Then Came Bronson
an Episode Guide
by Jon F.
Last updated:
Sat, 14 May 2005 03:00
Then Came Bronsonan Episode Guide
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| aired from: Sep 1969 to: Apr 1970 | 26 eps, 1 pilot TVM | NBC | 60 min | mono | ________________ |
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Then Came Bronson began as a 2-hour TV pilot movie of the same title, airing on NBC on March 24, 1969 (re-aired the following August), starring Michael Parks, and co-starring Bonnie Bedelia, Martin Sheen, Sheree North, Gary Merrill, Bert Freed and others. It was picked up as a TV series by NBC in September of 1969 and was cancelled in April of 1970 - with reruns through September 1970 - (only 26 episodes were filmed).
See the author's www.thencamebronson.com web site for more information on the series.
(Editor's Note:) Also the author has also provided these links for the theme music for the series.
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A newspaper reporter quits his job and begins traveling across the United States on his motorcycle.
b: 24 Mar 69 pc: _________ w: Denne Bart Petitclerc d: William A. Graham| Back to TOP of Page |
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Production Credits
Executive producer: Herbert F. Solow
Created by: Denne Bart Petitclerc
Producers: Robert H. Justman (pilot movie & episodes), and Robert Sabaroff (episodes)
Bronson takes a temporary job at a summer camp for disturbed children and becomes deeply concerned about a silent small boy who gains attention by hurting himself and running away. He is called The Runner. Bronson's approach in working with the boy is different than that of the eminent head of the camp, Edward Hanrahan. Hanrahan, however, gives Bronson a free hand in his affectionate handling of the Runner. When the Runner disappears in a boat, it appears that Bronson may have failed.
b: 17 Sep 69 pc: _________ w: Lionel E. Siegel d: Marvin ChomskyWhen the old-timer, Alex, offers to let Bronson use his ranch and tools for needed repairs to Bronson's bike, he can't resist showing his visitor his old racing. He has kept it hidden in a shed for 20 years because he had promised his wife he'd sell it after being injured in a bike accident. Alex's wife, Nora, discovers the old bike and is angry with both Alex and Bronson. Alex gets the urge to ride again and tries to follow Bronson on the road despite the consequences to his marriage and his own life and limb.
b: 24 Sep 69 pc: _________ w: Thomas Y. Drake and Jon Edward Manson d: Marvin ChomskyTeenager Lori Balin becomes infatuated with Bronson when he is hired for odd jobs on her mother's ranch. Lori's mother, Monica, fighting off the lonely blues of widowhood, finds that the presence of Bronson helps renew her interest in life and men. Bronson enjoys Monica's company and the work on the ranch - he even enters an amateur bronco-riding contest. He realizes, however, he must find a way of easing out of an uncomfortable situation without hurting either mother or daughter.
b: 1 Oct 69 pc: _________ w: Frank Paris d: Jud TaylorHattie Calter lives alone in her ghost town except for occasional poaching by another old-timer, Abner Hotchman. Hattie tries to tempt Bronson to stay in her town because she feels she can trust him to carry out her last wish - to see that she is buried beside her husband at a plot near the town. Hattie's feisty spirit, her meals, her hazy tales of past glories, and even her running feud with Abner intrigue Bronson. He knows, however, he must move on, but Hattie doesn't give up easily.
b: 8 Oct 69 pc: _________ w: Robert Malcolm Young d: Jud TaylorMiguel literally attacks motorcycle riding in the same manner that he works a bullring - a life and death matter. He tries to instill Bronson with the same feeling for bullfighting. Bronson comes to understand but cannot adopt this approach. He also becomes uncomfortably aware that both he and Miguel have unintentionally created a basis for competition between two pretty sisters, Bella and Morgana.
b: 15 Oct 69 pc: _________ w: Robert Sabaroff d: Jud TaylorBucky O'Neill has come to believe that his life as a priest was a sham but the break from the priesthood and his love for a girl tortures his conscience. The girl, Mary, feels responsible for Bucky's suffering and has come to feel that her atonement will be to die in childbirth. Bucky, immersed in his inner conflicts, refuses medical help for the girl despite pleas from Bronson. Jim realizes he may have to interfere even though Bucky and Mary say they don't need his help.
b: 22 Oct 69 pc: _________ w: Donald G. Ingalls d: Marvin ChomskyA long-imprisoned "badman" is due to arrive in the town where he previously vowed vengeance against two citizens. The impending return of the ex-convict and onetime town hero, Clay Turner, is a gala occasion for some of the citizens but not for three people. Ed Hemmings, the town's leading businessman, had turned Clay into the police years before - winning Clays threat of revenge. Insurance man Earl Braeden had married Clay's pre-prison sweetheart and he, too, had heard that Turner had vowed to "get him." Braeden's wife, Charlene, however, primps for Clay's return like a schoolgirl expecting to renew romance. Bronson finds himself involved in the situation after Hemmings backs his car into Jim's bike. Everywhere he turns, Bronson finds that the Turner-return is affecting his life, including a night in Sheriff Binns' jail.
