"Bring 'Em Back Alive" (1982) TV series 1982-1983

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Creators:

Frank Cardea
George Schenck
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Seasons:

1

Release Date:

24 September 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure

Plot:

Pith-helmeted Buck is a Great White Hunter who here (unlike the real one from the 1940s) works out of...

Plot Keywords:

Great White Hunter | 1930s | Singapore | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Bruce Boxleitner	...	Frank Buck (18 episodes, 1982-1983)
Clyde Kusatsu	...	Ali (15 episodes, 1982-1983)
Cindy Morgan	...	Gloria Marlowe / ... (12 episodes, 1982-1983)
Ron O'Neal	...	H.H., the Sultan of Johore / ... (12 episodes, 1982-1983)
George Cheung	...	Chaing (10 episodes, 1982-1983)

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Series Directed by
Paul Krasny		(4 episodes, 1982-1983)
Peter H. Hunt		(2 episodes, 1983)
George McCowan		(2 episodes, 1983)
Bob Kelljan		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Frank Cardea		(14 episodes, 1982-1983)
George Schenck		(14 episodes, 1982-1983)
B.W. Sandefur		(4 episodes, 1982-1983)
Tim Maschler		(3 episodes, 1982-1983)
Arthur Weingarten		(3 episodes, 1982-1983)
Tom Sawyer		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Jay Bernstein	....	executive producer (16 episodes, 1982-1983)
Frank Cardea	....	producer (16 episodes, 1982-1983)
George Schenck	....	producer (16 episodes, 1982-1983)
Larry A. Thompson	....	executive producer (16 episodes, 1982-1983)
Carl Kugel	....	associate producer (14 episodes, 1982-1983)
David M. Smith	....	associate producer (2 episodes, 1982-1983)

Series Original Music by
Arthur B. Rubinstein		(14 episodes, 1982-1983)

Series Cinematography by
Dennis Dalzell		(11 episodes, 1982-1983)
William Cronjager		(4 episodes, 1983)

Series Film Editing by
Jim Benson		(6 episodes, 1982-1983)
Art Stafford		(5 episodes, 1982-1983)
Clay Bartels		(4 episodes, 1982-1983)

Series Casting by
Jim Merrick		(11 episodes, 1982-1983)
Fran Bascom		(4 episodes, 1982-1983)

Series Art Direction by
Ross Bellah		(16 episodes, 1982-1983)
Carl Braunger		(16 episodes, 1982-1983)

Series Set Decoration by
Audrey A. Blasdel		(16 episodes, 1982-1983)
Lowell Chambers		(16 episodes, 1982-1983)

Series Costume Design by
Grady Hunt		(16 episodes, 1982-1983)

Series Makeup Department
Leo Lotito Jr.	....	makeup supervisor (16 episodes, 1982-1983)
Fred C. Blau Jr.	....	makeup artist (12 episodes, 1982-1983)
Bari Dreiband-Burman	....	makeup artist (12 episodes, 1982-1983)
Dino Ganziano	....	hair stylist (5 episodes, 1982)
Jo Ann Phillips	....	hair stylist (4 episodes, 1982-1983)
John Inzerella	....	makeup artist (4 episodes, 1983)
Sharleen Rassi	....	hair stylist / key hair stylist (4 episodes, 1983)
Joan Phillips	....	hair stylist (2 episodes, 1982-1983)

Series Production Management
Steve Barnett	....	unit production manager (14 episodes, 1982-1983)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Wendy Shear	....	second assistant director (12 episodes, 1982-1983)
Kurt Baker	....	first assistant director / assistant director (7 episodes, 1982-1983)
Peter Gries	....	assistant director / first assistant director (7 episodes, 1982-1983)
Douglas Dean III	....	second assistant director / assistant director (4 episodes, 1983)

Series Art Department
John Sexton	....	property master (16 episodes, 1982-1983)
Hank Stonecipher	....	supervising construction coordinator (16 episodes, 1982-1983)

Series Sound Department
Don H. Matthews	....	sound mixer (16 episodes, 1982-1983)

