Bring 'Em Back Alive (TV series)
Bring 'Em Back Alive is an adventure television series starring Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan, and Ron O'Neal. Premise. Frank Buck is big game trapper and collector of wild animals who works out of the Raffles Hotel bar in Singapore during the 1930s fighting a range of villains in pre-war Malaya. He is assisted in his adventures by U.S. Consul Gloria Marlowe, and Ali, Buck's friend and number-one boy. Production. The show was based on a 1930 book, "Bring 'Em Back Alive", written by well-known big-game trapper Frank Buck. Buck  appeared in several movies, including a 1932 adaptation of the book, and is remembered by serial fans as the star of "Jungle Menace". Set in Singapore, it was one of several shows, along with the likes of "Tales of the Gold Monkey", to try to capitalize on the public's renewed interest in old adventure serials catalyzed by the cinematic success of "Raiders of the Lost Ark". Bruce Boxleitner and Cindy Morgan were cast after having co-starred together in the Walt Disney Productions feature film "Tron" the same year. Broadcast. The series was shown in the United States from  September 1982 to May 1983. The television series lasted only 17 episodes before being cancelled because of low ratings. The show was scheduled against NBC's top-10 hit "The A-Team", and ABC's top-30 hits "Happy Days" and "Laverne and Shirley".