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Bring 'Em Back Alive (TV series)
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 NBC's Top 10 hit
The A-Team
, and ABC's Top 30 hits
Happy Days
and
Laverne and Shirley
.
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