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The Best Episodes of The Saint Season 5

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Every episode of The Saint Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Saint Season 5!

Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
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27
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  • The Russian Prisoner
    7.6/10(196)
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    #1 - The Russian Prisoner

    Season 5 Episode 3

    Aired 10/14/1966

    A Russian Physicist wants to defect to the United States.

    Director: John Llewellyn Moxey

    Writer: Harry W. Junkin

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  • Escape Route
    7.6/10(194)
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    #2 - Escape Route

    Season 5 Episode 14

    Aired 12/30/1966

    Simon gets himself put in jail to infiltrate a gang specializing in jail breaks.

    Director: Roger Moore

    Writer: Michael Winder

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  • The Queen's Ransom
    7.5/10(236)
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    #3 - The Queen's Ransom

    Season 5 Episode 1

    Aired 9/30/1966

    The Saint helps a disposed mid east ruler recover jewels needed to fund a counter coop.

    Director: Roy Ward Baker

    Writer: Leigh Vance

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  • The Gadget Lovers
    7.5/10(169)
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    #4 - The Gadget Lovers

    Season 5 Episode 23

    Aired 4/21/1967

    Simon joins up with Russian agent in finding agent killer.

    Director: Jim O'Connolly

    Writer: John Kruse

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  • Paper Chase
    7.4/10(154)
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    #5 - Paper Chase

    Season 5 Episode 11

    Aired 12/9/1966

    A civil servant has defected with top secret files.

    Director: Leslie Norman

    Writer: Harry W. Junkin

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  • Locate and Destroy
    7.4/10(175)
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    #6 - Locate and Destroy

    Season 5 Episode 12

    Aired 12/16/1966

    In South America, the Saint helps an Israeli agent capture a fugitive Nazi.

    Director: Leslie Norman

    Writer: John Stanton

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  • The Art Collectors
    7.4/10(160)
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    #7 - The Art Collectors

    Season 5 Episode 18

    Aired 1/27/1967

    Simon meets several people who are after 3 lost Da Vinci's.

    Director: Roy Ward Baker

    Writer: Michael Pertwee

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  • To Kill a Saint
    7.4/10(160)
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    #8 - To Kill a Saint

    Season 5 Episode 19

    Aired 2/24/1967

    After an attempted assassination Simon tries to find out who has a contract out on him.

    Director: Robert Asher

    Writer: Michael Winder

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  • The Better Mousetrap
    7.3/10(168)
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    #9 - The Better Mousetrap

    Season 5 Episode 9

    Aired 11/25/1966

    It appears that Simon is involved in a Riviera jewel robbery.

    Director: Gordon Flemyng

    Writer: Leigh Vance

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  • The Persistent Patriots
    7.3/10(166)
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    #10 - The Persistent Patriots

    Season 5 Episode 15

    Aired 1/6/1967

    Simon investigates an assignation attempt against the prime minister of a British colony.

    Director: Roy Ward Baker

    Writer: Michael Pertwee

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  • A Double in Diamonds
    7.3/10(160)
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    #11 - A Double in Diamonds

    Season 5 Episode 24

    Aired 5/5/1967

    Simon is led into a plot to steal a necklace while investigating the murder of a jeweler.

    Director: John Gilling

    Writer: Harry W. Junkin, Derek Ford, Donald Ford

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  • The Angel's Eye
    7.2/10(174)
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    #12 - The Angel's Eye

    Season 5 Episode 7

    Aired 11/11/1966

    In Amsterdam a respectable gem cutter denies ever seeing a diamond that was sent to him.

    Director: Leslie Norman

    Writer: Harry W. Junkin

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  • Little Girl Lost
    7.2/10(176)
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    #13 - Little Girl Lost

    Season 5 Episode 10

    Aired 12/2/1966

    Simon helps a girl who claims to be Hitler's daughter escape from Nazis.

