"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."
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
Joseph Ruskin
as Carl Horner
Jeff Morris
as Billy
Anne Randall
as Linda Hayden
John Lawrence
as Willie Douglas
Ned Glass
as Lou Moran
Jason Wingreen
as Dr. Greenbaum
John Craig
as Doorman
Florence Lake
as Elderly Waitress
Cathleen Cordell
as Mrs. Fontaine
Robert Shields
as Mechanical Man
Ed Adamson
Writer
Robert Day
Director
Jamie Caylor
Editor
Lamar Boren
Cinematography
Producer
Leonard Rosenman
Original Music Composer
Richard Alan Simmons