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''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 (the latter played by Scott Marlowe). ==Overview== ''Bronco'' premiered in the fall of 1958 when Warner Brothers executives and actor Clint Walker clashed over Walker's contract on the series ''Cheyenne''. Walker had walked out on his show over such stringent clauses as a requirement that he return half of all personal appearance fees to Warner Brothers, and that he only record for Warner music labels. When the two sides came to an impasse, the network hired newcomer Ty Hardin to play the new character of Bronco Layne, but kept the title of ''Cheyenne''. When Walker came back to his series, ''Bronco'' became a spin-off of ''Cheyenne''. ''Bronco'' at first alternated with another Western series, ''Sugarfoot'', featuring Will Hutchins. In 1960, the two began alternating with ''Cheyenne'' under the ''Cheyenne'' title. ''Sugarfoot'' was dropped in 1961, leaving only ''Bronco'' and ''Cheyenne'' to alternate. Other Warner Brothers westerns in production around this time included ''Maverick'' with James Garner, Jack Kelly, and Roger Moore, ''Colt .45'' with Wayde Preston, and ''Lawman'' with John Russell; series characters occasionally crossed over into each other's series. According to the theme song, Bronco came from the Texas Panhandle, but episodes of the series are set throughout the West. In the eighth episode, "Freeze-Out" (December 30, 1958) a writer calling herself Mary Brown, played by Grace Raynor, hires Bronco to escort her to a ghost town in the high country, where they encounter three men amid the isolation. As it develops, Mary is not interested so much in story ideas but in the body of a man buried in a nearby glacier and missing gold. Some four years before the debut of his ''The Virginian'', James Drury plays the part of John Smith, who develops a romantic interest in Mary. Edgar Stehli (1884-1973) plays the part of "Pancake" Riddle.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title==''Bronco'': "Freeze-Out" )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bronco (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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