The Saint: Wrong Number Explained

Director:	Marijan David Vajda
Producer:	Muir Sutherland
Based On:	character created by Leslie Charteris
Company:	Taffner Ramsay-Templar Productions
Channel:	Seven Network
Runtime:	100 minutes
Country:	Australia
Language:	English

The Saint: Wrong Number 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.

Plot

Simon Templar spends a weekend in Berlin with a girlfriend, and he ends up with a chance to prevent missiles getting into the hands of terrorists.

Cast

• Simon Dutton as Simon Templar
• Günther Maria Halmer as Otto Schmidt (as Günther-Maria Halmer)
• Arielle Dombasle as Stella Moreau
• Vince Edwards as General Daniel T. Donovan

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:

• • (2 September 1989)
  • (9 September 1989)
  • (4 August 1990)
  • The Saint in Australia (14 July 1990)
  • (28 July 1990)

Broadcast

The film was postponed for broadcasting on 14 July 1990 and on 7 July 1990, and finally broadcast on 21 July 1990.