Bronco

Bronco

Ended First aired 23/Sep/1958 United States English 4 season(s) 68 episode(s)
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.

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Season 4 · Season 4
18 episode(s) · Air date: 16/Oct/1961
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S4E17
Immovable Object
Air date: 16/Apr/1962 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

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 to write a story that causes an international incident.

Summary

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 to write a story that causes an international incident.

S4E13
One Evening in Abilene
Air date: 19/Mar/1962 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

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 helper out of a shootout with Wild Bill Hickock.

Summary

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 helper out of a shootout with Wild Bill Hickock.

S4E12
Last Letter
Air date: 05/Mar/1962 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

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 gold delivery headed to Mexico and a secret assignment from the murdered president Abraham Lincoln.

Summary

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 gold delivery headed to Mexico and a secret assignment from the murdered president Abraham Lincoln.

S4E8
Sure Thing
Air date: 22/Jan/1962 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

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 off his competition.

Summary

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 off his competition.

S4E6
Beginner's Luck
Air date: 01/Jan/1962 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

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 rights.

Summary

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 rights.

S4E2
Prince of Darkness
Air date: 06/Nov/1961 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

As part of a scheme to uncover an insurrectionist group famous actor Edwin Booth pretends to share his relative James Wilkes Booth's hatred of the Union. But when irate townspeople try to kill the traitor, Bronco must protect the seeming turncoat.

Summary

As part of a scheme to uncover an insurrectionist group famous actor Edwin Booth pretends to share his relative James Wilkes Booth's hatred of the Union. But when irate townspeople try to kill the traitor, Bronco must protect the seeming turncoat.

Season 3 · Season 3
10 episode(s) · Air date: 17/Oct/1960
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S3E5
The Invaders
Air date: 23/Jan/1961 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

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 his hostage.

Summary

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 his hostage.

Season 2 · Season 2
20 episode(s) · Air date: 22/Sep/1959
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S2E18
La Rubia
Air date: 17/May/1960 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

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 secret cache.

Summary

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 secret cache.

S2E17
Tangled Trail
Air date: 03/May/1960 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

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 the canny rancher.

Summary

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 the canny rancher.

S2E16
Legacy of Twisted Creek
Air date: 19/Apr/1960 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

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 sparking an uprising.

Summary

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 sparking an uprising.

S2E14
The Human Equation
Air date: 22/Mar/1960 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Bronco finally talks an Army officer into sending the Osage to a fertile Wyoming territory, but a cholera epidemic and a hostile new commander threatens to destroy the plan.

Summary

Bronco finally talks an Army officer into sending the Osage to a fertile Wyoming territory, but a cholera epidemic and a hostile new commander threatens to destroy the plan.

S2E13
Death of an Outlaw
Air date: 08/Mar/1960 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

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 Pat Garrett.

Summary

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 Pat Garrett.

S2E12
Every Man a Hero
Air date: 23/Feb/1960 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Bronco arrives at Ft. Monument in the wake of an Indian massacre, and slowly realizes the survivors are actually criminals masquerading as heroes.

Summary

Bronco arrives at Ft. Monument in the wake of an Indian massacre, and slowly realizes the survivors are actually criminals masquerading as heroes.

S2E7
Flight from an Empire
Air date: 15/Dec/1959 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Bronco hires refugees from the fallen Maximillian empire, but has to contend with bandits who are convinced the mother and son know what happened to $5 million in missing gold.

Summary

Bronco hires refugees from the fallen Maximillian empire, but has to contend with bandits who are convinced the mother and son know what happened to $5 million in missing gold.

S2E5
The Last Resort
Air date: 17/Nov/1959 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

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 lawless town known as a haven for criminals.

Summary

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 lawless town known as a haven for criminals.

S2E4
The Soft Answer
Air date: 03/Nov/1959 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Bronco intervenes when a range war between cattlemen and sheepmen threatens to become a slaughter due to the Quaker sheepman's refusal to use guns.

Summary

Bronco intervenes when a range war between cattlemen and sheepmen threatens to become a slaughter due to the Quaker sheepman's refusal to use guns.

Season 1 · Season 1
20 episode(s) · Air date: 23/Sep/1958
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S1E20
Red Water North
Air date: 19/Sep/1959 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Bronco agrees to deliver a riverboat for his friend Martha Chandler despite a ruthless businessman intent on stopping the cargo from reaching its destination and a blonde passenger with a mysterious agenda.

Summary

Bronco agrees to deliver a riverboat for his friend Martha Chandler despite a ruthless businessman intent on stopping the cargo from reaching its destination and a blonde passenger with a mysterious agenda.

S1E16
School for Cowards
Air date: 21/Apr/1959 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

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 prompts an attempt on his life.

Summary

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 prompts an attempt on his life.

S1E15
Backfire
Air date: 07/Apr/1959 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Sheriff McKeever is killed when his scheme to restore his gunslinging youth fails, leaving deputy Bronco to discover who was behind the backfire.

Summary

Sheriff McKeever is killed when his scheme to restore his gunslinging youth fails, leaving deputy Bronco to discover who was behind the backfire.

S1E14
The Belles of Silver Flat
Air date: 24/Mar/1959 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

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.

Summary

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.

S1E13
The Silent Witness
Air date: 10/Mar/1959 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Bronco is framed for murder when the ruthless Traxel brothers and gangleader Willis Turner sets him up for the murder of his best friend. Only the testimony of a mute child can rescue Bronco from the gallows.

Summary

Bronco is framed for murder when the ruthless Traxel brothers and gangleader Willis Turner sets him up for the murder of his best friend. Only the testimony of a mute child can rescue Bronco from the gallows.

S1E9
The Baron of Broken Lance
Air date: 13/Jan/1959 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

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 brings along the man's runaway daughter.

Summary

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 brings along the man's runaway daughter.

S1E8
Freeze-Out
Air date: 30/Dec/1958 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

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 in a nearby glacier.

Summary

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 in a nearby glacier.

S1E7
Brand of Courage
Air date: 16/Dec/1958 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

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 area.

Summary

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 area.

S1E5
The Long Ride Back
Air date: 18/Nov/1958 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Bronco Layne returns to his Texas hometown after fighting for the Confederacy in the Civil War, but faces the hostility of townspeople who believe he's a traitor and a murderer who killed his fiancé's brother.

Summary

Bronco Layne returns to his Texas hometown after fighting for the Confederacy in the Civil War, but faces the hostility of townspeople who believe he's a traitor and a murderer who killed his fiancé's brother.

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