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About Banshee
A recently paroled master thief assumes the identity of Sheriff Lucas Hood in Banshee, Pa., where his former lover and partner in crime relocated years ago and reinvented herself as Carrie Hopewell, the wife of the town's prosecutor. As Lucas attempts to reunite with Carrie and keep his past a secret, he resumes his life of crime, even as he's hunted by the shadowy gangsters he betrayed years earlier, including a mob boss who seeks revenge against Lucas and Carrie for the jewel heist that landed Lucas in prison.
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Loading...| Show Name | Banshee |
| Network | Cinemax |
| Year | 2013 |
| Top Cast | Antony Starr Ivana Milicevic Ulrich Thomsen |
| Genres | Action Crime Drama |
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