Aug 2, 2022
The Saint: The Frightened Inn-Keeper (3.20, ITC, 1965)
"The Saint? It's time he was fitted with a real halo."
"Precisely. Simon Templar's not here for the sea air. He's on to us, he's a real danger. Eliminate him."
#the saint#the frightened inn keeper#itc#1965#leslie charteris#norman hudis#roy ward baker#roger moore#suzanne neve#michael gwynn#percy herbert#howard marion crawford#norman bird#john gabriel#edward cast#roy beck#derek chafer#well I'm pretty certain @thisbluespirit had abandoned their viewing before this point‚ and there's no way you'd make an exception for this#episode just bc of Percy Herbert? hm? hmm? i jest‚ although i fear you must have suffered given the surfeit of dodgy moustaches on display#here.. i enjoyed Norman Hudis' previous ep (3.10) enormously but this hasn't got much of the wit that that episode had#it's a fine enough adventure tho; Simon has been summoned by the lovely Suzanne Neve‚ who apparently wrote to him for help (to where does#one send these letters? does the saint have a PO Box?). her father (the ever gloomy looking Gwynn) is mixed up in something with three#suspicious ex soldiers. one is P. Herbert‚ last seen being chummy as anything with Simon way back in 1.3 as Hoppy; he's entirely different#here as a snarling‚ boorish bully‚ but it's nice to see an actor like Herbert (often typecast) spread his wings a little. Neve is lovely of#course‚ in fact one of the most charming and likeable Saintly ladies thus far; Simon is fairly well behaved with her too (although a threat#of giving her a 'whacking' did not go unnoticed by your viewer‚ who is developing a real concern about Simon's behaviour with women)#this would be a notable episode for killing off the Saintmobile if it wasn't for the fact that Simon immediately replaces it with an#identical model at the close of the episode. also this must have one of the smallest credited casts of an ep yet (tho there are several#actors in uncredited roles‚ particularly in the prison scenes)