''Bring 'Em Back Alive'' is an

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television series starring Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan, and Ron O'Neal.

Premise

Frank Buck is a big game trapper and collector of wild animals who works out of the Raffles Hotel 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

* Bruce Boxleitner as Frank Buck, big game trapper and collector of wild animals * Cindy Morgan as Gloria Marlowe, United States Consul, Singapore * Clyde Kusatsu as Ali, Buck's friend and number-one boy * Ron O'Neal as H.H., His Royal Highness, the Sultan of Johore * Sean McClory as Myles Delaney, manager of the Raffles Hotel * John A. Zee as G.B. Von Turgo,

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and kingpin of the Singapore

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* Harvey Jason as Bhundi * George Lazenby 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''. Set in

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, it was one of several shows, along with the likes of '' Tales of the Gold Monkey'', 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''. The show often hearkened back to the cliffhanger endings of serial installments by having a cliffhanger before a commercial such as Buck's truck literally going off a cliff, then after the commercial break showing him jumping from the truck before it went over. Bruce Boxleitner and Cindy Morgan were cast after having co-starred together in the Walt Disney Productions feature film '' Tron'' 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 ''

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'', and ABC's top-30 hits ''

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'' and '' Laverne & Shirley''.

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* * 1982 American television series debuts 1983 American television series endings American action adventure television series CBS television dramas American English-language television shows Television series by Sony Pictures Television Television series set in the 1930s Television shows set in Singapore {{US-drama-tv-prog-stub