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Assignment Foreign Legion

1. The Stripes of Sgt. Schweiger  

First aired: 9/21/1956

Writer: Paul Monash
Director: Lance Comfort
Guest star: Auric Lorand (Berber Guide), Karel Stepanek (Lt. Voljac), Geoffrey Keen (Capt. Cheminot), Alex Gallier (Capt. Haleine), John Fabian (Legionnaire Defaulter), Anton Diffring (Sgt. Schweiger)

2. The Baroness  

First aired: 9/28/1956

Writer: Max Ehrlich
Director: Michael McCarthy (I)
Guest star: Merle Oberon (The Baroness), Tom Conway (Georgews Delacroix), Laurence Payne (Etienne), Betty McDowall (Corrine), Arthur Gomez (Commandant)

3. The Man Who Found Freedom  

First aired: 10/5/1956

Writer: Hal Weber
Director: Lance Comfort
Guest star: Jacques Cey (Papa Courville), Patrick Westwood (Italian Legionnaire), Frederick Schiller (German Legionnaire), Norah Gorsen (Marie Courville), Leonard Sachs (Gavin), Lee Patterson (Ridge)

4. The Search  

First aired: 10/12/1956

A recently-released prisoner discovers that his wife has married an officer in the Foreign Legion, and that his son has been told he is dead.

Writer: Max Ehrlich
Director: Michael McCarthy (I)
Guest star: Peter Arne (Andre), Vera Fusek (Anna), Michael Ripper (Corporal), John Le Mesurier (Leblond), Guido Lorraine (Lieutenant Bourdon), John Serret (Concierge)

5. The Thin Line  

First aired: 10/19/1956

Writer: Reed de Rouen, W. Stanley Moss
Director: Don Chaffey
Guest star: Gerik Schjelderup, Maureen Connell, Felix Felton, Denis Shaw, John Loder, Patrick Barr

6. The Glory That Was Meister  

First aired: 10/26/1956

Writer: George Kirgo, David Rayfiel
Director: Lance Comfort
Guest star: April Olrich (Lucette), Brian O'Higgins (O'Casey), Philip Lennard (Sergeant Malraux), Charles Lloyd Pack (Huggins), Liam Redmond (Inspector Simkins), Alexander Gauge (Meister)

7. The Stool Pigeon  

First aired: 11/2/1956

A man in a penal battalion of the Foreign Legion tries to turn his back on the past.

Writer: A. R. Rawlinson
Director: Don Chaffey
Guest star: Donald Houston (Zub Rowski), Terence O'Regan (Murphy), John G. Heller (Ratenbild), Larry Cross (Larry), Robert Arden (Bill Ainsworth), Maurice Kaufmann (Max Brecker)

8. The Ghost  

First aired: 11/9/1956

Writer: Max Ehrlich
Director: Michael McCarthy (I)
Guest star: Paula Byrne (Jane Warwick), Clifford Evans (John Warwick), Peter Allenby (Clyde Warman), Keith Pyott (Commandant), William Russell (Gerry Brooke)

9. Finger Your Neck  

First aired: 11/16/1956

Writer: Nicholas Winter, James Carhartt
Director: Don Chaffey
Guest star: Conrad Phillips (Dullin), Norman Rossington (Manetti), William Sylvester (Tony), Merle Oberon (Anne/Carla)

10. The Outcast  

First aired: 11/23/1956

Writer: Max Ehrlich
Director: Lance Comfort
Guest star: Edward Ashley (Jean), Eric Pohlmann (Thibault), Carl Jaffe (Von Hoff), André Mikhelson (Colonel Juin), Patrick Allen (Corporal Schultz), Rosalie Crutchley (Lucette), Michael Gough (Andre la Palme)

11. Dollar a Year Man  

First aired: 11/30/1956

A former banker, who joined the Foreign Legion after being released from a concentration camp, deserts after receiving an unexpected letter.

Writer: A. R. Rawlinson
Director: Lance Comfort
Guest star: Anton Diffring (Franz Mayer), Pat Clavin (Franz's Secretary), John Salew (Finance Minister), Gaylord Cavallaro (Masterson), Bill Fraser (Monsieur Daudet), Lesley Nunnerley (Brigitte Daudet)

12. The Anaya  

First aired: 12/7/1956

An Arab forces a legionnaire to swear a life-long allegiance on the anaya, a sacred symbol.

Writer: Irving Elman
Director: Lance Comfort
Guest star: John Harvey (Captain Janvier), Peter Swanwick (Colonel), Anna Gerber (Miriam), Christopher Lee (El Abba), Paul Homer (El Hakim), Eddie Byrne (Sergeant Quinn)

13. Sword of Truth  

First aired: 12/14/1956

Captain de Suresne, newly appointed to the command of a desert post, develops extreme paranoid feelings and finds the Sword of Truth an object of fear.

