Vendetta for the Saint

Originally a two parter on British television this was made into a movie for foreign movie goers. Simon Templar is going for a meal in an Italian restaurant in Italy when he gets involved in an altercation between Ian Hendry and Fulton McKay, McKay is murdered soon after. This gets Templars interest and he's soon on Destamio's (Hendry) tale. It appears that he is indeed Dino Cartelli who was involved in a bank robbery. Templar now gets involve in the murky world of the Mafiosi. This is an interesting and well acted tv thriller much in the Bond style which Moore would become famous for 4 years later. Excellent location work make this an enjoyable watch.

The movie is a revenge movie starring Roger Moore, Ian Hendry, Rosemary Dexter, Aimi MacDonald and Maria Burke.

This is a revenge movie and a typical Dependent on Roger Moore and you will not get disappointed.

Acting of the central characters are good but support cast disappoints.

The movie is not long and is good. Direction is ok, screenplay is nice, location is again ok.

Overall a typical Roger Moore movie.

"Vendetta for the Saint" is a theatrical release which is actually made up of two episodes of the long-running British TV series "The Saint", starring Roger Moore.

The film begins with some poor schnook recognizing an old co-worker. However, Destamio (Ian Hendry) denies being this old friend....and he has his henchman beat up the guy! Simon Templar (Moore) sees this and intervenes. Some time after this, the poor schnook is murdered...and Simon knows that it was by Destamio's men. But why? Why murder someone just because they think you are someone else? Well, Simon decides to find out why and his trail takes him all the way to Palermo, Sicily...and for a meeting of the various godfathers to pick a new leader for the mob. And, Destamio is one of them. Can he manage to uncover the truth without meeting with an 'accident'?

The integration of the two episodes was seamless...so I assume the shows were originally a two-parter. Regardless, it makes for an interesting story and the Italian locaiton is a plus. Well worth seeing...especially since it feels almost like a James Bond flick.

Worth seeing because of Aimi MacDonald's beautiful body. And Rosemary Dexter was sweet. Ian Hendry was a very good actor (especially in Polanski's "Repulsion"), and Roger Moore had his unique charm.

Ian Hendry, who plays Destamio here, was the original on the Avengers back in '61 (John Steed was his assistant), with the classic English accent. Yet here (as an Italian-American gangster), he produces the most tone-perfect Frank Sinatra imitation I've ever heard from a British actor.