The Sign of the Claw
CAST:
Suzan
Farmer - Jean Morland
Peter
Copley - Don Morland
Godfrey
Quigley - Max Valmon
Geoffrey
Frederick - Major Rowney
Leo
Leyden - Dr. Julias
Kenjin
Takaki - Angkor
Burt
Kwouk - Tawau
John
Reese - Gale
Kristopher
Kum - Harlun
Michael
Chow - Rawach
Directed by Leslie
Norman; Screenplay by Terry Nation
Adapted from "Arizona" by Leslie Charteris
STORY:
The Saint is in a not specified country
in South-East Asia where he visits the Morland family. The brother of Don
Morland died a few months ago, his dead body bore the claw marks of a tiger.
His farm neighbour Max Valmon wants to buy Morland's farm but Morland refuses.
One evening there is an attack by
Asian terrorists where one servant gets killed and Morland is injured by
a shot in the shoulder. Only Templar can save the farm because he can send
a message to the army with a transmitting set in a jeep.
The next day Valmon appears and wants
to buy the farm again - Templar suspects him to have other motives than
financial ones. He soon discovers that the terrorists are operating from
Valmon's farm, led by a certain Dr. Julias - the man Simon came to find
in South-East Asia...
NOTES:
* Suzan Farmer also appears in Episodes
#2 "The Latin Touch",#77 "The Convenient
Monster" and #102 "The Desperate Diplomat"
* Godfrey Quigley also appears in
Episodes #25 "The Sporting Chance", #74 "The
Russian Prisoner" and #99 "The Best Laid Schemes"
* Leo Leyden also appears in Episode
#81 "Little Girl Lost"
* Burt Kwouk also appears in Episodes
#94 "The Gadget Lovers" and #106 "The
Master Plan"
* Burt Kwouk appeared in "Goldfinger",
was Blofeld's assistant in "You
Only Live Twice" and also was Cato, Inspector Clouseau's servant
* That the background is only a painting
is very obvious not only because of the painting itself but also the folding in the canvas. (0:22)
* Why does Dr. Julias, the man whose face is unknown, reveal himself to Morland - after all, they just want him to force to sell his farm. (0:26)
* Morland drives to town since the telephone line is still down... but all it would have needed would have been to connect the cables. (0:30)
* One has to wonder why the production did use this shot where one can clearly see the wing of the higher flying airplane.(0:42)
* When Valmon wakes up this happens very near to Templar - one has to wonder why the Saint doesn't react earlier. (0:45)
* The entry for this episode in the Mechele & Fiddy book is full of errors by the way...
AIRDATE:
UK: 4th February 1965
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