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The Saint: The Damsel in Distress (3.13, ITC, 1964)
"We're finished."
"Yes, and perhaps the Saint is finished too."
"Guido, we must do something!"
"Yes! Let's go and eat."
"No! Aren't we men of courage?"
"Aren't you hungry?"
#the saint#the damsel in distress#leslie charteris#1964#itc#paul erickson#peter yates#roger moore#richard stapley#katherine woodville#paul whitsun jones#harold kasket#ivor dean#ray austin#john bluthal#camilla hasse#gwynneth tighe#hugh elton#richard wyler#i must admit that title was an immediate red flag for me‚ given the Saint's track record with sexism. and yes the pre titles bit is pretty#bad (basically just Simon slagging off his date's cooking) but after that this becomes something entirely different (if not wholly#successful). it's another slightly comic episode (thus the casting of comic actors like Kasket‚ Whitsun Jones and Bluthal) as Simon#inexplicably decides to participate in arranging a shotgun wedding. very strange; but this is also the penultimate directing job of Peter#Yates for the series‚ as he'd shortly be in high demand for proper cinema work (with Robbery in 67 and big hitter Bullitt in 68). here he's#clearly finding his feet as a director of action‚ sidelining the comedy in favour of an extraordinary fight scene between Moore and Ray#Austin (shot from a dizzying number of angles with rapid cuts) and a clearly expensive to mount car chase and plane takeoff (shot for real#and not stock footage!). oh and apparently Simon can fly a plane. he also goes undercover again using the name Sebastian (acceptable) and#doing an Italian accent (unacceptable). the ending of this episode is curious in that (unless i missed something hidden in the dialogue)#the police turn up and save the day quite by chance; interesting to know what would have gone down if they hadn't and whether Simon would#have been quite so noble in returning the key to a million pounds of stolen money..
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