About this season
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.
Episodes (23)
1. Massacre in Mokhara
Aired 16 September 1956 • 30 min
When a friend requests their help Tim and Toubo journey to Tibet, but are attacked en route by bandits.
2. The Greater Magic
Aired 30 September 1956 • 30 min
A professor hires Tim and Toubo to help locate a supposed lost tribe of white aborigines in a remote part of New Guinea.
3. Limehouse Knights
Aired 7 October 1956 • 30 min
While visiting London, Tim and Toubo help Scotland Yard investigate a gang of jewel smugglers.
4. The Monster of Loch Mac Gora
Aired 14 October 1956 • 30 min
Tim and Toubo search for the lost writings of James Boswell and a legendary monster while visiting a remote Scottish castle.
5. The Black Cat Waits
Aired 21 October 1956 • 30 min
Two women hire Tom and Toubo to help them find men whose plane crashed in the Amazon jungle.
6. Boomerang
Aired 28 October 1956 • 30 min
An Australian policeman insists Tim and Toubo interrupt their gold mining operations to help him captured an escaped convict.
7. River of Death
Aired 4 November 1956 • 30 min
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.
8. Treasure of Vickers' Island
Aired 11 November 1956 • 30 min
Struck by a hurricane in the South Pacific, Tim and Toubo's ship is wrecked on a remote island.
9. The Tattooed Lady of Torima
Aired 18 November 1956 • 30 min
Tim and Toubo investigate emerald smuggling in a small South American town.
10. Doubled in Diamonds
Aired 25 November 1956 • 30 min
A niece and a chief of security conspire to murder a South African diamond mine owner so the niece can inherit the pit.
11. The Danger Sisters
Aired 2 December 1956 • 30 min
A sister knife-throwing act working in North Africa hire Tim and Toubo as bodyguards.
12. Hatchet Man
Aired 9 December 1956 • 30 min
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.
13. Slave Market
9.0Aired 23 December 1956 • 30 min
Tim is captured and sold in an Arabian slave auction. Toubo desperately tries to organize a rescue.
14. Temple of Terror
Aired 6 January 1957 • 30 min
Tim and Toubo are hired by a beautiful native girl to find her archaeologist boyfriend who is missing somewhere in the Indo-China jungle.
15. Attack at Ras El Ma
Aired 13 January 1957 • 30 min
While in Algers working for an oil company, Tim and Toubo are caught in a revolt of Arab tribesmen against the French colonial government.
16. Guns for El Khadar
Aired 20 January 1957 • 30 min
Tim and Toubo help the French Foreign Legion track down the men responsible for arming hostile Arab tribesmen.
17. Skull of the Inca
Aired 27 January 1957 • 30 min
A archaeologist hires Tim and Toubo to guide him to an ancient Inca ruin deep in the jungle.
18. Pipeline to Danger
Aired 3 February 1957 • 30 min
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.
19. The Green Trap
Aired 10 February 1957 • 30 min
Tim and Toubo are leading an African safari not realizing that one of their party is suffering from an emotional breakdown.
20. A Gift of Death
Aired 17 February 1957 • 30 min
While visiting Kenya, Tim and Toubo are hired to capture a prize lion.
21. Sandhogs
Aired 24 February 1957 • 30 min
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.
22. The City of Doom
Aired 3 March 1957 • 30 min
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.
23. Crew of the Dolly 'D'
Aired 10 March 1957 • 30 min
Tim and Toubo are hired to protect a ship's valuable cargo and must battle mutineers who want to take over the vessel.