The Saint: The Complete Series

I love this show and bought this after our beloved Roger Moore passed away. I have had this set about 6 years. The only problem is I just discovered this complete set is not complete. Season 5 episode 27 the gadic collection is missing. This made me very upset. I still give this 5 stars because The Saint is an excellent show and collection. Just remember it's the "complete" series minus one. Update.today I now own the COMPLETE Saint. I looked into older A&E box sets. The Saint volume 5 that has a purple box had my missing episode. All I can say episode's should not be suppressed. A disclaimer should be encluded. Let the viewer decide if he wants to see it or not. That's his right but don't stept on my right to see it. Don't make my choice for me.

After it was too late to return because honestly if you can watch all of them before the time window runs out, disc 4 and now disc 5 make a violent vibrating sound that feels like it’s going to damage my Sony Blu-ray player it is so excessive, you can’t even enjoy the episode because of the annoying just got a balance vibrating on multiple discs. Buyer beware! Cheap junk! $77 down the drain, A few warned about discs that would not play, took my chances. What a scam. Don’t let it happen to you! These are poorly made junk. I will try to find the seller so I can pursue a small claims lawsuit, this is not fair I’m not gonna let it go. Don’t want to happen to you! Over price to start with.

With Moore's recent passing, there was much talk of his James Bond vs. that of Sean Connery, and of course which one was better. I'm of the age that Moore & Connery are really the only ones I think of when the subject of 007 comes up. I've seen Pierce Brosnan & Timothy Dalton's versions of the role - and feel they did just fine in them - but I wasn't drawn to the direction the franchise was going. And my answer to which of The Two played a better Bond is Connery, but that both of them as 007 paled in comparison to Moore's Simon Templar.Last time I had seen The Saint was 30+ years ago, when a local UHF station aired an episode nightly, and I'm sure I saw most of the episodes then. I fell in love with the character's suave roguish nature & his sense of humor, and subliminally tried to incorporate that into my own personality in tiny ways. Now, I'm not "man pretty" like Moore, but it should be unsurprising that even a hint of charm can be a very good thing.There's a lot of material here - 118 hour-long episodes, and I was very pleasantly surprised at the quality of the DVD transfer. Audio quality is good, and with the exception of parts of a couple episodes the picture quality is stunning - it vastly exceeded my expectations. Some episodes have a commentary track, but I've been unimpressed with them. They were recorded around the year 2000, so basically you've got some folks trying to remember interesting things from 35 years earlier, and they pretty much don't. Not to worry, the red meat here is the adventures of Mr. Templar. If I feel that the character of James Bond went Over The Top as time went on, Simon Templar is perpetually Under The Radar - a very subtle badass, driving a very subtle badassed car (as Volvo put it back then, "It's either the world's toughest sports car, or the world's fastest truck")

I was 5 when this series came out. I hadn't watched any since. Thoroughly enjoyed binging in the past! I like the black and white ones better (I think they are the first three seasons). They seemed to have more morality in them. Perhaps those are the ones that are based on the books. But they are all entertaining. So many established and not so established stars, many of whom you will recognize from Sean Connery James Bond movies! And of course the Volvo P1800 which is a steady character in this show whenever the episode takes place in England!Excellent transfer of video and sound! There are many commentaries most of which contain Sir Roger Moore himself and his great sense of humor (I believe he was 80 years old when he did these). A lot of behind the scenes stories including the story of the Volvo!My biggest complaint is the lack of subtitles. I watch a lot of English series and movies, but sometimes the cockney accents or the foreign accents of guest stars are hard to decipher. I am being picky though since you wouldn't miss the story at all despite this. My other complaint is the price. For a globally popular show like this that is probably going to sell a lot of copies the price is outrageous!

There is no ability to set up closed captioning.

as good as I remember.

A truly amazing set of dvds for a fantastic series

What's can you say He's just a cool actor. He got all the cars You've got all the clothes you've got the European settings you got the girls in the 1960s gogo outfits I mean it's just a hoot.

Excellent quality, arrived on time.Roger Moore before he was James Bond - FABULOUS series and well worth it.

Very likable, provided you are tuned to the age it was produced.Well packaged 📦

I came upon this series on YouTube of all places, never having heard of it before. I really enjoyed those few episodes that can be found there, so I decided to buy the series. If you like Roger Moore or the flair of TV from the sixties, than this is definitely for you! Roger Moore is brilliant, charming and charismatic as the "Saint" Simon Templar, a sort of modern Robin Hood or vigilante who fights criminals or just bad people in general on his own terms. The role is somewhat reminiscent of James Bond, a role Moore would later go on to play, as Templar is just as much a perfect gentleman, charming and stylish, but also a playboy and has rougish qualities. It is interesting to see Moore in his younger days. The episodes are mostly light-hearted, but very well written and entertaining and quite often very witty. The box set is also of very good quality, everything is as you would expect. As far as I can tell, there are no subtitles and the only available language is English, so you will need to be fairly fluent in English if you want to buy this. The video and audio quality is very good, the images are crisp and clear, as is the sound. The series is in monochrome and the audio is mono, ofcourse, but nothing is muffled or anything, quite the opposite in fact. Overall you get some very good value for your money!

Ceci est un 'must have' (on se doit de le regarder) - il ne manquait que ses premières histoires où il faisait parti d'un 'gang'

This is a great release of the classic ITC series The Saint. This first DVD set contains all the black and white episodes. And although there is a further set in colour, this set is better.The Saint is a long running TV series starring Roger Moore as Simon Templar. The character, Simon Templar is a sort of Robin Hood like adventurer. He has wealth that enables him to travel the world helping people out of difficult situations. He is handsome and suave. His initials are ST, which is also an abbreviation for "Saint".Simon Templar often uses a disguise and sometimes used the name Sebastian Toombs. The series was based on the books by Leslie Charteris. This is particularly true of the first few episodes. The version of the story for this series was created by the series scriptwriters. The original books had been written in the 1920s and they had been adapted for film before.The stories in these black and white series are really good. There are some strong plot lines and the production style and acting is fabulous. There are many guest stars. Some were well established at the time and others became more famous after the time of The Saint. There are a few regular characters. Most notably Ivor Dean as Templar's nemesis/reluctant ally, Inspector Teal.Simon Templar usually works alone but occasionally joins forces with other characters.Later the series was made in colour and they changed a few things. But one thing that distinguishes these early episodes is that Simon Templar speaks to the audience at the start of every episode. (With the switch to colour this gimmick was replaced by simple narration) This gives a feeling of closeness to the character as he is talking to us. Then we are drawn into the background activity which will conclude in the pre credits when someone refers to the Saint as "the famous Simon Templar", at which point an animated halo appears above Templar's head as the actor usually looked at the camera or directly at the halo. Some episodes such as "Iris" broke away from this formula and had Templar address the audience for the entire pre-credits sequence, setting up the story that followed.The music soundtrack by composer Edwin Astley is fabulous.This is one of the best series from ITC and it is really entertaining. The series has style and originality and still gives pleasure despite being in black and white and nearly fifty years old. It is highly recommended.