Five Fingers (TV series)
| Five Fingers | |
|---|---|
| Written by |
Richard Berg (teleplay) |
| Directed by |
Andrew McCullough |
| Starring |
David Hedison Luciana Paluzzi Paul Burke |
| Country of origin | USA |
| No. of seasons | One-half |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Herbert Bayard Swope, Jr. |
| Location(s) | Europe |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | October 3, 1959 – January 8, 1960 |
Richard Berg (teleplay)
Andrew McCullough
Montgomery Pittman
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.
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.
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.
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