Frank Buck - Adventure in Malaysia
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Frank Buck - Adventure in Malaysia |
| Original title | Bring 'Em Back Alive |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 1982-1983 |
| Production company |
Schenck / Cardea Productions, Thompson / Bernstein / Boxleitner Productions, Columbia Pictures Television |
| length | 45 minutes |
| Episodes | 17 in 1 season |
| genre | Action , adventure |
| idea | Frank Cardea, George Schenk |
| music | Arthur B. Rubinstein |
| First broadcast | September 24, 1982 (USA) on CBS |
| German-language first broadcast |
October 16, 1993 on ProSieben |
| occupation | |
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Frank Buck - Adventures in Malaysia (Original title: Bring 'Em Back Alive ) is an American adventure series that is about a big game hunter in Singapore in the late 1930s. It was produced by Columbia Pictures Television and ran from 1982 to 1983 on the US television station CBS .
action
Big game hunter Frank Buck hunted animals in Singapore in the late 1930s without killing them. He operates from the Raffles Hotel . He not only hunts wild animals, but also spies, smugglers and Nazis. He has many adventures with Gloria Marlowe, the US Vice Consul in the British Crown Colony of Straits Settlements (which Singapore was then part of).
occupation
- Bruce Boxleitner : Frank Buck, an American big game hunter
- Cindy Morgan: Gloria Marlowe, a U.S. Vice Consul
- Clyde Kusatsu : Ali, Frank's assistant and friend
- Ron O'Neal : HH, a fictional sultan of Johor
- Sean McClory : Myles Delaney, the manager of the Raffles Hotel
- John Zee: GB of Turgo, a smuggler and the king of the underworld of Singapore
production
The series was shot in the California studio as well as in Arcadia . Jungle scenes were recreated in the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, and landscape shots were taken from Hawaii.
publication
The series ran on Tuesday nights in competition with The A-Team and the sitcom Happy Days and had poor ratings as a result. It was retired after only 17 episodes. Dr. Thomas Radecki of Southern Illinois University criticized the series as glorifying violence.
In Germany, the series ran from October 1993 initially on ProSieben , later it was repeated on Kabel eins and Premiere . The series was dubbed by TaunusFilm Synchron Berlin . Patrick Winczewski spoke the main role of Frank Buck, Arianne Borbach the role of Gloria Marlowe and Wolfgang Digit the role of Alis.
Trivia
- Bruce Boxleitner and Cindy Morgan also both starred in the 1982 film Tron .
- HH drives a specially made version of the Rolls-Royce Phantom II in series production .
- The series was created - just like The Sky Dogs of Boragora - in the wake of the extremely successful Indiana Jones movie series, but could not build on their success, which is why it was discontinued after only one season.
- Frank Buck was a real person who, however, "only had the name" in common with his television version. The real Buck wrote a book called Bring 'Em Back Alive , starred in the 1937 film Jungle Menace (directed by George Melford and Harry L. Fraser) and had a radio show on RKO radio stations .
Web links
- Frank Buck - Adventure in Malaysia in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Frank Buck - Adventure in Malaysia at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Karen A. Romanko: Television's Female Spies and Crimefighters: 600 Characters and Shows, 1950s to the Present , McFarland: Jefferson (NC) 2016, p. 42.
- ↑ The character is called HH throughout the series, but this abbreviation should stand for "His Highness". See: Bring 'Em Back Alive - Trivia 1 , In: IMDb.com .
- ↑ Norman Chance: Who Was Who on TV , Volume 1, Xlibris: Bloomington (IN) 2010, p. 207.
- ↑ Bring 'Em Back Alive - Trivia 1 , In: IMDb.com .
- ↑ Tim Brooks / Earle F. Marsh: The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946 – Present , Random House: New York (NY) 2009, p. 183.
- ↑ Eric Robert Nolan: Throwback Thursday: “Tales of the Gold Monkey” and “Bring 'Em Back Alive” , In: Ericrobertnolan.com . November 26, 2015.
- ↑ Violence is too much fun on new shows, gruop says , In: Bennington Banner (Bennington, Vermont), November 15, 1982.
- ↑ Frank Buck - Adventure in Malaysia , In: Wishlist.de .
- ^ Frank Buck - Adventure in Malaysia in the German dubbing index .
- ↑ Bring 'Em Back Alive - Trivia 3 , In: IMDb.com .
- ^ Frank Buck - Adventure in Malaysia , In: Fernsehserien.de .
- ↑ Vic Sage: 1982's Bring 'Em Back Alive Was Based On A Real Person? , In: Popcultureretrorama.com . March 15, 2020.