"In the tradition of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. The private eye of the thirties returns." 15 March 1971 Drama, Crime, Mystery 100 mins
Miles C. Banyon is a private investigator in 1930s Los Angeles. In this TV movie—which served as the pilot episode for the short-lived TV show—Banyon's new client, a young woman, is found dead in his office...shot with his own gun.
Watch the official Banyon 1971 trailer in HD below or find more Banyon videos on Vidimovie.
Robert Forster as Miles C. Banyon
Darren McGavin as Lieutenant Pete Cordova
José Ferrer as Lee Jennings
Anjanette Comer as Diane Jennings
Herb Edelman as Harry Sprague
Hermione Gingold as Peggy Revere
Leslie Parrish as Ruth Sprague
Ray Danton as Victor Pappas
Deidre Daniels as Irene Fortolla
Stanley Adams as Eddie Dolan
Carla Borelli as Joan
Ted Hartley as Sonny Arnheim
Paul Hampton as David
Alvin Childress as Mr. Clayton
Jeff Morris as Billy
Anne Randall as Linda Hayden
Ed Adamson Writer
Robert Day Director
Richard Alan Simmons Producer
Jamie Caylor Editor
Lamar Boren Cinematography
Ed Adamson Producer
Leonard Rosenman Original Music Composer
United States 15 March 1971
More movie trailers, teasers, and clips from Banyon:
Several years ago I posted on this page a version of the opening title sequence from "Banyon" the 1972-1973 NBC-TV series starring Robert Forster as a ...
Opening title sequence from the underappreciated 1972-1973 NBC-TV drama starring Robert Forster as a 1930s private eye in Los Angeles California.
This is the opening from the 1971 NBC teleflick "Banyon" introducing Robert Forster in the role of Miles C. Banyon a loner private eye working in Los Angeles ...
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1971:
07 May 1971
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01 January 1971
This short experimental film from Peter Foldès hails from the very early days of computer animation.
07 April 1971
The San Francisco area is beset by a series of seemingly random murders without motive or pattern. The police are taunted by phone calls and letters.
28 July 1971
A neurosurgeon with a cheating wife takes an amnesiac into his home and conditions him to believe that the cheating wife is his own and to take the "appropriate" action.
24 December 1971
Pretty Aninka is terribly lazy, she just wants to sleep, her mother tries in vain to get her to do any work.
03 July 1971
A grim, merciless gunfighter known as Santana protects a young woman from the murderers of her family members and at the same time pursues a revenge against a traitor responsible for the death of his fellow soldiers years before.
21 August 1971
An amusingly drawn cartoon about a highly proficient lady bricklayer, graduate of Specialists' School, whose work takes her high up in the world, and her erstwhile friend, whose equally dedicated professionalism brings him lower.
01 January 1971
This period compilation of documentaries shot with a Portapak camera from the early era of video experimentation offers an immediate view of the independent New York art scene (concerts and theater perfomances on the streets and in the clubs of downtown).
Have you watched Banyon yet? What did you think about it?
Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1971 Warner Bros. Television, Quinn Martin Productions (QM).
