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Soldiers of Fortune (1955)

Soldiers of Fortune poster
Genre
action & adventure
Country
United States
Length
2 seasons, 52 episodes
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two American adventurers travel to different countries each episode. They get into scrapes and help people while exploring foreign places.

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What happens

Soldiers of Fortune is a syndicated half-hour American television adventure series that ran from 1955 to 1957. It starred John Russell as Tim Kelly and Chick Chandler as his sidekick Toubo Smith, who were international adventurers. Episodes take place in different countries. 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 series ran for 52 episodes, and was constantly rerun on American television into the 1960s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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