b: 29 Oct 69 pc: _________ w: Lionel E. Siegel d: Michael O'HerlihyA chance meeting between Bronson and Valerie Faber leads Russ Faber to Bronson. When Russ learns Bronson expects to enter local bike-racing events, he becomes nearly psychotic in his desire to beat Bronson. Bronson tries to ignore Faber while staying at the home of a retired linotypist, Oliver, whose mission in life is to get all the pent-up talk out of his system.
b: 5 Nov 69 pc: _________ w: Ed Adamsson d: Robert L. FriendLeona desperately wants dates like other girls but her over-protective big brother, Darryl, shoos off the local boys. When Bronson rides into town, he can't resist taking Leona on a date and nearly gets in a brawl with Darryl. Further, Bronson helps Leona with her secret ambition - to enter and win a demolition derby. The showdown comes at the derby - with Bronson unexpectedly behind the wheel and the target of Darryl and his crony, Billy, in the car wrecking contest.
b: 19 Nov 69 pc: _________ w: Thomas Y. Drake d: Jud TaylorRoyce MacLeod faces foreclosure if he can't beat his note deadline. The oil, if there is oil, is not at the depth he expected and he drives on desperately. He neglects his wife, Pat; he gives away percentages on the well in lieu of wages since he's nearly broke. Even Bronson finally accepts a two percent share rather than hard cash. But the race seems lost when the holder of the notes, Mac Keller, comes to collect.
b: 26 Nov 69 pc: _________ w: D. C. Fontana d: Allen MinerPretty Barbara Timmons, a nurse, needs a strong arm to lean on when Bronson encounters her. She is depressed over the death of the doctor for her mountain region. Bronson marvels at her tender care of her patients but doesn't know how to help her solve her own problems. The girl feels that she is constantly called on to give of herself but now she thinks she wants to live a little for herself. She ponders whether to quit her job but worries over what will happen to her patients.
b: 3 Dec 69 pc: _________ w: Gustave Field d: Jud TaylorHenry Tate reluctantly has to accept Bronson's help and even a loan when his motorcycle breaks down on the highway. To repay Bronson, Henry has to take Jim with him to his family's home. Henry had left home 15 years before but is returning for his mother's funeral. He holds his stepfather, Billie Wallace, responsible but is surprised to find the rest of his family puts much of the blame for his mother's death on him because he hadn't written or visited her. An uncomfortable Bronson is ready to forget the debt but the proud Tate wants to make good.
b: 10 Dec 69 pc: _________ w: ______________ d: ______________William P. Lovering plays for an industrial team and is considered to be a great pitcher by the company's owner, Eddie Mickel, and himself. When Bronson gets a job as a baseball player-worker, Lovering's confidence is soon shot. Bronson hits him all over the field. Bronson has discovered that Lovering telegraphs each pitch. Despite Lovering's self-loving attitude, Bronson tries to get him ready for his tryout with major league scout, Art Gilroy, in the stands.
b: 17 Dec 69 pc: _________ w: Lionel E. Siegel and Alfred Brenner d: Jud TaylorJim Bronson, an old friend of the Indian, Tony Wade, locates the family shortly after their trek into desolate country. Tony is fasting and his family, wife Linda and son Mike are nearly starving. But Tony is determined to prove himself as an Indian and even orders Bronson to leave. Jim feels the family is doomed if he doesn't help them.
b: 24 Dec 69 pc: _________ w: Rik Vollaerts d: Louis AntonioBronson is attracted to a pretty girl but can't accept her beliefs - she's convinced herself she's a witch - in "Sibyl." At first Bronson is only amused by the girl's absorption with witchcraft. When the girl, Sibyl, tries to draw Bronson into the small group of believers in the occult, Bronson balks. The girl is torn. Bronson's viewpoints make sense to Sibyl but the group's leader, Hermes, also exerts a pull on her. Sibyl has to decide whether she and the group are merely avoiding personal responsibility for their own lives by depending on the supernatural.
b: 31 Dec 69 pc: _________ w: Sidney Ellis and Thomas Y. Drake d: Ralph SenenskyBronson teams with Billy Mulavey who plays the guitar as well as sings, to win a musical contest and a job at a roadhouse. Billy claims he wrote the songs himself and an avaricious local disk jockey, Johnny Dell, tries to sign Billy to an all-binding contract. Bronson points out the flaws in the contract but gets a jolt when Billy eventually does sign and then disappears with the money. Both Bronson and a waitress, Betty, who loves Billy, find perhaps Billy was not all that he seemed to be.
b: 14 Jan 70 pc: _________ w: Charles A. McDaniel d: Paul StanleyA pixyish painter adorns the entire side of a barn with the (nude) figure of a woman, thereby getting himself and Bronson in trouble with the barn owner and even a local lawman. Bronson hires out to help the painter, Juan Longorio, paint the barn but is unaware that Juan is decorating his side of the barn with something other than red paint. The owner of the barn, Sid Casper, is outraged - he thinks the figure is that of his wife, Helen. Two other local men, Hud McCarver, a sheriff's deputy, and Will Hudson, also think the painting is of their respective wives. A new light is cast on the situation, however, when an art dealer, Mr. Willoughby, offers to buy the side of the barn as a fine example of primitive art.
