Then Came Bronson — Season 1, Episode 8: Old Tigers Never Die—They Just Run Away

Episode synopsis

While staying at the home of retired pressman Oliver, Bronson enters a local motorbike race. But when town champ Russ Faber learns this, he becomes obsessed with defeating Bronson.

About Then Came Bronson

Then Came Bronson is an American adventure/drama television series produced by MGM Television and broadcast on NBC from 1969 to 1970. Created by Denne Bart Petitclerc, the series began with a feature-length pilot on March 24, 1969. It was greenlit for one year and began first run on September 17, 1969. Disillusioned reporter Jim Bronson quits his job and starts wandering the road on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle as a form of soul-searching. He meets various characters; some he helps, others he educates.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Runner
• E2The Old Motorcycle Fiasco
• E3...A Famine Where Abundance Lies
• E4The Circle of Time
• E5Where Will the Trumpets Be?
• E6Amid Splinters of the Thunderbolt
• E7The 3:13 Arrives at Noon
• E9Your Love Is Like a Demolition Derby in My Heart
• E10Two Percent of Nothing
• E11All the World and God
• E12A Long Trip to Yesterday
• E13The Spitball Kid