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The Saint: Paper Chase (5.11, ITC, 1966)

"Have you the file?"

"We have outraged Mr. Redman's sense of fair play. How British you have become. The Marquess of Queensberry Rules, even in a fight to the death."

#the saint #paper chase #itc #leslie charteris #1966 #leslie norman #harry w. junkin #michael cramoy #roger moore #ronald hines #niall macginnis #penelope horner #gordon gostelow #jack gwillim #carl duering #michael beint #steve plytas #tony wager #norma west #john g. heller #hans de vries #paul williamson #gordon sterne #frank maher #Gwillim's British Intelligence boss from 5.5 returns and once again Simon is strong armed into doing some spy stuff for queen and country #(but fr why not send the actual spies... John Drake could have done this job with a lot less showing off). a high octane action heavy ep #which presents a fairly simple plot to get Simon into East Berlin and then spends most of the episode on the adventure to get out again #it all feels like it might owe a debt to The Spy Who Came In from the Cold‚ a big screen hit the previous year‚ and even the downbeat #ending feels more le carre than fleming. partly a return to moodier and more realist form‚ except that Simon working for mi5 or 6 feels in #and of itself kind of silly... i mean he's a rich playboy jewel thief. still‚ MacGinnis (a considerable get for the team) is great fun

The Rivals Of Sherlock Holmes: The Sensible Action Of Lieutenant Holst (2.6, Thames, 1973)

"It's ironic, is it not? You have a democracy, here in Denmark. And all that I and my comrades want is to establish a similar kind of democracy in Russia - and for that we are called anarchists. And you - a sensitive and liberal man - assist the kind of tyrants your country got rid of centuries ago! I do not blame you. You are doing your duty!"

#the rivals of sherlock holmes #rivals rewatch #rivals spoilers #lieutenant holst #palle rosenkrantz #john thaw #virginia stride #catherine schell #philip madoc #anthony newlands #vernon dobtcheff #michael turner #michael beint #paul whitsun jones #peter whitbread #john gatrell #ian stirling #one of the bleaker and more downbeat episodes #unlike the other rivals #holst is never really in control of the situation #and he knows it #the action and the outcome are all dictated by greater powers #the resulting helplessness of holst is uneasy after so many episodes of genius detectives saving the day #the core four of thaw schell madoc and stride are all very good #madoc especially manages to make his character simultaneously abrasive and sympathetic #but then great actors like newlands and dobtcheff are wasted in bit parts #newlands in particular would have been a good choice for one of the more pompous rivals #the following year thaw would play jack regan for the first time for armchair cinema #a very different type of policeman to sensitive lt holst

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