Jun 4, 2022
The Saint: The Romantic Matron (2.18, ITC, 1964)
"Mrs. Carrington, what are you looking for? Adventure?"
"What's wrong with that?"
"Nothing, I do it all the time. I just happen to have a little more experience than you."
#the saint#the romantic matron#1964#leslie charteris#larry forrester#john paddy carstairs#roger moore#ann gillis#john carson#christopher rhodes#patrick troughton#michael rittermann#joby blanshard#victor spinetti#madge brindley#larry taylor#peter diamond#kaplan kaye#peter elliott#george little#bill cartwright#sunny Buenos Aires‚ and a conflicting episode in which Simon is generally pretty positive about the country he's staying in#and the depiction of Argentina is not overly insensitive; but of course this is the saint and itc in 1964 so the cast is pretty much#entirely white actors in varying degrees of brownface. very depressing. the plot is fairly old hat and the twists obvious#from the get go‚ but it's not badly e executed and the guest cast is impressive enough. most unlikely among them is Joby#Blanshard‚ Doomwatch's own dog judge jury and executioner‚ as an inexplicably friendly and polite henchman who ends up being#quite a bit more sympathetic than the Saint. the gold smuggling method in this ep would appear in the same year's Bond outing#Goldfinger‚ but I'm not suggesting it was cribbed from here; actually it's a pretty familiar trope and one ITC used a number of times