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* EvilIsCool: Rayt Marius, a [[Franchise/JamesBond Bond villain]] two decades before Bond existed. Marius makes a bigger impact than any other villain in the series. Not only is he completely diabolical, he's utterly suave, [[EvilGenius devilishly intelligent]], (to the point of arguably being the only foe of Simon's to actually match him in intellect), and a genuine HeroKiller. Leslie surely recognized this: for a character who only appeared in two books (and posthumously in one short story), Marius is the closest Simon ever had to a real arch-enemy, and he's referenced even decades after his in-universe death.
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* HarsherInHindsight: In season two's "Marcia", the titular actress is almost killed when a prop gun is loaded with real bullets. This eerily predicts what happened to Creator/BrandonLee on ''Film/TheCrow''.

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* HarsherInHindsight: In season two's "Marcia", the titular actress is almost killed when a prop gun is loaded with real bullets. This eerily predicts what happened to Creator/BrandonLee on ''Film/TheCrow''.''Film/TheCrow1994''.
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* ValuesResonance: Charteris' whole-handed condemnation of antisemitism and fascism is just as necessary nowadays as it was in the 1920s and 1930s when the ''Saint'' stories were just starting off. Charteris [[HarsherInHindsight predicted WWII ten years before it started and the Fascist takeover of France only two years before it happened]], and in each circumstance, Charteris was perfectly accurate in highlighting the xenophobic and jingoistic attitudes that ultimately provoked both wars.

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* ValuesResonance: Charteris' whole-handed condemnation of antisemitism and fascism is just as necessary nowadays as it was in the 1920s and 1930s when the ''Saint'' stories were just starting off. Charteris [[HarsherInHindsight predicted WWII ten years before it started and the Fascist takeover of France only two years before it happened]], and in each circumstance, Charteris was perfectly accurate in highlighting the xenophobic and jingoistic attitudes that ultimately provoked both wars.
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* ValuesResonance: Charteris' whole-handed condemnation of antisemitism and fascism is just as necessary nowadays as it was in the 1920s and 1930s when the ''Saint'' stories were just starting off. Charteris [[HarsherInHindsight predicted WWII ten years before it started and the Fascist takeover of France only two years before it happened]], and in each circumstance, Charteris was perfectly accurate in highlighting the xenophobic and jingoistic attitudes that ultimately provoked both wars.
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** In "The Man Who Could Not Die" the title character (an MIsForManly businessman who regards Simon as someone much less tough than he is.) is played by Patrick Allen who along with Roger Moore appears in ''Film/TheWildGeese''.
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** An {{uncredited|Role}} native from "The Golden Frog" is played by Creator/DinoShafeek, who would later be best known for playing Muhammed in ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum'' and Ali Nadeem in ''Series/MindYourLanguage''.
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** Joe from "The Fellow Traveller" is played by Creator/MichaelBates, who would later be best known for playing Blamire in ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine'' and Rangi Ram in ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum''.
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** Owen Thomas from "The House on Dragon's Rock" is played by Creator/TalfrynThomas, who would later be best known for playing Private Cheeseman in ''Series/DadsArmy''.
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** A policeman in "The Contract" and Alain in "The Abductors" are played by Creator/NicholasCourtney, a few short years before he would take on his beloved long running role as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in ''Series/DoctorWho''.
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** Pearl from "Marcia" is played by Creator/JanetDavies, who would later be best known for playing Mrs. Pike in ''Series/DadsArmy''.
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** A telephone operator from "The Desperate Diplomat" is played by Creator/YutteStensgaard, who would later be best known for playing Carmilla Karnstein in ''Film/LustForAVampire''.
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** Four guest roles from between 1968 and 1974 are played by Creator/GeoffreyHughes, who would later be best known for playing Onslow in ''Series/KeepingUpAppearances'' and Twiggy in ''Series/TheRoyleFamily''.

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** Four guest roles A party boy from between 1968 and 1974 are "The Power Artists" is played by Creator/GeoffreyHughes, who would later be best known for playing Onslow in ''Series/KeepingUpAppearances'' and Twiggy in ''Series/TheRoyleFamily''.

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