    Director: Roy Ward Baker

    Writer: Leigh Vance

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  • The Death Game
    7.2/10(162)
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    #14 - The Death Game

    Season 5 Episode 17

    Aired 1/20/1967

    Simon tries to stop an alliance between a crime ring and psychology students who plan murders.

    Director: Leslie Norman

    Writer: Harry W. Junkin

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  • When Spring Is Sprung
    7.2/10(143)
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    #15 - When Spring Is Sprung

    Season 5 Episode 26

    Aired 6/2/1967

    A pretty girl lures Simon into a plot to free a Soviet spy, who is waiting trail in London.

    Director: Jim O'Connolly

    Writer: Michael Pertwee

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  • The Helpful Pirate
    7.1/10(171)
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    #16 - The Helpful Pirate

    Season 5 Episode 5

    Aired 10/28/1966

    A South American Dictator falls under the influence of a corrupt British scientist.

    Director: Roy Ward Baker

    Writer: Roy Russell

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  • Flight Plan
    7.1/10(172)
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    #17 - Flight Plan

    Season 5 Episode 13

    Aired 12/23/1966

    A nun in high heels has Simon involved with a VTOL plane theft that Simon has to learn to fly very quickly.

    Director: Roy Ward Baker

    Writer: Alfred Shaughnessy

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  • The Fast Women
    7.1/10(162)
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    #18 - The Fast Women

    Season 5 Episode 16

    Aired 1/13/1967

    Simon investigates murder attempt on female race car driver.

    Director: Leslie Norman

    Writer: Leigh Vance

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  • The Counterfeit Countess
    7.1/10(153)
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    #19 - The Counterfeit Countess

    Season 5 Episode 20

    Aired 3/3/1967

    Simon is on the trail of counterfeit money.

    Director: Leslie Norman

    Writer: Philip Broadley

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  • Interlude in Venice
    7.0/10(197)
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    #20 - Interlude in Venice

    Season 5 Episode 2

    Aired 10/7/1966

    The Saint gets involved in a gangsters revenge plot against a lawyer.

    Director: Leslie Norman

    Writer: Paddy Manning O'Brine

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  • The Reluctant Revolution
    7.0/10(166)
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    #21 - The Reluctant Revolution

    Season 5 Episode 4

    Aired 10/21/1966

    The Saint gets involved in a banana republic's revolution.

    Director: Leslie Norman

    Writer: John Stanton

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  • The Convenient Monster
    7.0/10(191)
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    #22 - The Convenient Monster

    Season 5 Episode 6

    Aired 11/4/1966

    The Loch Ness Monster gets blamed for murders in Scotland.

    Director: Leslie Norman

    Writer: Terence Feely

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  • Island of Chance
    6.9/10(162)
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    #23 - Island of Chance

    Season 5 Episode 22

    Aired 4/7/1967

    Simon journeys to the West Indies to find the murderer of an old friend.

    Director: Leslie Norman

    Writer: Leigh Vance

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  • The Gadic Collection
    6.8/10(141)
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    #24 - The Gadic Collection

    Season 5 Episode 27

    Aired 6/22/1967

    The Gadic collection is the priceless centrepiece of an art exhibition at the Museum in Turkey, and several groups of people want it. Most notably, the wealthy art collector, Turin, who's certain the Saint's taken the collection. In an effort to obtain it for himself and discover its whereabouts, he imprisons Templar.

    Director: Freddie Francis

    Writer: N/A

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  • Simon and Delilah
    6.7/10(174)
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    #25 - Simon and Delilah

    Season 5 Episode 21

    Aired 3/24/1967

    A hated movie queen and her co-star are kidnapped.

    Director: Roy Ward Baker

    Writer: N/A

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"The Russian Prisoner" is the best rated episode of "The Saint" season 5. It scored 7.6/10 based on 196 votes. Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey and written by Harry W. Junkin, it aired on 10/14/1966. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Escape Route".