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#the saint

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#series 3! and clearly someone was impressed with the job Moore did in directing Sophia (2.24) bc he got to do this opener too

#either that or his sway was big enough now that he could demand it.. idk but i favour the former: Moore is a competent director who shoots

#action well. we're back in the espionage world and once again Simon inexplicably has contacts in British Intelligence (and that are willing

#to let him do his own thing in investigative terms). he's on the trail of enemy agents and spies‚ in a plot that's suspiciously similar to

#the real world Portland spy ring which had been uncovered in 61; indeed‚ the adaptation of Charteris' story by the same name is very loose

#and has been reworked to be more politically motivated and cold war themed. scriptwriter O'Brine was a prolific writer of spy thriller

#novels (and may well have been a spy himself in ww2 and after; his life is rather mysterious to say the least). even more mysterious is the

#actor behind the Big Bad: Viktor Viko has just one acting credit online‚ this Saint ep‚ altho there is an artist by the same name alive in

#the mid 20th century. who knows? this is why i need a Pixley Bible for The Saint‚ there simply isn't enough information out there about the

#production process. Conrad Phillips on the other hand would have been very well known to audiences as the star of William Tell (an early

#ITC production from the late 50s) while Nanette Newman was fast becoming a star of the big screen with several big films in production

#the legendary Fabia Drake‚ meanwhile‚ had actually taught a very young Roger Moore in his RADA days in the late 40s!

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