Then Came Bronson
Then Came Bronson
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Then Came Bronson

Once there was a time when all Angels came from Heaven...

4.8 / 10
1969
1 season
26 episodes
Action & AdventureDrama

Then Came Bronson is an American adventure/drama television series produced by MGM Television and broadcast on NBC from 1969 to 1970. Created by Denne Bart Petitclerc, the series began with a feature-length pilot on March 24, 1969. It was greenlit for one year and began first run on September 17, 1969. Disillusioned reporter Jim Bronson quits his job and starts wandering the road on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle as a form of soul-searching. He meets various characters; some he helps, others he educates.

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  • Ep 1

    1.The Runner

    17-09-196944m

    Bronson takes a temp job at Hanrahan School, a summer camp for disturbed children run by noted therapist Edward Hanrahan and his daughter Doris, who is by chance an old girlfriend...

  • Ep 2

    2.The Old Motorcycle Fiasco

    24-09-196944m

    Bronson's bike is damaged when an old woman who offers to sell him some gasoline mistakenly fills the tank with weed killer. Old-timer Alex invites Bronson to use his ranch to work...

  • Ep 3

    3....A Famine Where Abundance Lies

    01-10-196944m

    Knowing that Bronson is short on cash, lonely widow Monica offers him a job on her guest ranch. During his stay, Monica's teenage daughter Lori becomes quite enamored with Bronson,...

  • Ep 4

    4.The Circle of Time

    08-10-196944m

    Bronson ends up in a ghost town whose sole resident is the venerable Hattie Calter, who piques his interest with her tales of surviving the Titanic disaster and her vitality. Hatti...

  • Ep 5

    5.Where Will the Trumpets Be?

    15-10-196944m

    Miguel approaches motorbike riding using the same aggressive methods that he uses to fight bulls in the bullring. Bronson is reluctant when Miguel tries to imbue Bronson with his v...

  • Ep 6

    6.Amid Splinters of the Thunderbolt

    22-10-196944m

    Bronson travels to Colorado to find an old friend named Bucky O'Neill, a priest with a crisis of conscience. Bucky has fallen for Mary Draper but leaving the priesthood torments hi...

  • Ep 7

    7.The 3:13 Arrives at Noon

    29-10-196944m

    Former local hero turned bank robber Clay Turner has been imprisoned for years. When paroled and he returns to his hometown, it seems Turner had made revenge threats to Ed Hemmings...

  • Ep 8

    8.Old Tigers Never Die—They Just Run Away

    05-11-196944m

    While staying at the home of retired pressman Oliver, Bronson enters a local motorbike race. But when town champ Russ Faber learns this, he becomes obsessed with defeating Bronson.

  • Ep 9

    9.Your Love Is Like a Demolition Derby in My Heart

    19-11-196944m

    Bronson arrives in a new town, where he meets and asks Leona Czandowski on a date. However, her brother Darryl's overprotectiveness causes her much dismay. Bronson helps Leona ente...

  • Ep 10

    10.Two Percent of Nothing

    26-11-196944m

    Bronson accepts two percent of a potential oil well that is possibly ready to blow, in lieu of cash for work done for Royce MacLeod. Unfortunately, MacLeod faces foreclosure if he...

  • Ep 11

    11.All the World and God

    03-12-196944m

    Bronson befriends an attractive nurse, Barbara Timmons, who mourns the death of a doctor she worked with. She considers quitting her job because it overtaxes her but is uncertain b...

  • Ep 12

    12.A Long Trip to Yesterday

    10-12-196944m

    Bronson helps Henry Tate, a reluctant biker in distress, with a loan when his bike breaks down. In order to repay him, Tate brings Bronson to his family's home where he has not vis...

  • Ep 13

    13.The Spitball Kid

    17-12-196944m

    The arrogant William Lovering is regarded as a great pitcher in a local bush league baseball team. When Bronson takes a job as a ball player, he soon finds he's able to hit the bal...

  • Ep 14

    14.Against a Blank Cold Wall

    24-12-196944m

    Native American Tony Wade has taken his family into bleak country to perform his Vision Quest in order to reclaim his spirit. Bronson, an old friend of Tony's, locates him and the...

  • Ep 15

    15.Sibyl

    31-12-196944m

    Bronson is charmed by Sibyl, who fancies herself a witch and is part of a band of occultists led by Hermes. Bronson at first is entertained by her beliefs but later recoils at her...

  • Ep 16

    16.A-Pickin' an' a-Singin'

    14-01-197044m

    Bronson partners with Billy Mulavey in order to compete in a song contest and land a job at a highway honky-tonk. Greedy local DJbJohnny Dell signs songwriter Billy to a restricti...

  • Ep 17

    17.The Gleam of the Eagle Mind

    21-01-197044m

    When eccentric artist Juan Longorio paints a naked woman on the side of a barn, it places him and Bronson in trouble with the owner, Sid Casper, and the city locals. Still, more p...

  • Ep 18

    18.That Undiscovered Country...

    28-01-197044m

    When Bronson arrives in an Amish community, his tales of the 'outside world' captivate Harold and Dorothy, a young betrothed couple. Seeing how Dorothy looks at Bronson, Harold hea...

  • Ep 19

    19.Lucky Day

    04-02-197044m

    In Reno, Bronson visits his cousin Eve, who is engaged to marry Len. He gives Eve money for a wedding dress but she impetuously chooses to gamble instead and catches 'the fever'. E...

  • Ep 20

    20.Mating Dance for Tender Grass

    11-02-197044m

    Bronson and Native American Boise Idaho vie for the attention of beautiful Tender Grass by entering a cross-country race. Bronson is initially against the idea, but after goading f...

  • Ep 21

    21.The Mountain

    18-02-197044m

    Like Hemingway, and like the character out of his novel The Sun Also Rises, Wilson Ford is a renowned novelist with a 'secret' that motivates him to act with abandon. In order to h...

  • Ep 22

    22.Still Waters

    25-02-197044m

    Harve Traine, publisher of the 'The Pacific Grove Press', warns the community in a series of editorials about the ecological havoc industrial pollution is causing the local bay and...

  • Ep 23

    23.The Forest Primeval

    04-03-197044m

    Bronson takes a trip in the Los Padres National Forest and runs into trouble after his bike falls down an embankment. Deciding to ride out of the forest by following the contour of...

  • Ep 24

    24.The Ninety-Nine Mile Circle

    11-03-197044m

    Much like the vagabond Bronson, widower Isadore Katz left his business in New York City and took to the road in a camper to experience new realities and meet new people. Bronson he...

  • Ep 25

    25.The Mary R

    25-03-197044m

    Bronson helps uncle Herman and cousin Carl repair and restore an old fishing boat. Carl is passionate about restoring the boat because it reminds him of his late mother. On the oth...

  • Ep 26

    26.What's an Ark Without Centaurs?

    01-04-197044m

    Gus Samos hires Bronson to work on his yacht. Samos and his daughter Vhea don't communicate well due to their conflicting lifestyles and values. When Vhea leaves to see friends in...

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