P.J. Detweiler

Created by Philip H. Reisman Jr. "Gun in one hand. Woman in the other." -- the tagline from the film Here's a true rara avis of the P.I. genre: PJ, an obscure film starring a surprisingly boyish-looking George Peppard as a private eye and Raymond Burr as the not-quite-right client with both a wife and … Continue reading P.J. Detweiler

Banacek

Created by Anthony Wilson Oh-so-smug THOMAS BANACEK was a Boston-based Polish/American freelance insurance investigator whom insurance companies turned to when their own investigations have failed, in an engaging series of made-for-TV movies back in the seventies. His cockiness didn't exactly endear him to big shot insurance executive types, since calling in Banacek usually meant their … Continue reading Banacek