Then Came Bronson

(NBC, 3/24/1969, 120 mins). A young newspaperman drops out following his friend’s suicide, sets out cross country on his motorcycle in his quest for the meaning of life, and befriends a runaway bride, another searching soul, in this variation of the “Route 66” series, becoming involved weekly in the lives of diverse people subsequently during the 1969-70 TV season. Veteran actor Akim Tamiroff made his farewell TV appearance in this one.

Production Company MGM Television. Director William A. Graham. Producer Robert H. Justman. Teleplay Denne Bart Petitclerc. Photography Ray Flin. Music George Duning. Editors Hugh S. Fowler, Albert P. Wilson. Art Directors George W Davis, Gabriel Scognamillo.

Cast Michael Parks (Jim Bronson), Bonnie Bedelia (Temple Brooks), Akim Tamiroff (Papa Bear), Gary Merrill (Inspector Otis), Sheree North (Gloria Oresko), Martin Sheen (Nick Oresko), Bert Freed (Editor Carson), Gene Dynarski (Boots), Lawrence Hauben (Eddie), Peter Brocco (Railroad clerk), Art Metrano (Barker), Bruce Mars (Troy), Ted Gehring (Diner owner), Woodrow Chambliss (Ean).