Writer: Paul Monash
Director: Lance Comfort
Guest star: Alfred Burke (Cpl. Lescaux), Carl Duering (Willems), Robert Brown (Sgt. Boucher), Allan Cuthbertson (Capt. de Suresne), Stephen Grey (Sgt. Maury)

14. A Matter of Honour  

First aired: 12/21/1956

Writer: James Carhartt, Nicholas Winter
Director: Terence Fisher
Guest star: Oscar Quitak (Delly), Victor Baring (Jo Polo), John Chandos (Commissioner), Ewen Solon (Coustaud), Robert Cawdron (Boileau), Lionel Jeffries (Commandant), Stephen Murray (Grosjean)

15. The Debt  

First aired: 12/28/1956

Writer: Max Ehrlich, A. R. Rawlinson
Director: Terence Fisher
Guest star: Charles Stapley (Sergeant Major), Angela Krefeld (Denise), Walter Hudd (Major Gauthier), André Mikhelson (Fort Commandant), Peter Wyngarde (Lieutenant Charles Designe), Anthony Dawson (Captain Pierre Cordier)

16. The White Kepi  

First aired: 1/4/1957

Some legionnaires enjoy a period of leave, visiting bazaars and night clubs, and reminiscing about their lives before joining the Legion.

Writer: Paul Monash
Director: David MacDonald
Guest star: Stanley Zevic (Thibault), Michael Mellinger (Ballard), Lee Patterson (Legionnaire Reese), Alec Mango (Captain Gary), Lisa Gastoni (Jacqueline), Guy Deghy (Kunz), Eddie Byrne (Sergeant Weller)

17. Testimonial to a Soldier  

First aired: 1/11/1957

Writer: Paul Monash
Director: Lance Comfort
Guest star: Peter Macarte (Arab Stall Keeper), Alfred Burke (Major Lebeque), Fred Kitchen (Colonel Pinaud), Nigel Stock (Geist), Martin Benson (Kasar), Richard Pasco (Lieutenant Mauriac)

18. A Pony for Joe Crazy Horse  

First aired: 1/18/1957

A fort is besieged by hostile Arab forces, and the captain orders the release of horses to save water, but a Cheyenne legionnaire cannot bear to be parted from his animal.

Writer: Carey Wilber
Director: David MacDonald
Guest star: Edward Evans (Garrison Commandant), Norman Rossington (Legionnaire Tete de Bras), Edward Cast (Cpt. Dupont), Lionel Jeffries (Sergeant Le Boule), Martin Benson (Legionnaire Crazy Horse), John Schlesinger (Cpl. Schneider)

19. The Conquering Hero  

First aired: 1/25/1957

Writer: Carey Wilber
Director: Don Chaffey
Guest star: Stanley Van Beers (Colonel), George Pravda (Captain Leclerc), Gertan Klauber (Schiller), Patrick Troughton (Nedeau), Walter Rilla (Marchand), Adrienne Corri (Gabrielle), Anthony Newley (Legionnaire Horatio Smith)

20. As We Forgive  

First aired: 2/1/1957

A priest is found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, then comes face-to-face with the man who had confessed to the murder.

Writer: Brian Kingcome, Don Chaffey
Director: Don Chaffey
Guest star: John Miller (Balmain (Gendarme)), Victor Brooks (Sergeant (Gendarme)), John Dearth (Doctor), Andrée Melly (Denise), Christopher Lee (Rodin), Peter Arne (Father Prousteau)

21. The Richest Man in the Legion  

First aired: 2/8/1957

Writer: Hal Weber
Director: Don Chaffey
Guest star: Della Voss (Marion), Lucette Marimar (Jackie), Michael Mellinger (The Guide), Wensley Pithey (Captain Mercier), Peter Dyneley (Richard Harding), Roger Moore (Legionnaire Paul Harding)

22. The Deserter  

First aired: 2/15/1957

A man joins the Foreign Legion to uncover a secret.

Writer: John Kruse
Director: Terence Fisher
Guest star: Lee Montague (Mahmoud), Fred Goddard (Aussie), Robert Arden (Canadian), André Charise (Abdul Rahim), Frederick Schiller (Sgt. Schmidt), Patrick Allen (Mike O'Shea)

23. The Coward  

First aired: 2/22/1957

Writer: Max Ehrlich
Director: David MacDonald
Guest star: John Welsh (Minister of Colonies), Henri Vidon (Colonel Pradier), Roger Delgado (Lieutenant Lachaise), George Colouris (Sultan Ahmed Bey), Patrick McGoohan (Capt. Valadon), Donald Pleasence (Commandant)

24. Mixed Blood  

First aired: 3/1/1957

Writer: Brian Ringlove
Director: Michael McCarthy (I)
Guest star: Richard Johnson (Lieutenant Guillaume), David Saire (Achmed), John Bailey (Hussein), Arthur Gomez (Commandant), Philip Leaver (Haroun), Ferdy Mayne (Ben Rahim), Martin Benson (Novac)

25. The White Witch of Makala  

First aired: 3/8/1957

Writer: Nicholas Winter, James Carhartt
Director: Don Chaffey
Guest star: Bruce Beeby (Captain Henri Bardot), Betty McDowall (Jeanne de la Tour), Dennis Price (Major Louis de la Tour), Thomas Baptiste (Bolo), John Harrison (M'Dongo), Connie Smith (I) (Man'Emi)

26. The Volunteer  

First aired: 3/15/1957

Writer: Max Ehrlich
Director: Lance Comfort
Guest star: Seymour Green (Captain Le Clere), Roland Brand (Morgan), Harold Kasket (El Kebir), Tom Bowan (Sergeant Arnault), Charles Stapley (Sergeant Le Jean), Leo McKern (Sergeant Campeau), André Morell (Colonel Laurent)
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