Then Came Bronson

1969
7.7| 1h38m| en| More Info
Released: 24 March 1969 Released
Producted By: MGM Television
Country: United States of America
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Jim Bronson is a young newspaperman who quits his job following the suicide of his best friend, and sets out on a cross-country trip on his motorcycle in his quest for the meaning of life in which he befriends a runway bride, another searching soul, in this pilot for the TV series of the same name, and theatrically released in some parts of the world including Spain.

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WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.
Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good
CommentsXp Best movie ever!
Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
hackraytex This was one show that I will never forget. like another poster, I was in the Navy when it began and had been assigned to Memphis, TN. We has four man dorms and fortunately, the night Bronson came on, my three roommates were on overnight duty so I had the room to myself. Route 66 had only been a few years earlier and I watched that one faithfully too. The unique element about both of these shows was that one could travel across the country and no two places were alike so each mile was an adventure. One could also, in the show at least, find a job somewhere to carry you until you were ready to move on. We have pretty much lost that now and almost every place near the Interstates is a cookie cutter image of the one before. It ismy ambition soon to take a road trip and stay off the Interstates and see what the country really looks like. They tried to revive Route 66 in the early 90's with the solo character finding out that Buzz Murdoch (George Maharis)had been his father and he inherited the 'Vette so he decided to see the country and learn more about his father. I don't know what went wrong but the show only lasted about a year. I how they try it again soon.
airboss4311 I think the show was almost a precursor for the generation: No one really wanted to be that guy in the station wagon (tho most of us did eventually sell out.) Everyone wanted to be Bronson. And I can tell you for certain that spirit still lives. As I grew a little older, kids grew up, started college and began to move on, I was able to fulfill a dream by purchasing a Harley. I can tell you that wherever I go RIDING, people want to talk to you, find out where you are going - curiosity and envy - just like the 'station wagon guy.' Nobody ever cared where the 'station wagon guy' was going. We all knew. We'll never know of course (since it is, after all, fiction) whether the suit ever was able to break free. But a lot of us did. Better late than never. Never give up on your dreams.
dbking-2 I must have been in the summer of 1969 when a friend of mine said that he had heard that they were filming an episode of Then Came Bronson near by. We were born and raised in Pueblo, Colorado. So the 4 of us jumped in the car, I was to young to drive but my friend wasn't, along with my cousin who was visiting from Utah away we went to find Bronson. In the mountains of Colorado during the summer they film a lot of movies so we had to go from Hotel to Hotel in Canon City to find him, finally some one knew where he was in a rented house in some neighborhood that I couldn't find again if I had to. We pulled up in the driveway and out he came, he was friendly beyond what any of us could imagine. We sat with him and watched the Johnny Cash Show and ate carrot sticks. He was such a great guy to be so kind to a bunch of kids, none of us has ever forgotten the day or the guy. I think that the show was so popular with young men because this guy was free, just going from town to town helping people, meeting people, but it was all so simple then our generation thought we could save the world. You live on Michael, live on brother.
jadjul "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.