

Banacek
1972–1974 · NBC · 90 min · 2 seasons
S02E08 · Now You See Me, Now You Don't
Wed, 13 Mar, 2:00 am
An amateur magician at a charity performance mysteriously disappears right before the police can arrest him for the theft of over $20 million in securities.
About
Thomas Banacek is an investigator who takes on "impossible cases" for insurance companies. In return for a finder's fee, Banacek will find a missing insured item. If a football player disappears in the middle of a play in front of thousands of fans, or an experimental rocket engine disappears in full view of a hundred witnesses at an exhibition hall... Banacek is the man to find them.
Episodes
- E01
No Stone Unturned
Thu, 4 Oct· 90 minChaos erupts at a museum when the colossal "Man in Harmony" statue vanishes during its own unveiling. Banacek has 48 hours to recover the stolen sculpture.
- E02
If MAX Is So Smart, Why Doesn't He Tell Us Where He Is?
Thu, 8 Nov· 90 minA massive medical super-computer (abbreviated MAX) disappears from the high-security building where it was kept.
- E03
The Three Million Dollar Piracy
Thu, 22 Nov· 90 minCarlie is on the spot when a jeweled royal carriage disappears on the same ocean liner that her and her fiancee are taking a triip,
- E04
The Vanishing Chalice
Wed, 16 Jan· 90 minA perplexing disappearance of a priceless Greek chalice casts a shadow over a private preview. Cavanaugh turns to Banacek to unravel the mystery, but with a surprising twist: Carlie Kirkland is assigned as his partner.
- E05
Horse of a Slightly Different Color
Wed, 23 Jan· 90 minA valuable race horse goes missing... in the middle of a time trial in the few seconds when it is out of sight behind a billboard.
- E06
Rocket to Oblivion
Wed, 13 Feb· 90 minAn experimental rocket engine on display disappears in the middle of an exhibition... surrounded by a hundred spectators, when the lights go out for three seconds.
- E07
Fly Me- If You Can Find Me
Wed, 20 Feb· 90 minAn airliner makes an emergency landing at a desert airfield in Hangston, Nevada after a malfunction, blowing out all six tires. The next day, the sheriff informs them that the plane has disappeared without a trace and the fight engineer watching it was murdered.
- E08
Now You See Me, Now You Don't
Wed, 13 Mar· 90 minAn amateur magician at a charity performance mysteriously disappears right before the police can arrest him for the theft of over $20 million in securities.
Cast

George Peppard
Thomas Banacek

Murray Matheson
Felix Mulholland

Ralph Manza
Jay Drury

Christine Belford
Caroline "Carlie" Kirkland







