CTVA
The Classic TV Archive - Europe
Foreign Intrigue (1) "Dateline Europe (1951-53) - Jerome Thor, Sydna Scott 
 Foreign Intrigue (2) "Overseas Adventure" (1953-54) - James Daly, Anne Preville  
Foreign Intrigue (3) "CrossCurrent" (1954-55) - Gerald Mohr
"Sherlock Holmes"(1954)  "Dick & the Duchess" (1957-58)
Sheldon Reynolds Production of
Foreign Intrigue 3: CrossCurrent
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
John King, New York (EGans64636@aol.com)
Bertil Lundgren, Sweden (bertil.lundgren@swipnet.se)
Hank Moore, Houston, Texas (Hank_Moore@selec.net)
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com) 
DVD 1  /   DVD 2
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FOREIGN INTRIGUE format (3) syndicated as CROSSCURRENT
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Sheldon Reynolds production
Official Films Release
for
U.S. Syndication
Filmed in Vienna
Associate Producer John Padovano
European mystery adventure series 1954-55 39 episodes x 30 min bw
starring
Gerald Mohr as Christopher Storm (1954-55)
with
John Padovano as TonyForest (1951-55) (also associate producer)
recuring characters:
Gilbert Robin as Dodo
John Stark as Starky

Background: Vienna. The story of Christopher Storm, owner of the
"Hotel Frontier" who aides the distressed against the international
underworld.

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"An exciting television drama played against the tense
background of present-day (1950's)Europe"

3 formats with 3 syndication titles - total 156 episodes x 30 min
(1) 'Dateline: Europe' (1951-53) (78 episodes) [001-078]
(2) 'Overseas Adventure' (1953-54) (39 episodes) [079-117]
(3) 'Cross Current' (1954-55) (39 episodes) [118-156]

Theme music by Charles Norman and Ervin Drake (all 3 formats)

Directors include:
MC = directed by Marcel Cravenne
EL = directed by Eugene Lourie/ Gene Lourie
JG = directed by Jack Gage
SP = directed by Steve Previn
LEK= directed by Lars-Eric Kjellgren
SR = directed by Sheldon Reynolds
HL = directed by Hans Lagerkvist
TY = directed by Tom Younger
Airdates - NYC - New York City
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4.01 [118] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent
FORGED PLATES (Gerald Mohr + James Daly + John Padovano)
aka - Counterfeit Plates / aka ? Counterfeit Money
30Sep54 NYC
Produced, written and directed by Sheldon Reynolds
Guest Cast:
Francoise Prevost ........ Janine
Gregoire Aslan ......... Tomberg
John Stark ........... Starky
*
Director of Photography Bertil Palmgren
Production Manager Sven Sjönell
2nd Unit Director Tom Younger
Film Editor Lennart Wallén
Music Nils Kyndel
Set Designer Nils Svenwall
Sound Engineer Lennart Unnerstad
*
Helping an American newspaperman get a headline story,
Christopher Storm takes a backstreet tour of Vienna in
search of counterfeit plates.

4.02 [119] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
INTERNATIONAL DIAMOND SMUGGLERS (Gerald Mohr + John Padovano)
aka - The Model from Holland
7Oct54 NYC
Directed by Sheldon Reynolds
guest cast:
Ingrid Thulin ....... The Model
Christopher Storm becomes the reluctant guardian of a beautious
visiting blonde when the underworld suspects she has smuggled
a million dollars worth of contraband diamonds out of Vienna.

4.03 [120] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
THE BOXING GAME (Gerald Mohr + James Daly)
aka - The Fighter
14Oct54 NYC
Produced and directed by Sheldon Reynolds
Original screen play Harold Jack Bloom
Guest Cast:
Ralph Brown .......... Rauol
Frank Sundström ......... Riker
Gilbert Robin ............ Dodo
John Stark ........ Starky
Kurt Masreliez ......... Pepe
*
Associate Producer John Padovano
Director of Photography Gunnar Fischer
Production Manager Sven Sjönell
2nd Unit Director Tom Younger
Film Editor Lennart Wallén
Music Erland von Koch
Set Designer Nils Svenwall
Sound Engineer Aaby Wedin
*
Aroused by the undue interest of a newpaperman and the peculiar
behaviour of those connected with a seemingly unimportant bout.
The life of an old friend, a boxing champ, has been endangered
by his conniving manager.

