Bring 'Em Back Alive is a 1932 American Pre-Code jungle adventure documentary filmed in Malaya starring Frank Buck.
The huge reptile was being photographed from a short distance when suddenly it shot forward, aiming at the film boxes, which lay under the camera tripod.
officials had decided it was so good that they would give it a tremendous ballyhoo, take a private theatre (the Mayfair on Times Square) and do the job in Hollywood style.
I made personal appearances, and for the first time people saw the face of the man who had brought to zoos and menageries of America the animals they had marveled at for so many years.
"[8] Bring 'Em Back Alive was also the title of a radio series that aired on NBC October 30 – December 18, 1932, as promotion for the feature film.
[9] In a 1973 episode of Adam-12, entitled “The Capture,” reference is made to this film, and specifically Frank Buck, as officers Malloy and Reed rescue a man in a diabetic coma who is guarded by a Dobermann.