Sep 4, 2023
The Saint: The Fiction Makers - Part 1 (6.11, ITC, 1968)
"Mr. Klein, do you remember what SWORD did to the police sergeant in Sunburst Five?"
"Oh no..."
"The equipment is fully operational in the cellar, it can be filled with acid in one minute."
"Oh, you wouldn't!"
#the saint#the fiction makers#1968#leslie charteris#john kruse#roy ward baker#roger moore#sylvia syms#justine lord#kenneth j. warren#philip locke#tom clegg#nicholas smith#roy hanlon#caron gardner#peter ashmore#frank maher#graham armitage#richard franklin#oswald laurence#david rendall#rather surprising that it took the show this long to do a 2 parter; ITC had started playing with the format (two part eps that could be#stitched together for cinema release on the continent) back on The Baron‚ and it had become fairly standard practice by now. this was shot#as two eps and then stitched together (the other Saint film yet to come did the opposite) but per Network's dvd was never repeated in its#episodic format after first transmission (not even itv4 or tptv tend to include them) which might explain why the image does seem rather#badly degraded in places (particularly the credits of part 2). Syms and Lord were two of the most ubiquitous Saint guests with nearly a#dozen appearances between them so it's lovely they came back for this special outing; Syms in particular is the mvp here‚ having played#mostly upper class lady roles on the series to date she really seems to relish the chance to do something different as the ditzy and rather#loud (and most unserious) novelist Amos Klein‚ whose creations have been brought to life by an evil mastermind... yes it's all a bit silly#fun tho! honestly this is a fun time‚ and clearly not taking itself seriously at all
