Pilot

Episode aired Mar 24, 1969
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1h 40m

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7.7/10

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Michael Parks in Then Came Bronson (1969)

Adventure Drama

A newspaper reporter quits his job and travels across America by motorcycle.A newspaper reporter quits his job and travels across America by motorcycle.A newspaper reporter quits his job and travels across America by motorcycle.

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IMDb RATING

7.7/10

328

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Bud Ekins did the stunt motorcycle work for this TV Pilot and series, he was best friends with Steve McQueen, and did the jump in The Great Escape.

Goofs
During the hill climbing you can see that the bike Jim is on is not a Sportster, the exhaust pipes give that away.

Quotes
[opening title sequense]
[Bronson drives his motorcycle next to a station wagon at a stoplight]
Businessman: Taking a trip?
Jim Bronson: What's that?
Businessman: Taking a trip?
Jim Bronson: Yeah.
Businessman: Where to?
Jim Bronson: Oh, I don't know. Wherever I end up, I guess.
Businessman: Man, I wish I was you.
Jim Bronson: Really?
Businessman: Yeah.
Jim Bronson: Well, hang in there.

Alternate versions
The TV pilot did not have nudity. That was included in the version that was released to theaters on April 1, 1970.

Connections
Referenced in Morirás con el sol (Motociclistas suicidas) (1973)

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Featured review

8/10

Then Came Bronson

"Then Came Bronson" was the baby boomer's introduction to buy and ride motorcycles. After being discharged from the Marine Corp and wanting to just enjoy my life and freedom in this country and this show came on a few years after my adjusting to civilian life I was hooked from the first show. I bought 3 motorcycle within 5 yrs the 3rd was a Harley Davidson Sportster very much like the one used on this show. I am also surprised this show hasn't been on the cable channels. It would be a nice change from the shows that most cable channels run over and over until the viewers know the lines of the characters like they are reading the scripts. The show was very peaceful, just a guy that wanted to see this great country and meet some of the people that live here. Most people you mention this show to from that era remember it and seem to feel it would be enjoyed by a whole new and much younger audience now and I certainly agree with that.