4.04 [121] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
THE CONFIDENCE GAME (Gerald Mohr)
aka - The Con Game
21Oct54 NYC
Directed by Sheldon Reynolds
guest cast:
Gunnel Brostrom ....... Nita
Christopher Storm aids one of his guests when he gets involved
in an innocent card game with a group of gangsters which results
in murder. Chris discovers a wallet lost and quickly returned
establishes the identity of the victim of an international
racket

4.05 [122] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
THE EMPTY ROOM (Gerald Mohr)
aka? The Avenger
28Oct54 NYC
Directed by Sheldon Reynolds
After years of pursuit, a would-be killer wounds his victim
in front of Christopher Storm's "Hotel Frontier". Collapsing
in Storm's arms, the exhausted man inadvertantly involves
Storm in a deadly feud with death as the easiest way out.

4.06 [123] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
THE TRUMPET PLAYER (Gerald Mohr)
aka? The Third Partner
4Nov54 NYC
Directed by Steve Previn
A blues singer in a French cafe seeks the aid of Christopher
Storm when her husband, burdened with gambling debts, goes
into hiding. Chris Storm finds himself in the middle of a
complicated chase when he helps the jazz trumpeter escape
from the would-be killers.

4.07 [124] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
INTERNATIONAL ROBBERY (Gerald Mohr + John Padovano)
aka - The Little Girl
11Nov54 NYC
Original screen play Harold Jack Bloom
Directed by Steve Previn
Guest Cast:
Ralph Browne .......... Kiley
Gunnel Broström ........ Margo
Gunlog Hagberg ....... Lise
*
Director of Photography Gunnar Fischer
Production Manager Sven Sjönell
2nd Unit Director Tom Younger
Film Editor Lennart Wallén
Music Erik Nordgren
Set Designer Nils Svenwall
Sound Engineer Aaby Wedin
*
A frightened girl on a particular errand leads Christopher
Storm to the hideout of a British bank robber who is hiding
a teenage girl and her mother incommunicado.

4.08 [125] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
THE STAMP COLLECTOR (Gerald Mohr)
aka? Off Beat
18Nov54 NYC
(THIS EPISODE NOT Directed by Marcel Cravenne)
Original Screenlay by Gene Levitt
Directed by Steve Previn
Guest Cast:
Ingrid Thulin ......... Ilsa
Alf Kjellin ........... (Gerard) Brenner
Folke Sundquist ....... Tendler
John Stark ............ Starky (recurring)
*
Director of Photography Bertil Palmren
Production Manager Sven Sjönell
2nd Unit Director Tom Younger
Film Editor Lennart Wallén
Music Charles Redland
Set Designer Nils Svenwall
Sound Engineer Aaby Wedin
Synopsis: Christopher Storm becomes suspicious when one of his guests,
(Gerard Brenner) who is traveling incognito, lists a name which does not
correspond with the initials on his luggage ("A de R"). Chris outwits
international thieves who plan the theft of the guest's
priceless stamp collection.

4.09 [126] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
THE JEWEL THIEF (Gerald Mohr)
aka - Pocketful of Bracelet
25Nov54 NYC
Directed by Steve Previn
Shortly after his conversation with a sultry beauty, Christopher
Storm finds a priceless diamond necklace stuffed into his
pocket. Chris is given one hour to prove that he did not
actually steal the necklace.

4.10 [127] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
THE POISONED TEACUP (Gerald Mohr)
aka - Witness at Large
2Dec54 NYC
Directed by Steve Previn
guest cast:
Ingrid Thulin .......... Crystal
John Podovano .......... Tony (regular)
Gunwar Sjoberg ......... Drexel
Tordsten Liliencrona ... Paul
Gilbert Rolen .......... Dodo
Christopher Storm is poisoned by a strange woman who mistakes
him for the main witness in a murder trial

4.11 [128] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
THE PLAYFUL PRINCE (Gerald Mohr)
aka - The Prince and I
9Dec54 NYC
Directed by Steve Previn
cast:
John Podovano .......... Tony (regular)
A Balkan Prince, traveling incognito, come to Christopher
Storm's Hotel Frontier on a vacation holiday from his
royal duties.

