Apr 28, 2022
The Saint: Teresa (2.4, ITC, 1963)
"We were very lucky you came along."
"We could have been marooned there for days!"
"I invariably turn up at the most opportune moment. I make a hobby of it."
#the saint#teresa#itc#1963#leslie charteris#john kruse#roy ward baker#roger moore#lana morris#eric pohlmann#marne maitland#lawrence dane#marie burke#alexander davion#ricardo montez#paul whitsun jones#alan browning#frank olegario#george little#peter exposite#another lady name episode; a little more original than the previous entry (Judith) but let down by a general attitude of patronising#indifference to the episode's setting of Mexico; Simon's opening monologue about the divide between rich and poor feels pretty#off the mark when you consider he is literally a rich tourist treating the world as his playground. Lana Morris' Teresa is very lovely but#the episode leaves crucial questions unanswered (why are the police so concerned no harm should come to her? who exactly is#Marne Maitland's silent assassin working for?). old favourite Pohlmann has a lot of fun with his role as mysterious benefactor and onlooker#to a series of Saintly mishaps; Alan Browning has an all too short cameo as a cafe owner; and Canadian Lawrence Dane (who i just found out#died last month; RIP‚ his Scanners villain is truly unsettling) plays a Mexican bandit (alas this one is full if white people playing#Mexican characters‚ including Davion and Whitsun Jones who just played english filmmakers the episode before last)#to give an idea of the ridiculous task i set myself in watching this in transmission order‚ i don't think any 2 episodes of s2 have been on#the same disc in network's set so far. Starring the Saint was on disc 7 but there are still episodes on disc 3 i haven't seen yet..
