The Saint: The Brazilian Connection

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The Saint:
The Brazilian Connection
Directed by Ian Toynton
Written by Anthony Horowitz
Based oncharacter created by Leslie Charteris
Produced byMuir Sutherland
Starring Simon Dutton
Gayle Hunnicutt
David Ryall
Production
company
Taffner Ramsay-Templar Productions
Distributed byNetwork Seven
Release date
  • 1989 (1989)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryAustralia
Language English

The Saint: The Brazilian Connection is a 1989 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 .

Contents

Plot

When a baby is kidnapped in London, The Saint follows a trail to a black-market baby ring based in Brazil.

Cast

Production

This movie was one of six 100-minute TV films 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:

Broadcast

The film was broadcast on 2 September 1989.

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