SWORD OF FREEDOM


Sword of Freedom was a 1958 drama adventure series for a family audience. Like several of its predecessors (most notably The Adventures of Robin Hood), it was produced by Sapphire Films for ITC Entertainment and fitted into the same swashbuckler genre as previous productions. It ran for 39 half-hour monochrome episodes. Marco del Monte is a young Republican artist living in sixteenth century Renaissance Florence. The city is ruled by the tyrant Duke de Medici. Marco's girlfriend is Angelica, a beautiful former pickpocket. Sandro is Marco's friend and confidant. Machiavelli is the Duke's advisor, and Captain Rodrigo is the head of the Medici forces. The series depicts the struggles of the Republicans to combat the attempts of the Duke to strengthen his position and make himself a dictator.


Cast and characters

Edmund Purdom as Marco del Monte
Adrienne Corri as Angelica
Roland Bartrop as Sandro
Martin Benson as the Duke de Medici
Kenneth Hyde as Machiavelli

Recurring characters

Derek Sydney as Captain Rodrigo
Monica Stevenson as Francesca de Medici (De Medici's sister)
Andrew Keir Edward Atienza as Leonardo da Vinci
Kevin Stoney as Niccolo the innkeeper

Guest stars included Joan Plowright Peter Wyngarde, Charles Gray, Paul Eddington, Brian Nissen, Patrick Troughton,
Kenneth Williams and Roger Delgado.

COMPLETE ALL 39 EPISODE SERIES


BEAUTIFUL PICTURE AND SOUND

1 Francesca
2 The Suspects
3 The Sicilian
4 Portrait in Emerald Green
5 Forgery in Red Chalk
6 Vespucci
7 The Woman in the Picture
8 Caterina
9 The Duke
10 The Eye of the Artist
11 The Bracelet
12 The Hero
13 The Value of Paper
14 Choice of Weapons
15 Marriage of Convenience
16 The Bell
17 The Tower
18 The Ship
19 The Besieged Duchess
20 The Pagan Venus
21 The Slave Terry Bishop
22 The School Terry Bishop
23 The Ambassador
24 The Lion and the Mouse
25 Angelica's Past Coby Ruskin
26 Cristina
27 Strange Intruder
28 The Primavera
29 The Marionettes
30 Vendetta
31 Serenade in Red
32 Chart of Gold
33 A Game of Chance
34 The Reluctant Duke
35 Who is Felicia
36 Violetta
37 The Assassin
38 Adriana
39 Alessandro




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