About this season
Sword of Freedom was a 1958 drama adventure series for a family audience. Like several of its predecessors, it was produced by Sapphire Films for ITC Entertainment and fitted into the same swashbuckler genre as previous productions. It ran for 39 half-hour monochrome episodes.
Episodes (28)
1. Francesca
Aired 21 February 1958
In order to ally himself with a Spanish duchy, Duke de Medici agrees to marry his sister to a Marco del Monte, a Spanish nobleman. The principals in the forced wedding have other ideas, however.
2. The Suspects
Aired 28 February 1958
3. The Sicilian
Aired 7 March 1958
4. Portrait in Emerald Green
Aired 14 March 1958
5. Forgery in Red Chalk
Aired 21 March 1958
6. Vespucci
Aired 28 March 1958
7. The Woman in the Picture
Aired 4 April 1958
8. Caterina
Aired 11 April 1958
9. The Duke
Aired 18 April 1958
10. The Eye of the Artist
Aired 25 April 1958
11. The Bracelet
Aired 2 May 1958
12. The Hero
Aired 9 May 1958
13. The Value of Paper
Aired 16 May 1958
14. Choice of Weapons
Aired 23 May 1958
15. Marriage of Convenience
Aired 30 May 1958
16. The Bell
Aired 6 June 1958
17. The Tower
Aired 13 June 1958
18. The Ship
Aired 20 June 1958
19. The Beseiged Duchess
Aired 11 July 1958
20. Pagan Venus
Aired 18 July 1958
21. The Princess (aka The Slave)
Aired 1 August 1958
22. The School
Aired 8 August 1958
23. The Ambassador
Aired 15 August 1958
24. The Lion and the Mouse
Aired 22 August 1958
25. Angelica's Past
Aired 29 August 1958
26. Cristina
Aired 5 September 1958
27. Strange Intruder
Aired 12 September 1958
33. S1.E33 ∙ The Reluctant Duke
Aired 19 September 1958
After a series of assassination attempts, the Duke of Teano flees his lands and joins a troupe of clowns in Florence. His sister asks Marco to find the young man and beg him to return.