S01E01 Bring 'Em Back Alive
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.
Bring 'Em Back Alive
Overview
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.
Episodes
S01E02 Seven Keys to Singapore
Frank tries to free the kidnapped H.H. without sacrificing the Japanese plans for the invasion of Singapore.
S01E03 There's One Born Every Minute
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 American woman.
S01E04 The Reel World of Frank Buck
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.
S01E05 The Pied Piper
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.
S01E06 The Warlord
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.
S01E07 Thirty Hours
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.
S01E08 Wilmer Bass and the Serengeti Kid
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.
S01E09 Escape From Kampoon
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 maharajah.
S01E10 The Best of Enemies
Frank is chained to Bhundi when the wily thief escapes from prison and is trapped into delivering a priceless necklace to two desperate crooks.
S01E11 To Kill a Princess
Frank has to protect an old flame from assassins when she returns from America to claim her father's throne.
S01E12 Bones of Contention
Frank, H.H., and a pretty archaeologist desired by them both go in search of a skeleton believed to an ancient species of man.
S01E13 A Switch in Time
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.
S01E14 The Shadow Women of Chung Tai
An old girlfriend of Frank's is kidnapped by a white slavery ring.
S01E15 The Hostage
Frank and H.H. stumble upon a Chinese triad that is planning to assassinate the Governor-General.
S01E16 Dead Run
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.
S01E17 Storm Warning
Frank travels with a shipload of suspects when a series of nearly fatal accidents begin to plague him.
Cast
Bruce Boxleitner
Frank Buck
Clyde Kusatsu
Harvey Jason
Cindy Morgan
Ron O'Neal
George Cheung
Sean McClory
