The Saint Steps In...To Colour

[starfyre05]

my hero

[tennis11ish]

Moore, FOREVER The Saint. Connery, FOREVER James Bond.  Period.

[albertkimha]

In response to Leslie Charteris , I submit these wise words: "Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it."

~~ D.H. Lawrence, in Studies in Classic American Literature.

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[HYPONEX73]

Is there a 2nd video to this?... I was getting into it and then an abrupt stop.

[llefranc1]

Roger Moore is my hero for ever. He IS the Saint !

[liverpoolmatt87]

my name is roger moore.....I use to play simon templar.......007 ;p

[jamajezzie]

Damn Roger Moore was freaking handsome when he was young.

[WOWJBEOWULF]

You can tell The Saint fell out of favor in the 1970s, this was when World War Two retired and we see changing social forces. Great Britain has the greatest security services in the world, and it peaked out with the World Wars (1914 to 1945) where intelligence operations sought enemy weaknesses and enemy sympathizers: Do not screw with British security. Out comes The Saint in the 1960s television entertainment, and its background is all of those people who experienced the World Wars.

[catbaz007]

Best Saint ever, agree that Sean Connery was a better (the best) Bond.

[TopOfTheGear1]

3:20 he sounds like john cleese or jon bently

[whiskeyify]

I loved Moore as the Saint..he was this really smart detective. He could of course take care of himself pretty well in a fight too.

[LastCommodore]

Moore was one of the top choices for the first Bond but was busy doing The Saint. Neither series would have done so well had Moore been Bond first.

[ryoushii]

Always loved this series. Watched it when I was little when ABC carried it, and since I got Sirius satellite radio, I've listened to the radio version with Vincent Price as the Saint. Very much like the TV series.

[priapus56]

Even worse, they can't even pronounce his name correctly! It has two syllables.. Char...tersss! How do I know? I read an article Mr Charteris wrote in which he explained how it should be pronounced.

[bumiad01]

James Bond kolot

[fromthesidelines]

Harry W. Junkin had been the director and head writer for NBC radio's "RADIO CITY PLAYHOUSE" (1948-'50), before he went to England. He was talented, but sometimes, his idea of what Simon Templar should be often collided with Leslie Charteris'....

[NYCPulpHero]

i loved this show! so much better than th emovie!

[HemiVic]

Roger Moore will always be Simon Templer! He is simply the best! No offense to his role as James Bond but Sean Connery was a better Bond.

[michaeln544able]

still showing most days on itv4-mornings and evenings.

[goldengun5980]

...and this guy couldn't jump off a cliff during "the spy who loved me?" what a woos

[deadmantalking007]

i think its dougary scott who is doin the new series...

[nickic272]

Martin kemp is doing the saint tv series for 2010

[dalek7]

Please be a Saint and upload the rest of this brilliant documentary.

Thanks.

[siskojpc]

Roger Moore is Simon Templar. Nobody has done it better. He was born to play this role just like Connery was born to play Bond and Damon was born to play Bourne

[maxcadyuk]

Thanks for saying that. I agree. I liked Moore as Bond also.

[drkam6]

I wholeheartedly agree. Roger is Simon Templar forever!

[THX1968]

Geez, Moore is still so freakin' cool!

[RaleighDawlishRaynar]

Subject: Goodwin refuses to budge on pension

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[jamesjohnking]

Man, that guy is one suave motherfucker. Even as an old man he's cool as fuck.

[nerdflanders8710]

@jamesjohnking just like you

[BThwaithe]

Did you know that the theme song for The Saint was written by the father-in-law of The Who's Pete Townshend? That's a piece of useless trivia that's been sitting in my brain for years.

[jennifersman]

Gee, do you get the feeling Charteris wasn't all that fond of this series?

LOL

[jamesjohnking]

It's hard to tell. He was really being too subtle and pulling his punches in that letter, don't you think? Make your meaning plain, man! Say what you feel. Directness was not his strong suit.

[spider9137]

I understand why authors don't always appreciate film/tv adaptations of their work ... on the other hand, based on Leslie Charteris' letter, I can understand why most directors/producers want any involvement from the author.

[77042500200]

deberian subir la serie que se presento en colombia

[Minkelu]

I agree could you please post the rest of this. I love to see it.

[Loullers]

Cool. I do agree with continuityUK that Roger looked well here...very well.

[continuityUK]

Nice to see him looking so well. Isd this before or after his heart trouble?

[Firelogger]

1963

[psymonb]

Roger Moore could walk on water if he tried

[drkam6]

The intro with Roger is worth pure gold!

Brilliant!

[heiligenberg]

I'd love to see the rest!

[elio4]

Great great stuff ! Charteris was one hell of a guy ! Funny to see this documenturay. Could you upload the rest of it, please?