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Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United Kingdom. The program starred Ty Hardin as Bronco Layne, a former Confederate officer who wandered the Old West, meeting such well-known individuals as Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Theodore Roosevelt, Belle Starr, Cole Younger, and John Wesley Hardin.
Cast
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01The BesiegedSeptember 23, 1958—Gunmen attack a religious family heading home to California.
- S01E02Quest of the Thirty DeadOctober 7, 1958—Bronco investigates a planned train wreck that killed one of his best friends.
- S01E03The Turning PointOctober 21, 1958—Bronco unknowingly saves the life of a gunfighter.
- S01E04Four Guns and a PrayerNovember 4, 1958—Bronco enlists the help of gunfighters to save a town.
- S01E05The Long Ride BackNovember 18, 1958—Bronco Layne returns to his Texas hometown after fighting for the Confederacy in the Civil War, but faces the hostility of townspeople who b
- S01E06Trail to TaosDecember 2, 1958—Bronco tracks down a gang robbing stagecoaches and goes undercover to catch them in the act.
- S01E07Brand of CourageDecember 16, 1958—Bronco lands in the middle of a range war when he tries to help nuns whose possession of a cattle ranch is opposed by other ranchers in the
- S01E08Freeze-OutDecember 30, 1958—Bronco is hired to guide a writer to a ghost town, but repeated attempts on both their lives reveals her true purpose: to find a man buried
- S01E09The Baron of Broken LanceJanuary 13, 1959—Bronco leads a wagon train through the wilderness but the danger comes from within as an old war buddy provokes a local cattle baron when he
- S01E10Payroll of the DeadJanuary 27, 1959—Major Damayer hires Bronco to guide him into Indian territory to make a request of Sitting Bull.
- S01E11Riding SoloFebruary 10, 1959—Bronco is suspected of being a killer when he arrives in a town just after a stagecoach robbery committed by an old friend.
- S01E12Borrowed GloryFebruary 24, 1959—Bronco gets involved in blackmail and murder when a killer tagets a friend whose Congressional Medal of Honor may have been wrongly won.
- S01E13The Silent WitnessMarch 10, 1959—Bronco is framed for murder when the ruthless Traxel brothers and gangleader Willis Turner sets him up for the murder of his best friend. On
- S01E14The Belles of Silver FlatMarch 24, 1959—Bronco is saved from a hired gun by the quick draw of the Reverend Dave Clayton, arousing suspicions that the preacher is really a gunman.
- S01E15BackfireApril 7, 1959—Sheriff McKeever is killed when his scheme to restore his gunslinging youth fails, leaving deputy Bronco to discover who was behind the back
- S01E16School for CowardsApril 21, 1959—Bronco is hired to teach at a military academy but ends up searching for a would-be killer after a cadet's realization that he's half-Sioux
- S01E17Prairie SkipperMay 5, 1959—Bronco's hired as trail-boss for a cattle drive and runs into trouble with a flirtatious woman who seems to have multiple husbands.
- S01E18Shadow of a ManMay 19, 1959—Furious at being pulled into a payroll robbery and murder, Bronco goes looking for the loot and the culprit as a posse chases him.
- S01E19Hero of the TownJune 2, 1959—Bronco tries to solve the murder of the town's most popular man, found dead with Bronco's gun in his hand shortly after a bank robbery.
- S01E20Red Water NorthSeptember 19, 1959—Bronco agrees to deliver a riverboat for his friend Martha Chandler despite a ruthless businessman intent on stopping the cargo from reachin
Season02
- S02E01Game at the Beacon ClubSeptember 22, 1959—Bronco unwittingly introduces a demure con artist to a rich man.
- S02E02The Burning SpringOctober 6, 1959—Bronco relives a wartime experience while testifying in the trial of his would-be killer.
- S02E03BodyguardOctober 20, 1959—Bronco is hired as a bodyguard, but when he fails to keep the man alive, he's faced with a host of people confessing to the killing.
- S02E04The Soft AnswerNovember 3, 1959—Bronco intervenes when a range war between cattlemen and sheepmen threatens to become a slaughter due to the Quaker sheepman's refusal to us
- S02E05The Last ResortNovember 17, 1959—Bronco goes in search of the only man who can clear him of a murder charge, but must disguise himself when his quarry goes to ground in a la
- S02E06The Devil's SpawnDecember 1, 1959—Bushwhacked by an escaped convict, Bronco is saved by a local rancher and becomes involved in his feud with a neighboring family.
- S02E07Flight from an EmpireDecember 15, 1959—Bronco hires refugees from the fallen Maximillian empire, but has to contend with bandits who are convinced the mother and son know what hap
- S02E08Night Train to DenverDecember 29, 1959—Bronco accompanies a corpse to Denver and is accused when $100,000 is stolen from the railcar.
- S02E09Shadow of Jesse JamesJanuary 12, 1960—Bronco tries to break up the James gang by pressuring outlaw Cole Younger to give up Jesse, an indiscriminate killer.
- S02E10MasqueradeJanuary 26, 1960—Bronco's attempt to reform four teenage would-be outlaws backfires when a violent gang cuts in on their planned gold heist.
- S02E11Volunteers from AberdeenFebruary 9, 1960—Bronco tries to rescue a lovestruck friend from murder and robbery charges.
- S02E12Every Man a HeroFebruary 23, 1960—Bronco arrives at Ft. Monument in the wake of an Indian massacre, and slowly realizes the survivors are actually criminals masquerading as h
- S02E13Death of an OutlawMarch 8, 1960—Bronco wins a range war with the help of Billy the Kid, but when the dust settles the outlaw is still wanted by the law and by bounty-hunter
- S02E14The Human EquationMarch 22, 1960—Bronco finally talks an Army officer into sending the Osage to a fertile Wyoming territory, but a cholera epidemic and a hostile new command
- S02E15Montana PassageApril 5, 1960—Bronco fakes his own death, and assumes the identity of a colonist, in order to hunt down the outlaws who framed him for murder.
