This series chronicles the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.This series chronicles the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.This series chronicles the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.
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- TriviaEvery script carried an explanatory outline by The Saint's creator Leslie Charteris for the cast and crew: "I have been trying to make a picture of a man. Changing, yes. Developing, I hope. he is a roaring adventurer who loves a fight ..... a dashing dare-devil, imperturbable, debonair, preposterously handsome, a pirate or a philanthropist as the occasion demands. He lives for the pursuit of excitement .... for the one triumphant moment that is his alone. Fantastic? Improbable? ..... perhaps. It doesn't matter so long as you feel that you would recognize him if you met him tomorrow."
- Goofsthroughout the series The Saint drives a white jaguar XJS with the registration number ST1 but the interior changes from tan to black on regular basis. Also from a manual to an automatic and having a sunroof or not.
- Alternate versionsThe versions shown on Swedish, Italian, German, French and British TV carried different theme tunes. The one in the UK was an instrumental, the one in Sweden, France, Germany and Italy was a song performed by "Oliver Onions". The French titles with the Oliver Onions theme was a extra on the Network DVD
- ConnectionsFeatured in It'll Be Alright on the Night 2 (1979)
- SoundtracksReturn of the Saint
Composed by Brian Dee and Irving Martin
Performed by The Saint Orchestra
Conducted by Steve Gray
[series theme tune]
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Terrific followup to the original series
I can't understand why this series is so hard to find(it does not appear to be available on video or DVD at this time). Ian Ogilvy is very good as the Saint. His 70s hairstyle is a bit dated(on viewing it today) but other than that he is suave and sophisticated.And who can forget his white Jaguar XJS!
I remember seeing this series when it was first broadcast on CBC(Canadian Broadcasting Corp.) in 1978-79 and enjoying it tremendously. One episode that comes to mind is The Armageddon Alternative which has a madman threatening to blow up London using a nuclear bomb! The story was tense and the manhunt very realistic. The great thing about this series is the fact that they shot it all over Europe. Several very good actors appeared in the series including Britt Eckland, Ian Hendry, Linda Thorson and Catherine Schell
Fans of the Saint should check it out if it ever comes back(Mystery network in Canada showed it last year but they seem to have stopped).
I remember seeing this series when it was first broadcast on CBC(Canadian Broadcasting Corp.) in 1978-79 and enjoying it tremendously. One episode that comes to mind is The Armageddon Alternative which has a madman threatening to blow up London using a nuclear bomb! The story was tense and the manhunt very realistic. The great thing about this series is the fact that they shot it all over Europe. Several very good actors appeared in the series including Britt Eckland, Ian Hendry, Linda Thorson and Catherine Schell
Fans of the Saint should check it out if it ever comes back(Mystery network in Canada showed it last year but they seem to have stopped).
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