The Saint: The Software Murders

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The Saint: The Software Murders
Directed byHenry Herbert
Written by Leslie Charteris
Based oncharacter created by Leslie Charteris
Produced byMuir Sutherland
Starring Simon Dutton
David Ryall
Dinsdale Landen
Production
company
Taffner Ramsay-Templar Productions
Distributed byNetwork Seven
Release date
  • 1990 (1990)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryAustralia
Language English

The Saint: The Software Murders 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 .

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Plot

When a number of scientists are murdered The Saint teams up with a Russian-American computer genius.

Cast

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:

Broadcast

The film was broadcast on 4 August 1990.

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