The Saint: The Brazilian Connection

A decade after the Ian Ogilvy version, 'The Saint' was back on our screens, this time played by Simon Dutton. We were promised a tougher, grittier take on the character, but the series failed to deliver. Dutton was handsome but lacked the charm required for the role. Once again, there was expensive location filming, but with no noticeable benefit. The old Moore episodes were more entertaining even though they rarely strayed beyond Elstree. This 'Saint' resembled those cheap Continental Bond knock-offs of the '60's. The decision to upgrade the show from one hour to two hour episodes proved disastrous. 'The Saint' isn't 'Inspector Morse'. It also suffered from the absence of writer John Kruse. 'The Software Murders' was the best episode by far, one wonders why it wasn't used to open the series. After the second episode - the atrocious 'Blue Dulac' - went out, L.W.T. yanked 'The Saint' from its prime-time Saturday evening slot, and the rest went out the following summer to nobody's great pleasure.

one question why is the Simon Dutton saints not on DVD yet as this was a show that did work so well Mr Dutton took us back to the verbal dexterity of George Saunders and style of the 1940s and has just the right amount of charm and made us believe in fair play once more as did the saintly sir roger Moore so i employ you watch and just enjoy. the real gem is the inspector teals boss ( who is now in the bill as an inspector jack Meadows )" would you like a drink inspector no ah yes your are like me i prefer drink in good company" this as a pilot was just right and the glamour in the form of Gayle Hunnicut again perfect and the famous Volvo replaced with the Jensen interceptor i wonder what the saint would drive now ?

Its been close to twenty years since the saint has graced our airwaves for a 1989 tvfilm it went off to a good start. Simon Dutton is back in the role of the dashing hero in England trying to determine who is selling babies in the blackmarket. The only thing that they brought back that made this character a hit was the interplay between Simon and his nemesis chief inspector ClodeTeal. some good action keep this from going bad decent attempt to bring back the series.