Assignment Foreign Legion is an American TV series that starred Merle Oberon.
[2] The series related activities of the French Foreign Legion during World War II.
[2] Oberon narrated episodes and played a newspaper correspondent in search of stories about the Foreign Legion.
The trade publication Variety reported, "there was some worry" prior to Lorillard's taking on the show because it "may be too controversial, possibly alienating nationalistic Arabs.
"[10] The program ended when Lorillard decided to move its sponsorship to Richard Diamond, Private Detective, which began on January 2, 1958.