"The Saint"
The Arrow of God (1962)

Director:

John Paddy Carstairs

Writers:

Julian Bond (screenplay)
Leslie Charteris (novels)

TV Series:

"The Saint" (1962)

Original Air Date:

15 November 1962 (Season 1, Episode 7)

Genre:

Action | Crime

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Famous Opening Theme | Cult Favorite | Mission | Cult TV | The Saint

Cast

Roger Moore	...	Simon Templar aka The Saint
Elspeth March	...	Lucy Wexall
Ronald Leigh-Hunt	...	Herbert Wexall (as Ronald Leigh Hunt)
Honor Blackman	...	Pauline Stone
Tony Wright	...	John Herrick
Anthony Dawson	...	Floyd Vosper
Anne Sharp	...	Janet Blaise
Gordon Tanner	...	Arthur Gresson
John Arnatt	...	Major Fanshire
John Carson	...	Astron
Alec Mango	...	Doctor Rahn
Thomas Baptiste	...	Police Sergeant
Pearl Prescod	...	Hotel Maid
Hazel Futa	...	Maria

Arrow misses the mark

Complete pedestrian episode in the series, with no action at all, Simon never even gets to hit anyone or get his hair mussed! A slimy gossip columnist is killed and it's up to our hero to find the true murderer from the list of subjects. Everyone, as the newspaper man was loathed by all. But it doesn't take long to work it all out in this rather tired and lethargic story.

Stock footage at the start of the Bahamas is followed by set bound studio filming as was usual in this programme, although it seems even more obvious when the story doesn't hold the interest.

Honour Blackman is mildly distracting as the eye candy here and the rest of the cast do well with what they have to work with but it never rises above the routine.