Bring 'Em Back Alive

5.9

1982•1h

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.

Production

Trailers & Videos

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

Seasons

17 Episodes • Premiered 1982

1. 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.

2. Seven Keys to Singapore

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. To Kill a Princess

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

12. 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.

13. 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.