Bring 'Em Back Alive
US adventurer Frank Buck lives in colonial Singapore. He spreads his jungle time between his compound home, the legendary Raffles hotel, where he parties with HH, the sultan of Johore, and wherever adventures take them. Many adventures ensue, often less dangerous because of the animals then on account of criminals, Nazi agent von Turgo and sleezy sycophantic Bundhi.
- 1982-1983
- 1 season
- CBS
- Action & Adventure
US adventurer Frank Buck lives in colonial Singapore. He spreads his jungle time between his compound home, the legendary Raffles hotel, where he parties with HH, the sultan of Johore, and wherever adventures take them. Many adventures ensue, often less dangerous because of the animals then on account of criminals, Nazi agent von Turgo and sleezy sycophantic Bundhi.
Season 1 Episode Guide
17 Episodes 1982 - 1983
Episode 1
Bring 'Em Back Alive
Fri, Sep 24, 1982 60 mins
Gloria Marlowe, the US Consul in Singapore, hires adventurer and trapper Frank Buck to take her to Koala Highlands, a remote jungle area where a plane carrying a US secret agent in possession of stolen Japanese plans for invading Malaya and Singapore, has crash-landed when it got caught in a storm. The Japanese hire the kingpin of Singapore's underworld, G. B. Vonturgo, to stop them. He sends Buck's enemy, a big game hunter who takes pleasure in killing the animals he hunts, while Buck always brings his big game back alive.
Episode 2
Seven Keys to Singapore
Tue, Sep 28, 1982 60 mins
The Japanese kidnap Buck's friend, the Sultan of Johore, who saw their fake archaeological excavation site. Gloria and Buck must figure out what the codename for the Japanese invasion - Seven Keys to Singapore - means and sabotage it.
Episode 3
There's One Born Every Minute
Tue, Oct 5, 1982 60 mins
Count Markoff offers 5 thousand dollars for an ebony cat (black panther) delivered by Friday. Frank Buck competes against his old mentor Dingo Larson, with whom he had a falling out. Meanwhile, Gloria is coping with a jewel thief at the Raffles Hotel.
Episode 4
The Reel World of Frank Buck
Tue, Oct 12, 1982 60 mins
Filmmaker Flynn wants to make movies starring Frank Buck, who reluctantly agrees to have Flynn accompany him on a trip to the Valley of the Mists. The peaceful tribe that lives there is coping with some unwelcome European visitors.
Episode 5
The Pied Piper
Tue, Oct 19, 1982 60 mins
Buck helps a young missionary and her charges escape from Japanese soldiers while trying to reach Gloria to warn her about a spy who has infiltrated an important conference at Raffles.
Episode 6
The Warlord
Tue, Oct 26, 1982 60 mins
Ali is tricked by an old acquaintance, and they both end up captured by a warlord who claims to be a descendant of a Japanese samurai.
Episode 7
Thirty Hours
Tue, Nov 16, 1982 60 mins
Frank and Gloria's plane goes down in cannibal territory. While they try to get home, they remain unaware that Buck has been infected with cerebral malaria and needs to get treated as soon as possible.
Episode 8
Wilmer Bass and the Serengeti Kid
Tue, Nov 23, 1982 60 mins
Down on his luck WIlmer Bass sells his trained lion to Frank Buck. Neither of them realize that the animal's collar is the fabled collar of Katumba that a dangerous cult is searching for.
Episode 9
Escape from Kampoon
Tue, Nov 30, 1982 60 mins
A woman approaches Frank and H.H. and tells them that a man they know is in trouble. They agree to help.
Episode 10
The Best of Enemies
Tue, Dec 7, 1982 60 mins
After escaping from jail, Bundhi is forced to deliver a priceless necklace for Vonturgo and ends up chained to Frank Buck along the way. Meanwhile Gloria is equally desperate to get the necklace back.
Episode 11
To Kill a Princess
Sat, Jan 8, 1983 60 mins
Princess Kati, an old friend of both Buck and H.H., is about to become Sultana. However, some of her staff are plotting against her and various attempts are made on all three of their lives.
Episode 12
Bones of Contention
Sat, Jan 15, 1983 60 mins
Frank Buck finds an old journal that may lead to finding the bones "Singapore Man", possibly the missing link. Anthropologist Laura Davies arrives as soon as she can, but there are several other parties after the bones as well.
Episode 13
A Switch in Time
Sat, Jan 22, 1983 60 mins
Gloria counts on Frank Buck to guide an important visitor from Washington going by the name of Marsh. Two sets of German spies are after March, one of which has switched his suitcase for one carrying a bomb.
Episode 14
The Shadow Women of Chung-Tai
Sat, Jan 29, 1983 60 mins
While on a romantic dinner date, Frank Buck and Stacey Martin are drugged and she is kidnapped to be sold off to a Raja. Frank and H.H. go in pursuit to get her back.
Episode 15
The Hostage
Sat, Feb 12, 1983 60 mins
H.H. is captured by the Chinese Triad and held for ransom for one of their own. Buck reluctantly teams up with reporter Dana Miller to safe the life of his friend.
Episode 16
Dead Run
Sat, Feb 19, 1983 60 mins
Frank and a female photographer from National Geographic are captured by Banjee tribesmen. To their surprise, an ex-convict called Harry Larkin leads the tribe.
Episode 17
Storm Warning
Tue, May 31, 1983 60 mins
Frank Buck is expecting H.H. to throw him a birthday party. But beforehand, he is subjected to several attempts on his life. Things get even more complicated when a storm hits Singapore and Buck's birthday present escapes.