Vicious Circle

Episode aired Feb 11, 1979
49m

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6.7/10

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Elsa Martinelli and Tessa Wyatt in Return of the Saint (1978)

Adventure Crime

Roberto Lucci, a retired racing driver and husband of the successful fashion designer Renata, is killed in what appears to be a car accident. The Saint believes Roberto to have been too good... Read allRoberto Lucci, a retired racing driver and husband of the successful fashion designer Renata, is killed in what appears to be a car accident. The Saint believes Roberto to have been too good a driver for his death to have been accidental and determines to investigate.Roberto Lucci, a retired racing driver and husband of the successful fashion designer Renata, is killed in what appears to be a car accident. The Saint believes Roberto to have been too good a driver for his death to have been accidental and determines to investigate.

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"You couldn't kill a corpse"

Once Simon Templar is on the case he never lets up untill he unravels the truth, and the truth is who killed his racing car driver friend - of course, the polizia say the car tumbling over the cliff is an accident - Templar thinks otherwise and he has a few suspects in this routine yet serviceable episode that is more of a mystery than an action adventure yarn. It's not a great episode, can be confusing and not too engaging, but the scenic Italian location and Ian Oglivy keeps one watching.

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Vicious Circle

Roberto Lucci an ex racing driver and a friend of Simon Templar is killed while he is on the phone to The Saint.

The police do not suspect foul play. Simon Templar does. Lucci's wife is a famous fashion designer Renata. She too thinks it was an accident.

Templar goes out on a limb to prove that Lucci was murdered. Maybe his wife Renata might have been involved in a murder plot. She is close a man called Dr Paolo Brogli (Mel Ferrer.)

Renata's assistant Anna (Tessa Wyatt) seems to be a source of help for Simon. Then it transpires that her ex husband could had killed Lucci.

There is a darker, harder edge to The Saint in this story. However some of the characters seem to be broad with the acting and the comedy. It is an odd balance.

There are several effective twists and nice use of Italian locations.

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Trivia
Another field day for Robert Rietty who dubs in order of appearance: Cafe Waiter; Franco (Guido Manneri); Dr Brogli's henchman and man in piazza giving Templar directions.

Quotes
[first lines]
Simon Templar: [narrating] Only a few miles outside Rome, you can still find the sort of countryside where, in the ancient Imperial days, rich senators would go to escape the heat and the noise of the city and maybe have a quiet drink with an old friend. Sometimes it was their last drink. Assassination was just as much a way of life then, as now.