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Soldiers of Fortune
1955 - 1957 5.0 (1 votes) 2 Seasons
Genres
Action & Adventure

Soldiers of Fortune

Overview

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.

Top Cast

John Russell
John Russell

Tim Kelly

Chick Chandler
Chick Chandler

Toubo Smith

Seasons

Season 1 (1955)

No overview available.

29 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Escort to Namtok
1955-01-10

A husband and wife hire Tim and Toubo to guide them through a jungle infested with dangerous animals and headhunters.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: The Gaboon Viper
1955-01-17

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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: The Runaway King
1955-01-28

Tim and Toubo become intrigued by reports of an island whose visitors are said never to return.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: The Lady of Rajmahal
1955-02-09

Tim and Toubo are hired to transport a valuable painting through the jungle.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: The Greatest Beast
1955-02-20

Tim and Toubo investigate the disappearance of man who was supposedly slain by a monstrous animal.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Gypsy Prince
1955-03-02

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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Old Lady's Mine
1955-03-09

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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Return of the Hawk
1955-03-16

A wealthy man hires Tim and Toubo as bodyguards to protect his family from a bandit gang who is terrorizing the area.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Jungle Rebel
1955-03-23

In French Indo-China, Tim and Toubo are hired to negotiate a peace treaty between the French and a rebel band operating near Saigon.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: Cut Charlie In
1955-03-30

Tim and Toubo become friends with a war hero, but the man is actually a liar and a criminal.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: Pearls Off Dondra Head
1955-04-07

Tim and Toubo learn of a rich pearl bed from a dying man and decide to try their luck at pearl diving.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: Jungle Search
1955-04-14

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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 13: Hate at Forty Fathoms
1955-04-21

Tim and Toubo are hired to kill a whale responsible for the deaths of numerous fishermen.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 14: Malayan Magic
1955-04-28

Tim and Toubo use magic tricks and an old cane to challenge a despotic Malayan ruler who routinely kills those who oppose him.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 15: Torch of Olympiad
1955-05-07

Tim and Toubu visit Crete to search for a relic over three thousand years old called "The Torch of the Olympiad".

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 16: Walk Wide of Lions
1955-05-14

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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 17: The General
1955-05-21

Tim and Toulo investigate South American revolutionaries.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 18: The Elephant Gun
1955-05-28

Tim and Toubo investigate the death of a friend who was supposedly killed by an elephant on a rampage.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 19: Bite of the Ruby Red
1955-06-04

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."

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 20: The Honor of Dr. Mazaro
1955-06-11

A chemical company hires to Tim and Toubo to negotiate the renewal of a contract with the leader of a Latin American country.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 21: Girl in the Jeep
1955-06-18

While sitting in a bar in Algiers, Tim and Toubo become fascinated with a beautiful girl.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 22: The Vanishing Island
1955-06-25

Tim and Toubo attempt to locate a mysterious island that is said to appear and disappear.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 23: Run 'Till You Die
1955-07-07

Tim and Toubo assist an Asian plantation owner from the attacks of Tibetan bandits.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 24: Last Days of Dolores
1955-07-14

Tim and Toubo are hired to find a research scientist who failed to return from an expedition in remote Mexico.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 25: Escape from Camp Diablo
1955-07-21

Tim and Toubo try to prove the existence of a notorious, and illegal, prison.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 26: The Black Scarab
1955-07-28

Tim and Toubo try to help a lovely French woman whose son has been kidnapped by her brutal husband.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 27: The Lady and the Lion
1955-08-05

After a series of accidents disrupt production, a movie company working in Africa hires Tim and Toubo to protect the crew.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 28: Drums of Far Island
1955-08-12

While on a fishing trip to the Virgin Islands, Tim and Toubo uncover a voodoo revival.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 29: Aloha Means Goodbye
1955-08-19

Tim and Toubo are unwelcome party crashers on an exclusive Hawaiian island.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 2 (1956)

No overview available.

23 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Massacre in Mokhara
1956-09-16

When a friend requests their help Tim and Toubo journey to Tibet, but are attacked en route by bandits.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: The Greater Magic
1956-09-30

A professor hires Tim and Toubo to help locate a supposed lost tribe of white aborigines in a remote part of New Guinea.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Limehouse Knights
1956-10-07

While visiting London, Tim and Toubo help Scotland Yard investigate a gang of jewel smugglers.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: The Monster of Loch Mac Gora
1956-10-14

Tim and Toubo search for the lost writings of James Boswell and a legendary monster while visiting a remote Scottish castle.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: The Black Cat Waits
1956-10-21

Two women hire Tom and Toubo to help them find men whose plane crashed in the Amazon jungle.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Boomerang
1956-10-28

An Australian policeman insists Tim and Toubo interrupt their gold mining operations to help him captured an escaped convict.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: River of Death
1956-11-04

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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Treasure of Vickers' Island
1956-11-11

Struck by a hurricane in the South Pacific, Tim and Toubo's ship is wrecked on a remote island.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: The Tattooed Lady of Torima
1956-11-18

Tim and Toubo investigate emerald smuggling in a small South American town.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: Doubled in Diamonds
1956-11-25

A niece and a chief of security conspire to murder a South African diamond mine owner so the niece can inherit the pit.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: The Danger Sisters
1956-12-02

A sister knife-throwing act working in North Africa hire Tim and Toubo as bodyguards.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: Hatchet Man
1956-12-09

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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 13: Slave Market
1956-12-23

Tim is captured and sold in an Arabian slave auction. Toubo desperately tries to organize a rescue.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 14: Temple of Terror
1957-01-06

Tim and Toubo are hired by a beautiful native girl to find her archaeologist boyfriend who is missing somewhere in the Indo-China jungle.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 15: Attack at Ras El Ma
1957-01-13

While in Algers working for an oil company, Tim and Toubo are caught in a revolt of Arab tribesmen against the French colonial government.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 16: Guns for El Khadar
1957-01-20

Tim and Toubo help the French Foreign Legion track down the men responsible for arming hostile Arab tribesmen.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 17: Skull of the Inca
1957-01-27

A archaeologist hires Tim and Toubo to guide him to an ancient Inca ruin deep in the jungle.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 18: Pipeline to Danger
1957-02-03

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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 19: The Green Trap
1957-02-10

Tim and Toubo are leading an African safari not realizing that one of their party is suffering from an emotional breakdown.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 20: A Gift of Death
1957-02-17

While visiting Kenya, Tim and Toubo are hired to capture a prize lion.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 21: Sandhogs
1957-02-24

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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 22: The City of Doom
1957-03-03

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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 23: Crew of the Dolly 'D'
1957-03-10

Tim and Toubo are hired to protect a ship's valuable cargo and must battle mutineers who want to take over the vessel.

Runtime: 30 min

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