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The Sporting Chance

Action & Adventure

49

Dec 11, 1963

With his wife and daughter being used as leverage, the inventor of a satellite guidance system is coerced to defect to the Russians.

Full Episodes

Season 2, 27 episodes

The Fellow Traveler,

Simon encounters drama in a bus shelter. It involves sudden death, sabotage and a very beautiful girl.

49m Sep 18, 1963

Starring The Saint,

A film about Simon is being made and the producer wants him to play himself.

49m Sep 25, 1963

Judith,

When a beautiful girl backs her car into Simon's roadster, he finds himself bumped into unexpected adventure and a cunning attempt at fraud.

48m Oct 2, 1963

Teresa,

Simon visits Mexico and plunges into an adventurous journey to help a proud and beautiful girl to solve the mystery of her husband's disappearance.

49m Oct 9, 1963

The Elusive Ellshaw,

What is the connection between the strange behavior and killing of a cashier separated from her husband and the attempted murder of her former employer, a wealthy shipping magnate?

49m Oct 16, 1963

Marcia,

A beautiful film actress takes her own life after her face has been disfigured, and Simon steps in when her successor is threatened with a similar fate.

48m Oct 23, 1963

The Work Of Art,

Simon's visit to a girl friend in Paris results in his becoming involved in the murder of an O.A.S. undercover agent.

48m Oct 30, 1963

Iris,

A racketeer and his beautiful actress wife are among those concerned in a scheme to involve Simon in an ingenious blackmailing plot.

49m Nov 6, 1963

The King Of The Beggars,

In Rome, Simon discovers a protection racket targeting the local beggars who must relinquish part of their alms to a person known as the king of the beggars.

49m Nov 13, 1963

The Rough Diamonds,

A consignment of industrial diamonds is hi-jacked after its arrival in England, and the Saint plunges into a case full of unexpected twists and turns.

49m Nov 20, 1963

The Saint Plays With Fire,

The Saint is after the leader of the British Nazi Party, following the convenient death of a journalist who intended to publish highly classified information about its members.

49m Nov 27, 1963

The Well Meaning Mayor,

When a candidate for the Mayoral elections is conveniently out of the way, the Saint will try to expose the corruption by offering an irresistible bait.

49m Dec 4, 1963

The Sporting Chance,

With his wife and daughter being used as leverage, the inventor of a satellite guidance system is coerced to defect to the Russians.

49m Dec 11, 1963

The Bunco Artists,

The elderly Mrs. Yarmouth is tricked into handing over church funds by a plausible confidence trickster and his wife.

49m Dec 18, 1963

The Benevolent Burglary,

After a £5000 wager with the wealthy owner of a burglar-proof art gallery, the Saint decides to give him a lesson for a good purpose.

48m Dec 25, 1963

The Wonderful War,

Following the assassination of the esteemed monarch of Sayeda, the corrupt usurper and the discoverer of an immense oil field are after the young Prince and the land's oil treasure.

49m Jan 1, 1964

The Noble Sportsman,

Lord Yearley, an arrogant aristocrat whose younger wife is two-timing him, is the subject of death threats. When a shot is fired at him and he is nearly killed, his daughter asks the Saint to intervene and find the culprit.

48m Jan 8, 1964

The Romantic Matron,

A wealthy but gullible widow will seek adventure and romance in Argentina, instead, she will involve herself in the plans of the leader of an anti-government movement.

49m Jan 15, 1964

Luella,

Simon meets up with an old friend who insists on painting the town red while his wife is away and becomes the victim of a blackmail plot.

49m Jan 22, 1964

The Lawless Lady,

A penniless Countess poses as a charitable lady, but instead, she leads a ring of unstoppable jewel thieves with a flair for breaking and entering into the houses of her careless rich guests.

49m Jan 29, 1964

The Good Medicine,

A ruthless career woman will take advantage of her husband's innovative formulas to build a cosmetics empire of her own.

49m Feb 5, 1964

The Invisible Millionaire,

Incapacitated and with his face completely covered in bandages, a successful factory owner proceeds to an unusual liquidation of his shareholdings.

48m Feb 12, 1963

The High Fence,

After a successful burglary in the house of his actress friend, the Saint is after an elusive, big-time fence whose identity is still unknown.

47m Feb 19, 1964

Sophia,

While on holiday in a Greek village, Simon must settle accounts with a crook who is threatening the peace of local inhabitants.

48m Feb 26, 1964

The Gentle Ladies,

They are three charming ladies - not so young but not too old. What is the secret they dread the world will discover when a blackmailer descends on them?

48m Mar 4, 1964

The Ever-Loving Spouse,

Simon visits a San Francisco hotel and steps into a blackmailing frame-up which leads to murder.

49m Mar 11, 1964

The Saint Sees It Through,

Simon is asked to help break one of the biggest international art smuggling rings in history, and finds that a former girl friend is closely involved.

48m Mar 18, 1964