It starred John Russell as Tim Kelly, and Chick Chandler as his sidekick Toubo Smith, who were international adventurers.
The series began as a television pilot called Adventure in Java that was shown on the Chevron Theatre on 10 February 1953.
[5] The show was sponsored for two years by 7 Up soft drink with the firm also sending the stars out on national publicity tours.
[6] One year after Soldiers of Fortune was cancelled, John Russell went on to star as Marshal Dan Troop in the successful ABC/Warner Brothers western series Lawman.
[7] Timeless Media Group (TMG) released a Region 1 five disc DVD set titled Soldiers of Fortune: The Complete Television Series on November 30, 2010.