The Saint is in Italy where he looks up Michelle ( Kim Goody ), a girl he has known since she was a child. She is now a successful pop singer. As they chat, a car pulls up bearing an angry woman and some thuggish men. She is Diamond ( Linda Thorson ), the girl's manager, and she warns Templar off.
At an open-air concert, Michelle's voice falters mid-song and she rushes off stage. She is being overworked and has to contend with a mysterious kidnapping threat. Templar, gallant as ever, leaps to her rescue...
In 1969, Ian Ogilvy appeared in 'They Keep Killing Steed', an episode of the final series of 'The Avengers', in which he played 'Baron Von Curt', a Teutonic aristocrat who joins forces with Tara King when Steed goes missing. Nine years later, Ogilvy and Thorson were reunited for this 'Return Of The Saint' romp. It is another in the list of what Leslie Charteris termed the 'Spaghetti Saints', and a pretty boring one at that. Not for one moment was I convinced that Michelle was a pop star with a huge following. She's far too bland for one thing.
The Saint had encountered the Mafia twice before in the original series. 'The Latin Touch' and 'Vendetta For The Saint' to be exact. Being television, the show could not realistically depict the Cosa Nostra. The most sadistic thing they do here is stand Templar on a wall overlooking some lovely scenery, and threaten to push him off.
Thorson still looks good as 'Diamond' and its no surprise that she and Templar get it together at the end.
Laurence Luckinbill, who plays 'Bruno Walters', was Mr.Spock's half-brother 'Sybok' in the film 'Star Trek 5 - The Final Frontier'.
The most memorable aspect of the episode is the Saint's cool motorbike.
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