Foreign Intrigue

Foreign Intrigue
Genre	Action/Adventure
Created by	Sheldon Reynolds
Starring	Jerome Thor (seasons 1–2) James Daly (season 3) Gerald Mohr (season 4)
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	156
Production
Location(s)	Filmstaden, , Paris, France, and Vienna, Austria; other European location
Release
Original network	Syndication
Original release	October 18, 1951 – June 18, 1955

Foreign Intrigue (also known as Foreign Assignment) is a syndicated espionage drama television series produced in Europe by Sheldon Reynolds. The 30-minute series ran for four seasons from 1951 to 1955, producing 156 episodes.

It originally starred Jerome Thor for the first two seasons; in later reruns these episodes were titled Dateline Europe. Thor was succeeded by James Daly for the duration of the third season; in reruns, the Daly episodes were retitled Overseas Adventure. The fourth and final season starred Gerald Mohr as Christopher Storm; when these episodes were rerun they were renamed Cross Current.

Principal photography for the first two seasons was shot in Filmstaden, . Production moved to Paris, France for the third season, and then later to Vienna, Austria for the final season, with locations throughout Europe and Scandinavia, including Copenhagen and , utilized during the show's run.

The show was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Awards as follows:

Sheldon Reynolds also directed a subsequent eponymous 1956 movie, Foreign Intrigue, based on the TV series, which starred Robert Mitchum. John Padovano reprised his role of Tony Forrest for the film.

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