May 4, 2022
The Saint: Iris (2.8, ITC, 1963)
"I'll take you to the bank. We'll get a list of the serial numbers."
"Inspector, may I make a suggestion?"
"No."
"Ask a silly question..."
#the saint#iris#itc#leslie charteris#bill strutton#john gilling#roger moore#barbara murray#david bauer#ivor dean#cyril luckham#ferdy mayne#john ronane#tony wager#barry linehan#meadows white#april wilding#larry taylor#margaret nolan#he is here! Ivor Dean finally arrives as the permanent Inspector Claud Eustace Teal (although funnily enough he goes unnamed in this debut#episode; he is definitely Teal tho‚ per the end credits). Dean is immediately Teal‚ idk i just feel like he gets the part immediately; his#absolute disdain for Templar‚ the long suffering hangdog face‚ the refusal to even entertain the idea of humouring or empathising with the#civilians brought into the case.. oh his Teal may not be entirely book accurate‚ but he fully embodies this tv character as much as Moore#does Templar. this week's case concerns both a protection racket and blackmail‚ with a background of 60s theatre; Simon is very snobby#about the (fictional) play‚ as is p much everyone else (i thought it sounded interesting!). Bauer returns for hia third guest star stint#and baby John Ronane gets a couple of scenes‚ but of course the big attraction here is Barbara Murray. The Plane Makers was just beginning#its second series around this time (the series where Barbara joined the cast) but Babs was a genuine film star in her youth(er) so would be#well known to 60s audiences. she's wonderful of course (need it be said) and brings her usual louche charm and array of interesting hats to#the role. ironically‚ of the cast‚ it's probably Barry Linehan (here playing a gangland thug as he so often did on tv) who had the most#experience of the kind of budget experimental theatre the 'actors' in the episode are involved in
