The Four Just Men

"The Four Just Men" was a 1959 Sapphire Films production for ITC Entertainment. It ran for one season of 39 half-hour monochrome episodes.

The series features four men who first met whilst fighting in Italy during World War II. The men later reassemble and decide to fight for justice and against tyranny, using money set aside for the purpose by their late commanding officer.

The series is unusual in that the four lead actors appear in turn, rather than together, and are never seen together other than in the first episode.

The series was loosely based on a novel by Edgar Wallace.

Main cast

* Richard Conte as Jeff Ryder, a lawyer in New York
* Dan Dailey as Tim Collier, an American journalist based in Paris
* Jack Hawkins as Ben Manfred, a British MP who works from London
* Vittorio de Sica as Ricco Poccari, an Italian hotellier based in Rome

Each character had an assistant who was only seen in the episodes they starred in:
* June Thornton played Vicky, Jeff Ryder's girlfriend
* Honor Blackman played Nichole, Tim Collier's secretary
* Andrew Keir played Jock, Ben Manfred's best friend
* Lisa Gastoni played Giulia, Ricco Poccari's girlfriend

Guest stars included Judi Dench, Alan Bates, Leonard Sachs, Frank Thornton, Patrick Troughton, Donald Pleasence and Doctor Who villain Roger Delgado.

Episode list

This list is based on the original ATV Midlands airdate order in the UK.

Key: [JR] Jeff Ryder; [TC] Tim Collier; [BM] Ben Manfred; [RP] Ricco Poccari

# "The Battle of the Bridge" [JR] [TC] [BM] [RP]
# "The Prime Minister" [TC]
# "Village of Shame" [BM]
# "The Judge" [JR]
# "The Crying Jester" [RP]
# "The Beatniques" [TC]
# "The Deserter" [BM]
# "Dead Man's Switch" [JR]
# "The Night of the Precious Stones" [RP]
# "The Deadly Capsule" [TC]
# "Their Man in London" [BM]
# "Maya" [RP]
# "National Treasure" [BM]
# "Panic Button" [JR]
# "The Man with the Golden Touch" [RP]
# "Marie" [TC]
# "The Survivor" [BM]
# "The Discovery" [JR]
# "The Rietti Group" [RP]
# "The Man in the Road" [TC]
# "Money to Burn" [BM]
# "Crack-Up" [JR]
# "The Miracle of Saint Phillipe" [TC]
# "The Slaver" [RP]
# "The Princess" [TC]
# "The Protector" [JR]
# "The Man in the Royal Suite" [RP]
# "The Grandmother" [TC]
# "The Man Who Wasn't There" [BM]
# "The Bystanders" [JR]
# "Rogue's Harvest" [RP]
# "The Godfather" [TC]
# "Riot" [JR]
# "The Heritage" [BM]
# "The Last Days of Nick Pompey" [JR]
# "The Moment of Truth" [TC]
# "Justice for Gino" [JR]
# "The Boy Without a Country" [BM]
# "Treviso Dam" [RP]

External links

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* [http://www.angelfire.com/retro/cta/UK/FourJustMen.htm CTA information]
* [http://epguides.com/FourJustMen/ epguides.com]
* [http://www.78rpm.co.uk/tv4.htm Dinosaur TV]