Sword of Freedom

5.0

1958•30m

Sword of Freedom was a 1958 drama adventure series for a family audience. Like several of its predecessors, it was produced by Sapphire Films for ITC Entertainment and fitted into the same swashbuckler genre as previous productions. It ran for 39 half-hour monochrome episodes.

Seasons

28 Episodes • Premiered 1958

1. Francesca

In order to ally himself with a Spanish duchy, Duke de Medici agrees to marry his sister to a Marco del Monte, a Spanish nobleman. The principals in the forced wedding have other ideas, however.

2. The Suspects

3. The Sicilian

4. Portrait in Emerald Green

5. Forgery in Red Chalk

6. Vespucci

7. The Woman in the Picture

8. Caterina

9. The Duke

10. The Eye of the Artist

11. The Bracelet

12. The Hero

13. The Value of Paper

14. Choice of Weapons

15. Marriage of Convenience

16. The Bell

17. The Tower

18. The Ship

19. The Beseiged Duchess

20. Pagan Venus

21. The Princess (aka The Slave)

22. The School

23. The Ambassador

24. The Lion and the Mouse

25. Angelica's Past

26. Cristina

27. Strange Intruder

33. S1.E33 ∙ The Reluctant Duke

After a series of assassination attempts, the Duke of Teano flees his lands and joins a troupe of clowns in Florence. His sister asks Marco to find the young man and beg him to return.