The Saint (TV Series) The Benevolent Burglary (1963) User Reviews

Not the best, but I easily enjoyed it

[hmoika · 7/10 · 14 October 2019]

I agree with the other reviewer that this episode was not exactly up among the top ranked. However, I don't agree that this was due to the guest stars. It seems to me that it was due primarily to the author of the script. Word for word, it was a tedious exercise.

But I was thrilled to see a much younger Rachel Gurney, later to gain fame as Lady Marjorie Bellamy of Upstairs/Downstairs. Sadly. she was give very little to do or say.

And that's the problem with this episode: the script gave people very little to chew on. The script was hum drum......nevertheless, it was an entertaining 50 minutes for me!

The Benevolent Burglary

[Prismark10 · 6/10 · 19 September 2022]

Bill Fulton is an impoverished musician in Monte Carlo who is dating Meryl Vascoe, the daughter of a wealthy art gallery owner.

Elliot Vascoe is a tyrannical snob who has no time for Fulton and doing his best to break up the relationship. Even some his staff and long time friends dislike Vascoe.

Simon Templar steps in to humiliate Vascoe. The Saint has a bet with him that he can steal from his art gallery despite the latest hi tech security.

Templar has four days to carry out the plan but he seems to be very casual about it. Meanwhile Vascoe turns down an offer from the local police for reinforcements.

The security did not seem to amount to much, but it had a few guards with guns. They just were careless with their coffee.

The story was hokum but rather enjoyable. The ending might have been written by Charles Dickens.

Filler episode

[Leofwine_draca · 5/10 · 25 April 2018]

THE BENEVOLENT BURGLARY is the fifteenth episode of the second series of THE SAINT. I found it a bit of a filler, a one-dimensional story about a greedy art gallery owner who makes a wager that his latest exhibit is entirely burglar-proof. Enter Simon Templar, determined to prove him otherwise. It's something of a simplistic story to drag out to 50 minutes in length, and the lack of any decent supporting cast members hurts it too.