Stars: Roger Moore

Summary: The dashing Roger Moore (most widely know as the third James Bond) stars as the title role in the cult 1960s television series, THE SAINT. As Simon Templar (or Sebastian Tombs, to some people) Moore is an international man of mystery--an enigmatic, clever, and unstoppable hero. This release presents the first two episodes of the show in the order of their original broadcast. Uncut and remastered, the daring adventures of the debonair Saint have never been more enticing. The collection contains the episodes: The Talented Husband and The Latin Touch.

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Stepping into the role of Leslie Charteris' "modern-day Robin Hood" Simon Templar (formerly played in films by smoothies like George Sanders), Roger Moore swiftly struck the right poses, adding a raised eyebrow to the character's established trademarks--a stick figure with halo, a whistled theme (co-composed by Charteris himself) and a quixotic commitment to adventure rather than decency. More clean-cut than the vigilante of the novels, Moore's Templar is a reformed thief (with an accent on reformed) whose adventures invariably involve a beautiful girl in trouble, an exotic locale established by stock shots and pantomime-level barroom sets with revolving fans on the ceiling, and "foreign" villains, played by familiar British character actors in false moustaches. The Saintran from 1962 to 1969. Connoisseurs reckon the earlier, black and white shows are superior to the later colour seasons. From 1979 to 1980, there was a follow-up, The Return of the Saint, in which sufficiently ironic Ian Ogilvy donned Templar's polo neck, but the format seemed outmoded in comparison with The Sweeneyand The Professionals.

Volume One contains: "The Talented Husband" in which a playwright is found dead in suspicious circumstances, with guest star Shirley (Goldfinger) Eaton; and "The Latin Touch" which concerns a kidnapping in Rome, with Suzan Farmer and Warren (Alf Garnett) Mitchell. --Kim Newman

Aspect Ratio:	4:3 Full Frame
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Interactive Menus, Scene Access, Character Biographies
Subtitles:	None
Year:	1962
Release Date:	July 10, 2000
Runtime:	100 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	37115 00813
Label:	I T C
Keywords:	Action, General, Touch, Husband, Latin, Saint, Talented, Tv, Adventure, Episodes, Vol
Genre:	Action/Adventure