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Bring 'Em Back Alive

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Renowned trapper Frank Buck travels to the jungles of the Malay Peninsula where, with his assistant, he hopes to trap rare and exotic animals, birds and reptiles for zoos. Buck soon captures a unique reptile and a leopard, and adopts a baby bear and baby elephant. After he traps an orangutan, however, Buck is unable to snare a tiger. He then visits a native village and witnesses numerous tribal ceremonies that include pythons and alligators. Buck returns to the jungle to try again for the tiger.

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Audience Member I was expecting more of an Indiana Jones/Alan Quartermain type of adventure, but this great white hunter jungle story is actually a nature documentary following Frank Buck capturing a baby elephant other various African wildlife. I was probably thinking of the 1980s Bruce Boxleitner TV series (very loosely based upon Buck), which was more "Raiders of the Lost Ark" than "Wild Kingdom." This documentary is interesting as a time capsule, even if most of the film is clearly staged. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Renowned trapper Frank Buck travels to the jungles of the Malay Peninsula where, with his assistant, he hopes to trap rare and exotic animals, birds and reptiles for zoos. Buck soon captures a unique reptile and a leopard, and adopts a baby bear and baby elephant. After he traps an orangutan, however, Buck is unable to snare a tiger. He then visits a native village and witnesses numerous tribal ceremonies that include pythons and alligators. Buck returns to the jungle to try again for the tiger.
Director
Clyde E. Elliott
Production Co
Van Beuren Studios
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 10m