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Bronco

TV·1958–1962·4 seasons, 68 episodes·ABC·Western·1h

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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

Season0120Episodes1958–59AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01The BesiegedSeptember 23, 1958Gunmen attack a religious family heading home to California.
  2. S01E02Quest of the Thirty DeadOctober 7, 1958Bronco investigates a planned train wreck that killed one of his best friends.
  3. S01E03The Turning PointOctober 21, 1958Bronco unknowingly saves the life of a gunfighter.
  4. S01E04Four Guns and a PrayerNovember 4, 1958Bronco enlists the help of gunfighters to save a town.
  5. S01E05The Long Ride BackNovember 18, 1958Bronco Layne returns to his Texas hometown after fighting for the Confederacy in the Civil War, but faces the hostility of townspeople who b
  6. S01E06Trail to TaosDecember 2, 1958Bronco tracks down a gang robbing stagecoaches and goes undercover to catch them in the act.
  7. S01E07Brand of CourageDecember 16, 1958Bronco 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
  8. S01E08Freeze-OutDecember 30, 1958Bronco 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
  9. S01E09The Baron of Broken LanceJanuary 13, 1959Bronco 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
  10. S01E10Payroll of the DeadJanuary 27, 1959Major Damayer hires Bronco to guide him into Indian territory to make a request of Sitting Bull.
  11. S01E11Riding SoloFebruary 10, 1959Bronco is suspected of being a killer when he arrives in a town just after a stagecoach robbery committed by an old friend.
  12. S01E12Borrowed GloryFebruary 24, 1959Bronco gets involved in blackmail and murder when a killer tagets a friend whose Congressional Medal of Honor may have been wrongly won.
  13. S01E13The Silent WitnessMarch 10, 1959Bronco is framed for murder when the ruthless Traxel brothers and gangleader Willis Turner sets him up for the murder of his best friend. On
  14. S01E14The Belles of Silver FlatMarch 24, 1959Bronco is saved from a hired gun by the quick draw of the Reverend Dave Clayton, arousing suspicions that the preacher is really a gunman.
  15. S01E15BackfireApril 7, 1959Sheriff McKeever is killed when his scheme to restore his gunslinging youth fails, leaving deputy Bronco to discover who was behind the back
  16. S01E16School for CowardsApril 21, 1959Bronco 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
  17. S01E17Prairie SkipperMay 5, 1959Bronco's hired as trail-boss for a cattle drive and runs into trouble with a flirtatious woman who seems to have multiple husbands.
  18. S01E18Shadow of a ManMay 19, 1959Furious at being pulled into a payroll robbery and murder, Bronco goes looking for the loot and the culprit as a posse chases him.
  19. S01E19Hero of the TownJune 2, 1959Bronco 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.
  20. S01E20Red Water NorthSeptember 19, 1959Bronco agrees to deliver a riverboat for his friend Martha Chandler despite a ruthless businessman intent on stopping the cargo from reachin