4.12 [129] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
BULLFIGHTER'S WOMAN (Gerald Mohr)
aka - The Woman
16Dec54 NYC
Directed by Jack Gage
guest cast:
Sonja Wiggert ......... Elsa
Emilo Carrer .......... Tomacho
Christopher Storm, vacationing in sunny Spain, proves
instrumental in reuniting an ex-bullfighter and his old
Austrian flame. Chris comes to the matador's aid when he
is accused of murdering his former sweetheart's boyfriend.

4.13 [130] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
THE STATE SECRETS (Gerald Mohr)
aka - The Witness
23Dec54 NYC
Guest Cast:
Mai Britt* (according to TV Guide)
*Note:
It's not the Mai Britt (May Britt Wilkens) (1934 - ), who married the late Sammy Davis, Jr.!
Instead, it's Maj-Britt Nilsson (1924 - ), who was in a couple of Ingmar Bergman movies [BL]
Synopsis:
An undercover agent carrying state secrets is found
stabbed to death in Christopher Storm's "Hotel Frontier".
The key witness, an attractive French girl refuses to
talk. Chris Storm starts off to bring the murderer to
justice.

(Moves to Wed 9:30 on Channel 7 New York City)

4.14 [131] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
THE SPEED DEMONS (Gerald Mohr)
aka - The Girl Who Wasn't There
29Dec54 NYC
Original screen play Gene Levitt (Fantasy Island)
Directed by Jack Gage
Guest Cast:
Doris Svedlund ........... Nancy
Börje Mellvig .......... Inspector
Gilbert Robin .......... Dodo
Stig Järrel .......... Felix
*
Director of Photography Gunnar Fischer
Production Manager Sven Sjönell
2nd Unit Director Tom Younger
Film Editor Lennart Wallén
Music Charles Redland
Set Designer Nils Svenwall
Sound Engineer Aaby Wedin
*
synopsis 1:
When Christopher Storm returns a handbag to Maria Dona, an
important lady secretary that he hit in a freak auto accident,
he finds another woman in the apartment claiming the same name.
synopsis 2:
Two women both bearing the same name "Maria Dona" have Storm
doubting his sanity. After knocking one of them down in a
weird auto mishap, she completely disappears and the other
"Maria" takes her place.

4.15 [132] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
THE SPY RING (Gerald Mohr)
aka - Souvenir de Paris
5Jan55 NYC
Original screen play Gene Levitt (Fantasy Island)
Directed by Tom Younger
Guest Cast:
Ulf Palme .......... Jens
Ulla Sjöblom ......... Grete
Gilbert Robin ........ Dodo
John Stark ......... Starky
*
Director of Photography Bertil Palmgren
Production Manager Sven Sjönell
Film Editor Lennart Wallén
Music Nils Kyndel
Set Designer Nils Svenwall
Sound Engineer Aaby Wedin
*
A pleasure trip to Copenhagen turns out to be strictly
business for Christopher Storm. He is led into a carefully
laid trap, set by a European spy ring, that is designed to
aquaint him with a female spy. The ring plan to use Chris
as an unwitting courier for top secret defense plans

4.16 [133] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
APPOINTMENT AT FIVE (Gerald Mohr)
aka - Five O'Clock Sharp
12Jan55 NYC
Original screen play Gene Levitt (Fantasy Island)
Directed by Jack Gage
Guest Cast:
Gunvor Pontén ....... Miss Steiner
Allan Blair ............. Marble
Stig Järrel ........ Salesman
Märta Dorff ........ Operator
Ulla Padovano ....... Nurse
*
Director of Photography Bertil Palmgren
Production Manager Sven Sjönell
2nd Unit Director Tom Younger
Film Editor Lennart Wallén
Music Charles Redland
Set Designer Nils Svenwall
Sound Engineer Aaby Wedin
*
Christopher Storm concludes an innocent luncheon date and
then learns that his luncheon companion, a respectable
Viennese businessman who works for Western Intelligence
on the side, is the unwitting target for two shadowy killers
at five o'clock that evening.

