Steinesongo Too many fans seem to be blown away

LastingAware The greatest movie ever!

Majorthebys Charming and brutal

Blake Rivera If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

alexanderdavies-99382 The Saint is still my favourite ITC series out of all of them. The series concerns a man who is described as being the Robin Hood of crime. Roger Moore truly is Simon Templar - no one else comes close. Long may Roger Moore's legacy continue - we lost a true television legend. In future, it won't feel the same every time I see an episode of this classic series. Broadcast from 1962 until 1969, 118 instalments is quite an achievement and they are great. "The Saint" was able to move with the times, just like "The Avengers" could. The black and white episodes have a bit more in the way of intrigue and mystery. Simon Templar would sometimes gather all the suspects in one room and present his findings - shades of Hercule Poirot. The colour ones aimed for being more trendy and rather larger-than- life. Templar usually acted as a one man army in his crime-fighting activities and feared no one. His cool demeanour spoke volumes. There are far too many great episodes to list but on the whole, about 90% or more are of a high standard. The music for the shows theme is very effective. There were 3 different tunes and the first one is the best in my opinion. I know the scale of the series was quite small, with not much location filming. I can easily forgive this as the quality of "The Saint" series is very evident. It was "The Saint" and "Danger Man" that really sealed it for "ITC" and their future successes. Every subsequent series from Lew Grade was compared the above ones in some fashion or other.

Syl Before he was James Bond, Sir Roger Moore was a television star and played the title role of "The Saint." He plays Simon Templar, an agent, who investigates crime like an American movie actress who is kidnapped with her co-star and a jewelry theft. Roger Moore is handsome and charming as the star. The episodes are crisp and fresh. I love the locations in London, England. The episodes are well written and executed in style with a talented cast and crew. The episodes are entertaining without being violent. It's no wonder that he was a perfect successor to play James Bond. I always liked him as Bond the best.

lebensraum-1 I will just add to the praise of this classic 1960's series, great stuff. I notice a lot of American fans of the series which poses a question. Did the American TV networks show the Saint and the Avengers in prime time slots because the shows were mainly set in 1960's Britain, then the most fashionable place on the planet ? And did US interest in these Brit ITC shows wane when the Beatles broke up and swinging London faded away ? I was thinking that when Time magazine famously described London as swinging in 1966 the US TV networks wanted series set in Britain that offered escapist fare in places that viewers in middle America couldn't imagine travelling to. Certainly audiences took to Roger Moore for the Saint lasted longer than the other ITC series. I also feel the Saint was Roger Moores finest hour. When he became James Bond the series was moving beyond reality and into cliché with less credible plots. In a sense the Bond films needed a bigger budget than the Saint and it had to show on the screen, hence the detachment from reality. The Saint shows that Roger Moore could play it straight in credible plot lines.

raysond Long before the forefront of future spy shows that included "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.","The Avengers","I Spy" and other that were to follow it respectfully,"The Saint",was the first and foremost the originator of the spy series and to this day it has a huge loyal following as well as to become one of the most influential TV spy shows of the 1960's and it continues that format in repeats in some markets around the country. The reason why the show became very successful when it debuted on British television on October 4,1962 and later the next year on American television(where it was originally shown for national syndication on September 19,1963)where it remained in syndication of all of the 71 black and white episodes until May 17,1966 for American television. By September 30,1966 the color episodes of "The Saint" produced 47 episodes until its series finale on March 15,1969. NBC-TV picked up the series on May 17,1967 and ran most of the color episodes until March 15,1969. A total of 118 episodes were produced for New World Productions and ITC (Incorporated Television Company Ltd.)where the series was filmed at Shepperton Studios in London. What made "The Saint" such a prime asset that made the show shined out was the British actor Roger Moore(who was also starred in "The Alaskans",and "Maverick" during the time that series which he starred opposite James Garner went off the air during the 62' season). Moore's characterization as the international man of mystery Simon Templar(who was a secret agent for his Majesty's secret service) was very suave and elegant and had a sense of style and grace in every scene in did,but there were times when our hero was in great danger from enemy agents and trying to rescue some lady from the evil clutches or himself from a certain fate.Roger Moore was the master at what he did on that show and he was a genius with it. After "The Saint" television series went off the air in 1969, Roger Moore teamed up with Tony Curtis for the short-lived series "The Professionals",also produced by ITC Television for the ABC-TV network. It was no wonder that after the series went off the air in 1972,Roger Moore was picked to replaced Sean Connery as James Bond,and he shows that in this classic espionage series. However,there were two movies that were based on this series that were shown in theatres while the series was still on the air during its six year run from 1962 to 1969...."Vandetta For The Saint"(1967),and "Revenge Of The Saint"(1969) which starred both Roger Moore. By 1997,almost 28 years after the original "Saint" television series left the air,a big screen version of "The Saint" roared into theatres starring Val Kilmer. Great Entertainment at its finest that will live on forever as a cult favorite.