Bronco (TV series)
| Television series | |
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| Original title | Bronco |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 1958–1962 |
| length | 60 minutes |
| Episodes | 68 in 4 seasons |
| genre | Western film |
| production | William T. Orr |
| music |
Mack David Jay Livingston |
| First broadcast | September 23, 1958 on ABC |
| German-language first broadcast |
January 28, 1967 on ZDF |
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Bronco is an American western series that was produced between 1958 and 1962.
action
Bronco Layne, a former officer in the Confederate Army of Southern returns to the end of the American Civil War home. A negative, even hostile reception awaits him. He is accused of betraying comrades to the north as a prisoner of war. Bronco is unable to refute these allegations; so he moves west as an adventurer, where he meets Wild Bill Hickok , Billy the Kid and Jesse James , among others .
background
Bronco is a spin-off of the Cheyenne series . After the broadcaster split up with their lead actor Clint Walker in a dispute , Ty Hardin first took on the lead role in the Cheyenne series as Bronco Layne . When Clint Walker returned to the series, Hardin received his own series as the Bronco . Both series were produced by Warner Brothers Television .
From January 1967 to August 1968, 26 episodes were shown on ZDF . In 1969 some episodes were repeated. The directors of the series episodes included André De Toth , who - as a one-eyed man - also made the 3D film House of Wax (“ The Cabinet of Professor Bondi ”), Arthur Lubin and Robert Altman .
Well-known supporting actors included Jack Elam , Denver Pyle , Alan Hale Jr. , James Coburn , Jack Cassidy and Lee van Cleef .
Web links
- Bronco in the Internet Movie Database (English)