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Banyon (1972)

Banyon poster
Genre
neo-noir
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 15 episodes
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A private detective in the 1930s investigates cases in a city full of secrets. He works through crime and corruption while dealing with his own complicated past.

noirmysteriousretroslow-pacedmelancholicgrittydetectiveperiod

What happens

Banyon is a detective series broadcast in the United States by NBC as part of its 1972–73 television schedule. The series was broadcast on Fridays from 10:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. EST beginning September 15, 1972, with the final episode shown on January 12, 1973. A standalone two-hour television movie was broadcast in 1971. The series was a Quinn Martin Production (in association with Warner Bros. Television). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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