George Schenck
Director
Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982)
Season 1
Bring 'Em Back Alive is an adventure television series starring Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan and Ron O'Neal. The series was shown in the United States from September 1982 to May 1983. Set in Singapore, it was one of several shows like Tales of the Gold Monkey to try to capture the success of Raiders of the Lost Ark. In reality, Frank Buck was a real big game trapper who was very famous in the 1930s. He wrote a book entitled Bring 'Em Back Alive. He appeared in several movies including a 1932 adaptation of the book and is remembered by serial fans as the star of Jungle Menace. It lasted only 17 episodes before being cancelled because of low ratings, due to being scheduled against ABC's Top 30 hits Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley.
Released Sept. 24, 1982
Episode 45 min
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Production Companies: Columbia Pictures Television, Schenck/Cardea Productions, Thompson / Bernstein / Boxleitner Productions
Network: CBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Bring 'Em Back Alive
The new American consul to Singapore asks trapper Frank Buck to search the interior for a missing American agent carrying the Japanese plans for an invasion of the Malay Peninsula.
Sept. 24, 1982, midnight
S1E2 - Seven Keys to Singapore
Frank tries to free the kidnapped H.H. without sacrificing the Japanese plans for the invasion of Singapore.
Sept. 28, 1982, midnight
S1E3 - There's One Born Every Minute
Frank competes with an old friend and rival to see who can capture a black leopard for an important client, while Gloria tries to recover the stolen jewelry of an important American woman.
Oct. 5, 1982, midnight
S1E4 - The Reel World of Frank Buck
Frank answers a cry for help from a tribe living in a hidden inland valley, whose peace has been disturbed by Nazis mining uranium-bearing ore.
Oct. 12, 1982, midnight
S1E5 - The Pied Piper
Frank gets involved with a missionary and her young charges when a downed American pilot dies at her mission after passing on information needed in Singapore.
Oct. 19, 1982, midnight
S1E6 - The Warlord
Frank and Ali agree to guide Run Run Lee, an arms dealer, to the hidden headquarters of a warlord who claims to be a descendant of a Japanese samurai.
Oct. 26, 1982, midnight
S1E7 - Thirty Hours
Ali and H.H. must find Frank and Gloria when their plane crashes in the jungle, a plight made more urgent by Frank's desperate need for medical treatment.
Nov. 16, 1982, midnight
S1E8 - Wilmer Bass and the Serengeti Kid
Frank's old friend Wilmer Bass asks him to take care of the Serengeti Kid, an old show lion who's sporting a golden collar sought by the leader of a dangerous killer cult.
Nov. 23, 1982, midnight
S1E9 - Escape From Kampoon
Frank agrees to help a Nisei intelligence agent on a trip to infiltrate Japanese intelligence and to free a friend trapped in a pseudo prison run to provide slave labor for a local maharajah.
Nov. 30, 1982, midnight
S1E10 - The Best of Enemies
Frank is chained to Bhundi when the wily thief escapes from prison and is trapped into delivering a priceless necklace to two desperate crooks.
Dec. 7, 1982, midnight
S1E11 - To Kill a Princess
Frank has to protect an old flame from assassins when she returns from America to claim her father's throne.
Jan. 8, 1983, midnight
S1E12 - Bones of Contention
Frank, H.H., and a pretty archaeologist desired by them both go in search of a skeleton believed to an ancient species of man.
Jan. 15, 1983, midnight
S1E13 - A Switch in Time
Gloria asks Frank to guide an American agent into the interior, unaware at first that the man is General MacArthur and he's seeking the defense plans for the Malay peninsula.
Jan. 22, 1983, midnight
S1E14 - The Shadow Women of Chung Tai
An old girlfriend of Frank's is kidnapped by a white slavery ring.
Jan. 29, 1983, midnight
S1E15 - The Hostage
Frank and H.H. stumble upon a Chinese triad that is planning to assassinate the Governor-General.
Feb. 12, 1983, midnight
S1E16 - Dead Run
Frank and a lady photographer are captured by a fierce tribe ruled by an escaped convict, who gives them one chance to outrun the tribe's hunters.
Feb. 19, 1983, midnight
S1E17 - Storm Warning
Frank travels with a shipload of suspects when a series of nearly fatal accidents begin to plague him.
May 31, 1983, midnight
Network: CBS
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 45 min.
Released: Sept. 24, 1982
Last Air Date: May 31, 1983, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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