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Five Fingers is an NBC adventure/drama series set in Europe during the Cold War.[citation needed] It was based on L. C. Moyzich's story "Operation Cicero".[1] It ran from October 3, 1959, to January 9, 1960.

Five Fingers
Based onOperation Cicero
by Ludwig Carl Moyzisch
Written byRichard Berg (teleplay)
Ludwig Carl Moyzisch William Templeton
Directed byAndrew McCullough
Montgomery Pittman
Lamont Johnson
StarringDavid Hedison
Luciana Paluzzi
Paul Burke
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes16
Production
ProducersMartin Manulis
Herbert B. Swope, Jr.
Production locationEurope
Running time60 minutes
Production companies20th Century Fox Television
Martin Manulis Productions
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseOctober 3, 1959 (1959-10-03) 
January 8, 1960 (1960-01-08)

Premise


David Hedison starred as Victor Sebastian, a counter-intelligence agent for the United States. His mission was to infiltrate a Soviet espionage ring; Five Fingers was his code name. Luciana Paluzzi co-starred as Simone Genet, a fashion model.[1]


Episodes and guest stars


Episodes and notable guest stars include:

Two additional episodes, "A Shot in the Dark" (Neile Adams and Joanna Cook Moore) and "Counterfeit" (Cesar Romero), were unaired.[citation needed]


UK theatrical runs


In 1960/61 in the UK, 20th Century Fox used nine episodes as supporting films for circuit releases, all but one of their own main features:-

The Rank release played at the prime Odeon and Gaumont cinemas. The National release played at Rank's secondary outlets, although at this time it still was allocated the odd decent booking.


References


  1. "New Shows Appear On Fall TeeVee Lineup". The Daily Herald. Utah, Provo. September 28, 1959. p. 16. Retrieved November 2, 2022 via Newspapers.com.





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