- Fortune Hunter (TV series)
Fortune Hunter was a weekly series show on
Fox Network in 1994, starringMark 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 chairmanRupert Murdoch . [cite news |title=Murdoch Replaces Fox Programming Chief |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9404E2DF1F3AF933A0575AC0A962958260 |work=The New York Times |date=1994-09-30 |accessdate=2008-05-27 ]The show has aired in its entirety throughout the rest of the world.
Plot
The series was a high paced, action and adventure based show that follows the exploits of Carlton Dial (
Mark Frankel ). Dial is an ex-government agent whose high-risk assignments take him to exoticlocale s and into extremedanger , all in the name of recovering some of the world most sought-after items – classified information, complex weapons systems, and the occasionalendangered species , which have fallen into the wrong hands – for a handsomefee .Dial is now working as a master agent for the
Intercept Corporation , a high-tech global recovery organization based inSan Francisco . Dial and his partner, the affable Harry Flack (John Robert Hoffman ) execute incredible complex plans to retrieve these valuable items, depending on split-secondtiming and an astounding array of sophisticated electronicgadget ry.Dial is portrayed as a
suave ,charm ing and self-assured spy, similar in style, dressing and witty remarks toJames Bond , who uses his quickwit and sense of humor to get him out of many precarious situations. Dial performs his high-risk assignments with deadly seriousness. Determined to keep his perfect success record intact, he depends upon split-second timing and an astounding array of sophisticated electronic gadgetry – not to mention his partner, Harry. Dial wears a specialcontact lens with a built-incamera and an electronicearpiece , so Harry can see and hear everything that Dial does. This also allows Harry to speak with Dial, relaying information to the agent immediately, from the safety of the home office.As Dial travels the globe, Harry shares dangerous missions with Dial while linked to him by computer. He is in charge of the technological end, seeing and hearing everything Dial sees and hears, and providing the information not readily available to the average person. But much is left to Harry's imagination as the details of Dial's private life remain – well, private.
The humor in their pairing is that each man believes that he is the one in charge. Dial is the agent with "the perfect recovery record," the one who is always in danger, while Flack, the technological wizard, sees himself as "the brains," and lives vicariously through his partner, which often can get Dial into trouble.
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