Series Special Effects by
Jon G. Belyeu	....	special effects (11 episodes, 1982-1983)
Richard Stutsman	....	special effects technician (6 episodes, 1982-1983)
John Frazier	....	special effects (3 episodes, 1983)

Series Visual Effects by
Jim Danforth	....	matte artist (5 episodes, 1982)

Series Stunts
Gary Baxley	....	stunt coordinator (8 episodes, 1982-1983)
Chuck Courtney	....	stunt coordinator (4 episodes, 1983)
Kenny Endoso	....	stunt cocoordinator (4 episodes, 1983)
Allan Graf	....	stunt coordinator (3 episodes, 1982)
Phil Chong	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Tom Elliott	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Gerry Therrien	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Lance Turner	....	assistant stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
William Jay Gahret	....	camera operator (12 episodes, 1982-1983)
Stephen Clark	....	key grip (7 episodes, 1982-1983)
Jack Todd	....	gaffer (7 episodes, 1982-1983)
Patrick Fennell	....	camera operator (4 episodes, 1983)
Merle Miller	....	gaffer (4 episodes, 1983)
Russell Nordstedt	....	key grip (4 episodes, 1983)

Series Casting Department
Meryl O'Loughlin	....	casting supervisor (16 episodes, 1982-1983)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Henri Sigler	....	wardrobe: men (15 episodes, 1982-1983)
Pama Dickey	....	wardrobe: women (11 episodes, 1982-1983)
Marla Denise Schlom	....	wardrobe: women (4 episodes, 1983)

Series Music Department
David Cates	....	music editor (16 episodes, 1982-1983)

Series Transportation Department
Dave Robling	....	transportation captain (16 episodes, 1982-1983)

Series Other crew
Louis H. Goldstein	....	location coordinator (16 episodes, 1982-1983)
Art Ronnie	....	unit publicist (16 episodes, 1982-1983)
Laurence Starkman	....	title designer (16 episodes, 1982-1983)
Lester Hoyle	....	script supervisor (15 episodes, 1982-1983)
Darlyne West	....	assistant to producers (15 episodes, 1982-1983)
Tom Sawyer	....	executive consultant / creative consultant (11 episodes, 1982-1983)
Arthur Weingarten	....	executive story consultant (11 episodes, 1982-1983)
B.W. Sandefur	....	creative consultant (10 episodes, 1982-1983)
Mark Harden	....	animal trainer (unknown episodes)
Steve Hinton	....	pilot (unknown episodes)
Rita Lundin	....	boss wrangler (unknown episodes)
Gerry Therrien	....	animal trainer (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Television

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
• Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001)
• Sony Pictures Television (2002-)
• Televisie Radio Omroep Stichting (TROS) (1982-1983) (Netherlands) (TV)

Other Companies

• Unique Movie Cars  picture cars

Runtime:

60 min (17 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Arcadia, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Television

Trivia:

Bruce Boxleitner's jodhpurs and pith helmet actually dated back to the 1920s, while the boots he wore in the pilot episode went back all the way to 1918.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Cosby Show: Bring 'Em Back Alive (#3.1)" (1986)

If It Wasn`t For Us....

I didn`t realise it untill a few minutes ago that Frank Buck was a real life big game hunter . However I don`t believe for a moment that the real life Frank Buck would have recognised himself in this dismal American show that owes more to 1930s cliffhanger serials than it does to real life events . Every week Frank Buck ...sorry " Frank Buck " gets involved in spy rings , smuggling operations and all other types of adventures in Singapore in the late 1930s , and this is the major problem I had with the show - During the time BRING`EM BACK ALIVE is set in it would have been swarming with British servicemen guarding the colony of Malaya against the upcoming Japanese threat . And in every episode we see many servicemen in the background but the thing is they`re always American servicemen ! I don`t ever recall seeing a British serviceman during the entire run of the show . What an arrogant piece of nonsense , it`s as if the makers are saying " If it wasn`t for us Malaya would be speaking Japanese "