Bring 'Em Back Alive
Bring 'Em Back Alive
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Bring 'Em Back Alive

5.9 / 10
1982
1 season
17 episodes
Action & Adventure

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.

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Bring 'Em Back Alive & The Shadow Riders 1982 CBS Premiere Week Promo

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  • Bring 'Em Back Alive

    1.Bring 'Em Back Alive

    24-09-1982

    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.

  • Seven Keys to Singapore

    2.Seven Keys to Singapore

    28-09-1982

    Frank tries to free the kidnapped H.H. without sacrificing the Japanese plans for the invasion of Singapore.

  • There's One Born Every Minute

    3.There's One Born Every Minute

    05-10-1982

    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 America...

  • The Reel World of Frank Buck

    4.The Reel World of Frank Buck

    12-10-1982

    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.

  • The Pied Piper

    5.The Pied Piper

    19-10-1982

    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.

  • The Warlord

    6.The Warlord

    26-10-1982

    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.

  • Thirty Hours

    7.Thirty Hours

    16-11-1982

    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.

  • Wilmer Bass and the Serengeti Kid

    8.Wilmer Bass and the Serengeti Kid

    23-11-1982

    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.

  • Escape From Kampoon

    9.Escape From Kampoon

    30-11-1982

    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...

  • The Best of Enemies

    10.The Best of Enemies

    07-12-1982

    Frank is chained to Bhundi when the wily thief escapes from prison and is trapped into delivering a priceless necklace to two desperate crooks.

  • To Kill a Princess

    11.To Kill a Princess

    08-01-1983

    Frank has to protect an old flame from assassins when she returns from America to claim her father's throne.

  • Bones of Contention

    12.Bones of Contention

    15-01-1983

    Frank, H.H., and a pretty archaeologist desired by them both go in search of a skeleton believed to an ancient species of man.

  • A Switch in Time

    13.A Switch in Time

    22-01-1983

    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.

  • The Shadow Women of Chung Tai

    14.The Shadow Women of Chung Tai

    29-01-1983

    An old girlfriend of Frank's is kidnapped by a white slavery ring.

  • The Hostage

    15.The Hostage

    12-02-1983

    Frank and H.H. stumble upon a Chinese triad that is planning to assassinate the Governor-General.

  • Dead Run

    16.Dead Run

    19-02-1983

    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.

  • Storm Warning

    17.Storm Warning

    31-05-1983

    Frank travels with a shipload of suspects when a series of nearly fatal accidents begin to plague him.

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