Original title
Soldiers of Fortune
Released
1/10/1955
Origin country
US
Genre
Action & Adventure
Production companies
Revue Productions
Status
Returning series
Number of seasons
2
Number of episodes
52
Soldiers of Fortune is a 1955 syndicated half hour American television adventure series. It starred John Russell as Tim Kelly and Chick Chandler as his sidekick Toubo Smith who were international adventurers. Each episode would take place in a different country. Many of the film crew had worked at Republic Pictures studios with the show filmed on Republic's backlot then used by television's Revue Productions. The show was constantly rerun on American television into the 1960s. The show was sponsored for two years by 7 Up soft drink. One year after Soldiers of Fortune was cancelled, John Russell went on to star as Marshal Dan Troup in the successful ABC/Warner Brothers western series Lawman.
A husband and wife hire Tim and Toubo to guide them through a jungle infested with dangerous animals and headhunters.
Tim and Toubo are hired by a big game hunter to guide him into remote African territory so he can hunt and photograph a secret native ritual involving poisonous snakes.
Tim and Toubo become intrigued by reports of an island whose visitors are said never to return.
Tim and Toubo are hired to transport a valuable painting through the jungle.
Tim and Toubo investigate the disappearance of man who was supposedly slain by a monstrous animal.
Tim and Toubo are asked to return a young man to his real family so he can claim his rightful place as Prince of the Gypsy.
An elderly woman hires Tim and Toubo to guide her to a her gold mine deep in the Central American jungle. She plans to investigate the sudden drop in production.
A wealthy man hires Tim and Toubo as bodyguards to protect his family from a bandit gang who is terrorizing the area.
In French Indo-China, Tim and Toubo are hired to negotiate a peace treaty between the French and a rebel band operating near Saigon.
Tim and Toubo become friends with a war hero, but the man is actually a liar and a criminal.
Tim and Toubo learn of a rich pearl bed from a dying man and decide to try their luck at pearl diving.
Tim and Toubo are hired to locate a missing plane which disappeared into the Indian jungle carrying vital medicine. They are not the only searchers, however; two black marketeers are seeking the missing cargo, too.
Tim and Toubo are hired to kill a whale responsible for the deaths of numerous fishermen.
Tim and Toubo use magic tricks and an old cane to challenge a despotic Malayan ruler who routinely kills those who oppose him.
Tim and Toubu visit Crete to search for a relic over three thousand years old called "The Torch of the Olympiad".
A doctor hires Tim and Toulo to guide him to a African chieftain in desperate need of medical attention, but the chief's rivals want to prevent the operation.
Tim and Toulo investigate South American revolutionaries.
Tim and Toubo investigate the death of a friend who was supposedly killed by an elephant on a rampage.
Two scientists hire Tim and Toubo to help them find a Central American tribe who are said to have a natural immunity to the deadly bite of a tick called "The Ruby Red."
A chemical company hires to Tim and Toubo to negotiate the renewal of a contract with the leader of a Latin American country.
While sitting in a bar in Algiers, Tim and Toubo become fascinated with a beautiful girl.
Tim and Toubo attempt to locate a mysterious island that is said to appear and disappear.
Tim and Toubo assist an Asian plantation owner from the attacks of Tibetan bandits.
Tim and Toubo are hired to find a research scientist who failed to return from an expedition in remote Mexico.
Tim and Toubo try to prove the existence of a notorious, and illegal, prison.
Tim and Toubo try to help a lovely French woman whose son has been kidnapped by her brutal husband.
After a series of accidents disrupt production, a movie company working in Africa hires Tim and Toubo to protect the crew.
While on a fishing trip to the Virgin Islands, Tim and Toubo uncover a voodoo revival.
Tim and Toubo are unwelcome party crashers on an exclusive Hawaiian island.
When a friend requests their help Tim and Toubo journey to Tibet, but are attacked en route by bandits.
A professor hires Tim and Toubo to help locate a supposed lost tribe of white aborigines in a remote part of New Guinea.
While visiting London, Tim and Toubo help Scotland Yard investigate a gang of jewel smugglers.
Tim and Toubo search for the lost writings of James Boswell and a legendary monster while visiting a remote Scottish castle.
Two women hire Tom and Toubo to help them find men whose plane crashed in the Amazon jungle.
An Australian policeman insists Tim and Toubo interrupt their gold mining operations to help him captured an escaped convict.
Tim and Toubo are hired to find a prospector thought lost in the Amazonian jungle. Their search is hindered by a tribe of angry headhunters.
Struck by a hurricane in the South Pacific, Tim and Toubo's ship is wrecked on a remote island.
Tim and Toubo investigate emerald smuggling in a small South American town.
A niece and a chief of security conspire to murder a South African diamond mine owner so the niece can inherit the pit.
A sister knife-throwing act working in North Africa hire Tim and Toubo as bodyguards.
Tim and Toubo are hired to smuggle a Chinese gentleman out of England, not knowing that man is actually a leader of the London rackets pursued by the police.
Tim is captured and sold in an Arabian slave auction. Toubo desperately tries to organize a rescue.
Tim and Toubo are hired by a beautiful native girl to find her archaeologist boyfriend who is missing somewhere in the Indo-China jungle.
While in Algers working for an oil company, Tim and Toubo are caught in a revolt of Arab tribesmen against the French colonial government.
Tim and Toubo help the French Foreign Legion track down the men responsible for arming hostile Arab tribesmen.
A archaeologist hires Tim and Toubo to guide him to an ancient Inca ruin deep in the jungle.
Tim and Toubo are hired to find out the cause in the loss of production in an Arabian oil field. The first thing they discover is a murder.
Tim and Toubo are leading an African safari not realizing that one of their party is suffering from an emotional breakdown.
While visiting Kenya, Tim and Toubo are hired to capture a prize lion.
When a construction foreman runs into trouble building a tunnel under a Cuban harbor, he hires Tim and Toubo to find who is sabotaging his work.
Tim and Toubo are hired to help a construction workers battle a cult who believes their gods will destroy their Far Eastern city if their building project is finished.
Tim and Toubo are hired to protect a ship's valuable cargo and must battle mutineers who want to take over the vessel.
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