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List Price: $29.95 | | Label: Arts Alliance Amer
Salesrank: 29901
Released: January 22, 2008 |
| Our Price: $16.92 |
| Used Price: $11.00 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
A self-made millionaire and living in Boston's posh Beacon Hill area Thomas Banacek (played by George Peppard) has a taste for only the finest things. Being of Polish decent he also loves to recite enigmatic Polish proverbs. Banacek is aided in his efforts by his limo chauffer and gofer Jay (played by Ralph Manza). Jay usually has his own ideas on how the items were taken and also has dreams of recovering the items himself first and get the reward. Banacek also relies heavily on his close friend and bibliophile/bookstore owner Felix Mulholland (played by Murray Matheson) to help in background research. Insurance companies are loath to call on his services for the recovery of lost or stolen insured items because of these fees. Nevertheless they call on him when they get stuck as no one else can solve these impossible cases.System Requirements:Running Time: 576 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 829567045725 Manufacturer No: 670457
Banacek - The Second Season Reviews:
Banacek of Old, Rides Again 
2009-10-03 - I have played one of the movies [eight in the series of the second season]and it is very good. I liked the Banacek series. I like
George Peppard. Why it only ran 2 seasons is a mystery to me.
Banacek - You can't beat this show! It's great!
2008-10-30 - I had earlier purchased "Banacek" (First & Second Seasons) from another merchant supposedly in the USA. My DVD's arrived from China, utilising some inferior kind of DVD recording material. When the DVD's got warm, they stopped. Nothing known to man could re-start them. Not only that, they were pirated, off air from a TV station somewhere in the USA. And the picture quality was dreadfully poor. In desperation, loving "Banacek", and wanting to own great quality DVD's of the show, I ordered with Amazon.com and I am kicking myself I didn't order with them in the first place! The DVD's from Amazon.com are excellent quality, absolutely legal (no pirated copies) and the show content is the best. George Peppard is really in his element in this role, it was made for him. The support acting by Christine Belford, Murray Matheson and Ralph Manza is just brilliant. Great scripts, always moving along at the right pace, believable plots, the plots also technically possible, and the whole experience is simply good-good-good! Buy the DVD set and enjoy hours of watching freelance insurance investigator Thomas Banacek outdo insurance company investigators and win his 10 percent bounty.
A 70s classic 
2008-10-23 - If you like the 70s and a mystery story that keeps your interest, this is it. The 70s style (dress, cars, lingo) abounds in this series and the storyline grabs your interest until the end. And, the solution to the mystery is always a surprise.
Not the a-team
2008-06-21 - +Before the a team there was Banacek, a well written ,witty,enjoyable crime solving drama series.
The Good Old Days
2008-05-09 - Having been a fan of George Peppard and in particular, Banacek, it was great to see them come out with the series on DVD. Just like the first season, this Polish sleuth digs up the unseen clues to reveal the where abouts of the stolen item. He's got class. He's definitely not PC (a relief and joy). Add to that the vintage cars we occasionally get to see him drive and you've got a blast. Don't hesitate to get this second season.
