Louis Hayward came back to the franchise in this attempt to revive it. It didn't work, but it's nice to see him - even if he's no George Sanders. I watched a copy of this - it was gloomy and dark, which may be the print but I did miss the lightness of Sanders.
The tone of this seems uncertain. Too serious. After a while I got used to tougher Hayward as the Saint but he still had a bumbling assistant.
Diana Dors livens things up with one scene. Why not give her a bigger part? She's got more charisma than the female lead. So frustrating. The lower budget doesn't help.
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