The Saint S01E05: The Loaded Tourist (1962) in Color — Starring Roger Moore & Barbara Bates

The Saint S01E05: The Loaded Tourist (1962) — Buy This Classic in Color

First broadcast on 1 November 1962, “The Loaded Tourist” is the fifth episode of the first season of The Saint, the British adventure series produced by ITC and filmed in the UK. It was directed by Jeremy Summers and stars Roger Moore as Simon Templar, the debonair modern-day Robin Hood, alongside guest players Barbara Bates, Andrew Sachs and Edward Evans. This is a crime adventure in the classic ITC mould: a seemingly ordinary traveller arrives carrying more than anyone bargained for, and Templar’s curiosity turns a quiet arrival into a dangerous game. Summers keeps the pace brisk and the locations sharp, and Moore’s easy charm carries every scene. Own this classic movie in color as a DRM-free MP4 digital download for just €15.00.

Plot Summary

Simon Templar, the suave adventurer known to the press and the police alike as the Saint, is passing through an airport terminal when he notices a nervous traveller named Mr. Keld. Keld is a quiet, unremarkable man carrying a suitcase he guards as though it were made of glass. When a pair of rough-looking men begin to shadow him through the concourse, Templar’s instinct for trouble — and for other people’s trouble in particular — is immediately roused. He intervenes, and in doing so inserts himself into a situation far more complicated than a simple case of luggage theft.

Keld, it turns out, is a courier. He has been paid to carry a case across a border without asking what is inside it, and he has begun to suspect that the people who hired him have no intention of letting him deliver it — or of letting him walk away afterwards. Templar, who has never been able to leave a frightened man to his fate, offers his help. Keld is suspicious at first, as anyone in his position would be, but the Saint’s reputation for helping the desperate precedes him, and the two men strike an uneasy bargain.

The contents of the case prove to be worth a great deal more than Keld was told, and worth killing for. The men following him are not petty criminals but professionals working for someone who wants the case and its contents to disappear entirely. Templar begins to unpick the arrangement: who hired Keld, who is paying the men on his tail, and why the delivery was designed so that the courier would never be able to identify his employer. Each answer leads him further into a network of people who are all, for different reasons, lying about the same thing.

Barbara Bates’s character becomes central to the puzzle, a woman whose connection to the case is not what it first appears to be. Andrew Sachs and Edward Evans appear among the supporting players as figures whose loyalties shift as Templar closes in. The episode moves between airport lounges, hotel rooms and quiet streets, with Summers using the ordinary settings of early-sixties Britain to make the danger feel domestic and close at hand. Templar’s method is never brute force; it is conversation, misdirection and the willingness to let an opponent believe he has won.

As the pressure mounts, Keld’s nerve begins to fail, and Templar must decide how much of the truth to tell him. The men pursuing the case grow bolder, and the Saint finds himself not merely protecting a stranger but actively working to expose the person at the centre of the scheme. The final confrontation turns on a question the whole episode has been quietly building towards: who was the case really meant for, and what happens to a courier who has already seen too much to be allowed to simply go home?

Cast & Crew

Director: Jeremy Summers
Stars: Roger Moore, Barbara Bates, Andrew Sachs, Edward Evans, Guy Deghy, Joseph Cuby, Norman Florence, Michael Ritterman, John Dearth, Raymond Ray

Why Buy This Classic in Color?

The colourised restoration of “The Loaded Tourist” does something quietly remarkable for an ITC adventure episode: it makes the early-sixties world it was filmed in legible again. The airport terminal, the hotel corridors and the modest British streetscapes gain a warmth that black and white flattens into grey, and the period detail — the tailoring of Simon Templar’s suits, the muted palette of the supporting players’ costumes, the signage and set dressing of a Britain on the edge of the sixties — reads as a real place rather than a stage. Roger Moore’s screen presence is famously photogenic, and colour serves it: the lightness of his performance, the raised eyebrow, the half-smile, all land more clearly when the image has depth and contrast restored. The restoration also reveals how carefully Summers composed for interiors, using practical light and shadow that colourisation renders richer without altering the original photography. For anyone who grew up with The Saint in black and white, this is a chance to see it as a colourised production, and for anyone discovering it now, it is the most inviting way in. Buy your instant DRM-free MP4 download today for just €15.00.

Historical Significance

The Saint was one of the defining British adventure series of the 1960s and the production that made Roger Moore a household name on both sides of the Atlantic. Created for television by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman from Leslie Charteris’s long-running stories, the series ran from 1962 to 1969 and became one of ITC’s most successful exports, sold to networks around the world and helping to establish the template for the glamorous, self-contained action hour. Moore’s Simon Templar — charming, unflappable, always one step ahead — became the definitive screen version of the character and a direct rehearsal for the suavity he would later bring to a certain other role.

“The Loaded Tourist” belongs to the first season, when the series was still finding its rhythm and the episodes were shot in black and white on a modest budget. It is notable among early instalments for its guest cast, which includes Barbara Bates and Andrew Sachs, and for the tight, single-location-heavy structure typical of the period. Jeremy Summers, who directed this episode, was a prolific and reliable hand in British television and film of the era, and his work here shows the economy and clarity that made him a favourite of producers working to a schedule.

Episodes like this one are a valuable record of early-sixties British television craft: fast, dialogue-driven, and built around a star whose charisma had to carry the hour. Colorisation brings that record to new audiences, letting viewers see the period detail and the performances with fresh eyes, and giving a sixty-year-old episode a second life as a collectable colourised download.

Technical Details

• Format: MP4 / MKV digital download
• Resolution: Standard Definition
• Colorized: Professionally colorized from original black and white
• Audio: English original mono
• Runtime: 49 minutes
• DRM-free: Yes — watch on any device
• Instant download: Available immediately after purchase
• Price: €15.00 (token, rendered by the site)

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Movie-Specific Questions

Q: Was “The Loaded Tourist” originally broadcast in colour?
A: No. Like the rest of the first season of The Saint, this episode was broadcast in black and white in 1962. This page offers a later professional colorized restoration, not a studio colour release.

Q: Which episode of The Saint is this, and who directed it?
A: This is season 1, episode 5 of The Saint, titled “The Loaded Tourist”, first broadcast on 1 November 1962. It was directed by Jeremy Summers and stars Roger Moore as Simon Templar.

Q: Who are the guest stars in this episode?
A: Alongside series lead Roger Moore, the episode features Barbara Bates, Andrew Sachs and Edward Evans among its guest cast, with Guy Deghy, Joseph Cuby, Norman Florence, Michael Ritterman, John Dearth and Raymond Ray also appearing.

Digital Download Questions

Q: What format is the download?
A: The film is delivered as MP4 and MKV files that play on virtually any device.
Q: Is there DRM on the file?
A: No. The download is completely DRM-free so you can watch it on any device without restrictions.
Q: How quickly can I watch after purchase?
A: Your download link is available instantly after payment, so you can start watching within minutes.

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