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season0220Episodes1959–60AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01Game at the Beacon ClubSeptember 22, 1959Bronco unwittingly introduces a demure con artist to a rich man.
  2. S02E02The Burning SpringOctober 6, 1959Bronco relives a wartime experience while testifying in the trial of his would-be killer.
  3. S02E03BodyguardOctober 20, 1959Bronco 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.
  4. S02E04The Soft AnswerNovember 3, 1959Bronco intervenes when a range war between cattlemen and sheepmen threatens to become a slaughter due to the Quaker sheepman's refusal to us
  5. S02E05The Last ResortNovember 17, 1959Bronco 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
  6. S02E06The Devil's SpawnDecember 1, 1959Bushwhacked by an escaped convict, Bronco is saved by a local rancher and becomes involved in his feud with a neighboring family.
  7. S02E07Flight from an EmpireDecember 15, 1959Bronco hires refugees from the fallen Maximillian empire, but has to contend with bandits who are convinced the mother and son know what hap
  8. S02E08Night Train to DenverDecember 29, 1959Bronco accompanies a corpse to Denver and is accused when $100,000 is stolen from the railcar.
  9. S02E09Shadow of Jesse JamesJanuary 12, 1960Bronco tries to break up the James gang by pressuring outlaw Cole Younger to give up Jesse, an indiscriminate killer.
  10. S02E10MasqueradeJanuary 26, 1960Bronco's attempt to reform four teenage would-be outlaws backfires when a violent gang cuts in on their planned gold heist.
  11. S02E11Volunteers from AberdeenFebruary 9, 1960Bronco tries to rescue a lovestruck friend from murder and robbery charges.
  12. S02E12Every Man a HeroFebruary 23, 1960Bronco arrives at Ft. Monument in the wake of an Indian massacre, and slowly realizes the survivors are actually criminals masquerading as h
  13. S02E13Death of an OutlawMarch 8, 1960Bronco 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
  14. S02E14The Human EquationMarch 22, 1960Bronco finally talks an Army officer into sending the Osage to a fertile Wyoming territory, but a cholera epidemic and a hostile new command
  15. S02E15Montana PassageApril 5, 1960Bronco fakes his own death, and assumes the identity of a colonist, in order to hunt down the outlaws who framed him for murder.
  16. S02E16Legacy of Twisted CreekApril 19, 1960Bronco'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
  17. S02E17Tangled TrailMay 3, 1960Bronco 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
  18. S02E18La RubiaMay 17, 1960A 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
  19. S02E19Winter KillMay 31, 1960A vengeful mother swears to kill the prisoner Bronco and Marshal Sample are taking to the county jail.
  20. S02E20End of a RopeJune 14, 1960Bronco finds himself on the gallows after he stumbles across an elaborate scheme to protect wanted fugitives from the law.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season0310Episodes1960–61AiredSeason avg
  1. S03E01MustangersOctober 17, 1960Bronco is accused of murder when a young widow takes an interest in him.
  2. S03E02Apache TreasureNovember 7, 1960Bronco is framed for murder by a ruthless bounty hunter who kills and scalps Apaches.
  3. S03E03Seminole War PipeDecember 12, 1960In order to rescue a Seminole princess, Bronco must reveal a government secret and his role in Civil War espionage.
  4. S03E04Ordeal at Dead TreeJanuary 2, 1961Arrested as an accomplice to murder, Bronco breaks out of jail and goes after his supposed cronies.
  5. S03E05The InvadersJanuary 23, 1961Bronco 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
  6. S03E06Buckbrier TrailFebruary 20, 1961Bronco races to keep a vengeful deserter from ambushing Marshal Kilgore and the prisoner he's taking to jail.
  7. S03E07Yankee TornadoMarch 13, 1961Bronco helps a young Teddy Roosevelt fight a rancher trying to drive the Indians off their land.
  8. S03E08Manitoba ManhuntApril 3, 1961Bronco joins a Mountie and two U.S. Marshals to bring in a bank robber who might be his best friend and former commander.
  9. S03E09Stage to the SkyApril 24, 1961Bronco faces a lynch mob when he tries to save a friend from the hatred of his own brother.
  10. S03E10Guns of the LawlessMay 8, 1961Bronco helps a friend fight a rancher and his hired gunmen, a fight complicated by the friend's love for the rancher's daughter.

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season0418Episodes1961–62AiredSeason avg
  1. S04E01Cousin from AtlantaOctober 16, 1961Bronco tries to convince a city cousin that her interest in a dashing gunman is a bad idea.
  2. S04E02Prince of DarknessNovember 6, 1961As part of a scheme to uncover an insurrectionist group famous actor Edwin Booth pretends to share his relative James Wilkes Booth's hatred
  3. S04E03One Came BackNovember 27, 1961Bronco falls hard for a pretty traveler, and only a bank robbery delays his rush to the altar.
  4. S04E04EqualizerDecember 18, 1961Bronco keeps rival outlaw gangs from slaughtering each other so two young lovers can marry.
  5. S04E05HarriganDecember 25, 1961Bronco teams up with a silver-tongued Irishman to break up a robbery gang.
  6. S04E06Beginner's LuckJanuary 1, 1962When 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
  7. S04E07Ride the WhirlwindJanuary 15, 1962Bronco and the local sheriff try to figure out how a bitter ex-con is taking revenge for a Civil War disgrace.
  8. S04E08Sure ThingJanuary 22, 1962Bronco 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
  9. S04E09Trail of HatredFebruary 5, 1962Bronco leads a troop of mutinous soldiers into Indian territory to find a deserter, the father of the troop's ruthless lieutenant.
  10. S04E10Rendezvous with a MiracleFebruary 12, 1962Bronco tracks an escaped bankrobber and meets up with an unusual nun.
  11. S04E11Destinies WestFebruary 26, 1962Bronco's infatuation with a lady gambler distracts him from his army assignment to locate a missing fortune and a renegade Union solder.
  12. S04E12Last LetterMarch 5, 1962Leading 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
  13. S04E13One Evening in AbileneMarch 19, 1962Bronco 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
  14. S04E14Until Kingdom ComeMarch 26, 1962Bronco helps a lovely duchess being chased by Mexican revolutionaries.
  15. S04E15Moment of DoubtApril 2, 1962Bronco infiltrates anti-Union subversives in New Orleans with the help of an ex-slave and a lovely woman.
  16. S04E16A Town That Lived and DiedApril 9, 1962Bronco faces a kangaroo court intent on hanging him for his wartime activities as a Confederate spy.
  17. S04E17Immovable ObjectApril 16, 1962Bronco 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
  18. S04E18Then the MountainsApril 30, 1962Bronco has his wagon train marked for extinction by an ex-guerrilla leader.

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