Fortune Hunter

56min

Drama

Action & Adventure

Fortune Hunter is an American weekly series show on Fox Network in 1994, starring Mark Frankel as the super-spy Carlton Dial. In the US, Fortune Hunter aired on Fox from 4 Sep 1994 to 2 Oct 1994. Of the 13 episodes produced, only five were presented to the North American audience. The decision to schedule the series immediately after football on Sundays was a factor in the dismissal of Sandy Grushow, president of Fox Entertainment, by chairman Rupert Murdoch. The show has aired in its entirety in other countries. It was well liked and generally received high ratings.

Production Companies

BBK Productions

Columbia Pictures Television

Episodes

Cast

The Frostfire Intercept (pilot)

1. The Frostfire Intercept (pilot)

56min

4th Sep 1994

In the premiere episode, Carlton Dial is on a mission to Morocco to retrieve a futuristic weapons system stolen by a mercenary industrialist.

The Aquarius Intercept

2. The Aquarius Intercept

56min

11th Sep 1994

Dial poses as a marine-mammal specialist to retrieve a research submarine stolen from an ocean-study facility. But someone is trying to blow his cover.

Triple Cross (a.k.a. The Corkscrew Intercept)

3. Triple Cross (a.k.a. The Corkscrew Intercept)

56min

18th Sep 1994

While on a mission to retrieve a U.S. missile stolen in Mexico, Dial is pitted against an old Cold War nemesis who once had Dial imprisoned and who still wants him out of the way.

Hot Ice (a.k.a. The Winter Star Intercept)

4. Hot Ice (a.k.a. The Winter Star Intercept)

56min

25th Sep 1994

Dial is asked to find a priceless diamond by the deposed dictator of a small Baltic country. To complicate matters, he discovers that his female contact has a personal vendetta against the dictator.

Red Alert

5. Red Alert

56min

2nd Oct 1994

A Russian satellite containing a poison nerve gas crash-lands in the U.S., sending Carlton with the aid of a lovely Russian scientist (who created the nerve gas) scrambling to find it before a Ukranian general does. In the midst of all this, the main frame computer is infected with a virus, which means Harry has to move in with Carlton.

Countdown

6. Countdown

56min

9th Oct 1994

The Alpha Team

7. The Alpha Team

56min

16th Oct 1994

The Cursed Dagger

8. The Cursed Dagger

56min

23rd Oct 1994

The Deadliest Game

9. The Deadliest Game

56min

30th Oct 1994

Stowaway

10. Stowaway

56min

6th Nov 1994

Sea Trial

11. Sea Trial

56min

13th Nov 1994

Body Count

12. Body Count

56min

20th Nov 1994

Millenium

13. Millenium

56min

27th Nov 1994

As if playing 'Buck Rogers' to retrieve a flying jet pack isn't enough, Dial is saddled two new agents in this un-aired episode.

First air date

4th Sep 1994

Last air date

27th Nov 1994

Status

Canceled

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks