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1955 British-Canadian TV series

Sailor of Fortune
Directed by	John Guillermin
Country of origin	Canada United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	31
Production
Producer	Michael Sadlier
Production companies	M.E. Films Ltd Mid Ocean Productions
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	17 September 1956 (1956-09-17)

Sailor of Fortune is a 1955 British-Canadian TV series starring Lorne Greene. There were 26, 25 minute episodes film for this television series. Several episodes were directed by John Guillermin.

It was filmed at New Elstree Studios and Nettlefold Studios, both near London. Greene would go on to star in the popular American TV western series Bonanza.

Plot

Grant ‘Mitch’ Mitchell is the skipper of the American motor freighter that is based in the Mediterranean. The captain take on jobs carrying cargo and “anything that is profitable and not too illegal” around North Africa.

References

^ "Sailor of Fortune (TV series)". BFI. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
^ "Sailor of Fortune". Nostalgia Central. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
Vagg, Stephen (17 November 2020). "John Guillermin: Action Man". Filmink.

External links

Sailor of Fortune at IMDb
Sailor of Fortune at CTVA

v t e Films directed by John Guillermin
High Jinks in Society (1949) Torment (1950) Smart Alec (1951) Two on the Tiles (1951) Four Days (1951) Song of Paris (1952) Miss Robin Hood (1952) Operation Diplomat (1953) Strange Stories (1953) Adventure in the Hopfields (1954) The Crowded Day (1954) Thunderstorm (1956) Town on Trial (1957) The Whole Truth (1958) I Was Monty's Double (1958) Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959) The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960) Never Let Go (1960) Waltz of the Toreadors (1962) Tarzan Goes to India (1962) Guns at Batasi (1964) Rapture (1965) The Blue Max (1966) P.J. (1968) House of Cards (1968) The Bridge at Remagen (1969) El Condor (1970) Skyjacked (1972) Shaft in Africa (1973) The Towering Inferno (1974) King Kong (1976) Death on the Nile (1978) Crossover (1980) Sheena (1984) King Kong Lives (1986) The Tracker (1988)

Films directed by John Guillermin

High Jinks in Society (1949)
Torment (1950)
Smart Alec (1951)
Two on the Tiles (1951)
Four Days (1951)
Song of Paris (1952)
Miss Robin Hood (1952)
Operation Diplomat (1953)
Strange Stories (1953)
Adventure in the Hopfields (1954)
The Crowded Day (1954)
Thunderstorm (1956)
Town on Trial (1957)
The Whole Truth (1958)
I Was Monty's Double (1958)
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960)
Never Let Go (1960)
Waltz of the Toreadors (1962)
Tarzan Goes to India (1962)
Guns at Batasi (1964)
Rapture (1965)
The Blue Max (1966)
P.J. (1968)
House of Cards (1968)
The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
El Condor (1970)
Skyjacked (1972)
Shaft in Africa (1973)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
King Kong (1976)
Death on the Nile (1978)
Crossover (1980)
Sheena (1984)
King Kong Lives (1986)
The Tracker (1988)

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