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The Best Episodes of Bronco

Every episode of Bronco ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Bronco!

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Bronco Season 2 Episode 15 - Montana Passage
    9.3/10(29 votes)

    #1 - Montana Passage

    S2:E15

    Bronco fakes his own death, and assumes the identity of a colonist, in order to hunt down the outlaws who framed him for murder.

    Director:Reginald Le Borg
    Writers:Howard Browne, Gerald Drayson Adams

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  2. Bronco Season 4 Episode 12 - Last Letter
    9.2/10(28 votes)

    #2 - Last Letter

    S4:E12

    Leading a group of bitter Confederate POWs west to fulfill their pledge to help the Union fight the Indians, Bronco is also in charge of a gold delivery headed to Mexico and a secret assignment from the murdered president Abraham Lincoln.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Bronco Season 4 Episode 17 - Immovable Object
    9.2/10(29 votes)

    #3 - Immovable Object

    S4:E17

    Bronco has to sweet-talk two stubborn frontier men when one refuses to allow the construction of a dam on his land, provoking a journalist to write a story that causes an international incident.

    Director:Sidney Salkow
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Bronco Season 2 Episode 8 - Night Train to Denver
    9.1/10(30 votes)

    #4 - Night Train to Denver

    S2:E8

    Bronco accompanies a corpse to Denver and is accused when $100,000 is stolen from the railcar.

    Director:Leslie Goodwins
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Bronco Season 3 Episode 6 - Buckbrier Trail
    9.1/10(34 votes)

    #5 - Buckbrier Trail

    S3:E6

    Bronco races to keep a vengeful deserter from ambushing Marshal Kilgore and the prisoner he's taking to jail.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Bronco Season 3 Episode 8 - Manitoba Manhunt
    9.1/10(30 votes)

    #6 - Manitoba Manhunt

    S3:E8

    Bronco joins a Mountie and two U.S. Marshals to bring in a bank robber who might be his best friend and former commander.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Bronco Season 4 Episode 16 - A Town That Lived and Died
    9.0/10(30 votes)

    #7 - A Town That Lived and Died

    S4:E16

    Bronco faces a kangaroo court intent on hanging him for his wartime activities as a Confederate spy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Bronco Season 1 Episode 5 - The Long Ride Back
    8.9/10(39 votes)

    #8 - The Long Ride Back

    S1:E5

    Bronco Layne returns to his Texas hometown after fighting for the Confederacy in the Civil War, but faces the hostility of townspeople who believe he's a traitor and a murderer who killed his fiancé's brother.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Bronco Season 2 Episode 14 - The Human Equation
    8.8/10(29 votes)

    #9 - The Human Equation

    S2:E14

    Bronco finally talks an Army officer into sending the Osage to a fertile Wyoming territory, but a cholera epidemic and a hostile new commander threatens to destroy the plan.

    Director:Lee Sholem
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Bronco Season 1 Episode 6 - Trail to Taos
    8.7/10(36 votes)

    #10 - Trail to Taos

    S1:E6

    Bronco tracks down a gang robbing stagecoaches and goes undercover to catch them in the act.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Bronco Season 2 Episode 9 - Shadow of Jesse James
    8.7/10(39 votes)

    #11 - Shadow of Jesse James

    S2:E9

    Bronco tries to break up the James gang by pressuring outlaw Cole Younger to give up Jesse, an indiscriminate killer.

    Director:Leslie Goodwins
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Bronco Season 2 Episode 12 - Every Man a Hero
    8.7/10(34 votes)

    #12 - Every Man a Hero

    S2:E12

    Bronco arrives at Ft. Monument in the wake of an Indian massacre, and slowly realizes the survivors are actually criminals masquerading as heroes.

    Director:Herbert L. Strock
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Bronco Season 2 Episode 16 - Legacy of Twisted Creek
    8.7/10(30 votes)

    #13 - Legacy of Twisted Creek

    S2:E16

    Bronco's attempt to capture a killer alive runs into a snag when a band of renegade Apaches set out to kill his prisoner in hopes of sparking an uprising.

    Director:André de Toth
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Bronco Season 2 Episode 17 - Tangled Trail
    8.7/10(29 votes)

    #14 - Tangled Trail

    S2:E17

    Bronco helps a small herder resists a brutal rancher and finds himself accused of murder when the man's unbalanced wife becomes a tool for the canny rancher.

    Director:Herbert L. Strock
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Bronco Season 2 Episode 20 - End of a Rope
    8.7/10(28 votes)

    #15 - End of a Rope

    S2:E20

    Bronco finds himself on the gallows after he stumbles across an elaborate scheme to protect wanted fugitives from the law.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Bronco Season 3 Episode 2 - Apache Treasure
    8.7/10(32 votes)

    #16 - Apache Treasure

    S3:E2

    Bronco is framed for murder by a ruthless bounty hunter who kills and scalps Apaches.

    Director:Robert B. Sinclair
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Bronco Season 4 Episode 11 - Destinies West
    8.7/10(30 votes)

    #17 - Destinies West

    S4:E11

    Bronco's infatuation with a lady gambler distracts him from his army assignment to locate a missing fortune and a renegade Union solder.

    Director:George Waggner
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Bronco Season 1 Episode 10 - Payroll of the Dead
    8.6/10(39 votes)

    #18 - Payroll of the Dead

    S1:E10

    Major Damayer hires Bronco to guide him into Indian territory to make a request of Sitting Bull.

    Director:Lee Sholem
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Bronco Season 2 Episode 2 - The Burning Spring
    8.6/10(32 votes)

    #19 - The Burning Spring

    S2:E2

    Bronco relives a wartime experience while testifying in the trial of his would-be killer.

    Director:Lee Sholem
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Bronco Season 2 Episode 19 - Winter Kill
    8.6/10(29 votes)

    #20 - Winter Kill

    S2:E19

    A vengeful mother swears to kill the prisoner Bronco and Marshal Sample are taking to the county jail.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Bronco Season 3 Episode 1 - Mustangers
    8.6/10(34 votes)

    #21 - Mustangers

    S3:E1

    Bronco is accused of murder when a young widow takes an interest in him.

    Director:Robert Altman
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Bronco Season 1 Episode 2 - Quest of the Thirty Dead
    8.5/10(40 votes)

    #22 - Quest of the Thirty Dead

    S1:E2

    Bronco investigates a planned train wreck that killed one of his best friends.

    Director:Lee Sholem
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Bronco Season 1 Episode 13 - The Silent Witness
    8.5/10(34 votes)

    #23 - The Silent Witness

    S1:E13

    Bronco is framed for murder when the ruthless Traxel brothers and gangleader Willis Turner sets him up for the murder of his best friend. Only the testimony of a mute child can rescue Bronco from the gallows.

    Director:Harmon Jones
    Writer:Tom Gries

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  24. Bronco Season 1 Episode 18 - Shadow of a Man
    8.5/10(33 votes)

    #24 - Shadow of a Man

    S1:E18

    Furious at being pulled into a payroll robbery and murder, Bronco goes looking for the loot and the culprit as a posse chases him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Bronco Season 4 Episode 8 - Sure Thing
    8.5/10(28 votes)

    #25 - Sure Thing

    S4:E8

    Bronco sets himself up in the cattle business only to find that a local rancher is using his control of the only road to the market to kill off his competition.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Montana Passage" is the best rated episode of "Bronco". It scored 9.3/10 based on 29 votes. Directed by Reginald Le Borg and written by Howard Browne, Gerald Drayson Adams, it aired on 4/5/1960. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Last Letter".