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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.

Original Release

01/10/1955

US Release

01/10/1955

Cast

John Russell	Tim Kelly
Chick Chandler	Toubo Smith
Wesley Gale	Native
George Chester	Native
Vic Groves	Native
Daniel Elam	Native
Daniel Elam	Porter
Morgan Roberts	Native
Henry Corden	Nicholas Rekoff
Henry Corden	Sullivan

(see additional cast & crew)

#	Title	Air Date
1	Massacre in Mokhara	Sunday, 16 September 1956
2	The Greater Magic	Sunday, 30 September 1956
3	Limehouse Knights	Sunday, 07 October 1956
4	The Monster of Loch Mac Gora	Sunday, 14 October 1956
5	The Black Cat Waits	Sunday, 21 October 1956
6	Boomerang	Sunday, 28 October 1956
7	River of Death	Sunday, 04 November 1956
8	Treasure of Vickers' Island	Sunday, 11 November 1956
9	The Tattooed Lady of Torima	Sunday, 18 November 1956
10	Doubled in Diamonds	Sunday, 25 November 1956
11	The Danger Sisters	Sunday, 02 December 1956
12	Hatchet Man	Sunday, 09 December 1956
13	Slave Market	Sunday, 23 December 1956
14	Temple of Terror	Sunday, 06 January 1957
15	Attack at Ras El Ma	Sunday, 13 January 1957
16	Guns for El Khadar	Sunday, 20 January 1957
17	Skull of the Inca	Sunday, 27 January 1957
18	Pipeline to Danger	Sunday, 03 February 1957
19	The Green Trap	Sunday, 10 February 1957
20	A Gift of Death	Sunday, 17 February 1957
21	Sandhogs	Sunday, 24 February 1957
22	The City of Doom	Sunday, 03 March 1957
23	Crew of the Dolly 'D'	Sunday, 10 March 1957

Directors

Richard Irving, John English, Herschel Daugherty, Sidney Salkow, Earl Bellamy, Paul Landres, Harve Foster, Laurence Schwab Jr., Stuart Gilmore, Don McDougall, Philip Ford, Edward L. Cahn, D. Ross Lederman

Writers

Lawrence Kimble, Fenton Earnshaw, Barry Shipman, Douglas Leach, James Gunn, Muriel Roy Bolton, Maurice Tombragel, Sloan Nibley, Llewellyn Hughes, Jack Leonard, Elsie Lee, William J. Sheldon, Otis Adelbert Kline, Jules Archer, Joseph Leal Henderson, Joseph Emerson Newton, Clayre Lipman, Hal G. Evarts, Michel Lipman, D.K. Findlay, Lee Sheridan

Cast

John Russell	Tim Kelly
Chick Chandler	Toubo Smith
Wesley Gale	Native
George Chester	Native
Vic Groves	Native
Daniel Elam	Native
Daniel Elam	Porter
Morgan Roberts	Native
Henry Corden	Nicholas Rekoff
Henry Corden	Sullivan
Paul Stader	Choya
Paul Cristo	Restaurant Patron
Paul Cristo	Security Guard
Robert Tafur	The Maharajah
Walter Smith	Angel
Walter Smith	Native
Walter Smith	Porter
Nick Borgani	Joe
Nick Borgani	Slave
Dan Dowling	Audience Member