the above summary really isn not mean a a slam against this film and a the series follow a very similar format . a usual and simon templar ( the saint ) meet a lady in distress and come to her aid . he also come to the aid of a police detective who be frame of accept a bribe . along the way and he meet some interesting support character ( this time and paul guilfoyle a pearly gate ) and during his unraveling of this not especially compelling mystery ( none of them really be ) and templar be extremely erudite and just plain cool . george sander be once again the consummate sophisticated british do gooder and he succeed once again in make an excellent b detective series film . nothing particularly special and but a familiar and breezy product sure to please fan of the genre .