
Bronk
Bronk is an American television series starring Jack Palance as Detective Lieutenant Alex Bronkov. The series is set in the fictional Ocean City, California. 24 episodes were aired from September 21, 1975 to March 28, 1976 on CBS. The series lasted only one season.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Pilot
17-04-197590mAlex Bronkov has been police officer in Ocean city for 20 years. Although his wife died in a car accident and therapy for his paralyzed daughter is expensive, he remained incorrupt...
- Ep 2
2.Open Contract
21-09-197560mA known mob gunman is arrested, bailed out, then murdered. Bronk realizes a ""hit man"" is double-crossing his associates and using the police to lead him to his intended victim, M...
- Ep 3
3.Wheel of Death
28-09-197560mA young assistant city attorney is murdered while investigating an illegal alien smuggling ring. Later 12 Mexican national farm workers are found dead in a submerged truck. Bronk's...
- Ep 4
4.The Gauntlet
05-10-197560mRomance develops when Bronk is assigned to protect Kate, who plans to turn state's evidence against her ex-boyfriend, syndicate boss Ben Capote. As the mob closes in, a fast game o...
- Ep 5
5.Echo of Danger
12-10-197560mThe slaying of a fugitive forger in Los Angeles is linked to a wealthy widow in Ocean City and Bronk digs back to a World War II romance to unravel the mystery.
- Ep 6
6.Terror
19-10-197560mBronk investigates a 15-year-old unsolved kidnapping case after a teenage girl keeps having nightmares stemming from a harrowing childhood experience.
- Ep 7
7.The Fifth Victim
26-10-197560mOcean City is terrorized by a killer who has strangled several women, mostly prostitutes. Bronk flushes out the strangler, who dies in a fall following a rooftop chase. However, Br...
- Ep 8
8.Short Fuse
02-11-197560mCharles Bisantz, a fleeing mob ""bag man,"" puts an unsuspecting ringer, Nathan Lewis, aboard an Ocean City commuter flight with a bomb. Because of delay in taking off, the plane e...
- Ep 9
9.Line of Fire
09-11-197560mVeteran Patrolman Frank Bossick, a widower and longtime friend of Bronkov, joins him in hunting down Frank's son Ron, who helped rob a supermarket and kill a box boy with the getaw...
- Ep 10
10.Bargain in Blood
16-11-197560mBronk risks his life to thwart a crazed bomber to prevent District Attorney Richard Yarrow from making a deal with accused murderer Jimmy Grebo, who knows the bomber's identity.
- Ep 11
11.The Pickoff
23-11-197560mThree people die and the lives of other civic leaders, including Mayor Santori and wealthy Arnold Cutler, are jeopardized as terrorists set fire to an Ocean City hotel during a hos...
- Ep 12
12.Crackback
30-11-197560mPhil Barrow, a would-be bank robber, is slain and his accomplice girlfriend, Cara, is captured. She links Barrow to the auto accident that killed Bronk's wife and crippled his daug...
- Ep 13
13.Deception
07-12-197560m - Ep 14
14.Betrayal
14-12-197560mBronk discovers a web of intrigue within a Mafia ""family"" after his partner, Sgt. John Webber, is accused of slaying slumlord Paul Tedesco. With the help of Paul's bereaved widow...
- Ep 15
15.There's Gonna Be a War
21-12-197560mTwo civil rights activists are killed by men pretending to be police and Bronk has to move swiftly to avert a race riot.
- Ep 16
16.Next of Kin
04-01-197660mWhile investigating the senseless murder of a young woman, Bronk realizes he is the next intended victim of the killer.
- Ep 17
17.The Deadlier Sex
18-01-197660mSara Mitchell is the first policewoman assigned to patrol duty in Bronk's department. After arresting an apparently drugged young woman on her first night on patrol duty, Sara is a...
- Ep 18
18.Jackson Blue
25-01-197660mA family is ripped apart by a young mother's death and Bronk has to break the news that the ""accident"" was murder.
- Ep 19
19.Long Time Dying
01-02-197660mThe deadly vendetta of a disturbed young woman leaves a city prosecutor murdered, and Bronk is frustrated in his attempt to piece together the motive for her revenge. A bizarre mes...
- Ep 20
20.Target: Unknown
08-02-197660mThe Minister of Finance of a tiny Caribbean nation is marked for assassination by a wealthy businessman and suspected go-between for the underworld.
- Ep 21
21.Jailbreak
15-02-197660mBronk is taken hostage during a violent jailbreak attempt by prisoners who have nothing to lose, including one who has his own murderous grudge against him.
- Ep 22
22.Vengeance
22-02-197660mNew York City Detective Patrick O'Flanagan comes to Ocean City to extradite a mercenary terrorist-bomber and will stop at nothing to get his man. When the terrorist escapes, O'Flan...
- Ep 23
23.The Ordeal
07-03-197660mBronk is targeted by diamond smugglers who believe he learned the location of some gems from a dying man who double-crossed them.
- Ep 24
24.Death with Honor
21-03-197660mWhen a longtime police officer is killed in a shootout with a bank robber, Bronk discovers the officer's sad plight and clears the name of the rookie patrolman who served as his pa...
- Ep 25
25.The Vigilante
28-03-197660mBronk investigates the death of a veteran cop who was killed in a shoot-out.
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