The Damsel in Distress
CAST:
Richard
Wyler - Allessandro Naccaro
Catherine
Woodville - Barbara Astral
Paul
Whitsun-Jones - Domenick Naccaro
Harold Kasket - Guiseppe Rolfieri
Ray
Austin - Arthur
John
Bluthal - Guido Naccaro
Camilla Hasse - Maria Naccaro
Gwynneth
Tighe - Jennifer
Directed by Peter Yates; Screenplay by Paul Erickson (2 pdf Screenplays on network DVD)
STORY:
Italian restaurant owner Domenick
Naccaro seeks help because the father of his grandchild has disappeared
before he could marry his daughter Maria, an infamy for Italian people.
When Templar is looking for Rolfieri he soon discovers that Inspector
Teal is also searching for this man. For a good reason too, because Rolfieri
has taken 1 million pounds of embezzled money with him! The family connections of the Naccaros in Italy soon
reveal that Rolfieri has fled to Florence with his secretary Barbara Astral.
The Saint accepts their advertisment as chauffeur for Rolfieri and soon
attracts the attention of Barbara...
NOTES:
* Richard Wyler also appears in Episode
#68 "The Man Who Could Not Die"
* Catherine Woodville also appears
in Episode #43 "The Scorpion"
* Paul Whitsun-Jones also appears
in Episodes #10 "The Golden Journey", #14 "Starring
the Saint" and #16 "Teresa"
* Ray Austin also appears in Episodes
#13 "The Fellow Traveller", #22 "The
Rough Diamonds", #76 "The Helpful Pirate" and uncredited in #95 "A Double in Diamonds".
He would later direct Episodes #102 "The Desperate Diplomat"
and #111 "The People Importers"
* John Bluthal also appears in Episode
#62 "The Happy Suicide"
* This shot of the window (0:04) but also the building in general was often used in the series to depict hotels or office buildings, for example in Episode #46 "The Loving Brothers" (0:41).
* Arthur rummages through Templar's belongings not in an inconspicuous way - but the Saint doesn't seem to notice anything. (0:26).
AIRDATE:
UK: 31th December 1964
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