The Saint: The Big Bang

The Saint: The Big Bang is a 1990 TV film featuring Simon Dutton as Simon Templar, the crimefighter also known as The Saint. It was one of a series of Saint films produced in Australia and broadcast as part of the syndicated series Mystery Wheel of Adventure.

The Saint: The Big Bang
Directed by	Paolo Barzman
Produced by	Muir Sutherland
Written by	Leslie Charteris
Based on	character created by Leslie Charteris
Starring	Simon Dutton Morgan Brittany Jerry Di Giacomo
Production company	Taffner Ramsay-Templar Productions
Distributed by	Network Seven
Release date	1990
Running time	100 mins
Country	Australia
Language	English

Plot

The Saint teams up with a newspaper woman to explore the deaths surrounding a corporate takeover.

Cast

Simon Dutton as Simon Templar
Morgan Brittany as Verity
Jerry Di Giacomo as Demoyne
Jean-Claude Dauphin as Blancpain

Production

This movie was one of six 100-minute TV films, all starring Simon Dutton made for London Weekend Television (LWT) in the United Kingdom, it was postponed due to poor ratings, but went out as part of The Mystery Wheel of Adventure in the United States:

- The Saint: The Brazilian Connection (2 September 1989)
- The Saint: The Blue Dulac (9 September 1989)
- The Saint: The Software Murders (4 August 1990)
- The Saint in Australia (14 July 1990)
- The Saint: Wrong Number (21 July 1990)

Broadcast

The film was broadcast on 28 July 1990.

External links

The Saint: The Big Bang at IMDb

The Saint, created by Leslie Charteris
Characters	The Saint (Simon Templar) Patricia Holm Claud Eustace Teal
Books by Leslie Charteris	Meet the Tiger (1928) Enter the Saint (1930) The Last Hero (1930) Knight Templar (1930) Featuring the Saint (UK only – 1931) Alias the Saint (UK only – 1931) Wanted for Murder (US only – 1931) She Was a Lady (1931) The Holy Terror (1932) Getaway (1932) Once More the Saint (1933) The Brighter Buccaneer (1933) The Misfortunes of Mr. Teal (1934) Boodle (1934) The Saint Goes On (1934) The Saint in New York (1935) Saint Overboard (1936) The Ace of Knaves (1937) Thieves' Picnic (1937) Prelude for War (1938) Follow the Saint (1938) The Happy Highwayman (1939) The Saint in Miami (1940) The Saint Goes West (1942) The Saint Steps In (1942) The Saint on Guard (1944) The Saint Sees it Through (1946) Call for the Saint (1948) Saint Errant (1948) The Saint in Europe (1953) The Saint on the Spanish Main (1955) The Saint Around the World (1956) Thanks to the Saint (1957) Señor Saint (1958) The Saint to the Rescue (1959) Trust the Saint (1962) The Saint in the Sun (1963)
Collaborations (credited to Charteris)	Vendetta for the Saint (1964) The Saint on TV (1968) The Saint Returns (1968) The Saint and the Fiction Makers (1968) The Saint Abroad (1969) The Saint in Pursuit (1970) The Saint and the People Importers (1971) Catch the Saint (1975) The Saint and the Hapsburg Necklace (1976) Send for the Saint (1977) The Saint in Trouble (1978) The Saint and the Templar Treasure (1979) Count On the Saint (1980) Salvage for the Saint (1983)
Books by Burl Barer	The Saint (film novelization) (1997) Capture the Saint (1997)
Unpublished works	The Saint's Second Front (1941) Bet on the Saint (1968) The Saint's Lady (1979)
Cinema films	The Saint in New York (1938) The Saint Strikes Back (1939) The Saint in London (1939) The Saint's Double Trouble (1940) The Saint Takes Over (1940) The Saint in Palm Springs (1941) The Saint's Vacation (1941) The Saint Meets the Tiger (1943) The Saint's Return (1953) Le Saint mène la danse (1960) Le Saint prend l'affût (1966) The Saint (1997)
TV films	The Fiction Makers (1968) Vendetta for the Saint (1969) The Saint and the Brave Goose (1983) The Saint in Manhattan (1987) Fear in Fun Park (1989) The Saint: The Blue Dulac (1989) The Saint: The Brazilian Connection (1989) The Saint: Wrong Number (1990) The Saint: The Software Murders (1990) The Saint: The Big Bang (1990) The Saint (2017)
Radio and TV series	The Saint (radio program) The Saint (TV series) episodes Return of the Saint "Vicious Circle"
Related articles	Daredevil (1929) (Teal's first appearance) S.W.O.R.D. (fictional organization) Hirondel (Templar's car)
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