- S02E16Legacy of Twisted CreekApril 19, 1960—Bronco's attempt to capture a killer alive runs into a snag when a band of renegade Apaches set out to kill his prisoner in hopes of sparkin
- S02E17Tangled TrailMay 3, 1960—Bronco helps a small herder resists a brutal rancher and finds himself accused of murder when the man's unbalanced wife becomes a tool for t
- S02E18La RubiaMay 17, 1960—A beautiful woman double-crosses Bronco when she learns that the bandits who have taken them hostage have a fortune in gold hidden in a secr
- S02E19Winter KillMay 31, 1960—A vengeful mother swears to kill the prisoner Bronco and Marshal Sample are taking to the county jail.
- S02E20End of a RopeJune 14, 1960—Bronco finds himself on the gallows after he stumbles across an elaborate scheme to protect wanted fugitives from the law.
Season03
- S03E01MustangersOctober 17, 1960—Bronco is accused of murder when a young widow takes an interest in him.
- S03E02Apache TreasureNovember 7, 1960—Bronco is framed for murder by a ruthless bounty hunter who kills and scalps Apaches.
- S03E03Seminole War PipeDecember 12, 1960—In order to rescue a Seminole princess, Bronco must reveal a government secret and his role in Civil War espionage.
- S03E04Ordeal at Dead TreeJanuary 2, 1961—Arrested as an accomplice to murder, Bronco breaks out of jail and goes after his supposed cronies.
- S03E05The InvadersJanuary 23, 1961—Bronco reluctantly works to help an outlaw rob a gold shipment, knowing that any disruption of the man's plans will result in the death of h
- S03E06Buckbrier TrailFebruary 20, 1961—Bronco races to keep a vengeful deserter from ambushing Marshal Kilgore and the prisoner he's taking to jail.
- S03E07Yankee TornadoMarch 13, 1961—Bronco helps a young Teddy Roosevelt fight a rancher trying to drive the Indians off their land.
- S03E08Manitoba ManhuntApril 3, 1961—Bronco joins a Mountie and two U.S. Marshals to bring in a bank robber who might be his best friend and former commander.
- S03E09Stage to the SkyApril 24, 1961—Bronco faces a lynch mob when he tries to save a friend from the hatred of his own brother.
- S03E10Guns of the LawlessMay 8, 1961—Bronco helps a friend fight a rancher and his hired gunmen, a fight complicated by the friend's love for the rancher's daughter.
Season04
- S04E01Cousin from AtlantaOctober 16, 1961—Bronco tries to convince a city cousin that her interest in a dashing gunman is a bad idea.
- S04E02Prince of DarknessNovember 6, 1961—As part of a scheme to uncover an insurrectionist group famous actor Edwin Booth pretends to share his relative James Wilkes Booth's hatred
- S04E03One Came BackNovember 27, 1961—Bronco falls hard for a pretty traveler, and only a bank robbery delays his rush to the altar.
- S04E04EqualizerDecember 18, 1961—Bronco keeps rival outlaw gangs from slaughtering each other so two young lovers can marry.
- S04E05HarriganDecember 25, 1961—Bronco teams up with a silver-tongued Irishman to break up a robbery gang.
- S04E06Beginner's LuckJanuary 1, 1962—When a kid gets lucky in his first poker game and in a gunfight, enemies of his father see a chance to use him to win a dispute over grazing
- S04E07Ride the WhirlwindJanuary 15, 1962—Bronco and the local sheriff try to figure out how a bitter ex-con is taking revenge for a Civil War disgrace.
- S04E08Sure ThingJanuary 22, 1962—Bronco sets himself up in the cattle business only to find that a local rancher is using his control of the only road to the market to kill
- S04E09Trail of HatredFebruary 5, 1962—Bronco leads a troop of mutinous soldiers into Indian territory to find a deserter, the father of the troop's ruthless lieutenant.
- S04E10Rendezvous with a MiracleFebruary 12, 1962—Bronco tracks an escaped bankrobber and meets up with an unusual nun.
- S04E11Destinies WestFebruary 26, 1962—Bronco's infatuation with a lady gambler distracts him from his army assignment to locate a missing fortune and a renegade Union solder.
- S04E12Last LetterMarch 5, 1962—Leading a group of bitter Confederate POWs west to fulfill their pledge to help the Union fight the Indians, Bronco is also in charge of a g
- S04E13One Evening in AbileneMarch 19, 1962—Bronco hires gunman Clay Farraday to help with a cattle drive, but when Clay falls for a scheming beauty Bronco has to try to talk his helpe
- S04E14Until Kingdom ComeMarch 26, 1962—Bronco helps a lovely duchess being chased by Mexican revolutionaries.
- S04E15Moment of DoubtApril 2, 1962—Bronco infiltrates anti-Union subversives in New Orleans with the help of an ex-slave and a lovely woman.
- S04E16A Town That Lived and DiedApril 9, 1962—Bronco faces a kangaroo court intent on hanging him for his wartime activities as a Confederate spy.
- S04E17Immovable ObjectApril 16, 1962—Bronco has to sweet-talk two stubborn frontier men when one refuses to allow the construction of a dam on his land, provoking a journalist t
- S04E18Then the MountainsApril 30, 1962—Bronco has his wagon train marked for extinction by an ex-guerrilla leader.
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