BRONSON: The Big KNOCKOUT! (1952-1961)

A FASCINATING 3 HOUR LOOK at Charles Bronson's early TV career--five classic boxing episodes and two career-poppers from 1956. Shortly after these versatile performances, he would return to the ring on the big screen as an aging boxer-trainer, co-starring with Elvis in Kid Galahad. A decade later, in his all-time greatest performance, Bronson starred as a depression-era street-fighter in Walter Hill's Hard Times. There's one thing you can count on --whenever Mr. Macho dons the gloves, bad guys and trouble are sure to follow. The exact starting time of each program in hours, minutes & seconds is in parenthesis: Ep. 1 (00:00) 'KNOCKOUT' (1952) As 'Killer Conley', Bronson (credited here as Chas. Bukinski) is duped by a bunch of jewel thieves and ROY ROGERS himself finally puts on the gloves to settle things. Ep. 2 (25:56) 'CORNERED' (1955) Bronson is a boxer in trouble who jumps bail and starts taking prisoners. Ep. 3 (50:50) 'TWO RINGS FOR EDDIE' (1954) In this 2nd episode of THE JOE PALOOKA STORY, Bronson has his eyes on both a wedding ring and the boxing ring. With real-life boxer "SLAPSIE MAXIE" ROSENBLOOM. Directed by ARNOLD LAVEN. Ep. 4 (1:16:53) 'THE HONEST MAN' (1956) RONALD REAGAN introduces this crucial career-making role for Bronson on G.E. THEATER, and Mr. Macho has a field day as a gangster at odds with JACK BENNY and ZSA ZSA GABOR. Ep. 5 (1:43:07) 'WHO SEARCH FOR TRUTH' (1956) Set in the early 1800s, our man plays a 19-year-old (in reality he was 35 at the time) French-Canadian fur-trapper. Directed by JOHN BRAHM. Ep. 6 (2:09:03) 'SECOND AVENUE ASSASSIN' (1958) On the big screen, Bronson stars in Roger Corman's Machine Gun Kelly. On the small screen, he finally receives his own series MAN WITH A CAMERA. This is the premiere episode featuring TOM LAUGHLIN as a young boxer in trouble and once again Charles has to put on the gloves to set things straight. Ep. 7 (2:35:00) 'THE LAST ROUND' (1961) An episode from ONE STEP BEYOND; battered boxer Bronson arrives in post-war London, falls in with a bad lot, and starts receiving warnings from a famous (and long dead) colleague. Directed by JOHN NEWLAND.

[@MultiElvisp]

Thanks for that treat for any Charlie Bronson fan, we'll screen these gradually on our big screen and subtitle the most interesting ones in french to share with my dad and my girl, who also like his work from Magnificent Seven, Great Escape, Dirty Dozen, to Mr MAJESTYK. Greetings from Bordeaux France.

[@carlataylor3375]

thats Billy Jack

[@motormasters7485]

Ironic that the REAL boxer in the Joe Palooka short is the comic MAXIE ROSENBLOOM...Light Heavyweight Champ 1932-34.

[@vase9]

any other palooka episodes