4.17 [134] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
THE WAYWARD BROTHER (Gerald Mohr)
aka - The Kid
19Jan55 NYC
Original screen play Harold Jack Bloom
Directed by Jack Gage
Guest Cast:
Acke Carlsson .......... Teddy
Robert Cunningham ........ Fenner
Rangvi Lindbladh ........... Hilda
Börje Mellvig .......... Inspector
*
Director of Photography Bertil Palmgren
Production Manager Sven Sjönell
2nd Unit Director Tom Younger
Film Editor Lennart Wallén
Music Charles Redland
Set Designer Nils Svenwall
Sound Engineer Aaby Wedin
*
Christopher Storm steps out of his role as a Vienna hotel
owner to get involved with a juvenile delinquent and his
doting sister. The delinquent, a part-time boot black, starts
a mess of trouble by stealing a packet of narcotics from
a gangster's office in Vienna.

(Channel 7 New York City - moves to Saturday 9:30 - starting 29Jan55)

4.18 [135] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
THE MISSING SCHOOLTEACHER (Gerald Mohr)
aka - Schoolteacher Story
29Jan55 NYC
Directed by Jack Gage
guest cast:
Lucille Vines .......... the school teacher
An Iowa school teacher has an innocent aperitif with a nice
young man in Vienna and finds herself kidnapped by a man
hunted by the international police.

4.19 [136] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
BLIND MAN'S BLUFF (Gerald Mohr)
5Feb55 NYC
Directed by Eugene Lourie
guest cast:
Alf Kjellin ............ Carl
Olaf Bergstrom ......... Hans
Christopher Storm is led into a deadly game of hide and
seek when a blind man's hallucinations turn out to be the
real thing. The old man believes that he is going to be
killed.

4.20 [137] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
THE MAD GUNMAN (Gerald Mohr)
aka?? The Young Assassin
12Feb55 NYC
Directed by Marcel Cravenne
Hotel owner Christopher Storm is the victim of a surprise
gun attack by a vindictive youth who blames him for his
imprisonmemt. When Chris finds who the gunman is, he runs into
another problem with the man's sister.

4.21 [138] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
THE DIAMOND ALLERGY (Gerald Mohr)
aka - Mr. Landstrasse-Hauptsta
19Feb55 NYC
Original Screen Play Gene Levitt (Fantasy Island)
Directed by Eugène Lourié
Guest Cast:
Sven Eric Gamble .......... Jan
Catrin Westeröund ........ Helene
Margareta Krook ........ Miss Phipps
Gilbert Robin ......... Dodo (recurring)
John Stark ........ Starky (recurring)
*
Director of Photography Bertil Palmgren
Production Manager Sven Sjönell
Film Editor Lennart Wallén
Music Nils Kyndel
Set Designer Nils Svenwall
Sound Engineer Aaby Wedin
*
Two lovers who cannot get married because of financial
difficulties, plan to part. Jan, the boy finds a diamond
necklace, dropped by a fleeing thief near Chris Storm's
"Hotel Frontier" and feels his luck has changed.

4.22 [139] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
A GAME OF CHANCE (Gerald Mohr)
aka - The Model Lady
26Feb55 NYC
Directed by Eugène Lourié
Original screen play Gene Levitt (Fantasy Island)
Guest Cast:
Eva Dahlbeck ........ Barbara (Vale)
Egon Larsson ........ Saloon-keeper
Gunvor Pontén ...... Model
Henrik Anker-Steen ........ Mace
John Stark ....... Starky (recurring)
Gilbert Robin ..... Dodo (recurring)
*
Director of Photography Bertil Palmgren
Production Manager Sven Sjonell
2 Unit Director Tom Younger
Film Editor Lennart Wallén
Music Nils Kyndel
Set Designer Nils Svenwall
Sound Engineer Aaby Wedin
*
A beautiful girl sneaks out of Christopher Storm's Viennese
Hotel without paying her bill. The girl leaves behind a
suitcase with $75,000 inside. Chris recognizes her as a
fashion model and gets involved with a case of blackmail
when he tracks her down.

