Product Details

• Actors: George Peppard, Margot Kidder, Brenda Vaccaro, Michael Lerner, Victoria Principal
• Directors: n, a
• Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 5
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Arts Alliance America
• DVD Release Date: September 30, 2008
• Run Time: 1276 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001AYMMO2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,648 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Banacek: The Complete Series Box Set" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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BANACEK THE COMPLETE SERIES BOX SET - DVD Movie

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64 of 69 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Series, August 12, 2008

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David Solomon (East Brunswick, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Banacek: The Complete Series Box Set (DVD)

Those of you looking for a traditional whodunnit may be disappointed in this series. "Banacek" is more like waiting for a magician to explain his trick than finally knowing who committed the crime.

What makes the series amazing is how the writers came up with such elaborate robberies.

As I rewatched the episodes, not only did I appreciate this complexity, but I also started laughing at the hysterical Polish proverbs Banacek quotes and the dry and occasionally double entendre humor that George Peppard delivers perfectly.

When you add the humor and complexity to the great guest stars (Anne Baxter, Linda Evans, Dick Van Patten, et al.), you get a series that's a absolute treat.

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just as I remember it!, November 16, 2008

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A. Brown - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Banacek: The Complete Series Box Set (DVD)

So ... I last saw BANACEK in my early teens. Now a vague memory. Yet this CD box set has it all there and I am sharing with my 16 yr old (youngest) daughter all the (sometimes) improbable plot lines. The world has changed a lot since the 1960s ... but this is an example of very good American television that still works today ... some 40 years later. A very worthwhile buy. Andrew B - Australia.

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There's an old Polish saying...., November 5, 2008

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Susan C. Zelenal "Foley Z" (Pittsburgh PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Banacek: The Complete Series Box Set (DVD)

I slightly remember this series from the 1970s. Seeing it again is wonderful. Thomas Banacek works with insurance loss agents to recover property that has been stolen or lost. And it's always this impossible situation i.e. a football player from the middle of a huddle; a huge scientifc gizmo; a be-jeweled wedding carriage; a rail car carrying an auto prototype; a thorougbred horse from a racetrack. Only late actor George Peppard could pull off the character. He is so smug and overly-confident, but funny in a sexy way. It's also interesting to see what the styles and buzz were decades ago.