Banyon
A period detective series set in 1930s Los Angeles.
Banyon is a detective series that aired on NBC during the 1972–73 television season. The show was broadcast on Fridays from 10:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. EST, beginning September 15, 1972, and concluding on January 12, 1973. A standalone two-hour television movie preceded the series in 1971.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Detective fiction
- Starring
- Robert Forster
- Joan Blondell
- Richard Jaeckel
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 15 (+ 1 TV movie)
- Producer
- Quinn Martin
- Runtime
- 60 minutes
Facts from the source article.
Did You Know?
- Banyon lost in the Nielsen ratings to ABC's Love, American Style and movies on CBS.
- The series was canceled midseason due to inadequate audience.
- Quentin Tarantino hired Robert Forster for the film Jackie Brown years later, based on his performance in Banyon.
Synopsis
Banyon is a period drama set in the late 1930s in Los Angeles, following private investigator Miles C. Banyon (Robert Forster), a tough-but-honest detective who accepts any case for US$20 per day. His police contact is cynical Lieutenant Pete McNeil (Richard Jaeckel). In the same building complex, the Bradbury Building, Peggy Revere (Joan Blondell) runs a secretarial school; by agreement, her students serve as Banyon's unpaid secretaries as part of their training. Banyon's girlfriend, nightclub singer Abby Graham (Julie Gregg), repeatedly urges him to marry her.
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