For those who only know The Saint from the 1997 Val Kilmer film, The Saint Megaset collection is a great opportunity to discover the character novelist Leslie Charteris created: "a roaring adventurer who loves a fight...a dashing daredevil, imperturable, debonair, preposterously hansome, a pirate or a philanthropist as the occasion demands." Roger Moore is perfectly cast as Simon Templar, AKA The Saint, and fully embodies the traits of Charteris' creation in this 1960s British television series. George Sanders and Ian Ogilvy were fine as Simon Templar, but they do not match Moore's unique devil-may-care wit and style. People will forever argue which actor was the best James Bond, Sherlock Holmes, Batman, Tarzan, Dracula, etc. For fans of The Saint, it's pretty much unanimous: Roger Moore IS The Saint. The production value are typical of British series television in the 60s. That is, the show was filmed in England using stock footage for exterior shots of Paris, Rome and other international locations. Not great, but they are very good considering budget limitations. The guest stars reads like a "Who's Who" of actors who went on to future fame including Donald Sutherland, Edward Woodward and the future Miss Moneypenny from the James Bond films, Lois Maxwell. The Saint-Megaset contains all 47 color episodes from 1966-1969 including two two-part episodes, The Fiction Makers and Vendetta for the Saint, later released as feature films. The early black and white episodes are available in another set. The Megaset DVD bonus features include original episode trailers, text history of the character, text biography of Roger Moore, and a production still photograph gallery. The seven two disc sets are available individually, but the competative pricing on eBay make the Megaset a better bargain. I paid less for my brand new Megaset on eBay than I did for one two disc set purchased at a retail store a few years ago. I highly recommend The Saint Megaset to anyone who is a fan of the character, Roger Moore, and/or 60s British television.Read full review
To those that only knew 'The Saint' as the 1960's TV Show, it actually goes back much further than that! The Saint starting appearing in a long running comic strip series first as a daily strip on September 27th, 1948. It added the Sunday section on March 20th 1949. The early comic strips were written by Leslie Charteris, who had previous experience writing comic strips. Leslie had earlier replaced Dashiell Hammett as the writer of the Secret Agent X-9 comic strip. The original comic strip artist for The Saint was Mike Roy. Then in 1951 John Spranger replaced Roy as the artist and altered the Saint's appearance by depicting him with a beard! The final two years of the comic strip were drawn by Doug Wildey, (yes THAT Doug Wildey!). The comic strip ended its run on September 16, 1961. During the days of the comic strip, Avon Comics published twelve issues of 'The Saint' comic book. The print run ran from 1947 to 1952. The Saint's TV Show from the 1960's was unusual in that it was one of the few major programs of its genre that was NOT adapted as a comic book in the United States. So many other TV Shows had at least had a 'one-shot' comic tied to the show to capitalize on the popularity of the show! This is a really great TV series and I am glad the color episodes were collected into a set! Not to be missed by Saint fans!!Read full review
The 'Megaset' is sometimes described as a 'complete' set. It is, but of just the last 2 seasons of the 1960's series 47 color episodes! The entire series has 118 episodes; 71 black/white and 47 color. It is true that The Saint did appear years before this series with comic strips from the late '40s to the early '60s and some comic books during this time, also. But, it actually appeared even earlier! There was a series of 8 films made in the '30s and '40s with 3 different actors portraying 'The Saint'. Then there was one final attempt, in 1954, to revive the series with the same actor that starred in the first film in 1938. It was not till 1962, when Roger Moore starred as 'The Saint', to bring life back to the series till it ended in 1969. I really enjoyed the 1960's series and I also enjoyed the earlier films from the '30s and '40s. If you do not care to watch black/white shows, then this 'Megaset' is the one for you!Read full review
Growing up during the 1960's and 70's, I often watched "The Saint" starring Roger Moore. Perhaps not as well known as his James Bond role, Roger Moore as Simon Templar is nevertheless classic viewing. Finding a 14 DVD set on eBay was irresistible! Many of the episodes I have never seen. Some episodes bring back old memories. For any fan of The Saint TV series or the Leslie Charteris books, this DVD set is a must!
Purchased this Megaset as a gift for my Mom, who loved Roger Moore as The Saint back in the 60's. Anyone familiar with the long history of The Saint knows this character has a long and famous history with viewers and fans. I chose this Set because it gathers all the later, Color Episodes of the once-famous TV show. Simon Templar goes through life in Robin Hood style, balancing on the fine line between 'saint and sinner'. Hopefully someone will organize the earlier episodes into a MegaSet as well; Mom would love that.
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