Ep 6. The Organisation Man

The Saint is trained as a mercenary - but what is the real function of this private army which uses a health farm as a facade?It is, to all intents and purposes, a perfectly innocent and very exclusive health farm. But when the Saint, Simon Templar (ROGER MOORE), finds himself behind its well-guarded doors he soon discovers that its afacade for an organisation existing for far more dramatic purposes. It is, in fact, a training-ground for a mercenary army controlled by the health farm owner, Jonathan Roper (TONY BRITTON).The Saint has, however, entered with his eyes wide open after being approached by Roper. Special Intelligence comes into the picture when he reports the approach, and is urged to accept the offer. The name interests operator Spode (NORMAN BIRD) who believes that Roper's activities are in some way connected with the detention of an espionage agent, George Craddock (SIMON LACK), who has been working for the Chinese.The Saint and Spode keep in touch through a strikingly attractive British Intelligence agent, Kate Barnaby (CAROLINE MORTIMER), whose cover is a job in a country club near the health farm; but Simon finds it difficult to get evidence which will confirm Spode's suspicions. He also faces doubts about him on the part of two of Roper's men, Leander (GLYNN EDWARDS) and Cable (JOHN COLLIN), who keep a wary eye on him and make his mercenary training as tough as possible.His first assignment, he discovers, is to organise the hi-jacking of a Highland Regiment company's truck containing regimental kilts - information which leads Spode into guessing how the private army will try to rescue George Craddock. He is more than ever convinced The Highland company is due to take over guard duty at the house where Craddock is being detained - and it is the mercenary army, clothed in the Highland Regiment's uniform, that tricks the real guards and storm the country house.But what's happened to the reinforcements Spode has arr