''Bring 'Em Back Alive'' is an
adventure
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television series starring
Bruce Boxleitner
Bruce William Boxleitner (born May 12, 1950) is an American actor and science fiction and suspense writer. He is known for his leading roles in the television series '' How the West Was Won'', '' Bring 'Em Back Alive'', ''Scarecrow and Mrs. King ...
,
Cindy Morgan
Cindy Morgan (born Cynthia Ann Cichorski; September 29, 1954) is an American actress known for her appearances as Lora/Yori in ''Tron'' and Lacey Underall in ''Caddyshack''.
Life and career
Morgan was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Polish and ...
, and
Ron O'Neal
Ron O'Neal (September 1, 1937 – January 14, 2004) was an American actor, director and screenwriter, who rose to fame in his role as Youngblood Priest, a New York cocaine dealer, in the blaxploitation film '' Super Fly'' (1972) and its seq ...
.
Premise
Frank Buck is big game trapper and collector of wild animals who works out of the
Raffles Hotel
Raffles Hotel is a British colonial-style luxury hotel in Singapore. It was established by Armenian hoteliers, the Sarkies Brothers, in 1887. The hotel was named after British statesman Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the founder of modern S ...
bar in Singapore during the 1930s fighting a range of villains in pre-war
Malaya. He is assisted in his adventures by U.S. Consul Gloria Marlowe, and Ali, Buck's friend and number-one boy.
Cast
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Bruce Boxleitner
Bruce William Boxleitner (born May 12, 1950) is an American actor and science fiction and suspense writer. He is known for his leading roles in the television series '' How the West Was Won'', '' Bring 'Em Back Alive'', ''Scarecrow and Mrs. King ...
as
Frank Buck, big game trapper and collector of wild animals
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Cindy Morgan
Cindy Morgan (born Cynthia Ann Cichorski; September 29, 1954) is an American actress known for her appearances as Lora/Yori in ''Tron'' and Lacey Underall in ''Caddyshack''.
Life and career
Morgan was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Polish and ...
as Gloria Marlowe, United States Consul, Singapore
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Clyde Kusatsu
Clyde Kusatsu (born September 13, 1948) is an American actor and trade union leader of Japanese descent. Since 2013, he has served as the National Vice President of SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles Local.
Life and career
Clyde Kusatsu was born in Hawaii a ...
as Ali, Buck's friend and number-one boy
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Ron O'Neal
Ron O'Neal (September 1, 1937 – January 14, 2004) was an American actor, director and screenwriter, who rose to fame in his role as Youngblood Priest, a New York cocaine dealer, in the blaxploitation film '' Super Fly'' (1972) and its seq ...
as H.H., His Royal Highness, the
Sultan of Johore
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*
Sean McClory
Séan Joseph McClory (8 March 1924 – 10 December 2003) was an Irish actor whose career spanned six decades and included well over 100 films and television series. He was sometimes billed as Shawn McGlory or Sean McGlory.
Early years
M ...
as Myles Delaney, manager of the
Raffles Hotel
Raffles Hotel is a British colonial-style luxury hotel in Singapore. It was established by Armenian hoteliers, the Sarkies Brothers, in 1887. The hotel was named after British statesman Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the founder of modern S ...
*
John A. Zee
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* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
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Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second ...
as G.B. Von Turgo,
smuggler
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There are various ...
and
kingpin of the Singapore
underworld
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...
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Harvey Jason
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Career
A character actor in films including ''The Gumball Rally'' and'' The Lost Worl ...
as Bhundi
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George Lazenby
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as Captain Hayward, Head of the Palace Guard
Production
The show was based on a 1930 book, ''
Bring 'Em Back Alive'', written by well-known big-game trapper
Frank Buck. Buck appeared in several movies, including a 1932 adaptation of the book, and is remembered by
serial fans as the star of ''
Jungle Menace
''Jungle Menace'' (1937) is the first serial (film), serial released by Columbia Pictures.
Based on the success of Republic Pictures's 1936 serial ''Darkest Africa'', starring real-life animal trainer Clyde Beatty, Columbia made this exotic j ...
''. Set in
Singapore
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, it was one of several shows, along with the likes of ''
Tales of the Gold Monkey
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'', to try to capitalize on the public's renewed interest in old adventure serials catalyzed by the cinematic success of ''
Raiders of the Lost Ark
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''.
Bruce Boxleitner
Bruce William Boxleitner (born May 12, 1950) is an American actor and science fiction and suspense writer. He is known for his leading roles in the television series '' How the West Was Won'', '' Bring 'Em Back Alive'', ''Scarecrow and Mrs. King ...
and
Cindy Morgan
Cindy Morgan (born Cynthia Ann Cichorski; September 29, 1954) is an American actress known for her appearances as Lora/Yori in ''Tron'' and Lacey Underall in ''Caddyshack''.
Life and career
Morgan was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Polish and ...
were cast after having co-starred together in the
Walt Disney Productions
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feature film ''
Tron
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'' the same year.
Broadcast
The series was shown in the United States from September 1982 to May 1983. The television series lasted only 17 episodes before being cancelled because of low ratings. The show was scheduled against NBC's top-10 hit ''
The A-Team
''The A-Team'' is an American action-adventure television series that ran on NBC from January 1983 to March 1987 about former members of a fictitious United States Army Special Forces unit. The four members of the team were tried by court marti ...
'', and ABC's top-30 hits ''
Happy Days
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'' and ''
Laverne & Shirley
''Laverne & Shirley'' (originally ''Laverne DeFazio & Shirley Feeney'') is an American sitcom television series that played for eight seasons on ABC from January 27, 1976, to May 10, 1983. A spin-off of ''Happy Days'', ''Laverne & Shirley'' star ...
''.
Episodes
Ratings
References
External links
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1982 American television series debuts
1983 American television series endings
American action adventure television series
CBS original programming
English-language television shows
Television series by Sony Pictures Television
Television series set in the 1930s
Television shows set in Hawaii
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