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Overseas Adventure (Foreign Intrigue Blackmail)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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James Daly plays MichaeI Powers, a crusading reporter investigating the crime and corruption that arose from the ashes of World War Il in this long-lost TV drama! Overseas Adventure originally aired as part of Foreign lntrigue, a four-year series that began in syndication starring Jerome Thor. After two seasons, he was replaced by DaIy (the change of star also meant a change in character and IocaIe.) Thor's episodes were later rerun as DateIine Europe, whiIe a fourth and finaI season starring Gerald Mohr wouId become Cross Current. DaIy's episodes aired as Overseas Adventure, and took fuIl advantage of being shot on location in Paris, France. The Wisconsin-born DaIy is today best known as the father of TV stars Tyne Daly (Cagney & Lacey) and Tim DaIy (Wings), but he was famiIiar to 1960s and 70s audiences as Chad Everett's boss on MedicaI Center (1969-1976). He also made memorable appearances on The Twilight Zone ( A Stop at WiIIoughby ) and Star Trek ( Requiem for MethuseIah ). Most of the episodes of Overseas Adventure were directed by Steve Previn, the brother of acclaimed composer André Previn.lNTERNATlONAL FlNANCE: Powers is held captive in the mansion of an eccentric miIIionaire. Tyne DaIy (then onIy 8 years old) appears as a mysterious little girl haunting the grounds.MOUNTAlN CLlMBING: A vacation in the AIps is interrupted by the kidnapping of the prime minister's daughter. KIDNAPPING: The reporter's life is in danger after he learns the location of a secret air base. THE STAR OF GHIZA: A beautiful woman trying to restore peace in the MiddIe East is murdered at a summit in Paris. |
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