Duel in Venice

Episode aired Sep 24, 1978
49m

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

YOUR RATING

Carole André and Ian Ogilvy in Return of the Saint (1978)

Adventure Crime

Whilst in Venice the Saint runs up against an old adversary looking for revenge, who kidnaps Sally, the Saint's female companion. He rings the Saint to tell him that he has put a necklace on... Read allWhilst in Venice the Saint runs up against an old adversary looking for revenge, who kidnaps Sally, the Saint's female companion. He rings the Saint to tell him that he has put a necklace on Sally which, when the allotted time runs out, will garotte her. The Saint enlists the hel... Read allWhilst in Venice the Saint runs up against an old adversary looking for revenge, who kidnaps Sally, the Saint's female companion. He rings the Saint to tell him that he has put a necklace on Sally which, when the allotted time runs out, will garotte her. The Saint enlists the help of Claudia, a lady gondolier who knows the city well, to trace Sally before she is kille... Read all

Director
- Jeremy Summers
Writers
- Leslie Charteris
- Terence Feely
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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Jeremy Summers
Writers
- Leslie Charteris
- Terence Feely
Stars

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10coltras35

A tense episode

Simon Templar gets to run around ( well via a boat through the canals), in the hope of rescuing his friend's daughter from the clutches of a foe who is out for revenge -the sadistic foe has a fetish for garrotting necklaces and booby traps, a quite few of them he sets for the Saint - and the Saint has five hours before the girl dies.

This is a tense ride from the beginning to the end, a scenic episode that takes you through the canals of Venice - it's a race against a time episode, and it always look like the Saint is in one pickle that he can't get out of, and that's what makes Death in Venice a thrilling story. More than ever, Templar has to use his cunning mind throughout this brilliant episode.

8Prismark10

Duel in Venice

More like Death in Venice as Simon Templar faces a race against the clock.

Jed Blacket (Maurice Colbourne) is a double crossing mercenary who wants revenge against Templar for betraying him some years ago.

Blacket has kidnapped a female friend of Templar and has left behind all sorts of booby traps.

Templar only has a female gondolier to help him out.

This is a well known episode. I watched this back in 1978 and still remember it.

It has a devilish unhinged performance from Maurice Colbourne who wants everything to be done his way.

Great location shots of Venice. You can tell a lot of money was spent on this.

5kazamshah-84308

Overrated

The girl who played Sally was really cute. At one point the saucy little minx even offers herself to her captor on a plate in a very sexy seductive scene!!! Unfortunately, her character is so empty and shallow you find yourself hardly caring if she lives or dies by the end of the episode. Oglivy is his usual smug, arrogant self. Expecting every girl he meets to practically fall into bed with him. He once cited this absurd episode as his favourite. Why he did is beyond me!!! It's incredibly annoying and overrated by the fans of the show. There were a few other episodes which were far better than this one. Don't waste your time.

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Trivia
Ian Ogilvy named this as his favourite episode.

Goofs
(Around 20 minutes) the boat is heading for a building with 2 windows and a doorway on the lower level but when it hits & explodes there are 3 bricked up windows and an empty space where a fourth window would be. They also go under a bridge that wasn't there before.

Quotes
[first lines]
Simon Templar: [narrating] Venice, Queen of the Seas. City of romance and mystery. Where the great Casanova spent most of his time either in jail or the arms of another man's wife. And where one can breakfast with something like that. Now don't get any wrong ideas, I'm practically her uncle. Her father's my closest friend.