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Assignment: Foreign Legion
Genre	Drama
Created by	E. M. Medley-Aston, Herman J. Blaser
Starring	Merle Oberon
Country of origin	Original: UK (Rebroadcast: USA)
No. of seasons	One
No. of episodes	26 episodes (12 episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Anthony C. Bartley
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	ATV London (CBS USA)
Release	September 15, 1956 (1956-09-15) – March 24, 1957 (1957-03-24)

Assignment: Foreign Legion was a British television drama starring Merle Oberon that was first shown in the United Kingdom from the fall of 1956 through the spring of 1957; some of the episodes were broadcast in the United States between October and December 1957.

Television Series

Intel Films of London was the company behind the production of the series. CBS Television Film Sales Inc. took a production credit for the US broadcasts. The episodes were filmed on location in Algeria and Morocco and at the Beaconsfield Studios located in Buckinghamshire, England.

UK Schedule

Twenty-six episodes, each thirty minutes and B&W, were produced by E. M. Smedley-Aston and Herman J. Blaser. All episodes were shown on:

• ATV London UK, Saturday evenings (September 15, 1956 - March 9, 1957)
• ATV Midlands UK, Fridays 9:30 PM GMT (September 21, 1956 - March 15, 1957)

US Schedule

Twelve of the episodes were shown on the CBS Network in the United States. They were broadcast on Tuesday evenings at 10:30 PM EST from October 1, 1957, through December 24, 1957.

Premise

A female correspondent played by Merle Oberon seeks the stories behind the men of the French Foreign Legion. Sometimes the character is part of the story; sometimes she is only the narrator.

Background

The series was mostly filmed on location in Algeria and Morocco with the cooperation of the French Foreign Legion. The conflict between the French Foreign Legion and native Algerian forces during 1955 forced the crew to return to Beaconsfield Studios in Buckinghamshire to complete filming.

Links

• | Assignment Foreign Legion on CTVA website
• | Assignment Foreign Legion on Internet Movie Database website