4.23 [140] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
THE PEARL NECKLACE (Gerald Mohr)
aka - Wild Party / possible aka - Maitre d'
5Mar55 NYC
Original screen play Gene Levitt (Fantasy Island)
Directed by Eugène Lourié
Guest Cast:
Ragni Lindblad ....... Lotte
Renee Björling ....... Mrs. Schiller
Georg Rydeberg ........ Butler (Maitre D')
Gilbert Robin ...... Dodo (recurring)
Henrik Schildt ....... Detective
*
Director of Photography ... Bertil Palmgren
Production Manager ........ Sven Sjonell
2nd Unit Director ......... Tom Younger
Film Editor ............... Lennart Wallén
Music ..................... Charles Redland
Set Designer .............. Nils Svenwall
Sound Engineer ............ Aaby Wedin
*
A young secretary-companion steals a pearl necklace from her
employer in order to help her brother. When the girl tries to
return the jewelry, she can't find the opportunity, so Chris
Storm dons the guise of a French waiter to return the necklace.

4.24 [141] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
THE BOY IN THE PARK (Gerald Mohr)
aka? Only Copy
9Apr55 NYC
Directed by Eugene Lourie
A cryptographer finally breaks an important code while resting
in a quaint Viennese park. When he suffers a heart attack, a
small boy picks up the paper he was working on and uses it to
make a paper airplane. Chris is sent to find this very valuable
toy.

4.25 [142] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
TWO MEN FROM ZURICH (Gerald Mohr + John Padovano)
prod. no. FA-142
12Mar55 NYC
Original Screenplay by Harold Jack Bloom
Directed by Steve Previn
Guest Cast:
Naomi Chance .............. Penelope
Frank Sundstrom ........... Inspector
Lauritz Falk .............. Harry
Gilbert Robin ............. Dodo (recurring)
*
Director of Photography ... Bertil Palmgren
Production Manager ........ Sven Sjonell
2nd Unit Director ......... Tom Younger
Film Editor ............... Lennart Wallén
Music ..................... Charles Redland
Set Designer .............. Nils Svenwall
Sound Engineer ............ Abby Wedin
*
Chris Storm and a friend are in the United States when they
learn of a fur robbery. They tip off the insurance people.
Back in Vienna the two are the object of a hunt by the fur
thieves; a sweet feminine voice invites Christopher Storm to
a date in a hotel room. This date involves Chris in the fur
theft and murder.

4.26 [143] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
THE CONCERT PIANIST (Gerald Mohr)
aka? The Kurt Hallen Story
prod. no. FA-143
26Mar55 NYC
Directed by Steve Previn
synopsis 1: (New York City station)
A famed concert pianist flees in terror from the Viennese
police - accused of a brutal murder. The man is innocent
but fears an investigation into his past because he was once
in jail.
synopsis 2: (Philadelphia station)
A pianist is being blackmailed by someone who knows he was
once in jail. The musician wants to kill his tormentor.
Chris Storm learns of the trouble and investigates.

4.27 [144] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
THE BROKEN WISHBONE (Gerald Mohr)
aka - Nina
prod. no. FA-144
19Mar55 NYC
Directed by Steve Previn
guest cast:
Eva Dahlbeck .... Nina Richter
Chris Storm falls in love with an artist, but is unaware of
the tragedy of her past. Chris tackles a mystery; the elements
of which are, an unsolved Christmas Day murder, a confession
of love from a grief stricken man, a small artists colony on
the outskits of Vienna, and a quiet funeral parlor. The clue
to the young artist's mystery lies in a charm bracelet she
wears that has one charm missing.

