The Wonderful War
CAST:
Renee
Houston - Mrs. McAlister
Noel
Purcell - Mike Kelly
Alfred
Burke - Harry Shannet
Alec
Mango - Abdul Aziz
Patrick Westwood - Major Hussein
David Graham - Ahmed
John
Bennett - Raschid
Ferdy
Mayne - The Imam
Louis
Raynor - Karim
Jack Lambert - John McAndrew
Suzanna
Leigh - Lilla McAndrew
Directed by Robert S. Baker; Screenplay by John Graeme
STORY:
Lilla McAndrew asks Simon for help.
Her father John and his partner Harry Shannet have found oil in the
little Middle Eastern country Sayeda. But shortly after there was a revolution
and John McAndrew has disappeared since. Templar and Lilla fly to Kuwait
where they find Prince Karim, the son of the murdered ex-ruler of Sayeda.
With only four people on his side the Saint plans to get the country back
for the prince.
NOTES:
* Renee Houston also appears in Episode
#37 "The Gentle Ladies"
* Noel Purcell also appears in Episode
#81 "Little Girl Lost"
* Alfred Burke also appears in Episode
#14 "Starring the Saint"
* Alec Mango also appears in Episode
#7 "The Arrow of God" and #44 "The Revolution Racket"
* Patrick Westwood also appears in
Episodes #40 "The Miracle Tea Party" and #72 "The
Queen's Ransom"
* David Graham also appears in Episode
#51 "The Unkind Philantropist"
* John Bennett also appears in Episodes
#33 "The Good Medicine", #53 "The
Contract" and #94 "The Gadget Lovers"
* Ferdy Mayne also appears in Episode
#20 "Iris", #84 "Flight Plan"
and #95 "A Double in Diamonds"
* Louis Raynor also appears in Episode
#75 "The Reluctant Revolution"
* This is not Roger Moore sitting
on the couch - quite unusual, normally a stand-in would just be used for exterior scenes. (0:00) The same thing happens at 0:15.
AIRDATE:
UK: 2nd January 1964
AVAILABLE ON:
* DVD (PAL): Umbrella DAVID0501 (2003)
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