Blue Light
An American correspondent pretends to go over to the Germans in World War II but is instead working for the officially neutral United States against Hitler.
- 1966-1966
- 1 season
- ABC
- Drama, Action & Adventure
An American correspondent pretends to go over to the Germans in World War II but is instead working for the officially neutral United States against Hitler.
Season 1 Episode Guide
17 Episodes 1966
Episode 1
The Last Man
Wed, Jan 12, 1966 30 mins
During World War II, American journalist David March defects to Nazi Germany, and is soon given a job broadcasting propaganda to the West. Capt. Elm is aware of an American spy ring called Blue Light, and that of its 18 original members, 17 have been killed. He sets out to catch the man he believes is the last member of that group: David March.
Episode 2
Target, David March
Wed, Jan 19, 1966 30 mins
David tries to convince top Nazi officials that he is a loyal Nazi so he can be assigned to a top-secret weapons base in Grossmunchen. Unknown to him, a British officer has sent a team of commandos to kill the man he believes to be a dangerous traitor: David March.
Episode 3
The Fortress Below
Wed, Jan 26, 1966 30 mins
David finally gets the assignment he has been working towards: the top-secret weapons base at Grossmunchen. He discovers that the heavily guarded and fortified base is 200 feet underground and the only thing more difficult than getting into it is getting out of it. Nevertheless, he must find a way to destroy it.
Episode 4
The Weapon Within
Wed, Feb 2, 1966 30 mins
David has convinced a female scientist working at the base to help him blow it up, but she is starting to have seconds thoughts when she realizes that she will be causing the deaths of all her friends and colleagues inside.
Episode 5
Traitor's Blood
Wed, Feb 9, 1966 30 mins
David pays a visit to his younger brother, who is in a POW camp. He discovers that his brother had lied about his age to join the army and show everyone that, unlike his older brother, he wasn't a traitor.
Episode 6
Agent of the East
Wed, Feb 16, 1966 30 mins
A Soviet agent finds Nazi plans for heavy-water experiments but is captured, so the Allies order March to get the information before Nazi interrogation and execution, but the Soviet shows he's loyal to Russia, not the Allies.
Episode 7
Sacrifice!
Wed, Feb 23, 1966 30 mins
The Nazis capture a Navy commander with secret information in Scotland, bring him to Germany, and have March try to win him over, but the Allies bomb the building and it's a race against time before air runs out.
Episode 8
The Secret War
Wed, Mar 2, 1966 30 mins
A Soviet spy pair approaches and threatens March with revealing him and Duchard to the Nazis if they don't work for them instead.
Episode 9
Invasion by the Stars
Wed, Mar 9, 1966 30 mins
The Allies need to have Hitler's invasion of England, called Operation Sea Lion, postponed. David, knowing how much faith Adolf Hitler puts in astrology, hatches a plan to get Hitler's astrologer to convince him that "the stars" demand that the invasion be delayed.
Episode 10
Return of Elm
Wed, Mar 23, 1966 30 mins
Capt. Elm, the Nazi officer who knows that David is a double agent, escapes from a British POW camp and makes his way to Berlin, determined to prove to his superiors that David, and not he, is the real traitor--and to kill him.
Episode 11
Jet Trail
Wed, Apr 6, 1966 30 mins
David masquerades as an American OSS agent in order to aid the French resistance recover a top-secret jet engine from a German plane that has crashed.
Episode 12
How to Kill a Toy Soldier
Wed, Apr 13, 1966 30 mins
David is forced to kill a Nazi courier who has the plans for every rocket installation in Norway. A young Nazi boy, 11 years old, sees David kill the man. David must choose between killing the young boy or being exposed as a double agent.
Episode 13
The Deserters
Wed, Apr 20, 1966 30 mins
As a test of his loyalty, the Germans send David into battle posing as an American soldier. His assignment is to learn the plans of the Allied armies in Italy. To ensure that he completes his task, they send a Gestapo agent along with him to keep on eye on him.
Episode 14
The Other Fuhrer
Wed, Apr 27, 1966 30 mins
A wealthy German aristocrat lets the Allies know he wants to help overthrow Hitler. They send an agent to meet with the man, but the Nazis capture and execute him. David is assigned to take the agent's place.
Episode 15
The Key to the Code
Wed, May 4, 1966 30 mins
David and Suzanne are in France to do a radio show when they discover that the Germans have broken the underground's code and are planning an ambush for a coming operation by Allied commandos. David and Suzanne have to find a way to warn the commandos about the trap without placing themselves under suspicion.
Episode 16
Field of Dishonor
Wed, May 11, 1966 30 mins
A Nazi general, who has been suspicious of David's "defection", decides to defect to the Allies. David must figure out whether the man genuinely wants to defect or is just setting a trap for him.
Episode 17
The Friendly Enemy
Wed, May 18, 1966 30 mins
David receives orders to kill a German scientist who is very close to completing an atomic bomb for the Nazis. But then he learns that the man may be working against the Nazis after all.