b: 21 Jan 70 pc: _________ w: Donald G. Ingalls d: Paul StanleyBronson unintentionally creates a crisis for a betrothed Amish boy and girl when his presence excites their interest in the "outside" world. The boy, Harold Mueller, and the girl, Dorothy, eagerly ask their visitor, Bronson, questions about life outside their community. The crisis arises when Harold thinks Dorothy has become too attracted to Bronson. He rides off to town on Bronson's bike where he indeed does learn something of the bright lights and even meets an interesting girl, Jan. At the farm, Dorothy wonders about her own feelings toward both Bronson and Harold. Each has to decide whether their love and their way of life is best for them.
b: 28 Jan 70 pc: _________ w: Ben Masselink d: Robert TottenEve Bronson, cousin of Jim, and her boyfriend, Len, impetuously decides to get married. When Bronson lends his cousin money for a wedding outfit, she idly puts part of it on the gambling tables. She hits a hot streak and can't seem to lose. This postpones the wedding and Len begins to wonder if the wedding ever will come off.
b: 4 Feb 70 pc: _________ w: Lionel E. Siegel and Arthur H. Singer d: Jud TaylorBronson, goaded into a breakneck, cross-country motorcycle race, finds that he and a proud Indian seem to be racing for the attention of an Indian girl. Boise Idaho and his cronies, nicknamed Spare Parts One and Two, virtually egg Bronson into the grueling race. The interest of Tender Grass in the race also affects Bronson. He feels almost compelled to race just to prove his mettle to Tender Grass.
b: 11 Feb 70 pc: _________ w: Jack Morse d: Russell MayberryWilson Ford, an aging but famous author, continually needs to replenish his writing reservoir by testing his courage. Despite the disapproval of his wife, Marcia, Ford eggs Bronson into joining him on a mountain climb. He turns the climb into a competitive event - a test of courage and stamina between himself and the much younger Bronson.
b: 18 Feb 70 pc: _________ w: Meyer Dolinsky d: Roger KayA harassed newspaper editor faces a tough decision - one choice will enable him to maintain the respect of his daughter but the other offers his only means of supporting her. Young Petey Traine fervently believes in the newspaper campaign of her father, Harve, a widower, to save local waters from industrial pollution. Bronson joins the campaign and works for Harve. Harve's editorial bite, however, hurts commercial interests, which pull their advertising and drive him to the wall. Numerous pressures - his daughter's belief in him, the fact that he is an ex-alcoholic, and the love of a woman, June, who also believes in Harve's campaign, complicate Harve's problems. He knows he must either give in to the advertisers and lose Petey's respect or go broke.
b: 25 Feb 70 pc: _________ w: Ben Masselink, Teddi Sherman and Robert Malcolm Young d: Corey AllenA ride along a motorcycle trail into the Big Sur country starts out as a lark until Bronson tumbles down a slide area. Unable to get his machine back up to the trail, Bronson elects to ride out of the mountains by following the natural surface of the land. Bronson is unaware that a forest ranger has started a search to warn him about an impending weather front that might trap him in the mountains. The thick woods, streams, and fallen logs nearly defeat an exhausted Bronson.
b: 4 Mar 70 pc: _________ w: Thomas Y. Drake and Jon Edward Manson d: Earl BellamyBronson doesn't quite understand why Isadore Katz, an elderly widower from New York City, has left his business to drive leisurely across the country, but is intrigued by this man who takes such pleasure at finding new experiences in life. Katz drives nearly 100 miles out of his way to take Bronson to a motorcycle parts store. They share the beauty of the California Coast, get involved in a strange pool game with the owner of a small restaurant, and get invited to dinner by a lively widow. Bronson is tempted to play matchmaker.
b: 11 Mar 70 pc: _________ w: Susan Harris and Lisabeth Hush d: Jud TaylorBronson strives to help his uncle and cousin overhaul an old fishing boat because of his cousin's emotional attachment to the boat, in "The Mary R." Cousin Carl is fiercely dependent on the boat and suffers breathing spasms at the thought of losing it because he somehow links it with his deceased mother. Uncle Herman and Bronson strive to repair the boat but Herman would really prefer to get rid of the boat were it not for Carl. When his fiancée, Beth, delivers an ultimatum that he must choose between her and the boat, Herman is faced with a difficult decision.
b: 25 Mar 70 pc: _________ w: Marvin Walkenstein d: Paul StanleyBronson takes a temporary job with wealthy Gus Samos and finds himself serving as a go-between for Samos and his daughter, Vhea. The pair no longer can communicate with each other. Vhea can't accept the way of life of her father, a self-made man, and he can't understand her rejection of his principles. When Vhea leaves home, Bronson goes after her but finds himself being accused of wrong motives by both father and daughter.
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