4.28 [145] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
THE SECRET PLANE (Gerald Mohr)
aka - Night Fighter
prod. no. FA-145
2Apr55 NYC
Directed by Steve Previn
The love for a girl and the desire for quick money compell a
well-known test pilot, who is slowly losing his vision, to
make his last flight a secret flight for foreign agents to
Switzerland.

4.29 [146] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
THE DIPLOMAT (Gerald Mohr)
prod. no. FA-146
23Apr55 NYC
Original screen play Gene Levitt (Fantasy Island)
Directed by Steve Previn
Guest Cast:
Frank Sundström ......... Lork, (the diplomat)
Ingrid Thulin ........ Karin (member of the ring)
Arne Källerud ....... Nestor
Lars Kåge ........ Custom Man
*
Director of Photography Bertil Palmgren
Production Manager Sven Sjönell
2 Unit Director Tom Younger
Film Editor Lennart Wallén
Music Charles Redland
Set Designer P.A.Lundgren
Sound Engineer Aaby Wedin
*
A diplomat friend of Chris Storm plans to double-cross the
government by turning important papers over to a foreign
power. He uses the unsuspecting Storm to transport the papers
to Stockholm. Chris comes face to face with death while
preventing the valuable secrets from falling into the hands
of the Foreign power.

4.30 [147] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
REVENGE (Gerald Mohr)
-aka- SWEET REVENGE
prod. no. FA-147
16Apr55 NYC
Directed by Steve Previn
Christopher Storm gives information about a black market
medicine ring to the authorities. Before he can place the
ring leader in the hands of the police, he finds himself
accused of a vicious murder, the victim of a police hoax
and receives a brutal beating.

4.31 [148] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
FULL CIRCLE (Gerald Mohr)
prod. no. FA-148
7May55 NYC
Directed by Steve Previn
guest cast:
Henrick Ankar Steen .... the convict
Sonja Stjerquist ....... the girl
Christopher Storm and his beautiful companion are taken
hostage by a desperate convict and his cohort. They force
Storm and his companion to lead them to the border and their
escape.

4.32 [149] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
LITTLE ROMEO (Gerald Mohr)
prod. no. FA-149
30Apr55 NYC
Original Screenplay by Harold Jack Bloom
Directed by Steve Previn
guest cast:
Sven-Eric Gamble ........ Romeo
Penny Portrait .......... Tina
Birger Malmsten ......... Zinner
John Stark .............. Starkey (recurring)
Bob Layton .............. Pianist
*
Director of Photography ... Bertil Palmgren
Production Manager ........ Sven Sjönell
2nd Unit Director ......... Tom Younger
Film Editor ............... Lennart Wallén
Music ..................... Charles Redland
Set Designer .............. P.A. Lundgren
Sound Engineer ............ Abby Wedin
RCA Sound
European winters fail to dampen the spirits of the unstable
teen-age society of Vienna - and the activities of a
ruthless narcotics ring. When a small time pedler passes some
narcotics in Chris Storm's "Hotel Frontier" that results in
tragedy, Storm decides to clean up the racket.

4.33 [150] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
BIG BROTHER (Gerald Mohr)
prod. no. FA-150
14May55 NYC
Directed by Steve Previn
guest cast:
Martine Alexis ......... the girl
An honest, but misguided young man seeks revenge for the cold
blooded murder of his younger brother by smugglers. Chris
Storm is asked to help find the murderer and discovers he
must protect the culprit from the dead man's brother.

4.34 [151] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
MISS FORTUNE (Gerald Mohr)
prod. no. FA-151
21May55 NYC
Original screen play by Harold Jack Bloom
Directed by Steve Previn
Guest Cast:
Alf Kjellin ....... Karl
Martine Alexis ..... Claudine
Birger Malmsten ....... Lauritz
Tord Stål ............ Leon
Gilbert Robin ........ Dodo (recurring)
John Starck ......... Starky (recurring)
*
Director of Photography Bertil Palmgren
Production Manager...Sven Sjönell
2 Unit Director Tom Younger
Film Editor Lennart Wallén
Music Charles Redland
Set Designer P.A.Lundgren
Sound Engineer Aaby Wedin
*
Robbery leads to blackmail and murder in this tale of Viennese
intrigue. A young woman starts the whole affair by stealing
from two jealous brothers.

