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Roger Moore never played the role again after 1969, though he is heard speaking on a car radio during the 1997 film The Saint, starring Val Kilmer as Templar. The final film bore little resemblance to the books or TV series, and carried no credit for Leslie Charteris.
- 4 October 1962 –, 9 February 1969
- ITV
- 118 (71 black-and-white, 47 colour) (list of episodes)
- Roger Moore
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.
- (6K)
- 1967-05-21
- Action, Crime, Drama
- 50
Vendetta for the Saint is a 1964 mystery novel featuring the character of Simon Templar, alias "The Saint". Vendetta for the Saint was the first full-length Saint novel published since The Saint Sees it Through, 18 years earlier. A television adaptation of the novel was released as a theatrical film, also entitled Vendetta for the Saint, in 1969.
- 1964
- The Crime Club
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Vendetta for the Saint: Directed by Jim O'Connolly. With Roger Moore, Ian Hendry, Rosemary Dexter, Aimi MacDonald. Set against an appealingly sunny Sicilian backdrop, this movie finds Simon Templar, an elegant thief and ethical busybody, outraged when a British banker is murdered after he recognizes an old colleague-turned-Mafia kingpin.
- (360)
- Action, Adventure, Crime
- Jim O'Connolly
- 1969-01-05
Roger Moore as The Saint. In the mid-1980s, the National Enquirer and other newspapers reported that Roger Moore was planning to produce a movie based on The Saint with Pierce Brosnan as Templar, but it was never made. In 1989, six movies were made by Taffner starring Simon Dutton.
YearFirst Publication Title(and Author If Not ...StoriesAlternative Titles1928novelMeet – the Tiger!The Saint Meets the ...1930"The Man Who was Clever""The Policeman ...none1930novelThe Creeping DeathSudden DeathThe Saint ...1930novelThe Avenging Saint- Male
- Leslie Charteris
- British
- Meet the Tiger
Vendetta for the Saint: Part 1: Directed by Jim O'Connolly. With Roger Moore, Ian Hendry, Rosemary Dexter, Aimi MacDonald. Templar is having a drink at a bar in Naples when he witnesses a mêlée between two of the customers.
1969 Vendetta for The Saint. ITC Television, Approx. 90 minutes, 8145 feet. Based on the Leslie Charteris novel Vendetta for The Saint (37-B41, 1964). Directed by Jim O'Connolly. Produced by Robert S. Baker. Screenplay by Harry W. Junkin.
