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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7.7/10

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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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One of seminal moments

I remember when I saw this movie, it must have been around 1980, and me and my sister were baby sitting for my elder sisters kid. I must have been around 12, and I thought, "this guy is sooo cool". It's funny how it came back into my head, 'cos I was listening to Johnny Cash singing "Wayfaring Stranger", and I instantly remembered this song from the movie, all those years ago. Don't know what I'd think about it now if I saw it, but it says something that the memory has lasted so long in my head.

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