Boy and the Bronc Buster, The (television) Two-part television show; aired on March 18 and 25, 1973. Directed by Bernard McEveety. An orphan boy joins a drifter on the rodeo circuit, where he learns to be a rodeo performer. But the drifter turns out to be wanted for murder, causing all sorts of complications. Stars Earl Holliman, Strother Martin, Vincent Van Patten, Jacqueline Scott, Lisa Gerritsen, Ken Swofford.