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FOREIGN INTRIGUE - DATELINE EUROPE
In this popular Cold War-era television series from the early 1950s about the aftermath of World War II in Europe, a trio of American reporters -- Robert Cannon (Jerome Thor), Helen Davis (Sydna Scott),
Christopher (Gerald More who starred as THE LONE WOLF in the movies) Storm and Michael Powers (James Daly) -- tangle with escaping war criminals, black
marketers, and burgeoning Cold War espionage and scramble to cover a quickly changing landscape in the wake of World War II. . This early TV series produced by Sheldon Reynolds was filmed in Europe. In 1956, producer Sheldon Reynolds produced a motion picture of the same name for United Artists.
During its four-year run the show switched main characters and stars three times. The first two seasons centered on an American wire-service correspondent in Stockholm, the third on a pipe-smoking reporter in Paris, and the final one on an American hotel owner in Vienna. Later, each incarnation was released separately under new titles: `Dateline Europe,' `Overseas Adventures' and `Cross Current
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