10% of the insured value of the recovered property. One of his verbal signatures is the quotation of strangely worded yet curiously cogent "Polish proverbs"
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