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No. of seasons
  
One-half

First episode date
  
3 October 1959

Network
  
NBC

8.1/10
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Country of origin
  
USA

No. of episodes
  
16

Final episode date
  
8 January 1960

Number of episodes
  
16

Written by
  
Richard Berg (teleplay) Ludwig Carl Moyzisch (nonfiction book, ''Operation Cicero'')

Directed by
  
Andrew McCullough Montgomery Pittman Lamont Johnson

Starring
  
David Hedison Luciana Paluzzi Paul Burke

Directors
  
Andrew McCullough, Montgomery Pittman, Lamont Johnson

Cast
  
David Hedison, Luciana Paluzzi, Paul Burke, Ron Howard, Alan Napier

Similar
  
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Burke's Law, Twelve O'Clock High, Letter to Loretta

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Five Fingers is an NBC adventure/drama series set in Europe during the Cold War loosely based on the 1952 film 5 Fingers, starring James Mason and Danielle Darrieux. It ran from October 3, 1959, to January 9, 1960.

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David Hedison starred as Victor Sebastian, an American counterintelligence officer with the code name "Five Fingers". Luciana Paluzzi played Simone Genet, Sebastian's singer client and romantic interest. Paul Burke played Robertson, Sebastian's contact man.

Five Fingers itself was based on the book Operation Cicero (1950) by Ludwig Carl Moyzisch and on the memoirs of Elyesa Bazna (I Was Cicero, 1962). Bazna was something of an antihero in real life (as was his counterpart, Ulysses Diello, in the Hollywood film); the television series transformed the character from a World War II-era mercenary Albanian into a Cold War era heroic American. Sebastian posed as a Communist to gain information on party activities. His public cover was that of a theatrical booking agent for clubs and cafes throughout Europe.

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Episodes and guest stars

Episodes and notable guest stars include:

  • "Station Break" (Eva Gabor and Tyler McVey) - October 3, 1959
  • "Dossier" (Edgar Bergen) - October 10, 1959
  • "The Moment of Truth" (Nehemiah Persoff and Jack Warden) - October 17, 1959
  • "The Unknown Town" (Michael J. Pollard) - October 24, 1959
  • "The Men with Triangle Heads" - (Alfred Ryder) October 31, 1959
  • "The Assassin" (John McGiver) - November 7, 1959
  • "The Man Who Got Away" (Arlene Francis) - November 14, 1959
  • "The Emerald Curtain" - November 21, 1959
  • "The Temple of the Swinging Doll" (Viveca Lindfors, Clu Gulager, Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr., and Sterling Holloway) - November 28, 1959
  • "The Final Dream" (Cesare Danova and John Banner) - December 5, 1959
  • "Thin Ice" (Peter Lorre, Brett Halsey, and Alan Young) - December 19, 1959
  • "Operation Ramrod" (Ray Anthony) - December 26, 1959
  • "The Judas Goat" (Frank Dekova) - January 2, 1960
  • "The Search for Edvard Stoyan" (Martin Balsam) - January 9, 1960

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

    References

    Five Fingers (TV series) Wikipedia
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