4.35 [152] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
THE RELUCTANT KILLER (Gerald Mohr)
prod. no. FA-152
28May55 NYC
Directed by Steve Previn
The only person who can recognize a ruthless killer is
Christopher Storm. As a result of a murder committed in
"Hotel Frontier". Storm is plunged into the midst of state
secrets and blackmail when he is persuaded to be a clay
pigeon to trap the murderer.

4.36 [153] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
THE BEAUTY (Gerald Mohr)
prod. no. FA-153
4Jun55 NYC
Directed by Steve Previn

A diplomat's secretary steals an envelope containing some
top secret papers from Christopher Storm and threatens his
life.

4.37 [154] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
FIRST BLUSH (Gerald Mohr)
aka - The Blush
prod. no. FA-154
11Jun55 [us] Foreign Intrigue:
New York City
15May58 [uk] Foreign Intrigue:
A-R London, Thur 11pm
Original screen play Gene Levitt (Fantasy Island)
Directed by Steve Previn
guest cast:
Gaby Stenberg ....... Shana
Hasse Ekman ........ Eridatti
Ivar Wahlgren ....... Strandman
Gilbert Robin ....... Dodo (recurring)
*
Director of Photography Bertil Palmgren
Production Manager Sven Sjonell
2 Unit Director Tom Younger
Film Editor Lennart Wallén
Music Charles Redland
Set Designer P.A.Lundgren
Sound Engineer Aaby Wedin
*
Christopher Storm encounters a strange collection of people,
and objects when a successful Viennese business woman seeks
his help in investigating the brutal murder of her partner.

4.38 [155] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
DELORES(Gerald Mohr)
aka - Dolores
prod. no. FA-155
25Jun55 NYC
Directed by Steve Previn
Christopher Storm and his newspaper pal Tony Forest, start
playing detective when they learn of a strange and interesting
coincidence. The three former fiancees of a lady circus owner
have met with death under the big top. Helping Chris is a
circus elephant.

4.39 [156] Foreign Intrigue: Crosscurrent:
RUNAROUND (final episode) (Gerald Mohr + John Padovano)
aka - Run Around
prod. no. FA-156
18Jun55 NYC
Written and produced by Sheldon Reynolds
Directed by Steve Previn
cast:
Keve Hjelm ....... Streeter
Tom Younger ........ Kerner
Håkan Westergren ....... Inspector
Erik Strandmark ......... Unger
*
Director of Photography Bertil Palmgren
Production Manager Sven Sjonell
2 Unit Director Tom Younger
Film Editor Lennart Wallén
Music Charles Redland
Set Designer P.A.Lundgren
Sound Engineer Aaby Wedin
*
Hotel owner Christopher Storm becomes a very important man in
the eyes of the Viennese police after word leaks out that he
has some important stolen plans in his possession.

Foreign Intrigue (1956) trailer  - 1956  Movie Starring Robert Mitchum

Robert Mitchum  - brief scene from "Foreign Intrigue"

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Theme: "Foreign Intrigue Theme"
[aka: Theme from the TV series "Foreign Intrigue";
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[Theme from TV series was also used for the 1956 motion picture.] Foreign Intrigue:

Composer: Charles Norman (ASCAP)
Original Publisher: Leeds Music Corp. (ASCAP), of
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Current Publisher: MCA Music Publishing (ASCAP), a div. of
Universal Studios, Inc., of
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Copyright Date: [unpublished] Foreign Intrigue: Nov. 16, 1953; Eu 338230
[published version] Foreign Intrigue: Nov. 10, 1954; Ep 84862
[copyright info courtesy researcher Tom Perrone] Foreign Intrigue:
Recording:
45rpm single: "Foreign Intrigue Concerto"
Paul Durand
MGM K-12281 [1956] Foreign Intrigue:

45rpm single: "Concerto and Theme from Foreign Intrigue"
Les Baxter
Capitol F-3478 [1956] Foreign Intrigue:

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