About this season
Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United Kingdom. The program starred Ty Hardin as Bronco Layne, a former Confederate officer who wandered the Old West, meeting such well-known individuals as Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Theodore Roosevelt, Belle Starr, Cole Younger, and John Wesley Hardin.
Episodes (10)
1. Mustangers
Aired 17 October 1960 • 60 min
Bronco is accused of murder when a young widow takes an interest in him.
2. Apache Treasure
Aired 7 November 1960 • 60 min
Bronco is framed for murder by a ruthless bounty hunter who kills and scalps Apaches.
3. Seminole War Pipe
Aired 12 December 1960 • 60 min
In order to rescue a Seminole princess, Bronco must reveal a government secret and his role in Civil War espionage.
4. Ordeal at Dead Tree
Aired 2 January 1961 • 60 min
Arrested as an accomplice to murder, Bronco breaks out of jail and goes after his supposed cronies.
5. The Invaders
Aired 23 January 1961 • 60 min
Bronco reluctantly works to help an outlaw rob a gold shipment, knowing that any disruption of the man's plans will result in the death of his hostage.
6. Buckbrier Trail
Aired 20 February 1961 • 60 min
Bronco races to keep a vengeful deserter from ambushing Marshal Kilgore and the prisoner he's taking to jail.
7. Yankee Tornado
Aired 13 March 1961 • 60 min
Bronco helps a young Teddy Roosevelt fight a rancher trying to drive the Indians off their land.
8. Manitoba Manhunt
Aired 3 April 1961 • 60 min
Bronco joins a Mountie and two U.S. Marshals to bring in a bank robber who might be his best friend and former commander.
9. Stage to the Sky
Aired 24 April 1961 • 60 min
Bronco faces a lynch mob when he tries to save a friend from the hatred of his own brother.
10. Guns of the Lawless
Aired 8 May 1961 • 60 min
Bronco helps a friend fight a rancher and his hired gunmen, a fight complicated by the friend's love for the rancher's daughter.