The Persistent Parasites
CAST:
Cec
Linder - Waldo
Jan
Holden - Vera
Ann
Gillis - Wilma
Annette
Carell - Katerina
Sonia
Fox - Nadine
Arnold
Diamond - Latignant
Brian
MacDermott - Pierre
Jeremy
Longhurst - George McGeorge
Donald
Hewlett - Howard
David
Garth - Monsieur Philippe
Keith
Smith - Latignant's Assistant
Directed by Robert
Tronson; Screenplay by
Norman Hudis
(pdf Screenplay on network DVD)
Adapted from "The Reluctant Nudist"
by Leslie Charteris
STORY:
Waldo Oddington invites the Saint,
his three ex-wifes, his nephew and his lawyer to a small island in the
Mediterranean to announce a surprise. He also tells them that he wants
to marry again, Nadine, a girl who lives on the island. Waldo also has
completely changed his way of life - he takes exercises, drinks no alcohol
etc.
What they don't know is that Waldo
is completely broke - his surprise! But before he can tell the others he
gets murdered.
Who would benefit from Waldo's life
insurance?
OPINION:
Is it just me or is Sonia Fox not
able to act? Her dialogues sound pretty wooden...
NOTES:
* Jan Holden also appears in Episode
#87 "The Fast Women"
* Ann Gillis also appears in Episode
#30 "The Romantic Matron"
* Arnold Diamond also appears in Episodes
#26 "The Bunco Artists", #27 "The
Benevolent Burglary", #48 "The Death Penalty",
#70 "The Spanish Cow" and #80 "The
Better Mousetrap" (every time the same role!). Diamond also appears
in the episode "Five Miles to Midnight" of The Persuaders
* Cec Linder also plays Felix Leiter in the James Bond movie "Goldfinger" (1964). [Submitted by Wojciech Trojanowski]
* The set for this scene (0:04) is the same as the one used in Episode
#70 "The Spanish Cow" (0:18) .
* The terrace set (0:08) is the same as the one used in Episodes (redecorated) #69 "The Saint Bids Diamonds" (0:38) and #70 "The Spanish Cow" (0:09) .
* The Asian lion prop was used in Episode
#65 "The Smart Detective" (0:24) and in Episode #67 "The Persistent Parasites" (0:43). [Submitted by Wojciech Trojanowski]
* The hidden safe (0:31) is the same as the one used in Episodes
#54 "The Set-Up" (0:27) and #70 "The Spanish Cow" (0:08). Even some of the books at the side are the same.
* Although the set for the boat has a slightly different furniture than the one used in Episode
#62 "The Happy Suicide" (0:21) it is the same - the pattern of the upholstery and the door curtain give it away (0:38).
AIRDATES:
UK: 29th July 1965
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