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The Best Episodes of The Saint Season 5

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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Saint Season 5 Episode 1 - The Queen's Ransom
    7.6/10(278 votes)

    S5:E1

    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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  2. The Saint Season 5 Episode 3 - The Russian Prisoner
    7.6/10(232 votes)

    S5:E3

    A Russian Physicist wants to defect to the United States.

    Director:John Llewellyn Moxey
    Writer:Harry W. Junkin

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  3. The Saint Season 5 Episode 14 - Escape Route
    7.6/10(228 votes)

    S5:E14

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

    Director:Roger Moore
    Writer:Michael Winder

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  4. The Saint Season 5 Episode 23 - The Gadget Lovers
    7.6/10(197 votes)

    S5:E23

    Simon joins up with Russian agent in finding agent killer.

    Director:Jim O'Connolly
    Writer:John Kruse

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  5. The Saint Season 5 Episode 18 - The Art Collectors
    7.5/10(193 votes)

    S5:E18

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

    Director:Roy Ward Baker
    Writer:Michael Pertwee

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  6. The Saint Season 5 Episode 11 - Paper Chase
    7.4/10(191 votes)

    S5:E11

    A civil servant has defected with top secret files.

    Director:Leslie Norman
    Writer:Harry W. Junkin

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  7. The Saint Season 5 Episode 12 - Locate and Destroy
    7.4/10(205 votes)

    S5:E12

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

    Director:Leslie Norman
    Writer:John Stanton

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  8. The Saint Season 5 Episode 19 - To Kill a Saint
    7.4/10(190 votes)

    S5:E19

    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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  9. The Saint Season 5 Episode 24 - A Double in Diamonds
    7.4/10(192 votes)

    S5:E24

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

    Director:John Gilling
    Writers:Harry W. Junkin, Donald Ford, Derek Ford

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  10. The Saint Season 5 Episode 7 - The Angel's Eye
    7.3/10(207 votes)

    S5:E7

    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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  11. The Saint Season 5 Episode 9 - The Better Mousetrap
    7.3/10(199 votes)

    S5:E9

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

    Director:Gordon Flemyng
    Writer:Leigh Vance

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  12. The Saint Season 5 Episode 15 - The Persistent Patriots
    7.3/10(197 votes)

    S5:E15

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

    Director:Roy Ward Baker
    Writer:Michael Pertwee

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  13. The Saint Season 5 Episode 26 - When Spring Is Sprung
    7.3/10(176 votes)

    S5:E26

    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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  14. The Saint Season 5 Episode 10 - Little Girl Lost
    7.2/10(211 votes)

    S5:E10

    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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  15. The Saint Season 5 Episode 13 - Flight Plan
    7.2/10(209 votes)

    S5:E13

    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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  16. The Saint Season 5 Episode 17 - The Death Game
    7.2/10(192 votes)

    S5:E17

    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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  17. The Saint Season 5 Episode 2 - Interlude in Venice
    7.1/10(233 votes)

    S5:E2

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

    Director:Leslie Norman
    Writer:Paddy Manning O'Brine

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  18. The Saint Season 5 Episode 4 - The Reluctant Revolution
    7.1/10(197 votes)

    S5:E4

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

    Director:Leslie Norman
    Writer:John Stanton

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  19. The Saint Season 5 Episode 5 - The Helpful Pirate
    7.1/10(210 votes)

    S5:E5

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

    Director:Roy Ward Baker
    Writer:Roy Russell

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  20. The Saint Season 5 Episode 16 - The Fast Women
    7.1/10(196 votes)

    S5:E16

    Simon investigates murder attempt on female race car driver.

    Director:Leslie Norman
    Writer:Leigh Vance

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  21. The Saint Season 5 Episode 20 - The Counterfeit Countess
    7.1/10(180 votes)

    S5:E20

    Simon is on the trail of counterfeit money.

    Director:Leslie Norman
    Writer:Philip Broadley

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  22. The Saint Season 5 Episode 6 - The Convenient Monster
    7.0/10(226 votes)

    S5:E6

    The Loch Ness Monster gets blamed for murders in Scotland.

    Director:Leslie Norman
    Writer:Terence Feely

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  23. The Saint Season 5 Episode 22 - Island of Chance
    7.0/10(195 votes)

    S5:E22

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

    Director:Leslie Norman
    Writer:Leigh Vance

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  24. The Saint Season 5 Episode 27 - The Gadic Collection
    6.9/10(171 votes)

    S5:E27

    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:Unknown

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  25. The Saint Season 5 Episode 25 - The Power Artists
    6.8/10(175 votes)

    S5:E25

    Simon gets framed for murder after a visit to an artist's studio.

    Director:Leslie Norman
    Writer:John Kruse

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"The Queen's Ransom" is the best rated episode of The Saint season 5. It scored 7.6/10 from 278 votes. Directed by Roy Ward Baker and written by Leigh Vance, it aired on September 30, 1966.