Interlude in Venice
CAST:
Lois Maxwell - Helen
William Sylvester - Foots Fortunati
Quinn O'Hara - Cathy
Paul Stassino - Prince Ubaldo
Joyce Blair - Goldilocks
Richard Warner - Don Battista
Robert Ayres - John Allardyce
Patrick Troughton - Insp. Gambetti
Derek Sydney - O'Mallamo
Earl Green - Carlo
Hal Galili - Toni
Tita Dane - The Nun
Directed by Leslie Norman; Screenplay by Paddy Manning O'Brine
STORY:
Wealthy Cathy Allardyce is in Venice
with her father John and stepmother Helen. She's always keen on meeting
new men. This proves to be dangerous when professional charmeur Prince
Ubaldo is shot in her presence but she can't remember anything. The Saint
looks into the matter and discovers that a certain Foots Fortunati is pulling
the strings behind the scene. Cathy doesn't even know him - so what is
he up to?
NOTES:
* Lois Maxwell also appears in Episode
#92 "Simon and Delilah"
* Lois Maxwell was famous for
her role as "Miss Moneypenny" in the James Bond films. She also was a good
friend of Roger Moore.
* William Sylvester also appears in Episode
#62 "The Happy Suicide"
* Paul Stassino also appears in Episode
#9 "The Effete Angler", #22 "The
Rough Diamonds", #48 "The Death Penalty" and
#115 "The Ex-King of Diamonds"
* Paul Stassino is the Vulcan fighter
pilot in "Thunderball"
* Robert Ayres also appears in Episode
#3 "The Careful Terrorist"
* Patrick Troughton also appears in
Episode #30 "The Romantic Matron"
* Derek Sydney also appears in Episode
#113/114 "Vendetta for the Saint"
* Hal Galili also appears in Episodes
#36 "Sophia", #38 "The Ever-Loving Spouse", #44 "The Revolution
Racket" and #113/114 "Vendetta for the Saint"
*
The same extra actor appears in three episodes of the series: Episode
#65 "The Crooked Ring", Episode
#68 "The Man Who Could Not Die" and Episode
#73 "Interlude in Venice. His name is unfortunately unknown. [Submitted by Wojciech Trojanowski]
* The arcades in the back are all
painted (0:06).
* The picture with the yellow sky was used in Episode
#73 "Interlude in Venice" (0:25) and in Episode #75 "The Reluctant Revolution" (0:19).
* The shadow of the boom microphone can be seen on the top of the screen (0:28).
* The difference between actor Earl
Green and the stuntman is all too obvious (0:30).
* It looks like you can see the upper end of the set in this shot (0:46).
AIRDATE:
UK: 7th October 1966
GERMAN TITLE:
Mord im Palazzo
AVAILABLE ON:
* DVD (NTSC): AAE-70229 (2001)
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Last Updated: 01/06/2018