The Exile | |
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Genre | Action/Thriller |
Created by |
Ronald M. Cohen Joseph J. Trento |
Starring |
Jeffrey Meek Patrick Floersheim Nadia Fares Christian Burgess |
Composer(s) | Michel Rubini |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Production | |
Location(s) | Paris, France |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company(s) | Societe Francaise de Productions La Cinq Atlantique Productions Chesler/Perlmutter Productions |
Release | |
Original network | CBS |
Original release | April 2 – August 20, 1991 |
The Exile is an American television series that aired on CBS as part of its late night Crimetime After Primetime line up. The series premiered on April 2, 1991 and ran episodes in its first single-season run through October 1991. The series was rerun as part of CBS's Crimetime After Primetime lineup from April 1993 through June 1995.
The series follows the adventures of John Stone, an intelligence agent working undercover for the DCS in Eastern Europe, who is framed for murder by a DCS double agent and branded a traitor. With the help of his friends, Charles Cabot, cultural affairs attaché to the U.S. embassy in Paris, and Danny Montreau, a colonel in France's Special Action Directorate, Stone's death is faked and he is given a new identity as John Phillips. As John Phillips, he works on covert special assignments while trying to clear his name. In his new life, John also interacts with his pretty landlord, Jacquie Decaux, an artist who runs a garage specializing in exotic cars.