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The Saint: The Romantic Matron (2.18, ITC, 1964)
"Mrs. Carrington, what are you looking for? Adventure?"
"What's wrong with that?"
"Nothing, I do it all the time. I just happen to have a little more experience than you."
#the saint#the romantic matron#1964#leslie charteris#larry forrester#john paddy carstairs#roger moore#ann gillis#john carson#christopher rhodes#patrick troughton#michael rittermann#joby blanshard#victor spinetti#madge brindley#larry taylor#peter diamond#kaplan kaye#peter elliott#george little#bill cartwright#sunny Buenos Aires‚ and a conflicting episode in which Simon is generally pretty positive about the country he's staying in#and the depiction of Argentina is not overly insensitive; but of course this is the saint and itc in 1964 so the cast is pretty much#entirely white actors in varying degrees of brownface. very depressing. the plot is fairly old hat and the twists obvious#from the get go‚ but it's not badly e executed and the guest cast is impressive enough. most unlikely among them is Joby#Blanshard‚ Doomwatch's own dog judge jury and executioner‚ as an inexplicably friendly and polite henchman who ends up being#quite a bit more sympathetic than the Saint. the gold smuggling method in this ep would appear in the same year's Bond outing#Goldfinger‚ but I'm not suggesting it was cribbed from here; actually it's a pretty familiar trope and one ITC used a number of times
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The Saint: The Loaded Tourist (1.5, ITC, 1962)
"I assure you, I never set eyes on Fillipo Ravenna in all my life until I bent over his dead body."
"Then why all this interest?"
"Merely because the frailties of human nature intrigue me."
"It's a pretty evasive answer."
"It was a pretty indiscreet question, Mr. Templar."
#the saint#the loaded tourist#leslie charteris#richard harris#Jeremy Summers#roger moore#barbara bates#edward evans#guy deghy#joseph cuby#norman florence#michael rittermann#john dearth#andrew sachs#raymond ray#david cargill#john gray#itc#1962#simon involves himself with a young man whose father is murdered in a robbery gone wrong; young Joseph Cuby made a career in brash young#foreigners who attached themselves to ITC heroes‚ playing similar parts in eps of Man of the World‚ Danger Man and Interpol Calling before#promptly retiring at the end of the decade. helping Simon is an unusually (for this show) friendly policeman: Guy Deghy is a highlight#here as the amiable Swiss detective who seems to trust Simon implicitly. we also get a smattering of Saint background; Simon is seemingly#fluent in French (at least he picks up a Swiss newspaper without any concern) and for the first time (i think?) he carries his own gun#simpler times‚ when you could just bring a pistol with you on holiday. his attempt at an Italian accent however is dreadul (whether this is#meant to be a failing of Simon's or simply a weakness of Moore's is unclear). no location work in Switzerland but there is one#backdrop used which is truly impressive and a credit to the set designers (it even appears to have actual electric lights for the little#buildings!)
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