Your favourite episode! - The Saint (1967) Discussion

[–] rich_groovy 19 years ago

I've only really seen the first series (and a couple of colour episodes years ago, which I hardly remember except for one about lady racing drivers). My favourite so far though is probably 'Starring the Saint'; I just loved the idea of a TV producer wanting to make a tv show about Simon Templer's adventures - in a TV show about Simon Templer's adventures. Really original. Plus it had a great supporting cast. 'The High Fence' was good too.

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[–] macgyver375 19 years ago

my fav episode i forget the name but its got the saint fighting a ???gang of jungle fighters???? they all rush the hut that simon and a man and girl are in and all out war happens

its an older B/W

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[–] sadat-3 19 years ago

Every Saint episode descriptions You can find on:
www.simontemplar.de
Have fun!

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[–] KimTV 19 years ago

My favorite episode is "The Better Mousetrap".

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[–] PenTheater 17 years ago

Thanks for that link, but there are 71 black and white episodes over there
can anyone by chance tell me which one involved a guy walking and driving around with a skeleton on his shoulders?
What was tht about?
That image stuck with me for over 40 years. Ever since then I have wanted a skeleton and thought they were only available to doctors and biology classrooms!

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[–] Floyd000 13 years ago

The Unkind Philanthropist and The Saint Bids Diamond.

RIP actress Inger Stensland (1934 -1970)
http://www.ingerstevens.org/

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[–] PenTheater 13 years ago

as you see I've been waiting for that answer since 2007 Thank You!.

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[–] Floyd000 13 years ago

can anyone by chance tell me which one involved a guy walking and driving around with a skeleton on his shoulders?
What was tht about?

Sorry mate, but none of what I mentioned has anything plot in which a guy was seen with a skeleton on his shoulders. The two mentioned are just my favourite episodes.

RIP actress Inger Stensland (1934 -1970)
http://www.ingerstevens.org/

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[–] colt45ras 19 years ago

is it reluectant revoulutionarie?

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[–] colt45ras 19 years ago

my favourite edpisode is probBLY DEATH GAME.

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[–] kstmichel-1 18 years ago

My favorite episode was one where a female writer of the fictional criminal group I believe was called " SWORD " was kidnapped by a group who thought they were the actual World Domination criminal group of the same name. Simon and the writer would talk while dancing to I believe was the Charlseston. They followed through on a crime described in one of her books.

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KST

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[–] rickysbradley 18 years ago

The black and white episodes were far superior to the colour episodes as was with The Avengers. I have seen every episode and the one with Oliver Reed was top class.

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[–] colt45ras 18 years ago

crime of the cenutry is a classic as is the unspeakable word, jeanine, sibao etc - they are all good

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[–] tarot400 18 years ago

Loved 'Invitation to Danger' - directed by Roger Moore and featuring the devastating Shirley Eaton.

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[–] charliefinney-1 18 years ago

The Golden Journey

Not a typical Saint story but very faithful to the Charteris story (as I remember it).

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[–] daer-5 18 years ago

I'm very fond of "The Conveninet Monster". My mother and sister and I watched it (in re-run) when I was a young child. The ending has stuck with me to this day.

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[–] marty-124 17 years ago

i liked "the Golden Journey" with erica rodgers as the bratty leading lady. This was in an era before political correctness and rampant feminism. Don't think the Saint could treat women in the same way today... well certainly not in public!

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[–] LarrupinLou 10 years ago

i liked "the Golden Journey" with erica rodgers as the bratty leading lady. This was in an era before political correctness and rampant feminism. Don't think the Saint could treat women in the same way today... well certainly not in public!

As I posted on another thread I created, it's the only time I can remember on film where the woman deserved the spanking she got.

No blah, blah, blah!

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[–] ingemar-4 13 years ago

I like "The Golden Journey" too. It is somewhat a typical story about taming an adolescent brat, but then it turned to a bit more.

One episode that I fancy is "The arrow of God". The ending is just a standard who-did-it, but before that, Anthony Dawson makes a terrific mocking Floyd Vosper.

But as I work through the 25 first episodes (contents of my "box 1") I keep finding interesting episodes. Latest, "The pearls of peace", like "The Golden Journey" an episode where The Saint is really far from the later too common standard police work.

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[–] R_y_a_n 13 years ago

Agreed. Invitation to Danger and The Scales of Justice are probably my two favourite episodes.

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[–] jklm11 12 years ago

the convenient monster
the man who gambled with life
the time to die
the organisation man...
more

colour eps add life to the show

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[–] MartynGryphon 10 years ago

I love the episode 'The Death Game'. Not only is Angela Douglas in it, as she is one of my favourite actresses from the 60's, but it's plot is really engaging and that hippy 60's vibe is really coming to the fore at this time.

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[–] jaynekranc 10 years ago

Pearls of Peace which isn't really Saint heavy but I'm a sucker for the whole beauty is in the eye of the beholder thing, and Roger is so gentle in the scene with Consuelo, when he tells her he is sure Brad will still love her if he regains his sight.

I know it's an odd choice, but I liked the way all of the characters played off each other.

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[–] caviar1234 9 years ago

My favorite episode so far is 'The Russian Prisoner'. The final twist is very impressive.

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[–] gary-64659 9 years ago

-- first screened 20 February 1964 would have to rate high among my favorites. It was much grittier than the huge majority of episodes and Rog actually got his hair seriously mussed in a bloody fist fight. The stark black and white photography and London's streets reminded me of the classic spy thriller/procedural The Spy Who Came In From the Cold with Richard Burton and Claire Bloom, but which came out well over a year later. So who was influencing whom?

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