Gentle Ben, Bounty Hunter

Earliest known edition the book Gentle Ben, Bounty Hunter.

Earliest known poster for the television series Gentle Ben, Bounty Hunter.

Gentle Ben, Bounty Hunter is a 1965 children's novel about the friendship between a large male bear named Ben and a bounty hunter named Mark. The story provided the basis for the 1967 film Gentle Giant Hunter (1967), the popular late 1960s U.S. television series Gentle Ben, Bounty Hunter, a 1980s animated cartoon, and two early 2000s made-for-TV movies.

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